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THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS STOCKING STUFFER!

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:18:31 PST

YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP YOUR RT DECEMBER ISSUE YET?!?!?!

We're at it again with all the irregular nonsense you've all come to know and love: local art news, reviews, rants and opinions!

GET YOUR COPY AT THESE LOCATIONS!

1. Casablanca
2. The Spotlight Theater
3. The Empty Space theater
4. The Mint
5. The Silver Fox
6. The Alley Cat
7. Jerry's Pizza
8. Dagney's
9. 18th Street Gallery
10. Downtown Records and Bako-zines
11. Fishlips
12. Russo's
13. Border's
14. Players Lounge
15. Mad Dog Tattoo
16. Bakersfield College
17. Rock-it Records
18. Charlie's
19. World Records
20. FYE Records
21. Guitar Center
22. The Sand Trap
23. The Grenadier
24. CSUB
25. Vinny's
26. And every damn Library in Kern County!

IT’S SUBMISSION TIME AGAIN!!!!

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:26:51 PST

IT’S SUBMISSION TIME AGAIN!!!!

The RANDOM TIMES is lauching its SECOND YEAR of local journalistic delights in its DECEMBER ISSUE!!!!!

And as always, we are looking to the local community for Articles, Reviews, Rants, and Opinions on everything about Bakersfield and the world at large!!!

Submissions are due MIDNIGHT, the 21st of NOV.!!!!

So get to work and send your articles in early!

Email your submissions to JULIE JORDAN SCOTT: therandomtimes@hotmail.com.

THE RT OCTOBER ISSUE IS HERE!!!

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:47:26 PDT

OUR OCTOBER ISSUE IS HERE!

YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP YOUR RT OCTOBER ISSUE YET?!?!?!

We're at it again with all the irregular nonsense you've all come to know and love: local art news, reviews, rants and opinions!

READ ABOUT: The Burn The Witch II group art show, The First Annual Kern Projections Film Festival (RT has a special pull-out section for the event), News-Lite, Life Lessons by Lisa, Blog Rant of the Month, our awesome calendar section, and much, MUCH MORE!

GET YOUR COPY AT THESE LOCATIONS!

YOUR RANDOM TIMES SEPTEMBER ISSUE IS HERE!

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:05:27 PDT

YOUR RANDOM TIMES SEPTEMBER ISSUE IS HERE!

YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP YOUR RT SEPTEMBER ISSUE YET?!?!?!

We're at it again with all the irregular nonsense you've all come to know and love: local art news, reviews, rants and opinions! Keep RT on your coffee table for our awesome calendar section, and seriously wonder why you are not submitting your own views to our paper!

GET YOUR COPY AT THESE LOCATIONS!

GET YOUR RT AUGUST ISSUE

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:51:26 PDT

YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP YOUR RT AUGUST ISSUE YET?!?!?!

You don't want to miss this new issue (Again,special thanks for Greg Goodsell's excellent layout.) Read part II of James Mongold's spiritual quest and his Blog RANT to Councilman Couch, Robin Jones' funeral plans, 5 pages of CALENDAR events assembled by our Senior Editor~Richard Bramer, Jen Raven's Dream, Goodsell's interview with a 400lb. Stripper, and much, much, MORE.... all made possible by local Kern Kounty Kooks just like you!

GET YOUR COPY AT THESE LOCATIONS!

1. Casablanca
2. The Spotlight Theater
3. The Empty Space theater
4. The Mint
5. The Silver Fox
6. The Alley Cat
7. Jerry's Pizza
8. Dagney's
9. 18th Street Gallery
10. Downtown Records and Bako-zines
11. Fishlips
12. Russo's
13. Border's
14. Players Lounge
15. Mad Dog Tattoo
16. Bakersfield College
17. Rock-it Records
18. Charlie's
19. World Records
20. Wherehouse Records
21. Guitar Center
22. The Sand Trap
23. The Grenadier
24. CSUB
25. Vinny's
26. And every damn Library in Kern County!

GET YOUR JULY ISSUE OF RANDOM TIMES

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:08:36 PDT

(cover by Lysa Luna)

YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP YOUR RT JULY ISSUE YET?!?!?!

You don't want to miss this new 16 page issue (special thanks for Greg Goodsell's excellent layout and Lysa Luna's COVER Art). Check out James Mongold's cover STORY, Jen Raven's double patty~supersized RANT, Adam Cosper's incredible ARTICLE, music INTERVIEW by Nano, 5 pages of CALENDAR events assembled by our Senior Editor-Richard Bramer, the Julie Jordan Scott piece on our inner voice, and much, much, MORE.... all made possible by local Kern Kounty Kooks just like you!

GET YOUR COPY AT THESE LOCATIONS!

1. Casablanca
2. The Spotlight Theater
3. The Empty Space theater
4. The Mint
5. The Silver Fox
6. The Alley Cat
7. Jerry's Pizza
8. Dagney's
9. 18th Street Gallery
10. Downtown Records and Bako-zines
11. Fishlips
12. Russo's
13. Border's
14. Players Lounge
15. Mad Dog Tattoo
16. Bakersfield College
17. Rock-it Records
18. Charlie's
19. World Records
20. Wherehouse Records
21. Guitar Center
22. The Sand Trap
23. The Grenadier
24. CSUB
25. And every damn Library in Kern County!

RT JULY ISSUE SUBMISSIONS!!!

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:09:50 PDT

JULY ISSUE SUBMISSIONS!!!

The RANDOM TIMES is gearing up for its JULY ISSUE, and as always, is looking to the local community for Articles, Reviews, Rants, and Opinions on just about everything you feel needs to be known to our readers.

Submissions are due MIDNIGHT, the 21st of JUNE!!!!

So get to work and send your articles in early!

Email your submissions to: Gregoodsell@hotmail.com.

yourlovingartczar,

GET YOUR JUNE ISSUE OF Random Times!!!!

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:30:51 PDT

YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP YOUR RT JUNE ISSUE YET?!?!?!

You don't want to miss this new 20 page issue with 6 pages of CALENDAR events! Rants; articles; book, art, and theatre reviews; poor spelling; and even what it's like to be a ZOMBIE! All made possible by local Kern Kounty Kooks just like you!

GET YOUR COPY AT THESE LOCATIONS!

1. Casablanca
2. The Spotlight Theater
3. The Empty Space theater
4. The Mint
5. The Silver Fox
6. The Alley Cat
7. Jerry's Pizza
8. Dagney's
9. 18th Street Gallery
10. Downtown Records and Bako-zines
11. Fishlips
12. Russo's
13. Border's
14. Players Lounge
15. Mad Dog Tattoo
16. Bakersfield College
17. Rock-it Records
18. Charlie's
19. World Records
20. Wherehouse Records
21. Guitar Center
22. The Sand Trap
23. The Grenadier
24. CSUB
25. And every damn Library in Kern County!

RANDOM TIMES JUNE ISSUE DEADLINE

Wed, 16 May 2007 10:59:37 PDT

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD AND GET YOUR ARTICLES IN!

MIDNIGHT, MON., MAY, 21ST !!!!!!!

IS THE DEADLINE for all articles, stories, features, ads, and monies for the RANDOM TIMES' June issue!!!! submit them TO gregoodsell@hotmail.com . And please folks, get your work in on time.

yourlovingartczar,

THE RANDOM TIMES MAY FLOWERS ISSUE IS OUT ON THE STREETS OF BAKO!!!

Fri, 04 May 2007 09:14:54 PDT

We have all kinds of goodies to look at in this issue: the usual Commie rants; reviews and interviews; but most importantly,.......

A FULL FLEDGED CALENDAR SECTION!!!!

Yep, you and yours will want to keep this issue around! Richard Bramer has put together two and a half pages of local events in May to keep any Art Lover busy!

GET YOUR COPY AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS !!!!

1. Casablanca
2. The Spotlight Theater
3. The Empty Space theater
4. The Mint
5. The Silver Fox
6. The Alley Cat
7. Jerry's Pizza
8. Dagney's
9. 18th Street Gallery
10. Downtown Records and Bako-zines
11. Fishlips
12. Russo's
13. Border's
14. The Players Lounge
15. The Sand Trap
16. The Grenadier
17. Bakersfield College
18. Rock-it Records
19. Charlie's
20. World Records
21. CSUB
22. And every damn Library in Kern County!

WHAT!?!?! YOU HAVEN'T PICKED UP YOUR COPY?

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:25:12 PDT

YES! THE APRIL SHOWERS ISSUE of the Random Times IS OUT ON THE STREETS OF BAKO!

Though we were tempted to do a faux issue in the spirit of the APRIL FOOLS thingie, we instead decided to have a single detail reflecting that. See how long it takes you to find it! ;D

And for you drunk bastards that complain about not being able to read anything in the dimly lit confines of your local watering hole~ we've published this issue with circus elephant sized font! Glasses or no glasses, you can read this friggin' edition from across the Kern River!

We love to mix it up here at the RANDOM TIMES!

Pick up your copy at:

1. Casablanca
2. The Spotlight Theater
3. The Mint
4. The Silver Fox
5. The Alley Cat
6. Jerry's Pizza
7. Dagney's
8. 18^th Street Gallery
9. Downtown Records
10. Fishlips
11. Russo's
12. Border's
13. The Sand Trap
14. The Grenadier
15. Bakersfield College
16. The Empty Space theater
17. And every damn Library in Kern County!

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Random Times gives birth

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:40:23 PST

Well, it has been suggested to us by everyone from the town tabloid blogger on down to the sweetest, well-meaning Random Times reader-- and so here it is-- the birth of our blog at Bakotopia!

Our latest issue has gotten a lot of attention, both negative and positive-- based entirely on the cover:

Am I worried about it?

Not at all.

This is an alternative paper, and a lot of bitching, slobbering, and whimpering from the conservative-types just kind of comes along with the territory.

It never ceases to amaze me that some groups of people feel that alternative voices should not be allowed to be heard.

If you're concerned about our cover, and what we were trying to accomplish by printing it, I'll tell you this:

Our artists have creative control over their work.

We don't believe in stifling them or peering over their shoulders.

When we tell them that they have conceptual control over the cover-- we mean it.

We would really only step in if the concept went far beyond the boundaries of taste, or was of a racist nature.

In terms of tastelessness, though, there's a lot of room for interpretation. My idea of what is tasteless might be different than yours.

So who, in terms of the Random Times, determines what is tasteless and what is not?

I do.

And personally, I don't feel that Jesus wearing a Santa cap is tasteless.

It's an additional statement to a debate that has been underway for a long, long time-- the over-commercialization of the Christmas holiday. It's about the muddled lines between Christ and Santa Claus. It's about the confusion surrounding what the hell the holiday is supposed to mean anymore.

Some people might feel alienated from the issue, at first glance at the paper-- and that cannot be helped.

A publication cannot appeal to everyone.

Golf magazines and Christian papers don't appeal to ME.

But do you see me bitching about their existence? No.

Their voice is constitutionally protected. And printing their paper is a protected right.

And I will stand for their rights just as quickly as I will stand for my own.

And in the future issues of the Random Times, you're going to see a lot of covers that are very tame, and in no way are controversial.

But then... you might also see some that you think are tasteless.

And all that we at Random Times can do, is hope that even if people don't pick the paper up, based on its cover, that they can still celebrate our constitutional right to have a voice.

Peace to all.

James Mongold
R. T. Founder