Bakersfield Famous

Nick Belardes
(Photo of NL from nlbelardes.com)

A printed version of Fresno Famous? Why not? Get Out was axed by the Bee so there's a hole to fill.

I didn't come up with that idea, a Mr. Nick Belardes (Bakersfield's top blogger) came up with that one. And that's not the only thing Nick talks about in his latest blog entry.

He covers the Modesto Famous controversy, Fresno Famous selling to the Fresno Bee, Jarah and Josh appearing on the Dorktown Podcast (sorry, shity self promote there) and the Marilyn being painted over.

I especially like the part where NL notices that Lucky Bail Bonds has a better store front than the Fresno Arts Council. All Fresno Famous readers and Downtown folks should check it out.

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.

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.

Bee is Famous, Fresno

The rumors are true, Fresno Famous, the hippest little local site EVER, has been assimilated by the Borg - also known as the Fresno Bee.

Valley Floor rumors of the mighty McClatchy Company purchasing Dorktown are highly...alright, there aren't any rumors. But when the Fresno Bee was not reached for comment, they said all Fresno Dorks should now stay away from F'Famous and go fuck themselves.