The Fresnan

MONDAY HANGOVER: Annoying Dark Knights

This is a statement to half the people at the 7:30 p.m. showing of The Dark Knight at Broadway Faire on Saturday:  You guys are a bunch of jackasses!

Children were there.  Like, five-year old children.  At a hard PG-13 flick.  Babies too.  Fucking babies.  Hell, I think some woman gave birth.  And there was the laughing.  Laughing at all the wrong lines.  I've never been part of a dumber audience in Fresno before.  But, at one point, it was nice to see an usher make a texting teen put his phone away.  Of course the kid went right back to it the moment the usher left, but the effort was made.

Then, there was this guy having an utterly meaningless twenty-minute conversation on his cell phone.  It was before the previews, but still.  Everyone around him was forced to listen to the whole inane thing.  But you, you have a choice of listening to a couple minutes of it.

Listen to cellphone jackass.mp3

Oh, the movie, yeah.  It's already been said all weekend, but The Dark Knight is a near perfect movie.  Should be the first true comic book movie to get a Best Picture nod.  If a damn musical can get Best Picture, The Dark Knight sure as hell should.

Fresno Bootlegs #6: Sweet and Innocent?

In our continuing series of live bootlegs of Fresno musicians, we finally bring you something sweet and innocent.  Or is it?

Judge for yourself by listening to our bootleg of Fresno's own Abigail Nolte singing and playing guitar at Tokyo Garden.

Download AbigailBeautiful.mp3

*The song may or may not be called "beautiful" - I wouldn't know because I bootlegged this yo and I'm to lame to just straight up ask.

Dorktown Podcast: Give it one more try

Our podcast has returned with in-studio Fresno dorkness. Listen to Dorktown Episode 63. Be warned, rude language and rude Fresnans throughout.

-The FCC can't stop drinking on podcasts.
-Fresnans are tuff!
-Bells randomly checks on listeners.
-Hot Fresno breakfast spots.
-Timmy T controversy on The Fresnan.
-"Brodie Mash" answers questions from a dork.
-The "Front Row" pops up in Fresno in another form.
-Why is Ray Appleton so damn popular?
-FBomb drop.
-The Sleepover Disaster gets dorky.
-The return of the OR GAME.
-National Champion Diamond Dogs...with Pat Hill?
-Fonzy Eyyss.

Download: dorktownEpisode63.mp3

Obsess Over Some Fresno Music Thursday

As you physically and mentally prepare to deal with the heat at the Best of Fresno show on Saturday (You are a Fresnan.  You are tough. You can do it.), get musically prepared on Thursday with a cool drink at a great local show.

Fresno's own Fay Wrays, The Sleepover Disaster, Joshua Lanes and Long Beach's The Aircrash, will be playing Club Fred at Audie's Olympic.  I can't stop listening to the Fay Wrays right now.  So I thought I should share in my Fay obsessiveness.

Download or just click to listen to the Fay Rays: ThisIsTheKiss.mp3

Fresno Bootlegs #5: El Olio Wolof

I never got Merced band El Olio Wolof.  I saw them at Starline.  Didn't get.  I saw them at Babylon.  Nothin'.  "What's the big deal?" is a stupid question I would ask to nobody in particular.

Maybe I just needed a venue change because I saw a version of El Olio at Tokyo Garden recently and finally got them.  I think the T Garden's atmosphere fit the music better or something...I dunno.  Wolof singer "Radioactive Cauliflower"  has a cracked genius way about his songwriting that I really dug.

The point is, I really liked what I heard and I'm on board the Merced indie-train.  A train that leaves this month for a short summer tour of the states.  A tour that will have Malcolm Sosa playing keyboards.  You can hear what that might sound like with our exclusive bootleg clip from Tokyo Garden of a stripped down version of El Olio Wolof playing "A Fire Breathing Dragon":

Download or listen to Afirebreathing.mp3

The Fresnan Presents: Dorktown Podcast 62

Listen to Episode 62
The first half of the show is clips from the Dorktown Three Year Anniversary Party. Second half is Mikey and a low volume Bells talking on the phone about why they had to talk on the phone...yep, it's as exciting as it sounds.

No real summary this time. You've just got to listen and try to enjoy. If you're new to the Dorktown Podcast, I'd like to warn you it's unprofessional, obnoxious and there is swearing throughout - nasty Fresnans. click it: dorktown62.mp3

Fresno Bootlegs #3: Tokyo Death March

What's Fresno Bootlegs?  We record a live song from a local band (without permission - don't tell, bitches) and BANG, we have a bootleg to give you.

This time we have a song and an interview with Reedley band, Tokyo Death March.  We did get permission for the interview but lets just stick with the bit people.  Don't forget, Tokyo is playing our podcast's three year anniversary show Tuesday night at Starline.

BOOTLEGGED SONG: Download PabloHarvey.mp3 [recorded at Starline, 6/3/8]
TDM TALKS TO US: Listen to Tokyo Death March Interview

DORKTOWN 61: DAMN NEAR THREE YEARS

Presenting The Fresnan's official podcast: DORKTOWN [Episode 61]

Thank you for listening, this is not safe for work without headphones and here's some of what to expect:

-The Dorktown break wasn't long enough.
-Fresno owes Dorktown money.
-Tommy Boy Boyajian and his caucus.
-Ashley is flashing for votes.
-Tommy Lee's penis.
-Fresno State Football Coach Pat Hill on Dorktown...seriously.
-Chrysalis brings Barstow metal.
-DORKTOWN'S THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW AT STARLINE, JUNE 10TH!
-Fresno Podcast Report.
-Ed Stewart explains his new Fresno podcast.
-Beer break with The Overdubs.
-Mikey will buy you a beer.
-A lame Lost discussion.
-NEW SEGMENT: DO YOU TIP WHEN?
-Dorktown's FONZY EHHSS!
-Get drunk and call the Dorktown Hotline, leave a message: 559-224-2483.
-Fresno gets help from George Lucas.
-Email us: mike, bells, kim. Then check out The Fresnan. *Download: Episode 61

Bootlegged In Fresno: Rademacher

We'd like to begin a new segment for The Fresnan called "Bootlegged In Fresno".  We'll get some random, legally questionable, Fresno audio and post it. 

Our first victims?  Fresno Indie Rock kings Rademacher.  Victims because it's not straight-from-the-board quality, it's kind-of-little-bit-sorta-illegal-bootleg quality.  And it comes from Saturday night's Undercurrent party.

Click it:Rademacher live "Playing For Fun"

Hey, what the hell, let's throw in some bootleg video too.  Rademacher's "If U Got Some Magic":

Flowing with podcasting

Have you heard the new podcast from Ed and Adam?  Have you heard ours? Well, really, you haven't heard Dorktown lately.  We are on a little break until next week.  But that doesn't mean there isn't something new to listen too.

The latest Flowing With Famous is out.  "Flowing" is a podcast we do with Joshua Tehee of FresnoFamous.com.  Plenty of good Fresno talk without all the Dorktown raunch (yeah, boring I know):

Listen to Flowing115

*Bonus audio that didn't make it into the podcast:

Listen to Chucker interviews