Bakersfield rural rock puck meets Orange County punk rock at Vinny's - By N.L. Belardes
BUMS is on the shelf. Illpressed has officially retired from covering the music scene (JR informed me Saturday night). The local newspaper is... oh I don't know where... That leaves me (Paperback Writer), two anonymous poor-spelling mad and honest reviewers, and the occasionally music blog from matildakay.com. And don’t forget podcasts from Matt Munoz and his sidekick Dan Rathernot (Terrence from Krotch) over at Bakotopia.
So yes, 2006 started off with a bang with what seemed like an army of Bakersfield scene writers.
But now the scene is reminded they are stuck with me again as the main guy who take photos and writes about music here in Bakersfield, California. Hey, at least I am consistent.
I was going to back off shows just a little (and I have), but now it seems I should try to get to more of a mix since illpressed and BUMS have other focuses.
I hung out at Vinny’s on Saturday night, a big night after that Korn concert (expect a controversial report from me in the coming days, possibly with exclusive pics). I wanted to get out and cover local music for my blog and trying to sell a few hockey CDs. I saw BUMS Mike Generic. He sported a cool shirt with “the 28s” inked on the front and “The Politicians f******n’ rule” scrawled on the back. I saw Rob Shock and Jason from Box Jumper. I told them I wanted to see more punk on Growing Up Fighting: Bakersfield Hockey Vol. 2. They seemed cool with that...
Earlier I went to Puck’s bachelor party with Les Paw from Fatt Katt and the Vonzippers. I stayed about an hour, ate some chips, said some “hellos”, listened to ‘guy talk’, and even heard Puck discuss Green Fairy alcohol. Poor Les was sick before we had even arrived. The poor guy was doubled over and so we left and I waited to go to Vinny’s to see The Filthies, The Politicians and the Original Booty Burglars. Here’s my photo essay of the evening:
Mike Generic is a big fan of Orange County punk boys, The Politicians...
Jason and Rob Shock from Box Jumper are big supporters of the Filthies and the Politicians
The first band of the evening was the Original Booty Burglars.
The Booty Burglars had a hilarious moment where they had a neverending song ending. They dressed crazy and lifted their rock goblet to the Filthies during the skate punk song, "Condorstown"
Soda please... too much punk!
Gus McFuss
Captain Kenny Filthy pants...
An intern from the local paper worked on a photo essay of the Filthies. Let's hope his turns out better than Sara Gettys, whose photo essay bombed...
Ghost Kenny Mount sings the punk rock Embalm You blues...
chingpea from Smalltown Girls hangs out...
The Politicians! Punk rock from Orange County!!!
I was going to wear my Politicians shirt, but decided to wear my Filthies "Guns" T-shirt instead. The Politicians are an incredible punk rock band with a lot of Bakersfield fans...
Guess who got to sing with the Politicians! A classic moment that saw Jason onstage as well. I hope the Politicians didn't mind such Bakersfield rural rock punk bravado...
So yes, 2006 started off with a bang with what seemed like an army of Bakersfield scene writers.
But now the scene is reminded they are stuck with me again as the main guy who take photos and writes about music here in Bakersfield, California. Hey, at least I am consistent.
I was going to back off shows just a little (and I have), but now it seems I should try to get to more of a mix since illpressed and BUMS have other focuses.
I hung out at Vinny’s on Saturday night, a big night after that Korn concert (expect a controversial report from me in the coming days, possibly with exclusive pics). I wanted to get out and cover local music for my blog and trying to sell a few hockey CDs. I saw BUMS Mike Generic. He sported a cool shirt with “the 28s” inked on the front and “The Politicians f******n’ rule” scrawled on the back. I saw Rob Shock and Jason from Box Jumper. I told them I wanted to see more punk on Growing Up Fighting: Bakersfield Hockey Vol. 2. They seemed cool with that...
Earlier I went to Puck’s bachelor party with Les Paw from Fatt Katt and the Vonzippers. I stayed about an hour, ate some chips, said some “hellos”, listened to ‘guy talk’, and even heard Puck discuss Green Fairy alcohol. Poor Les was sick before we had even arrived. The poor guy was doubled over and so we left and I waited to go to Vinny’s to see The Filthies, The Politicians and the Original Booty Burglars. Here’s my photo essay of the evening:
Mike Generic is a big fan of Orange County punk boys, The Politicians...
Jason and Rob Shock from Box Jumper are big supporters of the Filthies and the Politicians
The first band of the evening was the Original Booty Burglars.
The Booty Burglars had a hilarious moment where they had a neverending song ending. They dressed crazy and lifted their rock goblet to the Filthies during the skate punk song, "Condorstown"
Soda please... too much punk!
Gus McFuss
Captain Kenny Filthy pants...
An intern from the local paper worked on a photo essay of the Filthies. Let's hope his turns out better than Sara Gettys, whose photo essay bombed...
Ghost Kenny Mount sings the punk rock Embalm You blues...
chingpea from Smalltown Girls hangs out...
The Politicians! Punk rock from Orange County!!!
I was going to wear my Politicians shirt, but decided to wear my Filthies "Guns" T-shirt instead. The Politicians are an incredible punk rock band with a lot of Bakersfield fans...
Guess who got to sing with the Politicians! A classic moment that saw Jason onstage as well. I hope the Politicians didn't mind such Bakersfield rural rock punk bravado...
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Monday, February 27, 2006.
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Nick, Thanks a Million for Covering the Show....Your Work shines Through and Through As ALWAYS......Gus McFuss
OC punks! Impossible!
I thought all that died back in '81 when I moved from there to LA!
ok,......maybe i wasnt the only OC punk!
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