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Gina Pepe
05:18
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Porno Dan
01:41
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Porno Dan, we salute you
when they robbed you last fall I'm glad they didn't shoot you
your product fills a need, it helps me spill my seed
that's why Porno Dan , we salute you.
Porno Dan, we salute you
when the bandit's gun misfired
we all thought that you had retired
your porno racks are overflowing
guess that's why I'm always going to-
Porno Dan, we salute you
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Veni Vidi Vici
05:15
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1, 2,
3V Veni Vidi Vici
In The Tower District in Fresno
It’s the upscale restaurant with the hip hop shows
Beautiful waitresses so everybody goes
Where it’s such a scene when they pack em in at night
And the foods so delightful
That they worship every bitefull
It’s where the young sharks go when they wanna flex their dorsal
Where the actresses go when they finish their rehorsal
19 years the scene has been around
The alcoholic former owner ran it in the ground
And when his bet was big and his debt was deep
I hear Cynthia and Tony bought it pretty F’n cheap
And now they pack em in from near and far
With killer appetizers, dinner, and a full service bar
And the DJs thumpin gets the whole place bumpin
And the band on Sundays gets the dancers humpin
Jim Wright played piano there
He had studied at Juilliard
The last of the old school, he described it
It sounded hard
Jim Wright taught to me the secret psychological discipline
Of how to never ever make a mistake
And he told me of the field trip
He took to see Rachmaninov
Who wouldn’t start to play
If there was a rustle, or one cough
Jim Wright taught to me the secret psychological discipline
Of how to never ever make a mistake
3V
Now the first owner did the financing all wrong
Third mortgaged her home which Stash bought for a song
She had used all the workers and tiles on her kitchen
It’s why the mosaics and countertops at Stash’s house are bitchin
3V
Since it opened I’ve washed all the windows and mirrors there
Played background music for people that didn’t care
I was but a kid with a Chapman Stick and short hair
That was such a long time ago
That was before cellphones, computers, the internet
A few years later that’s about as primitive as you can get
No Facebook, texting, or live streaming video
No YouTube, Google, I’m telling you kiddio
That was before the arts council banned me
After they helped score me the art museum residency
Gave me a grant, I was their little media darling
But the image of Fresno I presented was startling
Startling!
STARTLING!!
Now the English translation for Vini Vidi Vici is
I came, I saw, I conquered
And if you don’t eat some dinner before you hit the bar
Just watch out ( watch out!)
Be careful, you’ll get zonkered
So they’re serving dinner until late
You’ll be delighted with your plate
They’re among the best in Fresno
So I know you’ll be impressed so go to
3V!
It’s got a patio, it’s where ya wanna go
If you’re lookin for some quiet
And don’t wanna see the show
You ask the hostess please
Set you out in the trees
It’s beauty in the Summer
And comfy as Belize in the Wintertime
With the heaters and the tent
So cozy like the memories of all the evenings spent
You can ask Jeff Fetters
How there ain’t nothin better
Than the big three letters on a bitchin night in Fresno
That’s right, I said Fresno!
( instead of a guitar solo, the listener gets this slightly doctored interview, and since I’m a maximalist, you also get a guitar solo.)
3V Vini Vidi Vici
In The Tower District in Fresno
It’s the upscale bistro
With the hip hop credo
Beautiful bartenders
It’s really really neato
And it’s such a scream when they pack em in so tight
And the foods so delightful
That they worship every bitefull
It’s where the young sharks go when they wanna flex their dorsal
Where the actresses go when the finish their rehorsal
Young girls go when they’re wearin somethin slinky
Where the rap stars go with the bling on their pinky
3 V V
In Fresno
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Daddy Doggy Daughter Day
01:58
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Five
00:53
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Fresno
06:31
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Fresno
“Be World Class, Be Fresno!”
was recently floated as the new city motto
but it showed the agents of reality
had been incommunicado
though never ever meant to be made public
NO it was only to encourage positive thinking
but I’ve lived in this town for 42 years
and I can’t imagine what they were smoking
Land of the Chupacabra
Homeland of Bobby Salazar
Birthplace of Alvin And The Chipmunks
Reluctant hot bed of crank heads stealing cars
Some times it just does’nt get any better folks
Other times it couldn’t get any worse
Living your life in Fresno can be both a blessing and a terrible thing
So come to Fresno
Go To Fresno
A culture of excellence where everyone gets the best every day
come to Fresno
Go To Fresno
Apart from truth and perception perfection in every way
Stomping grounds of William Saroyan
Who would’nt pick up his Pulitzer Prize
Said “Writing’s what I do”
Ongoing home of Brian Kenney Fresno
The under-rated genius that towers over all of you
Now don’t get me started on the gang warfare
Or the way we beat, I mean treat the homeless it’s so unfair
We used to be the intravenous drug capitol of the nation
But now it seems like no one cares
So come to Fresno
Go To Fresno
A culture of excellence where everyone gets the best every day
come to Fresno
Go To Fresno
Apart from truth and perception perfection in every way
From the sprawl of the north-east expansion
To Chateau de Fresno out by Kearney Mansion
It’s a semi-tropical paradise of grape vines and fruit trees
That few of us ever sees
And the orchards seem so endless and the soy sways in the sun
You can dump your meth lab chemicals while Shy Girl shoots her gun
At the psychedelic patterns that form out in the fields
As you fly past the junk heaps that line Highway 99
It’s where the city banks development that turns to urban blight
It’s where the police chief runs the whole show
And shuts the town down at night
Gateway to the scenic Southern Sierra
On the banks of the once mighty San Joaquin
It’s a cornucopia of agricultural splendor
The likes of which the world has never seen
So seductive in the springtime
Fantastic in the fall
It’s where rural life meets suburbia with a cow pasture and a mall
Highways that led to nowhere now infected with urban sprawl
It’s where the red necks meet the yuppies
And Jesus Christ rules them all
…and it gets really hot
Though we love to chide and deride you
Your charms are many and in-explicable
Just like the way people lump us in with Bakersfield
Is so annoying as the comparison’s inapplicable
Life is a lot like what you make it
Does’nt really matter where you live
What’s important is what you have to offer
And to offer all you can give
So come to Fresno
Go To Fresno
A culture of excellence where everyone gets the best every day
come to Fresno
Go To Fresno
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Reedley College
01:10
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Ozone
07:57
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Orcas Island
03:36
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Chick With A Dick
05:45
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Trees
07:40
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Brian Kenney Fresno Fresno, California
My name is Brian Kenney Fresno, and I have this super fun solo ROCK show
where I sing modern TALES of urban
legends and epics of the absurd- in a
sing along format, mostly about Fresno Ca, my home town, and everytime I say
"Fresno", everybody eats the raisins and says "WHOOO!" in a group
experience.
It's really fun!
Everybody laughs a lot!
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