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Fresno Oldhead Uneventfully Watches Bands and Drinks Beer In Tower

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I was one of 3 old dudes at Goldstein’s last night. I don’t know to think if this is pathetic or something to be proud of.

Probably a bit of both.

Pathetic: Why are you out in The Tower alone as a 50 something dude? Go home and pull weeds or do dishes or some shit.

Proud: Nobody else in my age group out here checking out local bands and enjoying a beer, walking miles home.

I got that video just as the Goldstein’s crowd gave up trying to start a little pit. That band was not playing pit appropriate music but, dammit, folks wanted to pit.

For the younger Fresno crowd, this has been a staple of every Fresno generation; Fresnans love even the tiniest excuse to start a pit. Bless our little hearts. Do we need to grow up? Maybe. But it makes us kind of adorable too.

I decided to check in on Livingstone’s (It has been a while for me) and have a General Sherman IPA from our own Tioga.

The bar had just enough people to give me a sense of enough going on that I wanted to stay. But soon enough, a large amount of people came in and it was too much for this guy, so I headed back over to Gold’s and caught some more Fresno talent:


As I wandered the streets home, contemplating life, I am pretty sure I saw Fresno Jesus wink at me as I walked by:

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-Mikey

Keep Fresno Brutal

Punk Legends “X” In Fresno Saturday

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It is not often Fresno gets a Saturday show from a genre-defining band. Legendary punk band, X, is playing Fulton 55 Saturday night.

There are (at the time of this posting) still tickets left, you can buy them on this website.

On the secondary market, there are tickets to other X shows in California, but I didn’t find much for Fresno.

There is a great write-up about it by Josh Tehee at the Fresno Bee, check it out.

I love this old Letterman appearance from X:

What you should expect:

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Arena Rock Has Left Out Fresno

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There are a lot of recent rock-related tours happening that are NOT coming to Fresno.

Hey, I know this is nothing new. We seem to get about 25% of the bigger tours to come through.

Lately, it feels like more, at least in the rock genre.

Right now, coming to California (or just went through), there is:

None of them stopped/or will be stopping by Save Mart Center or Selland Arena.

Dude. These are all bands that have played here too. All are passing us up now. Two of them are from the Central Valley for fucks sake.

I don’t know if the no-big-rock-shows is a national trend or if it’s just Fresno, but it’s been pretty weak this year. What, like, Blink 182 and … well that has been it recently.

Are we showing up less to rock shows? Is Save Mart Center/Selland Arena not seeking these shows? What gives?

I guess rock is dead, at least in Fresno arenas.

Hey! Does River Park Even Deserve Ragin’ Records?

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It’s been mixed feelings about Ragin’ Records opening up a place in River Park.

First you’re like “Wait. WHAT!? River Park? But Ragin is, like, TOWER, dude. Metal. Punk. All subculture and stuff!”

River Park is not that.

When River Park went in it was mostly chains and a movie theater. North Fresno. The death of Fashion Fair. Sprawl. A traffic circle we didn’t get.

It was exciting and new, but no heart. Felt like it shouldn’t be.

Over the years it has evolved. Either by design or by necessity it is maybe a little more local – at least the core is.

Teazers. Barrelhouse. Coney Island Me&Ed’s. That place that used to be the sports bar. You know, stuff like that.

It feels more Fresno and I don’t know how to describe it to you more than that. Maybe it has just been there long enough.

So I guess after you work it out, it is okay that River Park has a Ragin’ Records now. Especially since it is in the parking garage (which makes it totally punk).

I’m getting soft in my old age.

Joshua Tehee and I have a good discussion about this on this month’s Flowing With Famous.