Comments on Paperback Writer: A Bakersfield, California literature, music and news blog: Bakersfield, an incestuous land of dying theatre, ...

It's good to think that we here in Bakersfield (th...

2006-06-22T00:40:00.000-07:00

It's good to think that we here in Bakersfield (the less sunny end of the smoggy Central Valley) can entertain folks not just throughout the San Joaquin, but all the way to the land of Canucks! Thanks Meilani!

As for you Aaron. You're sneaky. I know you have something up your sleeve.

I just finished reading the full article (only had...

2006-06-21T22:34:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading the full article (only had time to get 1/2 through earlier today) and I definitely agree that audience developement is a HUGE issue. I fully realize the irony of my resistance in publishing my own passionate opinions (which NL points out in this article). Before I launched theatreaddict.com I had envisioned myself writing stirring, controvercial pieces that would get

Greetings from Canada! I'm visiting family here bu...

2006-06-21T21:52:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Canada! I'm visiting family here but couldn't stay away from reading your site. It's all so funny and entertaining and even shared it with my family here.

Keep up the great work!

chingpea is such an angry girl... hehehaha.

2006-06-21T21:03:00.000-07:00

chingpea is such an angry girl... hehehaha.

to say theatre, film, and television are dying is ...

2006-06-21T20:55:00.000-07:00

to say theatre, film, and television are dying is crazy talk! that's like saying entertainment is almost extinct... there is interaction everywhere... if you're not getting it, then you're not doing something right whether it's marketing, your production, whatever... think about what you're saying and read the comments your fellow artists have posted. sheesh...

btw, i don't throw shoes

I have always wanted to capture more of that backs...

2006-06-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

I have always wanted to capture more of that backstage juicy goodness but I find that when I stick a microphone or a pen in an actor or director's face they want to put their best face forward and plug plug plug! Me, I'd rather be laid back and show people the fun we have being obcessed artists. Maybe it'll happen on it's own someday as people get more comfortable. Muhahaha.

potty mouth

2006-06-21T14:26:00.000-07:00

potty mouth

WRITE-on!!!!....my brotha!....PRO-ACTIVE is the on...

2006-06-21T13:47:00.000-07:00

WRITE-on!!!!....my brotha!
....PRO-ACTIVE is the only way the Arts are going to be noticed in Bakersfield. If Artists, Musicians, and Actors think that doing their thing, quiet and removed, in dark little venues, is enough to ATTRACT the community, they're wrong.
.....now you know Mohammad went to the mountain. But that's because he could see it. The rest of us mortals cant see nothin'

Roger is right, about most everything here.Especia...

2006-06-21T13:40:00.000-07:00

Roger is right, about most everything here.

Especially about people still thinking the Melodrama is on China Grade.

We take A TON of phone calls from people asking when we moved.

I've almost got my rebuttal speech down, but this still amazes me because that fucking place closed down like what? 9 years ago?

Oh man. Roger Mathey has spoken...Can't wait to se...

2006-06-21T12:36:00.000-07:00

Oh man. Roger Mathey has spoken...

Can't wait to see the commercial.

I will say that we are trying. Three theatres rece...

2006-06-21T12:19:00.000-07:00

I will say that we are trying. Three theatres recently received a grant to create a commercial promoting local theater and we hope to have that up by July.

The most difficult thing is getting the word out. Each theater does their share of putting out flyers and e-mails and getting info to the papers and media but it's still not enough. But attempts are being made to spread the word.