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Nick Belardes's Blog
October 20, 2010
- If you were a child of the 1970s like I was, you can't forget what your mom and dad tried to be: Iconic TV parents. Memories first came rushing back when Barbara Billingsley, AKA June Cleaver of Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963) died on Oct. 16. And then on Oct. 19, Tom Bosley, AKA Mr. C from Happy Days (1974-1984) also passed. Doesn't matter that the two shows took place in different decades; ...
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October 20, 2010
- Ah, the OC. I left it.That's Orange County to you non-Californians. I was there for work and didn't really know anyone the brief time I was there. I met indy filmmaker Lev Anderson, who worked on a Fishbone documentary titled Everyday Sunshine. And since I'm a part of indy film lovers community Hukilau, it was a rare but good moment. We met on a bike path as he was snapping photos of some strange ...
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October 8, 2010
- It's called "Literary Kern: Celebrating The Art Of Writing" and takes place just 110 miles north of Hollywood in the Central Valley city of Bakersfield. And, I will be revealing what's in the box!WHAT'S IN THE BOX?? I'm also stoked for other reasons. Why?I've been helping brainstorm on this city-wide literary festival for months and I'm happy to be a part of it. On Oct. 12-16 Literary ...
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October 7, 2010
- The first time I saw Malcolm’s beard he was sitting on one of those city-funded stone benches at Washington Park--the kind with the big county seals engraved on it. He looked like he just woke up. And his beard was a mess. It was as if the tide had just rolled in and his face was a net capturing seaweed, bits of life and tiny shells from the surf.
Official benches don't make any difference ...
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August 7, 2009
- This has really been affecting me lately: my obsession with the bizarre. I wake up, roll out of bed. I grab a history book, or find my laptop and click straight to a science magazine website as if the Holy Grail of the absurd is going to suddenly spring to life like an oddly glowing chalice. It’s that one weird news story that will go viral. I just know it will. Like when I posted video of a ...
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August 3, 2009
- Weekend news ruled my life, and not just Saturday and Sunday. Monday came along and I found myself still reeling over having posted two hard-hitting news items on disease in Kern County. Two humans with West Nile virus and nearly 60 cases of pandemic swine flu in one month. That's enough to get anyone to wear a CDC bubble suit to bed. In the case of West Nile, real estate moguls were warned to ...
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July 28, 2009
- Who doesn't want to be in a zombie movie? The first time around, Hectic Films had no investor and used local actors (I got an axe through my head as a zombie creature). George the Giant who was in "Big Fish" was there. He's scary. He was the most credible of the gang. Now Hectic Films is re-creating the film with a sizeable budget and more Hollywood talent than just a giant who can eat ...
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July 27, 2009
- Family finds skull in sandy canyon. Check. Man crushed by pipes. Check. Phone call to detective about flamboyant real estate broker's death. check check. Oh wait, you probably want to hear a little about that. Let me sum up my conversation with a very polite detective. After I asked details about the death of the real estate broker found floating dead in the Kern River, she simply said: "I ...
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July 26, 2009
- I'm waiting for the police to call me back.As a journalist it's not always easy to get through to the authorities when you have a pressing question about a death for a news article. In this case, the death of a prominent real estate broker in Bakersfield who was found dead in the Kern River by a jogger. I've already written two articles, one of them controversial. Two news tips and an interview ...
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