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LIVE!
TONITE!
FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH!
MENTO BURU
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FOR YOUR SOUL!
FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH
BARNES & NOBLE
4001 CALIF. AVE
BAKERSFIELD, CA
7-9PM
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BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY!
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So recently, my nights have been filled with musical work. Only instead of actually just working on making music, for over a week now it's been processing music files, writing html (ah the code we forget when we do not use it on a daily basis) to update our web presence, and finishing up our logo...
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Bakersfield's biggest band releases a video preview of their soon to be released new CD in July 2007!
KORN!
Check out Jonathan Davis, Fieldy, and the rest of the crew!!
CLICK PICTURE FOR THE HOOK-UP!!
KORN and The Family Values Tour will be making a stop at Bakersfield's Rabobank Arena, on...
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Bakersfield loses local music legend...
Slim The Drifter: July 20, 1960 - May 25, 2007
This morning I recieved an e-mail from Bakersfield's Greg Goodsell, a longtime friend of the Slim's. Scott was an architect of the Bakersfield alternative music scene during the '80s, with a variety of...
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My Musical Journey: Entry 3:
To kick off my Starbucks Early Morning Sizzling Spring and Summer '07 Street Musician Tour, It's a mystery tour. I will perform at an undisclosed Bakersfield location near, around, or at Starbucks. These are early morning, el fresco, single-set...
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, EPH 6:12.
So, how is the surge going? Well, it depends on who you are talking to. Some would say...
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There is one man that I've seen in concert countless times, and I'm not even a big country and western fan. He's been on the road forever. Living on it, literally. It's easy to guess it's Willie Nelson.
I've seen his shows since the 70's. I've seen him...
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Ephesians 5:1-2 (NIV)
(1)Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children (2) and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
My two sons are about as alike as night and day. They bear a physical family...
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Becoming Apparent: Issue 2
When excessive emotional baggage stemming from unresolved issues of the past and the pressures and demands of everyday living become more than a parent can handle, some parents begin to inflict pain upon their own children.
That's why we need something like...
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Welcome to the new Theocracy Thread. Beware of paper tigers. You'll also find these comments under a friend's blog thread, that friend being dusty. We like each other, and respect each other, but boy, do we disagree!!!! Now, to borrow from what I believe to be the new...
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Prelude music is an often overlooked aspect of ceremony coordination. Typically, it is considered well after the choosing of those crucial songs for the bride walking down the aisle and after the couple is introduced. To me, however, it is just as important and can really enhance the...
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Resurrection Sunday, aka Easter Sunday, is upon us. For those who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, this is cause for celebration. For those who haven't felt the beauty of his grace, for those who haven't known the forgiveness of sins, and for those who have not...
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Today I'm kicking off a series of blogs to share thoughts and advice on planning your wedding ceremony...especially in the area of finding and choosing appropriate music. My hope is that this discussion will help get your creativity flowing when it comes to your own special day.
Music is...
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It's sometime in late March or early April. Half the time, I can't find my journal and half the time, I can't put my thoughts together well enough to enter something that makes any sense.
It's been taking me more time to structure my sentences properly. I've been losing my ability to...
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The psyche, the soul and the scriptures series:
Guilt is one of the biggest barriers to personal growth and development. It torments the soul and stifles the psyche. As a psychologist, I have had to attempt to undo what has been done to members of certain church congregations by ministers...
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You've heard Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnel, Anne Couture, and a host of other unhinged celebrities recklessly spout off about their country, politics and a host of other issues they seem to no little or nothing about.
Now, here's your opportunity to suggest which...
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Someone please tell me why the topless bars are majorly lacking in this city? I got here last year and while it took me a few months to check'm out, I'm wholeheartedly disappointed. :(
I come from the San Francisco Bay Area. They've got some good ones, some bad ones, and some...
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I'm not talking about Desperate Housewives. I'm talking about satisfied, content women who stayed home to take care of the children, clean the house, wash the dishes, do the laundry. Is a housewife now a second class citizen? Were they ever satisfied? Were they ever...
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Here's some neighbors who "believe themselves to be the only idiots alive within a hundred mile radius."
If you can id them I'll send you ten dollars.
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Do you agree with this list of the top 200 albums created?
http://www.definitive200.co...
A few of the 200 entries:
1. Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. U2 - Joshua Tree
17. AC/DC - Back in Black
24. Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
38. Marvin Gaye -...
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MENTO BURU
PERFORMING LIVE!!
Bands performing this evening:
CLICK ON ANY BAND'S NAME TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THEIR MUSIC!
The Filthies
Vanity Avenue
Safe Sounds Crew
Tripline
Mento Buru
Three Chord Whore
Likhy2
CD RELEASE PARTY #2
IS NEXT!
FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH @ THE DOME!...
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Details for the 1st CD Release Party that Bakotopia is having is here!
Date: 03/03/2007
Time: 5:00pm
Price: $5.00 / All Ages / includes copy of CD!
Location: Backstage-20th & M st., Bakersfield, CA 93301
Bands performing this evening:
The Filthies
Vanity Avenue
Safe...
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2/28/07
Paint it Black. It's a song I used to love, but could never relate to entirely. Now, sadly, I can relate to it. I know that getting depressed is a common reaction that Alzheimer's patients experience, especially as they approach the middle stage of the disease. ...
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I'm not cruel, and I won't wait any longer to answer to rumors concerning the question of if I will release a cover of Cake's The Distance, in honor of Kevin Harvick's victory at the Daytona 500.
The answer is a resounding "MAYBE!" Cake is actually working on a compilation of...
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Nobody loves the war in Iraq. Nobody loves war-----------period. Or do they? You don't even have to enter any quarters into my blog n roll jukebox. Simply watch this new music video by Cake, who covers Black Sabbath's War Pigs, and, instead of quarters, enter...
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Happy Valentines Day! I don't mean to bring you down. Rather, with this song, and with these words, I'd like to bring somebody up. I'm talking about the homeless. I'm talking about posting this blog thread as a forum for raising all kinds of create ideas concerning...
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I had a dream last night
we were dancin'
at a Valentines ball
you stood barefoot
on the ballroom floor
tryin' hard to break my fall
but I told you I had already fallen
no need to brace my fall
and I told you that
my heart's already broken
no need brace the walls
don't go...
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Hello right-wingers, my good friends! "I've come to talk with you again---because a vision softly creeping, left its seed while I was sleeping..."
Lately I've been doing a lot of looking and listening. Look around here at Bakersfield.com
What do you see? What do...
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CHECK SOME COOL NAMM SHOW HIGHLIGHTS!
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I Get Forgetful: Diary of Donald Doyle, Alzheimer's Patient: Bruce L. Thiessen, Ph.D., Psychologist/BlogBook Author: Catharsis Fiction BlogBooks, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007
11: 46 pm
Well, lately I've been thinking that just because I've got this diagnosis doesn't mean I...
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I Get Forgetful: Diary of Donald Doyle, Alzheimer's Patient: Bruce L. Thiessen, Ph.D., Psychologist/BlogBook Author: Catharsis Fiction BlogBooks, 2007
Entry Two: Fadin' Away
1/20/07 approximately 2:43 am
My wife, Cecillia doesn't know it, but I've been up half the night...
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There are countless victims, and most don't even know they are victims. As children, they were forced to attend churches that practiced religious abuse. This was accomplished by hiring and then supporting hell, fire, and brimstone ministers who interpreted scripture according to their...
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The presidential hopefuls are slowing gaining steam as we plow past '06, into 07, with an eye on the big prize in '08. Each presidential hopeful has put his/her best foot forward, but who will rise in prominence in '07, and who will become burried in baggage and scandal? If the election...
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Most mistakes, whether on a personal level, or a public or political level, may be traced to an attitude of pride. That's why the best way to approach the coming year is with an attitude of humility, the attitude so poignantly portrayed in the song, Why Me Lord? by Kris Kristofferson. ...
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Well, now that you've heard the song, here's your opportunity to share your experiences and answer the question: Can faith, or devotion to Jesus, keep a spouse faithful? Is a person committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ any less likely to cheat in a marital...
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John Lennon, when he was alive, urged us all to Imagine. Can you imagine a world in which the Beatles actually claimed Bakersfield as their home town rather than Liverpool? What if, instead of calling London, I had just grabbed the local phone book to interview the Quarrymen, the band...
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To follow Jesus in '07, you will need to leave the worries and fears of '06 behind. To follow Jesus from the cradle to the cross, and beyond, you will need to suspend your doubt and cynacism long enough to take hold of the reins of faith. To follow Jesus through his death, you will...
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For my final Christmas blog post, I'd like to introduce the subject of Christmas as a romantic time of year. How many of you are in love this Christmas? How many are falling in love? How many are rekindling the flames of an old romance? What sorts of romantic memories do...
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A world without Christmas would be a very sad world, as would a world without Easter. It seems like district trustees had their priorities straight, voting 4-1 Thursday to change the names of Kern High School District breaks to Christmas and Easter.
This is a small step towards...
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Have you got an axe to grind? Are you one of those last-minute Christmas tree shoppers who can't find a tree because folks bought them early this year and you're up against the shortage? I've got the solution, and it's contained in this song.
Perhaps who were among those who...
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.............................................Well, if you haven't guessed by now, it's a freshly broken heart? How many of you have suffered one of these just before the holiday season? How many of you have had to take back a cornucopia of gifts because the one you bought them for...
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Merle Haggard's If We Can Make it Through December, inspired this blog post and its concomitant single-song "soundtrack." Merle's seasonal signature hit is a song about holding on through the storms of life. Merle Haggard has faced many a storm, many of his own...
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It is the centerpiece of the Christmas story? Is is merely a fiction that makes us feel warm and fuzzy during the Christmas season, or is it a miraculous historical fact? If true, the implications are ineffably profound: A holy God coming down to earth to walk among men and women; to...
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I wonder how many people even knew who Ahmet Ertegun was? I never knew him, but did know some people who worked with him - amazing guy! Anyway he's gone now but his work and influence changed the course of music.
Good article here -
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Walter Stormont, a friend and fellow band member asked me when I had written a particular song we were working on in the studio in late November. I don't him, "Two weeks ago," and he replied, with his signature wit, "Oh, then it's one of your old ones." Well, then...
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What do Johnny Cash, Bakersfield, Christmas and South Carolina share in common? Well, the answer is contained in the song you are about to hear, and so is the story. Let's just say that getting an all-expense-paid trip to South Carolina to be a keynote speaker on the subject of Music as a...
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Bing Crosby. Andy Williams. Burl Ives. Frank Sinatra. The Carpenters. These are a few of my favorite singers of classic Christmas songs. But every once in a long while, I'm ready for something new. How about you? If you are ready to hear a new...
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DVD Releases for 12/11/06
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe-Extended Version
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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I've listened to nearly every Christmas song Johnny Cash ever recorded. There's something decidedly dark and haunting about every one. Though he loved to laugh and to have a good time, Johnny Cash was not a jolly old soul. But he was an old soul with deep convictions, deep...
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The song, You're Not the Kind of Ho (That Santa had in MInd) is based on my own personal experience. In the first verse, I draw from my father as a role model, reflecting on a situation I experienced as a youth, as I witnessed my father's refusal to allow a hooker to come in between...
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