Valley Children, Driving In Fresno and Sweating Out The Summer

Greetings fellow Fresno and Central California enthusiasts. In this month's show we talk about Valley Children's Hospital paying for naming rights at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno traffic being better than Portland's, Fresno finally has pot dispensaries, Summer Sweat and a lot more Fresno.

Band Of The Episode: WhoIsGene?

Thank you for listening!

DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousAug22.mp3

(Maybe one or two cuss words, alert!)

Check some links to support your hosts:

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Fresno Is Not For Tourists

Welcome to your monthly look a Fresno culture. This week we mention some things like:

• Fresno On Next Door.
• Heat is coming and can you take it?
• Fresno is for working not for tourists.
• Band Of The Episode: Great Northern.
• Bands using Fresno as a home base.
• A historic Fresno burger.
• Some love for Great Day!
• And much more!

DOWNLOADABLE: FlowingWithFamousJune22.mp3

(Occasional cussing alert!)

Thank you for listening!

Check some links to support your hosts:

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Fresno Tower Theatre Drama and High Speed Rendering - May In 2022

Welcome back to another exploration of Fresno culture known as Flowing With Famous!

This month we will be talking about such things as:

• A full postgame on Porchfest 2022.
• Fresno is buying the Tower Theatre, is it as good a thing as it appears?
• Band Of The Episode: Sparklejet "Winding Up My Head"
• High-Speed Rail is still a thing and might look super awesome one day.
• Downtown Fresno is a thing, yes.
• Why do we love the mid-range restaurants in Fresno?
• Mr. Fresno is leaving Fresno.
• There is a size of venue that still evades Fresno's grasp.
• These and other Fresno things!

DOWNLOADABLE FILE: FlowingWithFamousMay22.mp3
(a few cuss words sprinkled in)

Thank you for listening!

Check some links to support your hosts:

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Porchfest Pregame, Fresyes Postgame and Tearing Down Old Downtown Fresno

Welcome to April's episode of Flowing With Famous, Fresno's culture podcast. Some of the things we will talk about:

• What did we think of Fresyes Fest 2022?
• Downtown is the event space of Fresno.
• Porchfest is here, it's gonna be cool.
• Band Of The Episode: The Sleepover Disaster.
• Old Downtown buildings that have been torn down.
• Palm Hil.
• Is Savemart Ok?
• Do we care about Pearl Jam.
• This and more!

DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousApril22.mp3
(Light cussing)

Thank you for listening!

Check some links for your hosts:

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Flowing Rogue With Fresno Chains - Flowing With Famous March 2022

Welcome back to Fresno's First Podcast, Flowing With Famous.

This month we talk about a couple of Fresno festivals happening this month, one of them happening NOW (Rogue Festival) even though we might have said another time - because we recorded earlier than usual. Anyway, SOME of the things:

• The Rogue Festival is back!
• Do we want any of these restaurant chains in town?
• We lost Dugout Cookies.
• Fresno burgers: where are the best?
• Band Of The Episode: Fatty Cakes & the Puff Pastries!
• Mike Oz is a Fresno gem.
• Memory Map: Blackstone & Shaw.
• These things and more.

DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithMarch22.mp3
(Heads-up: there might be a cuss word here and there)

Check some links for your hosts:

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Tearing Through Downtown Fresno

It feels like it's been a while but we are back with another round of Fresno culture talk and stuff. Some of the things we cover this month:

• The Tower District tirelessly struggles against Adventure Church.
• Hardy's gets gutted and it just sucks.
• The Fresno Hotel revival.
• Downtown Fresno is building up, piece by piece.
• Tokyo Garden is for sale.
• Fresno has a music Hall Of Fame now, who should be in it?
• There is an underground Fresno music scene that you may not know about.
• Band Of The Episode: Dave Stogner.

That and more! Please give it a listen!

DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousSep21.mp3

Thanks for checking it out!

(Heads-up: a few cuss words)

Check some links for your hosts:

Thanks for being here!

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Fresno Collecting and Music History: August 2021

Thanks for joining us for this month's pass-through Fresno culture known as Flowing With Famous. We will talk about these things and more:

• Fresno Weather Report.
• Post dispensaries are coming to Fresno very soon.
• Clovis vs. Fresno.
• Do you have a Fresno collectible you are proud of?
• Band Of The Episode: The Subtractions.
• Fresno has bands scheduled again!
• Fresno Street Eats doing good things.
• Fresno music history.
• The Tower Theatre controversy gets the Fresno Bee Editorial Board in trouble.
• And more things. Please give it a listen!

DOWNLOADABLE FILE: FlowingWithAugust21.mp3

Thanks for listening!

(Heads-up: a few cuss words)

Check some links for your hosts:

Thanks for being here!

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Does Art Hop Need To Die?

Thanks for joining us for another discussion about the culture of Fresno, we call it Flowing With Famous.

We cover some this like these:

• Fire Season has begun.
• A new show at Woodward Park.
• Using the secondary ticket market.
• Rogue Festival and the Tower Theatre.
• A Drive-thrus a problem in Fresno?
• Fresno's bad temp readings.
• The Cavinder Twins make Fresno history.
• Does Art Hop need to die?

Band of The Episode: BKR with "El Capo"

Thanks for listening!

DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousJuly2021.mp3

(Heads-up: a few cuss words)

Check some links for your hosts:

Thanks for being here!

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Getting Ready For Fresno Summer

We have returned to bring Fresno into June.

The heatwaves have begun and we get prepped for a Fresno Summer with talk of the Tower Theatre and how they have gone back to business as usual. Also, Mayor Dyer had his first real flub - but did he recover?

Edwards Theater is revamped, we talk about going out into the world again, wonder if we should have fireworks at all on the Forth and more Fresno-ing.

Band Of The Episode: Scoundrel.

Give it a listen: FlowingWithFamousJune21.mp3

(Heads-up: a few cuss words)

Check some links for your hosts:

Thanks for being here!

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Porchfest & Southwest

Welcome to our May episode of Flowing With Famous - A Fresno Culture podcast.

This month we take on some things like:

• Fresno property prices are getting kinda crazy!
• Is GV Wire legit?
• A review of the Tower District's Porchfest.
• Band Of The Episode: Kevin Figueroa!
• Fresno's air is bad but better!
• Southwest Airlines is Fresyes-ing.
• Is live music coming back?

This and more. Thank you for listening!

DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousMay21.mp3

(Occasional cuss words)

Check some links for your hosts:

Thanks for being here!

Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. 
Josh at the Fresno Bee.

Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.

Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 

Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.

Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.
Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.