Demand Deftones, Fresno

Fresno's dueling arenas has given us, in the centered city, a bounty of shows as big as Madonna's vagi...special place. But, being in the same state as Los A, SD, Sac Town and "The City", Fresnans can still get passed over for a good concert.

Before the internet, we were powerless to change that. Now, we can Demand shows. This new website organizes your demands and does something with them. What it actually does with them I'm not sure...probably nothing. In fact, it may just be some underhanded marketing scheme by Ticketmaster. But hey, it feels like you're doing something.

I've joined the demanded for the Deftones to come back. Now, if I could only demand Rage Against the Machine to play Selland instead of Coachella, I would happily pay those Ticketmaster bastards their "juice".

Historic, Dorkish and Famous

I had been looking forward to Podcast 38 for quite some time. Even before Jarah sold Fresno Famous, we had been planing to have her on our podcast. Unfortunately, some sound and length problems prevented it from being perfect, but it still turned out to be as fun as I'd hoped.

Jarah and Josh were just plain entertaining and some provocative stuff came from the interview.

When Jarah was asked if she was surprised at the amount of backlash selling FresnoFamous caused, Jarah replied "Yes. I didn't think that anyone would give a shit. I didn't think that anyone would notice."

Josh - who's taking over for Jarah as the website's head blogger - proved he is ready for the challenge and talked about the distance he will have from the Fresno Bee, "I don't work in the newsroom, I don't work on the paper. We are separate from the news[room]...I'm not going to ever talk to the executive editor of the Bee, we're doing things a little differently. We're not going to be doing what the Fresno Bee is doing, we're not going to be doing what we did with Get Out."

But what trumps all of that is Jarah throwing down some "Wham Rap" with Bells - part two of #38. I think Bells would have married her right on the spot if he wasn't already spoken for.

I hate pimping something I've already posted but this show is dedicated to Famous Users and I really want to make sure everybody gets a chance to listen to the podcast. If you have iTunes you should be taken to the Dorktown iTunes page by clicking iTunes.

Thanks to everybody for listening to our dopey-ass show and special thanks to Jarah and Josh for coming in and being so open.

-Mike

Fresno Famous Dorks

Not only can Fresno State students now download podcasts of class lectures and Fresno State news, they - and everybody else in the world - will soon be able to download Jarah Euston and Joshua Tehee's appearance on the Dorktown Podcast.

Jarah and Josh are scheduled to be on Dorktown - Episode 38 - Saturday night. The podcast should be ready for download very late Saturday night. I think all Famous Folks know what will be major a topic.

Dorktown's Best Fresno Band is...

Do you listen to the Dorktown Podcast? Do you listen to Fresno bands? Then here is your chance to get your favorite band - played on the podcast - some props.

Vote for your favorite band from the list or send in a band we might have forgot. Just email Dorktown (mike@dorktown.net) with your picks, ratings, or even bands you think sucked. If you don't want to email, then post a comment below or go to the FORUM and leave your thoughts. The list will be brought up on a future podcast and the "winner" will get some "air time" - yes bigtime podcast airtime, a dream come true for every Fresno band.

THE LIST (IN NO ORDER):

ROSELINE
ALL GOOD THINGS
ARGYLE PIMPS
IT'LL GROW BACK
CHEWBACCA AND THE RHYTHM WOOKIEES
THE SAME SHAPE
POPULUS
UNTIL APRIL
SHON J
PINKEYE
BEANDIP
SUPER LUCKY CATZ

**Talk about this on the FORUM.

Owning a Downtown Fresno Bar is Scary

It's lookin' like Downtown Fresno bar Fagans is closing. Go check out Mike Oz's blog at the Fresno Beehive for the details.

You'll find an open letter by the owner of Fagan's explaining what has gone wrong. It will scare the shit out of you if you're thinking of opening up a Fresno resturant. Check out some of what she says:

"I never imagined how much theft goes on (like bartenders who gave away free drinks,for better tips) (waitress's who thought money should go into their pockets ,rather than the cash drawer) (Customers who skipped out on paying)

I never imagined the volume of people who think because I am downtown, I should gives away everything for free or next to free. How many people tried to bring in their own food and beverage.or come in, just for Free water with Lemons ,Cherries and Straws (like we could pay the PGE on that) How bazaar !

Downtown Workers who felt food items should be under $5. and then try and split a $5.00 meal.(asking for extra bread ) Because they felt because it's downtown ,it should be cheaper !"

Dork Exposed as Idiot

On the post below, I railed The Bee for not publishing my "letter to the editor" concerning Fresno Famous. Truth be told, I was kinda hoping they wouldn't post it so I COULD smack 'em for not posting.

Well, come to find out, they actually DID post my letter in Saturday's Fresno Bee. I just missed it. This was pointed out to me on my blog at Fresno Famous by Fresno Bee Editor Russ Minick.

Yep, as you can tell, any idiot can write a blog.

Bee 'Edits' Dorktown

Famous being purchased by the Fresno Bee has been blogged about as far away as Massachusetts and as close as Bakersfield. But not one editorial letter in the Opinion section of the Bee.

I decided to change that by sending a letter to the Bee myself. Bee Editors apparently didn't find it worthy because they aren't publishing it. I've even sent in a couple different versions, still nothing. Maybe the writing just sucks - I admit it isn't great. Or, maybe they don't like the content of it.

Either way, since they aren't publishing it, I will:

So, McClatchy’s Fresno Bee has bought FresnoFamous.com. To borrow from the Bee, I would like to say ‘Thumbs Up’ to the Bee for putting their ego aside and saying “If you can’t beat ‘em, assimilate ‘em.”

It will be interesting to see if the Bee can keep to their promise of not meddling with the site and letting the Fresno Famous users dictate the bulk of the content and style. I know the Famous users will keep a watchful eye.

Yes, not all letters make it into the Bee, but I always find the ones about local issues more interesting , rather than what somebody from Clovis thinks of Iraq.