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-6th Annual BHS Talent Show, February 8th, 2007, Harvey Auditorium
High school productions don't often move passed the usual song & dance routines most parents are...
Posted by thenovelist
- Thu Feb 15, 2007 15:43:01 PST
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The alternative print scene in Bakersfield has been unsteady with local underground papers closing shop, declaring open season on the Bakersfield Californian, and offering to re-open defunct papers. In some ways, it’s been a mess....
Posted by thenovelist
- Thu Feb 8, 2007 18:34:49 PST
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What would Cubicle Dweller think if she were told to have corporate card etiquette? Would she even sign a card if passed into her cubicle? Or would she put a sticker on the card, pour Prozac all over it and write a note with an arrow...
Posted by thenovelist
- Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:07:06 PST
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A few weeks ago I was walking in downtown Bakersfield on a Sunday morning snapping photos of a local poet. We headed over to the Nile Theatre, an area I thought would make a nice backdrop. When we got closer I noticed blood on the...
Posted by thenovelist
- Tue Jan 23, 2007 13:50:30 PST
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Yes, there were a few Bakersfield models a little angry with me. Recently there was a bit of local controversy over a slinky calendar and one of its models. Or should I say, Matt Munoz of Bakotopia.com caught Tiffany Allen, A.K.A Miss...
Posted by thenovelist
- Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:22:49 PST
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If the album Your Turn is any indication of what’s to come in 2007 from The Filthies, then I’m going to stop packing my bags right now. Forget moving to Delano to start a Mexican bakery, I’m in for the long haul.
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Posted by thenovelist
- Mon Jan 15, 2007 17:09:12 PST
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You know I’m a Bakersfield roller hockey fan or I wouldn’t have posted my two cents about the local controversy, quoting local team Mower player Scott McNitt. Yes, there’s a controversy and now the supporters of the...
Posted by thenovelist
- Mon Jan 8, 2007 16:42:13 PST
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I haven’t played hockey in eons. Local ice hockey is pricey. If I pay for one person, I have to pay for three, and who can afford 700 bucks a session? Not me. Bakersfield roller hockey in comparison, is a tiny unsanctioned league...
Posted by thenovelist
- Wed Jan 3, 2007 16:13:51 PST
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If you’re looking for last minute Christmas presents, something for someone you love or hate, then I know some books you can pick up. This is it! And I don’t just mean pick up. I mean get your tail to Russo's, Borders, or...
Posted by thenovelist
- Fri Dec 22, 2006 16:35:40 PST
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Two generations in Bakersfield rock: 15-year-old Lando from Dirty Spanglish talks to Dennis from Fifth Wheel (formerly of Bakersfield punk legends, Active Ingrediants) at Bakersfield's Backstage
Bam Bams is the name of a rock music...
Posted by thenovelist
- Thu Dec 21, 2006 22:07:51 PST
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Saturday night was Noveltown’s first Bookshare event. Writer and spoken word performer, Rich Ferguson opened his home to Noveltown, and other writers and artists from Los Angeles to host the Bookshare event. I was looking forward...
Posted by matildakay
- Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:07:00 PST
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I’m proud to announce Noveltown’s first bookshare, a literary event at the home of Spoken word LA poet/writer, Rich Ferguson on December 9th. Noveltown recently announced behind the scenes its idea for literary Bookshares,...
Posted by thenovelist
- Thu Dec 7, 2006 17:47:31 PST
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The boys of Lost Ocean geared up recently for a big tour up the California coast and into Oregon and Washington. They have a big new e.p. recorded at Windyham Farm castle, AKA, “The Castle”, a big stony structure even more...
Posted by thenovelist
- Mon Dec 4, 2006 19:14:25 PST
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Willieboy Bandito:
With over 11,000 Mexican Restaurants in Bakersfield (again, no actual research has been done to confirm this number), it is hard to figure out which one to go to. I find that most people pick one within a mile or...
Posted by thenovelist
- Mon Dec 4, 2006 19:13:01 PST
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Bakersfield's Blackboard Free Press is coming back into existence? What could this mean? Newspapers on every street corner? Media gunfights on Eye Street? It's like an old Honky Tonk rising from the dusty Central Valley topsoil, only...
Posted by thenovelist
- Thu Nov 30, 2006 16:23:56 PST
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