Fellow bloggers in crime, grassroots journalists who capture the drama - By N.L. Belardes
Fellow Bakersfield bloggers in crime, those 'other' grassroots journalists have been in action over the past few weeks and it’s time I bring some of their writings to your attention. Let’s begin with the war of words, in a friendly sort of way, between pop punk boys Rob Shock and Heath Dobbler, both formerly of the local band Three Cent Nickle. Their recent on-line argument seems to finally lay to rest just why their old rural rock punk band had a break up. While Rob Shock seems like he’s still in love with the idea of bringing the tribe back together for another pow wow, Heath Dobbler doesn’t seem to give in to Rob’s big kitty cat tears of punk rock nostalgia and second-time-around potential for greatness. Go read for yourself and pick a side. Maybe you’ll be in Rob Shock’s final camp and wish for that old band to dig up the ghosts of a rather sordid 3-cent past…
New Chicago blogger (ex-Bakersfield resident) Skinnygirlfatgirl has added a funny entry titled “Who’s going to 7-11?” where she gabs about energy drinks and gives us reminisces of coffeehouses in Ohio and Bakersfield. I love it when she calls Pepsi, “The Devil’s Drink.”
Another new blogger is Miss Light: the dirty secrets of a rock n' roll lifestyle. She's going to be streamlining a blog just for you. You're going to dig her upcoming rantings of a music scene turned dirty secrets... She starts is all off by bagging on dude-bros...
Matildakay has been sharing blogs from her recent trip to Maui that overlapped when the War Days director and his brother snorkeled with herds of trumpetfish and big green sea turtles. I think she may have given up writing about punk rock make-up, although she did send me an email recently regarding her descent into the Pizza-a-go-go where she watched Karmahitlist lose electricity…
The red walls look better. The floor is still gross.
> Most of the holes in the ceiling have been fixed.
> The stage is bigger, the sound is way better,
> there's still no stage lighting to speak of. And
> it's still hot down there. There were quite a lot of
> people... 3 bands though, Karma played last, damn it,
> I wanted them to play second so I could leave after
> that. Went upstairs during most of the second band’ s
> set. I hung out with JR most of the night. Gus came
> and went, but hung out some. Karma is probably the
> only local band that plays Jerry's that I would go
> there to see. None of my other favorites really play
> there, other than that, I'm not really interested in
> Jerry's even with the new red paint, although that
> does make a big difference, I just don't like the
> atmosphere of Jerry's. And it’s very uncomfortable
> there.
>
> Karma had the kind of show you would have loved to
> write about, one of those literary/musical rare
> moments... plus debuted a new song they had just
> wrote. It's great! But I'm not giving you all
> details because I want to write about it. JR will
> write about it...
And JR did do a write-up. It’s worth the read and really says in detail what happened with the bass going out and Gus from the Filthies rescuing the night with a loan from the nearby Filthies’ studio… sounds like a good night for music even though I’m not ready to make the descent into the red lair of rock-and-roll despair…
My favorite blog of Matildakay’s Maui trip so far is “I Survived the Road to Hana!” a delightful journey with an annoying yet intellectual tour guide along tropic mountain roads. One of her blogs that I found interesting but annoying is titled “The Fashionistas,” where although she seems to envy the plasticity of her Barbie doll self-absorbed road trip counterparts, there is a sense of pity and respect for their ability to shrug off men as if the male species are mere playthings. Of course, being a Barbie doll with fashionable day-of-the-week swimwear, earrings and busty boob sizes to match aren’t everything as I hear one of the fashionistas was left high and dry right at the altar… Score one against the Barbies! Go Ken! Go Ken! Go! OK, Ken is a plastic jerk too.
Heath Dobbler gave a nice rendition of backyard hijinks in a blog titled “Hoe-down at the Belardes Ranch.” He talks about my stomach-burning lip-smacking salsa like he’s a jealous vaquero, riding with his big sombrero into the barbecue sunset… Heath also has a take on my recent battle with the Bakersfield music scene, calling it all a ‘marketing strategy’ to gain more readership. I call it “entertainment”. Don’t you all come here to be entertained? If I have to write about Jarritos soda to get you to read, then why not?
Danielle Belton started writing again and is warning the world of a big Californian/Bakersfield.com entertainment page, complete with her blog and a podcast… dare I say will she be rivaling Bakersfield’s Buck City Podcast? I wrote in a recent comment to her blog, letting her know in my own way that podcasts should really help the community,
No way, I am finally going to have some fellow culture club podcasters? I heard through the grapevine it was in the pipe... bring it on sista soulsteppa... we'll do the podcast boogie and turn this town on its rear... A band was contacted by a label because of the Buck City Podcast... let's help the community, and forge ahead with cyberspaceland cultural growth... Oh, and glad you're back...
Of course, her podcast would be run by the Bakersfield Californian, mothership of the Bakersfield.com, Bakotopia and the Bakersfield blog community… what I wonder is: will she get extra pay for her endeavors, or like any corporation, when you get more stuff on your plate do you just grunt, smile, accept the responsibility and act happy?
Stubble the Lords Hunter had a great blog about the origins of the song, “The Streets of Bakersfield.” I commented on his blog too:
Oh Stubble the Lords Hunter, you have been on the trail of a great topic. I can't wait to link to this piece in my blog... I never knew Buck didn't write that... but that just shows I don't know enough about music in my own backyard. A great timely piece... By the way, I saw Sara Gettys today and she said her country music photo essay piece was on hold... goodness... the town needs answers as to where country music has disappeared to in the land of Buck City. I hope you help her get it off the ground and into print. -n.l.
Local artist and art curator for the Empty Space, Julia Heatherwick has been writing in her blog. She has a fun Six Degrees of Separation piece, makes a call out to event coordinators for an upcoming Day of the Dead show that I will submit a painting for, and also writes about her art collection…
New Chicago blogger (ex-Bakersfield resident) Skinnygirlfatgirl has added a funny entry titled “Who’s going to 7-11?” where she gabs about energy drinks and gives us reminisces of coffeehouses in Ohio and Bakersfield. I love it when she calls Pepsi, “The Devil’s Drink.”
Another new blogger is Miss Light: the dirty secrets of a rock n' roll lifestyle. She's going to be streamlining a blog just for you. You're going to dig her upcoming rantings of a music scene turned dirty secrets... She starts is all off by bagging on dude-bros...
Matildakay has been sharing blogs from her recent trip to Maui that overlapped when the War Days director and his brother snorkeled with herds of trumpetfish and big green sea turtles. I think she may have given up writing about punk rock make-up, although she did send me an email recently regarding her descent into the Pizza-a-go-go where she watched Karmahitlist lose electricity…
The red walls look better. The floor is still gross.
> Most of the holes in the ceiling have been fixed.
> The stage is bigger, the sound is way better,
> there's still no stage lighting to speak of. And
> it's still hot down there. There were quite a lot of
> people... 3 bands though, Karma played last, damn it,
> I wanted them to play second so I could leave after
> that. Went upstairs during most of the second band’ s
> set. I hung out with JR most of the night. Gus came
> and went, but hung out some. Karma is probably the
> only local band that plays Jerry's that I would go
> there to see. None of my other favorites really play
> there, other than that, I'm not really interested in
> Jerry's even with the new red paint, although that
> does make a big difference, I just don't like the
> atmosphere of Jerry's. And it’s very uncomfortable
> there.
>
> Karma had the kind of show you would have loved to
> write about, one of those literary/musical rare
> moments... plus debuted a new song they had just
> wrote. It's great! But I'm not giving you all
> details because I want to write about it. JR will
> write about it...
And JR did do a write-up. It’s worth the read and really says in detail what happened with the bass going out and Gus from the Filthies rescuing the night with a loan from the nearby Filthies’ studio… sounds like a good night for music even though I’m not ready to make the descent into the red lair of rock-and-roll despair…
My favorite blog of Matildakay’s Maui trip so far is “I Survived the Road to Hana!” a delightful journey with an annoying yet intellectual tour guide along tropic mountain roads. One of her blogs that I found interesting but annoying is titled “The Fashionistas,” where although she seems to envy the plasticity of her Barbie doll self-absorbed road trip counterparts, there is a sense of pity and respect for their ability to shrug off men as if the male species are mere playthings. Of course, being a Barbie doll with fashionable day-of-the-week swimwear, earrings and busty boob sizes to match aren’t everything as I hear one of the fashionistas was left high and dry right at the altar… Score one against the Barbies! Go Ken! Go Ken! Go! OK, Ken is a plastic jerk too.
Heath Dobbler gave a nice rendition of backyard hijinks in a blog titled “Hoe-down at the Belardes Ranch.” He talks about my stomach-burning lip-smacking salsa like he’s a jealous vaquero, riding with his big sombrero into the barbecue sunset… Heath also has a take on my recent battle with the Bakersfield music scene, calling it all a ‘marketing strategy’ to gain more readership. I call it “entertainment”. Don’t you all come here to be entertained? If I have to write about Jarritos soda to get you to read, then why not?
Danielle Belton started writing again and is warning the world of a big Californian/Bakersfield.com entertainment page, complete with her blog and a podcast… dare I say will she be rivaling Bakersfield’s Buck City Podcast? I wrote in a recent comment to her blog, letting her know in my own way that podcasts should really help the community,
No way, I am finally going to have some fellow culture club podcasters? I heard through the grapevine it was in the pipe... bring it on sista soulsteppa... we'll do the podcast boogie and turn this town on its rear... A band was contacted by a label because of the Buck City Podcast... let's help the community, and forge ahead with cyberspaceland cultural growth... Oh, and glad you're back...
Of course, her podcast would be run by the Bakersfield Californian, mothership of the Bakersfield.com, Bakotopia and the Bakersfield blog community… what I wonder is: will she get extra pay for her endeavors, or like any corporation, when you get more stuff on your plate do you just grunt, smile, accept the responsibility and act happy?
Stubble the Lords Hunter had a great blog about the origins of the song, “The Streets of Bakersfield.” I commented on his blog too:
Oh Stubble the Lords Hunter, you have been on the trail of a great topic. I can't wait to link to this piece in my blog... I never knew Buck didn't write that... but that just shows I don't know enough about music in my own backyard. A great timely piece... By the way, I saw Sara Gettys today and she said her country music photo essay piece was on hold... goodness... the town needs answers as to where country music has disappeared to in the land of Buck City. I hope you help her get it off the ground and into print. -n.l.
Local artist and art curator for the Empty Space, Julia Heatherwick has been writing in her blog. She has a fun Six Degrees of Separation piece, makes a call out to event coordinators for an upcoming Day of the Dead show that I will submit a painting for, and also writes about her art collection…
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