Bruce Fessier

Desert Sun arts, entertainment & special projects writer, husband of Jane, dad of 2 boys, son of Whittier, proud Elvis, Sinatra, Groucho & Coachella supporter

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@thecaseydolan No trick or treaters in our neighborhood for about 10th year in a row. It’s like our Tamarisk neighborhood is restricted to only people over 40 in Bermuda shorts. How was your block?

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Reading about Dan Ball at the Desert Sands school board meeting makes me long for #CactusHugs. @thecaseydolan @GinoLaMont. https://t.co/qatJGZAouy

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@BillPlaschke Wish I could get a print copy of your column & Kobe special section. Bought a newsstand copy for $2.75. But no special section. Called Times circulation. It won't sell a single copy. Kobe was our family bond. I subscribe to digital Times. Just can't get a souvenir.

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@thecaseydolan How about using that huge surplus to add some employees to the EDD to handle the backlog of cases Sacramento had to know was coming. Or maybe they didn't want us to see the real unemployment numbers.

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Oh no. Bill Plaschke of the @latimessports has just called the #Dodgers the best team in history. Our World Series hopes are doomed.

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@MichaelFelci Gotta wonder if @RonnieKingMusic will make another appearance on keyboards. #HitThat

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@downsanddirty Surprised by this. Did you get a reservation first? Jane & I got tested by Riverside County before Thanksgiving in a community building next to the YMCA in Palm Desert and were in & out in 5 minutes.

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Hey
@AlFranco15: Please write a long-ass farewell column. Let
@kscharkey
edit it down to 200 words for print. She's good at that. But I want to see your perspective on desert changes over the past 3 decades in full form. Local perspective is something that's fast disappearing.

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@todgoldberg @ALA_Booklist Excited about this release. Just wish we could find a desert venue to do a Q&A w/ me questioning you. We'd resurrect Lord Fletcher's. We'd fill Melvyn's and get a dinner, too! Alas, so many empty buildings, so much risk.

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@todgoldberg Political and sports hero.

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Oh well. One more and we can forget all about that.

[Joe Mathews 乔·马修斯 @joemmathews]

Luck is the residue of design, Branch Rickey said. On that last play, @Dodgers had their 4th best centerfielder throwing to a sub-par defensive 1st baseman and their weaker defensive catcher, with their 3rd best reliever failing to back up the plate

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So proud of our boy @JoshHomme for being so real in his virtual segment of @RuntheJewels' explosive new protest rap, "Pulling the Pin," with the legendary & still brilliant @mavisstaples. See it 34 minutes into their get-out-the-vote #AdultSwim special at https://t.co/6LdlyEEFHc

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Been enjoying @bobdylan @SIRIUSXM all week. He's the Alexandria Library of ancient musical information. And so funny! But is Dylan imitating the late great #MitchHedberg or did Hedberg get his stand-up comedy style from Bob? @ThemeTimeBob @M_Hedberg @BobDylanNews

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@thecaseydolan @EurekaIW Now if you could only get a @bobdylan-type sponsorship deal.

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@detroitnews @grahamorama At this rate of new rankings, Rolling Stone will have an album from 2020 in its top 500 by 2070, by which time, of course, they won't know what albums were.

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@melissamdaniels literally wrote most of the local news stories @MyDesert newspaper today: all 3 stories on A1 & part of the main Pg 3 story. Grateful to have a local newspaper surviving under difficult conditions & especially appreciative of Melissa working her butt off.

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The @ringostarrmusic 80th bday celebration streaming live on Fuckbook, er, Facebook now is better than I could have imagined. Better than #JohnLennon probably could have imagined. Great rearrangements of Beatles classics by great artists. Cool old photos. #Happy80thBirthdayRingo

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@MyDesert Went to SF State U. when Murray taught in the journalism dept. there. Didnt have him as a teacher, but it was always cool knowing the guy who enraged Reggie Jackson was right down the hall. @TDSshadpowers @MyDesert

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@thecaseydolan What did you do??

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@downsanddirty Talked to some people from Smith’s Ranch Drive-In Theatre in 29 Palms 10 days ago about bands doing concerts there. There was interest but no commitment. Look for something to happen soon at the Pappy & Harriet’s parking lot with bands playing on a stage & using FM transmitters.