http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347 Well first and foremost, I would like to say that any and all comments in this blog reflect only my own opinions of the show today.&nbsp; Just don&rsquo;t want any politics being weaved into my thoughts by somebody else. &nbsp; As many of you may or may not know, the Inga Barks show this morning on Kern Talk 1410 focused much attention on the latest issue of Bakotopia magazine.&nbsp; If you haven&rsquo;t listened to it, you should.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m sure it&rsquo;s in the archives somewhere on their website.&nbsp; I just wanted to share my views on her dissection of the mag&rsquo;s content.&nbsp; Three things stood out to me and irritated me about her evaluation. &nbsp; Her opening pitch about her show was how provocative the third Bakotopia issue was and how the content was &ldquo;pornographic&rdquo;.&nbsp; I am confused as to why she, or anybody for that matter, failed to acknowledge the magazine until she had a reason to pretend to be shocked by the content.&nbsp; Did she miss the first two issues that were amazing?&nbsp; Why didn&rsquo;t they do any coverage on how awesome it is for Bakersfield to finally have a public outlet for the community?&nbsp; I have a pretty good idea as to why, but that is a whole different story. &nbsp; The prudish behavior set forth by Inga about the cover of the magazine shocked me.&nbsp; She claimed that the cover was something she would have to hide from her children.&nbsp; Now, don&rsquo;t get me wrong, I have never personally met Inga.&nbsp; However, from her appearance in most of her pictures, I can make an educated guess that she gets several magazines delivered to her house.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m sure some of them are the likes of Cosmo and other women targeted magazines loaded with perfume ads.&nbsp; These ads (of which I have seen plenty) tend to be much more sexually enticing than the cover of issue three.&nbsp; It may only be a guess, but I&rsquo;m pretty sure those aren&rsquo;t hidden under the mattress safe from children&rsquo;s view.&nbsp; &nbsp; The final big problem I had with the show was the attack of the Dobbler blog article.&nbsp; I understand that it was a little risqu&eacute;.&nbsp; However, Bakotopia did put NC-17 on the front of the magazine.&nbsp; As a child it was explained to be very well (in regards to music) that expression is nothing more and nothing less.&nbsp; Vocabulary and actions that may be displayed by another is not necessarily the way you should act.&nbsp; However, that is the responsibility of the parents to teach their children.&nbsp; Not only that, but Inga failed to make the distinction between the cover of the magazine and the Dobbler blog.&nbsp; Nor did she mention anything else in the issue, what about the calendar of events, the silence club article, hauntings of Bako just to name a few.&nbsp; &nbsp; Well, if you are still reading this, you either agree or hate me.&nbsp; Either way is fine with me.&nbsp; I support Bakotopia and what it stands for as well as what it provides the community.&nbsp; I attempted to call in but was almost late to my first final exam of the quarter, hence the blog.&nbsp; Errors may or may not have been made in this issue.&nbsp; Whether or not warranted, a public apology was made.&nbsp; Hopefully it doesn&rsquo;t prevent Bakotopia from delivering the best of the best in local culture and events to all of us who are open minded enough to be appreciative.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Well first and foremost, I would like to say that any and all comments in this blog reflect only my own opinions of the show today.&nbsp; Just don&rsquo;t want any politics being weaved into my thoughts by somebody else. &nbsp; As many of you may or may not know, the Inga Barks show this morning on Kern Talk 1410 focused much attention on the latest issue of Bakotopia magazine.&nbsp; If you haven&rsquo;t listened to it, you should.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m sure it&rsquo;s in the archives somewhere on their website.&nbsp; I just wanted to share my views on her dissection of the mag&rsquo;s content.&nbsp; Three things stood out to me and irritated me about her evaluation. &nbsp; Her opening pitch about her show was how provocative the third Bakotopia issue was and how the content was &ldquo;pornographic&rdquo;.&nbsp; I am confused as to why she, or anybody for that matter, failed to acknowledge the magazine until she had a reason to pretend to be shocked by the content.&nbsp; Did she miss the first two issues that were amazing?&nbsp; Why didn&rsquo;t they do any coverage on how awesome it is for Bakersfield to finally have a public outlet for the community?&nbsp; I have a pretty good idea as to why, but that is a whole different story. &nbsp; The prudish behavior set forth by Inga about the cover of the magazine shocked me.&nbsp; She claimed that the cover was something she would have to hide from her children.&nbsp; Now, don&rsquo;t get me wrong, I have never personally met Inga.&nbsp; However, from her appearance in most of her pictures, I can make an educated guess that she gets several magazines delivered to her house.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m sure some of them are the likes of Cosmo and other women targeted magazines loaded with perfume ads.&nbsp; These ads (of which I have seen plenty) tend to be much more sexually enticing than the cover of issue three.&nbsp; It may only be a guess, but I&rsquo;m pretty sure those aren&rsquo;t hidden under the mattress safe from children&rsquo;s view.&nbsp; &nbsp; The final big problem I had with the show was the attack of the Dobbler blog article.&nbsp; I understand that it was a little risqu&eacute;.&nbsp; However, Bakotopia did put NC-17 on the front of the magazine.&nbsp; As a child it was explained to be very well (in regards to music) that expression is nothing more and nothing less.&nbsp; Vocabulary and actions that may be displayed by another is not necessarily the way you should act.&nbsp; However, that is the responsibility of the parents to teach their children.&nbsp; Not only that, but Inga failed to make the distinction between the cover of the magazine and the Dobbler blog.&nbsp; Nor did she mention anything else in the issue, what about the calendar of events, the silence club article, hauntings of Bako just to name a few.&nbsp; &nbsp; Well, if you are still reading this, you either agree or hate me.&nbsp; Either way is fine with me.&nbsp; I support Bakotopia and what it stands for as well as what it provides the community.&nbsp; I attempted to call in but was almost late to my first final exam of the quarter, hence the blog.&nbsp; Errors may or may not have been made in this issue.&nbsp; Whether or not warranted, a public apology was made.&nbsp; Hopefully it doesn&rsquo;t prevent Bakotopia from delivering the best of the best in local culture and events to all of us who are open minded enough to be appreciative.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; en-us Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:42:01 PDT <p>Ay. Shock conservative talk radio in Bakersfield. Sheesh. </p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100906 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100906 <p>Ay. Shock conservative talk radio in Bakersfield. Sheesh. </p> <p>I hope this just makes people go out and seek the magazine... so they can have a chance to read The Silence Club's awesome article! (after viewing the risque photos of R.A.T.S. and reading Dobblers dirty article, of course!)</p> <p>Bakotopia shouldn't have to apologize for supporting local theatre and other&nbsp;local artists. </p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100911 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100911 <p>I hope this just makes people go out and seek the magazine... so they can have a chance to read The Silence Club's awesome article! (after viewing the risque photos of R.A.T.S. and reading Dobblers dirty article, of course!)</p> <p>Bakotopia shouldn't have to apologize for supporting local theatre and other&nbsp;local artists. </p> i agree, as they say there is no &quot;bad&quot; publicity... lol... i don't think they should have been put into a place where they felt the need to apologize either... thanks for reading http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100920 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100920 i agree, as they say there is no &quot;bad&quot; publicity... lol... i don't think they should have been put into a place where they felt the need to apologize either... thanks for reading <p>I've never much liked Inga Barks.</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100922 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100922 <p>I've never much liked Inga Barks.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Inga and her &quot;friend&quot; have blown the whole thing WAY out of proportion.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's just silly.<br /> </p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100930 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100930 <p class="MsoNormal">Inga and her &quot;friend&quot; have blown the whole thing WAY out of proportion.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's just silly.<br /> </p> <h1 class="firstHeading">kudos</h1> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100931 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100931 <h1 class="firstHeading">kudos</h1> Its about the art, only about the art, and nothing but the art, so help me god! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100936 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100936 Its about the art, only about the art, and nothing but the art, so help me god! thanks to everybody that read and posted comments... i agree with you.. ; ) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100960 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100960 thanks to everybody that read and posted comments... i agree with you.. ; ) Much love!!! Much thanks for your support!!!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100986 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100986 Much love!!! Much thanks for your support!!!! This is why I have no use for the radio in my car...except of course for Lovelines on my drive home every night.&nbsp;&nbsp; ......Bakotopia Rocks! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100995 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_100995 This is why I have no use for the radio in my car...except of course for Lovelines on my drive home every night.&nbsp;&nbsp; ......Bakotopia Rocks! Thanks for all the support today! We've recieved many e-mails and phone messages of support from our peeps, and still NOT ONE complaint! It's all good in our hood! Cheers to everyone, I wish I could buy you all a beer! - Matt http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101045 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101045 Thanks for all the support today! We've recieved many e-mails and phone messages of support from our peeps, and still NOT ONE complaint! It's all good in our hood! Cheers to everyone, I wish I could buy you all a beer! - Matt <font size="2">The cover is hardly pornographic..bakotopia is an asset for the culture here in B-field.</font> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101096 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101096 <font size="2">The cover is hardly pornographic..bakotopia is an asset for the culture here in B-field.</font> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HEH! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101126 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101126 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HEH! <p>Big up to the Bakotopia gangstas! Keep it rollin!</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101138 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101138 <p>Big up to the Bakotopia gangstas! Keep it rollin!</p> <p>Here ,here!!</p> <p>very well put, im only guessing, but i would bet a million to one that Thinga read your Blog. i would also bet, (from an advertising,&nbsp; perspective), that if you werent on the map before, you are now, and scandal?!!! you cant buy that kind of publicity!!</p> <p>well maybe you could,... and if you can,.... I'll bet they do!!!&nbsp; Bravo to all the hard working people keeping Bakotopia alive and kickin&quot; harder than ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p>Cheers,&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>Jezarac</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101148 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101148 <p>Here ,here!!</p> <p>very well put, im only guessing, but i would bet a million to one that Thinga read your Blog. i would also bet, (from an advertising,&nbsp; perspective), that if you werent on the map before, you are now, and scandal?!!! you cant buy that kind of publicity!!</p> <p>well maybe you could,... and if you can,.... I'll bet they do!!!&nbsp; Bravo to all the hard working people keeping Bakotopia alive and kickin&quot; harder than ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p>Cheers,&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>Jezarac</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> you guys are great... thanks for the comments... i'm glad i'm not the only one.. ; ) http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101176 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101176 you guys are great... thanks for the comments... i'm glad i'm not the only one.. ; ) TRUE. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101291 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101291 TRUE. OMG HOW LAME! How seriously lame. I for reasons like that , am glad I am deaf. So I don't have to listen to bullshit like that!! I Know one of the girls on that cover and she is nothing but supportive of the arts here in town. People can be so dam close minded. Its refreshing to read stuff other then in the Californian. I say we stay supportive of all the independent music and independent writers and magazines and newspapers!!!! http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101581 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101581 OMG HOW LAME! How seriously lame. I for reasons like that , am glad I am deaf. So I don't have to listen to bullshit like that!! I Know one of the girls on that cover and she is nothing but supportive of the arts here in town. People can be so dam close minded. Its refreshing to read stuff other then in the Californian. I say we stay supportive of all the independent music and independent writers and magazines and newspapers!!!! I've met her.&nbsp; I've met her several times.&nbsp; I used to work at a place where she would give live broadcasts.&nbsp;&nbsp;My impression of&nbsp;Inga?&nbsp; She's&nbsp;cranky.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think she needs to see some Bakersfield&nbsp;theatre ... especially the RAT ... and learn to freakin' LAUGH more.&nbsp; Maybe then she'd chill out!&nbsp; See some live theatre, Inga!&nbsp; Support your local arts scene, Inga!!&nbsp; Play nice, Inga. http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101616 http://www.bakotopia.com/home/Blog/tashkajones/10347/#c_101616 I've met her.&nbsp; I've met her several times.&nbsp; I used to work at a place where she would give live broadcasts.&nbsp;&nbsp;My impression of&nbsp;Inga?&nbsp; She's&nbsp;cranky.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think she needs to see some Bakersfield&nbsp;theatre ... especially the RAT ... and learn to freakin' LAUGH more.&nbsp; Maybe then she'd chill out!&nbsp; See some live theatre, Inga!&nbsp; Support your local arts scene, Inga!!&nbsp; Play nice, Inga.