fresno urban sound experience kickstart

the fresno urban sound experience (fuse 2010) is back again. last year we had a great time downtown, and we froze our butts off on the spiral garage seeing the sleepover disaster. if you want to see a list of confirmed artists for this year, you can click over to the fresnan, and watch for updates there as well.

anyway, they're raising ca$h for this year's festival and thought i'd share that with you (as if you didn't know that already). if you donate, creative fresno will share some goodies with you, depending on donation level. pretty cool stuff, and you're helping the festival come together.

on top of that, local newshound mike oz is doing funny stuff for donors. pretty cool, eh?

so, you can give some $ to help fund a great festival, which is good. then, you get some swag from creative fresno, double good. add in mike oz's bonus, triple goodness for everyone.

i say you do it. even if it's only a small donation - every cent is needed (and it's tax deductible).

fusefest recap

i have to think the fuse fest was a smashing success. the venues were all packed, the bands were great and people were out and about downtown, spending money.

josh tehee, one of the event coordinators



cafe corazon during abigail nolte's set



milano during blake jones & the trike shop



the smokehouse during the suppressors



and a little video of the suppressors

fusefest - saturday, october 18

you may have seen this on the fresno internets, but i wanted to plug it again here. the fresno urban sound experience festival - fusefest.



2008 FUSE Schedule

Cafe Corazon
4:00 Scats on the Sly
5:00 Abigail Nolte
6:00 Bobby Joe Neely
7:00 David Aus with Andre Bush
8:00 Loveseats
9:00 Roger Perry
10:00 Wheels of Fortune

Milano
4:30 Rademacher
5:30 Blake Jones & the Trike Shop
6:30 Tokyo Death March
7:30 The Neptunes
8:30 It's an Icicle
9:30 It'll Grow Back
10:30 Fashawn

The Smokehouse
4:00 Hellaquent
5:00 Chuck Dimes
6:00 The Suppressors
7:00 Fay Wrays
8:00 Flywright
9:00 Brian Kenney Fresno

Tokyo Garden
10:00 Ibice
11:00 Javon Davis Band
12:00 Patrick Contreras


THIS SATURDAY
October 18th
10 bucks gets you into everything.


sadly, like many festivals with multiple stages, you've got to pick and choose who you'll see. i'm thinking i'm going to milano @ 4:30 to see rademacher, then blake jones & the trike shop, then tokyo death march. but, i'm probably going to leave mid death march to walk over to the smokehouse to see the fay wrays play @ 7. or, i might even leave before 6 to see the suppressors and their skankin music. 9:30 maybe find me back @ milano for it'll grow back, you got to love old school punk. local hip hop phenom fashawn is up after that @ milano, @ 10:30.

however, it's possible that i also might completely cut out before fashawn to head back to the tower district. there's a good show @ audie's olympic/club fred.



that's right, abigail nolte is playing with the sleepover disaster. abigail's playing @ the fuse festival, but it's mid-rademacher. so, i think i'll catch abigail & sleepover, and be almost close enough to throw a rock at my house.