DIGITAL JOURNALIST
Late Night Revival (Contributed Image)
Are you ready for another artist on my 2012 Local Favorites list? I’ve been revealing my favorite albums and EPs from Inland Empire-based artists all week long. You can see the rest at the Local Favorites link or pick up a copy of The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Dec. 28.
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Kaiser Chiefs performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 21, 2012. (2012/File Photo)
At the end of the year, reporters get hit with all kinds of year-end pitches about what people searched for and the most-watched pop videos.
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Gossi Mar is one of the artists performing at Therapy (Contributed Image)
Looking for something to do Friday night?
There’s a new residency at Sorrel Bistro in Temecula featuring local music every month. It’s called Therapy and it’s happening Friday, Dec. 28.
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Curtiss King released his new album Nov. 27. (Contributed Image)
Hope everyone’s recovered from the celebrations of yesterday. I’ve got some great music for you to feast on this morning. If you haven’t seen the blog this week, I’ve been revealing my favorite local releases from 2012 all week long. You can see the artists I’ve revealed so far (I’m doing it in random order) at the Local Favorites link.
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Wham! The other outtakes from the “Last Christmas” single are even more disturbing. (Contributed Image)
Good morning and if you celebrate it, Merry Christmas!
If you need some tunes to motivate you while you cook today or a soundtrack other than ripping through paper, here you go! It’s with a tear in my eye that it’s the final day for me to listen to Wham’s “Last Christmas” and The Waitresses’ “Christmas Wrapping” on repeat before Charming Husband can legitimately request that I turn them off.
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The Dangers. (Maria Baglien/Contributed Image)
If you’re just joining us, I’ve been revealing my favorite releases from Inland artists over the last few days (see the Local Favorites link).
You can also see the full list and the more-than-honorable mentions in The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Dec. 28.
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My personal stash of Beatles ornaments. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
We’re almost done with the very special Audio Files with my bizarre taste in Christmas music. And since it’s Christmas Eve, I thought I’d share a little holiday cheer.
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The Paper Crowns recently released the album “See You Tonight.” (Mod Photography/Contributed Image)
I’ve been naming my favorite local releases of 2012 and this morning I decided we should start with the bright sounds of The Paper Crowns. You can see all of the releases I’ve revealed so far at the Local Favorites link. I’m revealing them in random order. If you want to see the full list and the more-than-honorable mentions, pick up a copy of The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Dec 28.
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Greg Johnson and Adam Hutter released “The Winged Sun” early in 2012.
I’ve been revealing my local favorites of 2012 in random order over the last few days. See who else has made the list at the local favorites link.
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Jackson 5 (AP Photo)
I think we all need a little happiness today and what better way to do that than listening to the Jackson 5?
Since Santa Claus is coming to town tomorrow night, I think it’s only appropriate that we play his theme song.
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