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Ray Bradbury descends on Bakersfield Festival of Books - By N.L. Belardes
Ray Bradbury at 86 years of age reminds me of J.R.R. Tolkien’s twilight years. You know the legendary photos of Tolkien. Makes you wish you had been around to hear a lecture from him on Shakespeare or Beowulf. Such wonder poured...
Posted by thenovelist - Mon Nov 13, 2006 08:56:52 PST -- 0 comments

A Bakersfield punk writer meets Fortuna in Washington D.C.
I was feeling brave. I don’t always. I’m human. I get scared just like anybody else—even on Bakersfield’s streets of cowboy mystique. During league championship and playoff hockey games my stomach was the worst...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Nov 8, 2006 14:51:22 PST -- 0 comments

Dos Banditos Restaurant Reviews: Cemitas Poblanas stirs the stomach acids - By Willieboy and N.L. Belardes
Willieboy bandito: Most of you dear readers have come across the “hidden gem” of a restaurant. It could be the “hole-in-the-wall” with great tacos, or the “dive-in-the-alley” with the killer...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Nov 8, 2006 11:22:01 PST -- 5 comments

Understanding the Bakersfield.com blog realm: An interview with Steve Swenson
Early on weekday mornings I drag myself out of bed. I walk around the house, stretch a little, and eventually wander over to the computer and turn it on. I look at CNN, the Drudgereport, the BBC. I check email. I check myspace. I read...
Posted by thenovelist - Mon Nov 6, 2006 15:35:47 PST -- 0 comments

Dos Banditos + 1 Restaurant Reviews : Hunter's paradise buffet at El Cazador
Willieboy Bandito: Before I do my stupid little review of El Cazadores Restaurant, I want to pontificate on Mexican Restaurant names. Almost anything spoken in Spanish sounds sexy to me, or cool. Take the restaurant El Sombrero; makes...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Nov 1, 2006 13:32:33 PST -- 0 comments

Finding A Tattered Bible Near The Grave of Edgar Allan Poe
USA Today within the past few days listed the top ten scariest places on the planet. I just went to two of them: The grave of Edgar Allan Poe and the Exorcist Steps. The Exorcist Steps are close to Georgetown University. I will be...
Posted by thenovelist - Tue Oct 31, 2006 03:18:53 PST -- 3 comments

The Elitist Press Accuses N.L. of Working For Bakotopia
“You’re the premiere writer in Bakersfield.” “No I’m not. You are,” I said. “Black Dog, you can outwrite me any day.” I joked around. Why not? Black Dog was full of shit to...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Jul 25, 2007 14:24:18 PDT -- 18 comments

Dos Banditos Restaurant Reviews: authenticity at the Arizona Cafe
Willieboy Bandito: OK—I picked the Arizona Cafe. I admit, I've been there before. I wanted to start out our "Dos Bandidos Restaurant Review", with what I would consider (being Hispanic and all... not), authentic...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Oct 18, 2006 22:57:12 PDT -- 3 comments

Bakersfield Pop Punk Band Tripline Has New CD Out
I was there for the dawn of MTV. All I had to do was sit in my parents’ living room with a bag of Oreos and watch the TV music age enter a new era. You got a sense you were listening to music that not many people ever heard. I...
Posted by thenovelist - Tue Oct 10, 2006 18:28:56 PDT -- 0 comments

Are You Esther The Delano Voodoo Woman?
Yesterday I was trying to help punk rocker Heath Dobbler find a home for his dog. Today it’s a different story. It’s helping you avoid Esther the Delano Voodoo Woman. You’ve all heard of Delano, right? The farmworker...
Posted by thenovelist - Fri Oct 6, 2006 15:52:42 PDT -- 3 comments

Anti-Bush protesters invade downtown Bakersfield, bring global politics to local streets
I've never seen Bakersfield so active. This is the year of the protest in Bakersfield for sure. I was on my way home after work when I got a call from a friend that an anti-Bush protest was making its way east on Truxtun Avenue. The...
Posted by thenovelist - Fri Oct 6, 2006 08:36:01 PDT -- 0 comments

Proposition 85 rally and protest in downtown Bakersfield. Where do you stand on abortion consent?
I was headed from Westchester Bowling Alley where you can get big breakfasts in a retro diner—all to the sounds of crashing pins. It’s great people watching too: the old barstools, the fluffy booths and funky waitresses. In...
Posted by thenovelist - Wed Oct 4, 2006 19:22:13 PDT -- 1 comment

The Dalloways, Willieboy and La Costa Earwig
Yesterday I stopped by the Dalloways house to drop off some Kern County Fair passes. You know the Dalloways. Two of the members are the married duo of Cortnie and Gary Enns. He's a singer/songwriter/creative writing professor; she's...
Posted by thenovelist - Tue Oct 3, 2006 11:48:43 PDT -- 0 comments

Ash on Bakersfield streets, Yemeni cigarettes, and the Superdome syndrome
 In case you didn’t notice why your car is dusty, what the little pieces of grey snow are that have been delicately falling all day, and why your sinuses have been itching, it’s the ash fallout from the Day Fire. I...
Posted by thenovelist - Sat Sep 30, 2006 14:39:08 PDT -- 0 comments

Local coffeehouse security breach: the he-she coffee controversy revisited
Starbucks in the news, starfucking as they go. I’m really trying to ignore Starbucks, but how can I when they’re hitting the top of the news, now with a lawsuit against them? Starbucks employees blocking the entrance...
Posted by thenovelist - Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:21:12 PDT -- 3 comments

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