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Bringing Order to the Christmas Chaos

For the first time, in many a year, I’ve had George Frideric Handel ’s Messiah as part of my Christmas season listening. At this time of year, I’m all about the mid-century crooners all singing the same …

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Live Five: Andrew Peña, Frankie J, Beat Farmers, Jesse LaMonaca, Puddles Pity Party

Video:LIVE FIVE: Andrew Peña, Frankie J, Beat Farmers, Jesse LaMonaca, Puddles Pity PartyAndrew Peña at CannonballDec 12Andrew Peña launched his own band The Verge in 2017, as well as playing with local acts such as …

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Happy accidents on the Bob Ross soundtrack

“I couldn’t begin to tell you how many happy accidents Dave [Klein] and I have had during this amazing process,” says Jason Lee about the creation of new soundtracks for the remastering of Bob Ross’ …

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RFTC manager gathers tour tales for Hell on Wheels

Greg Jacobs met John Reis when they both worked at Cargo Records in the early ‘90s. Jacobs had previously worked for the legendary Los Angeles-based label SST and its subsidiary, Cruz Records in the late …

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Manganista box set offers multiple covers, genres, and Space Pop Rocks

Angels and humans, reggaefied: The two songs on the new Manganista single run less than four minutes each. “Human Being” dismisses the human condition with its sarcastic and sad refrain of “I just work here,” …

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DJ Symphony hangs up his headphones in San Diego

DJ Symphony, official DJ for GZA of Wu-Tang Clan, was born in New Jersey and raised in New York City, but now calls San Diego home. He became a DJ at nine, “many years ago, …

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