HELMET KICKS CLUB FRED'S ASS

Alt Metal Gods HELMET played Club Fred in Fresno last night and The Fresnan was there.  I call them Gods because that's what I think they are.  Singer Page Hamilton IS a genius and, after all these years, I finally saw his genius in action, in one of my favorite clubs (and I've got the audio and video proof)

First off, you can download this audio clip of Page telling the Club Fred crowd a story from Helmet's previous visit to Fresno and how they helped a heat-stroked Fresno teen: Page'sFresnoStory.mp3

Now check a metal hair fueled video clip of the show and (most importantly) the moshpit:

Fresno on the in looking outside

Recently, a neighborhood blogging website called outside.in did a list of America's Bloggiest Cities.  Boston and Philly were determined to be the top cities for local bloggging.

Fresno didn't make the top ten.  Fresno wasn't even in their top 54.

Boise and Reno were amongst those 54 cities.  OH HELLLL NO!  They can kick our ass in football, but they can't blog better than us...can they?

This could not stand.

So I took it upon myself to write a smart and scathing email to outside.in...alright, it wasn't smart or even scathing...I just begged them to include Fresno on their website.  It worked.  This is the quote I got back:

Thanks for the heads up about Fresno! You were right, Fresno is definitely outside.in city-worthy. Enjoy!

Hells yes. Fresno is on the blogging map and gaining ground in the blogsphere.  So if you have a Fresno blog that would fit the site or just want to point out some places that should be on the Fresno page, go on over and check it out.

Here we come Boise, you blogging badasses.

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*Speaking of Fresno blogging, I've started a new Fresno blog, please check it out at www.thefresnan.com and tell me what ya think.
[where: 93704]

Fresno can now map out where to get buzzed after work

You're at work. It's 4:45 and you're waisting company time on the internet, trying to figure out where to go eat after work. But wait, you don't just want to eat, you want to get wasted too! But on the cheap.

That means only one thing: HAPPY HOUR!

Now there's a website you can go to and find where the happy hours are in town. Just try mappyhour.com and click the Fresno pin and you're all set to drink - Just make sure to get off the streets before the checkpoints open for business, amigo.

Unfortunately, there's only a couple of locally owned businesses on there so far, so I encourage you owners and managers out there to change that.