Valley Writers Unite! in Buck City Episode 34 - By N.L. Belardes
Don't miss the most important episode yet of Buck City. Hear N.L. at the Great Valley Books Writers Conference as Central Valley arts are described as a flowering of arts likened to Paris in the 1930s...
THIS IS A SPECIAL ONE-HOUR PODCAST. BE PREPARED FOR A LENGTHY DOWNLOAD.
You can subscribe to the Buck City Podcast. Go to iTUNES and check it out... or plug in the feed to a player.
Or you can just download the MP3 of Episode #34: Valley Writers Unite!
Episode 34:
-Hear great Central Valley music from: 40 Watt Hype (Fresno), Nunez (Bakersfield), The Filthies (Bakersfield), Mexcal (LA), Buck Owens (Bakersfield), Mento Buru (Bakersfield), The Dalloways (Bakersfield-Fresno)
-Listen to N.L. interview documentary filmmaker, Satsuki Ina about her film about Japanese internment
-Check it out as painter Paul Buxman connects the idea of inspiration as an illusion. Just do it!!
-Hear the Filthies rally song, "Condorstown" that N.L. helped write to rally not just hockey fans, but ARTISTS!! "Skate fight, skate fight skate fight tonight!!" Fight for your renaissance!!
-Get in touch with hipsta talk from Skin Tax poet Tim Z. Hernandez as he discusses how to cultivate poetry awareness... Listen to musicians from LA get poets in the mood...
-Hear Okie writer Gerald Haslam slam not just Bakersfield, but all of Kern County as not being in touch with global issues. What's up with Haslam? Is he out of touch with Bakersfield society? Does he do all of his connecting with the Bakersfield consciousness via poor Okie remnants and license plates? Are his comments shocking? You make the call...
-Then listen in as Haslam talks about 'people writing about places they know' and if Buck Owens death meant anything to him, who is from the same small Bakersfield suburb.
-Get the scoop on the Great Valley Writers Books Conference from N.L. and Fresno non-native Karen Maj
-Hear a song from Bakersfield singer/guitarist Nunez who sings his grandfather's poetry from early UFW days...
-Listen to poet Tim Z. Hernandez read a poem from his 2004 book Skin Tax. Tune in as he also talks about preserving a legacy and creating a path for younger generations to have an identity...
-What does Hernandez think about machismo? Hear a juxtaposition with Hernandez and a machismo song from Bakersfield band Mento Buru as N.L. plays "Poonanny". Oh yeah... sing it: "She's got a big ol butt..." On the opposite side of Machismo in the feminine version, what song would the Smalltown Girls play??
-Listen in on Andy Jones as he talks about building a literary community and getting the press involved through strong vision...
-Hear another ditty from Matt "The Ska King" Munoz band, Mento Buru as N.L. interviews Franz Weinschenk of Valley Public Radio about Central Valley Asian-American stories. Read my test story, 'Pinay' and leave a comment...should it be expanded into a novel? (The Ska King also runs Bakotopia)
-Does the Central Valley have the potential to be like Paris in the 1930s? Hear N.L. talk to Heyday publisher Malcolm Margolin about California literature and Central Valley literature...
-Get in the Central Valley spirit with Bakersfield-Fresno band The Dalloways, whose lead man, Gary Enns is a creative writing instructor at Cerro Coso...
-In final, check out 'chicka flicka write-uh', Cindy Wathen talk shop with N.L. about Bakersfield-Fresno literary energy...
Dig it...! Fade out with the Dalloways... connect to the scene... arts, literature, theatre, music, film... it's all happening in Bakersfield... is there a renaissance where you are?
Once again, be patient for the download. This is a special one-hour podcast!
THIS IS A SPECIAL ONE-HOUR PODCAST. BE PREPARED FOR A LENGTHY DOWNLOAD.
You can subscribe to the Buck City Podcast. Go to iTUNES and check it out... or plug in the feed to a player.
Or you can just download the MP3 of Episode #34: Valley Writers Unite!
Episode 34:
-Hear great Central Valley music from: 40 Watt Hype (Fresno), Nunez (Bakersfield), The Filthies (Bakersfield), Mexcal (LA), Buck Owens (Bakersfield), Mento Buru (Bakersfield), The Dalloways (Bakersfield-Fresno)
-Listen to N.L. interview documentary filmmaker, Satsuki Ina about her film about Japanese internment
-Check it out as painter Paul Buxman connects the idea of inspiration as an illusion. Just do it!!
-Hear the Filthies rally song, "Condorstown" that N.L. helped write to rally not just hockey fans, but ARTISTS!! "Skate fight, skate fight skate fight tonight!!" Fight for your renaissance!!
-Get in touch with hipsta talk from Skin Tax poet Tim Z. Hernandez as he discusses how to cultivate poetry awareness... Listen to musicians from LA get poets in the mood...
-Hear Okie writer Gerald Haslam slam not just Bakersfield, but all of Kern County as not being in touch with global issues. What's up with Haslam? Is he out of touch with Bakersfield society? Does he do all of his connecting with the Bakersfield consciousness via poor Okie remnants and license plates? Are his comments shocking? You make the call...
-Then listen in as Haslam talks about 'people writing about places they know' and if Buck Owens death meant anything to him, who is from the same small Bakersfield suburb.
-Get the scoop on the Great Valley Writers Books Conference from N.L. and Fresno non-native Karen Maj
-Hear a song from Bakersfield singer/guitarist Nunez who sings his grandfather's poetry from early UFW days...
-Listen to poet Tim Z. Hernandez read a poem from his 2004 book Skin Tax. Tune in as he also talks about preserving a legacy and creating a path for younger generations to have an identity...
-What does Hernandez think about machismo? Hear a juxtaposition with Hernandez and a machismo song from Bakersfield band Mento Buru as N.L. plays "Poonanny". Oh yeah... sing it: "She's got a big ol butt..." On the opposite side of Machismo in the feminine version, what song would the Smalltown Girls play??
-Listen in on Andy Jones as he talks about building a literary community and getting the press involved through strong vision...
-Hear another ditty from Matt "The Ska King" Munoz band, Mento Buru as N.L. interviews Franz Weinschenk of Valley Public Radio about Central Valley Asian-American stories. Read my test story, 'Pinay' and leave a comment...should it be expanded into a novel? (The Ska King also runs Bakotopia)
-Does the Central Valley have the potential to be like Paris in the 1930s? Hear N.L. talk to Heyday publisher Malcolm Margolin about California literature and Central Valley literature...
-Get in the Central Valley spirit with Bakersfield-Fresno band The Dalloways, whose lead man, Gary Enns is a creative writing instructor at Cerro Coso...
-In final, check out 'chicka flicka write-uh', Cindy Wathen talk shop with N.L. about Bakersfield-Fresno literary energy...
Dig it...! Fade out with the Dalloways... connect to the scene... arts, literature, theatre, music, film... it's all happening in Bakersfield... is there a renaissance where you are?
Once again, be patient for the download. This is a special one-hour podcast!
This entry was posted by N.L. Belardes, on
Friday, April 21, 2006.
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Thanks for the podcast. Haslam sounds like the prick he is. So full of himself! How can he write about a place he's moved far away from?! He doesn't sound proud of where he comes from, but don't think he gives a shit as long as he makes money from his books. What an asshole!
Other than that, sounds like you had an interesting time and may be able to help Bakersfield be known for the true talent that is yet to be discovered.
- CSUB Alum and boycotter of G. Haslam's shitty books
This was a great and inspiring podcast! I love how you wove valley music in with interviews from valley writers.
Haslam does sound soooo full of himself, which is exactly how he acted at the conference. His comments about Bakersfield and Buck Owens are outrageous!
This podcast will allow more of the valley literary community to know what's going on in Bakersfield literary, music and art scenes... great job!
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