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Friday, April 09, 2004

A Short Fresyes Holiday

In case you hadn't noticed, Fresyes is taking a brief Easter holiday. Just enough time to bite a few ears off the chocolate bunnies and resume Monday. Expect some big surprises next week. xoxo, The Guv
posted by The Governor @ 9:58 AM  
Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Fresyes: The Day in Craig



We're not gonna start biting too hard on The Black Table's excellent craigslist summaries, but we had to share this new post from the Fresno Craig. It marks the first official "Missed Connection," and I'm assuming (praying?) it's a joke:

you smelled like ranch dressing, and my zucchini stick sizzled - 41

Reply to: anon-28214943@craigslist.org
Date: 2004-04-06, 4:49PM PDT

You were my waitress at Red Robbin...your permed hair was covering your name tag...was it trayci? chrystalle? bryanna? i had the mushroom burger, remeber? are you going to easter at the save mart center?

****

Meantime, I met with a broker for three hours this evening, and suffice it to say this was not one of the available deals. But somebody oughta snap this up:

$825 / 2br - Great large 2 bedroom 2 Bath 1100+ square foot condo

Large 2 bedroom 2 bath condo with fenced patio. Fireplace, utility room, completely refurbished 2 years ago. High wood ceilings, walk-in closets. Walking distance to Starr and Kratt elementary, Tenaya Jr. High, and close to Bullard High. Pool and club house, 2 parking spaces. Quiet neighborhood, near shopping. (Sierra & Maroa)

In other news:

1. It's about time political advertising brought "f**khead" into the presidential campaign lexicon. See the anti-Bush commercial that MoveOn.org really should start airing.

2. For you New Yorkers, the crunchy-haired Carmel lady is dead. Long live the "sultry" Carmel lady. (NYT via Stereogum)

3. A Slate story on Tom Cruise's breakup with PR queen Pat Kingsley. It does a nice job explaining the media's evolution from celebrity worship to celebrity ridicule. In an unrelated note, it never mentions the phrase "into dudes."

4. Holy sweet lord. It's Dodgeball time.
posted by The Governor @ 7:55 PM  
Monday, April 05, 2004

Dan Gamel: Tree Butcher?



1. One of my all-time favorite Fresno TV pitchmen, Dan Gamel (third only to OttmarThomasofToyotaVisalia, and Al Radka of Oberti Olives), is in the news today for turning the trees on his RV lot into limbless nubby stumps in order to keep them from scratching the motorhomes. Looks kind of like the "Joshua Tree" album, but with more asphalt. (Bee)

2. While I don't find this as egregious as, say, Nickelback ripping off its own material, Nuclear Beef today documents the shocking similarities between The Flaming Lips song "Fight Test" and the Cat Stevens classic, "Father and Son." Give them a listen. (Beef also includes the Johnny Cash/Fiona Apple version, which makes me wonder when she's gonna finally get her album done… but I digress.)

3. For those of you who still haven't discovered that celebrity and fashion magazines are full of shit, check out this lesson in retouching photos. While the first rule of prepping any celeb photo is "whiten the eyes/whiten the teeth" -- pay special attention to the amount of work done on her bellybutton.

4. Wal-Mart world-domination strategy #24,598: Take Over Inglewood. (NYT)

5. Read the blog of Karen Hall, a writer for CBS's "Judging Amy" who, along with the rest of her coworkers, was recently fired from the show. I can't say I watched it (ain't my demo anyway), but I find it bizarre when a long-running show just up and decides to can its entire writing staff. (Hall, by the way, started her career on "M*A*S*H.") Hollywood's a tough joint.

6. Things, however, could be worse. You could be Antonio Sabato Jr. getting his ass kicked. (Gawker)
posted by The Governor @ 8:28 PM  

Fresnotes: The Media Empire



Belated big ups to the folks at Pollstar, who now join the Fresyes permalink collection. After all, the concert trade magazine has bucked the LA and NY media establishment, turning Fresno into the next great publishing mecca. (While New York has Conde Nast and Hearst, Fresno has His Magazine, Ultimate Athlete and the newly founded Fresno Goth livejournal.) On a side note: can anyone explain how Pollstar ended up in Frez to begin with? We would love a history lesson. Paging quotemeister Gary Bongiovanni...

Another publication: Fresno Famous, which gives us a piece on that "Broadway Row" project -- from the perspective of a downtown business owner whose family has been screwed over by eminent domain for three generations.
posted by The Governor @ 8:20 PM