As usual, I will give the Fresno Undercurrent more of the exclusive than other area community media sites:

I'm not sure if the Bakersfield Californian newspaper is going to slam my documentary, "The Last Band," but they're launching an article on Thursday that includes a discussion of the film.

The half-hour ABC documentary discusses some of the attitudes about history, music and cultural reverence for Buck Owens former recording studio where Korn recorded their first album and country greats like Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Buck Owens once recorded...

I thought I'd share that Brian "Head" Welch will be in Bakersfield Aug. 1 since that's the closest to Fresno he's getting on his book tour.

He's signing copies of his memoir, "Save Me From Myself" which made the top 20 on the New York Times Best Seller list after just one week in book stores.

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I'll be writing a review of his memoir for both ABC 23 in Bakersfield and Noveltown...

I've just written a social criticism after traveling to Minnesota about some of Bakersfield's trash problems. Do any Fresno areas have the same problems?

Anyway...

We've got some new book discussions on Paperback Writer: On Memoirs: Matildakay talks shop.