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The Black Sheep
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Issue 2
AN ODE TO TIN ROOF Cory Chitwood wrote this
Cumberland Avenue used to be the epicenter of UT’s party culture, but it took a huge hit with the loss of the beloved Tin Roof. Join us as we mourn its passing and look to the future. The Strip has seen better days. Vacant buildings stand where bars used to be, tumbleweeds roll past where cops used to post up waiting to get those juicy public intoxication arrests. But throughout all the years of bad bars like Rumorz (which housed drunk, horny freshmen grinding on any ass they saw) and the classily-named Whiskey Dix, there was always Tin Roof. It, more than the other bars, welcomed the college kids who wanted to go to a bar that didn’t make them feel like they needed to shower afterward. What will be missed most about Tin Roof? For starters, the open-air bar was a perfect place for someone inside to throw something on to the sidewalk, yell an obscenity at someone they’d never met, or try to start a fight with someone walking down the street (who wouldn’t be able to do anything about it, what with being outside the bar and all). Indeed, Knoxville has truly lost a rich part of its culture with this loss. Don’t forget that Tin Roof also gave the UT population a classic #VolBlackout picture of one of its bar-goers passed out at the feet of a Knoxville Police officer at the bar’s entrance – something that will be forever treasured. This photo is most definitely framed and hanging from a wall in Jimmy Cheek’s office. Also worth mentioning, Tin Roof was exclusive. Getting in was hard if you were a minor; it separated the boys from the men. Or rather, it separated the good fake IDs from the shitty Chinesemade ones. If you got into Tin Roof at age 18, you were hot shit. Never mind that the senior girls you’d try to hit on saw right through your attempts to convince them that your ruler-wide dorm bed was a prime destination. There is, however, one group of benefactors from the closing of Tin Roof: the late-night Taco Bell employees across the street. The
heavy influx of drunk, stupid, college kids at 2 a.m. will be not be missed by those poor people. Besides, who needs to awaken after a night out hungover from both booze and Taco Bell regrets?
house blaring music that is less than family-friendly may be a cop magnet, but don’t let it bother you as you violate 20 other people’s personal space in an attempt to wiggle your way to the keg.
Tin Roof’s former regulars are bound to be desperate for other bars. Some might go to The Hill as long as they can get past John Wayne at the door. If that’s not your thing, you can always go back to partying in the neighborhood whose chief exports are UT Alerts and 911 calls: Fort Sanders. Sure, cramming 200 people into a
Regardless, Tin Roof is gone for better or worse and people will have to move on. It may be a process for some, but The Black Sheep will help you along the path to healing as we remind you that it’s okay to get drunk without going to a bar.
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