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  • Charlie Calello Podcast Interview – Some Great Four Seasons History

    April 26, 2009

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    Jersey Boys and Four Seasons' fans should enjoy this interview with Charlie Calello on the The Frank Truth Show #117.

    While this podcast is dedicated to Frank Sinatra, the Four Seasons, the Four Lovers, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, and Jersey Boys are mentioned in the very early part of the interview.

    Charlie Calello was a member of the Four Lovers and for a short time officially part of the Four Seasons.  He was also the primary arranger for huge percentage of Four Seasons and Frankie Valli songs and albums. 

    There is also some great commentary from Charlie Calello in the Jersey Boys coffee table book.

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    + Bob Gaudio, Current Affairs, Frankie Valli, History, interview, Jersey Boys, Music, Podcast, The Four Seasons

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  • TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #352 | 090317 | New Specifications, Tom Bihn, Cloud Computing & Conferences

    March 17, 2009

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    Listen! (Size 9.2 MBs, Running Time 13m15s)

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

    Today's traditional Tech Rags Tear Out style podcast examines the following four items:

    1. update on four new specifications you should probably be aware of;
    2. some updated news from Tom Bihn;
    3. two pointers to some cloud computing services from 3rd parties utilizing Amazon capabilities; and
    4. five conference pointers.

    Links mentioned in this podcast include:

    • Open IPTV Forum
    • Sybase iAnywhere Software Developer Toolkit (SDK) v3.0
    • Bluetooth 2.1+ specification
    • HTML 5 specification [VNUNET, InternetNews]
    • OpenID 2.0 specification
    • Tom Bihn Store
    • Tom Bihn Horizontal Freudian Slip organizer insert
    • JW Media Player from LongTail Videos
    • "Easy Asset" from Ezasset
    • RSA Conference 2009
    • IDC Virtualization Forum
    • ISACA certifications (CISA, CISM, & CGEIT)
    • INTEROP Las Vegas 2009
    • SANS Security Conference San Diego 200
    • New from Scottevest – Tropical Jacket!

    The microbrew recommendation for this podcast was the Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout. And the technology podcast recommendation is from GDGT.com.

    Feel free to follow along with Steve Holden at: Twitter, FriendFeed, and/or Delicious.

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

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    + Conferences, Development, Enterprise, FriendsInTech.com, Podcast, Reference, Security, Tech Rag Tear Outs, Technology

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  • JERSEY BOYS PODCAST #067 – Interview with Rick Faugno and Joyce Chittick from Jersey Boys Las Vegas

    February 28, 2009

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    JBP-Rick&Joyce-LV-2008 The 67th Jersey Boys Podcast brings you another Jersey Boys Las Vegas Cast Members interview with Rick Faugno who stars in the role of Frankie Valli and Joyce Chittick who at the time of the recording was staring in the primary track known as Mary Delgado.  You can check out the Jersey Boys in Las Vegas (both the musical and the store) at the Palazzo Resort and Casino.

    Listen! (Size: 25.9-MBs, Time: 37:34)

    Support the podcast via the Jersey Boys Podcast Amazon Store!

    Additional links mentioned in this podcast:

    • Peggy Farina referenced in Beggin Wikipedia page
    • Beggin used in an Adidas commercial
    • Jersey Boys Info
    • JerseyBoysBlog.com
    • The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
    • Audacity (free open source audio editing software)
    • New Media Expo 2008
    • Erich Bergen
    • Daniel Reichard
    • Jeff Leibow
    • Tommy DeVito
    • Joe Long

    Music samples (thanks to Rhino Records) played in this podcast includes:

    • “Beggin” [Jersey Boys Cast CD]
    • “December 1963 (Oh What A Night)” [Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Anthology CD]
    • “Save It For Me” [Jersey Baby CD]

    Picture with Steve and Vivian enjoying Jersey Baby CD via Flickr!

    Feedback options:

    • Post a comment on: Jersey Boys World
    • Jersey Boys Podcast Email Notification Service
    • Send email to: jerseyboyspodcast@gmail.com
    • Call the listener line with audio comments: 714-855-1946

    Support the podcast via the Jersey Boys Podcast Amazon Store!

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  • Learn Some Hacker Skills Online from SANS & Paul Asadoorian

    February 21, 2009

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    Fellow FriendsInTech.com member Paul Asadoorian is presenting two upcoming SANS@Home courses:

    • SEC553 Metasploit For Penetration Testers – Feb 23 & 25, 2009 from 7PM-10PM EST
    • SEC517 Cutting-Edge Hacking Techniques – March 23 & 25, 2009 from 7PM-10PM EST

    Metasploit is a fantastic tool for testing your network and applications.  Come learn about all of its new features! You can use  discount code "PaulDotCom" and save 20%!

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    + Personal Development, Security, Technology
    + hacking, metasploit, online, SANS, Security, training

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  • NPR Interview With George Clinton Mentions Frankie Valli

    February 18, 2009

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    George Clinton, who could be categorized as the Master of Funk, was originally part of the doo op band The Parliaments.  During this period, he lived close to both the The Monotones who wrote the song "(Who Wrote) The Book Of Love," and the The Four Seasons – who incidentally released a cover of "Book Of Love" on the Big Girls Don't Cry CD distributed by Rhino Records in 1995. 

    These doo op memories of George Clinton come compliments of an interviewed on NPR. According to the interview, his band The Monotones, and members of the Four Seasons (probably before they were called Four Seasons) competed against each other in local New Jersey battle of the band contests. 

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    + Current Affairs, History, interview, Music, Podcast, The Four Seasons

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  • TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #351 | 090217 | IBM Mashups, Tech Sprawl, Word 2007 & Conference Pointers

    February 17, 2009

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    Listen! (Size 6.6 MBs, Running Time 9m29s)

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

    Today's Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast covers four main topics: Software Developer Times' overview of IBM's Mashup Center, "Taming Technology Sprawl" via the Wall Street Journal, more info on the Word 2007 native format from PC World, and two conference pointers.

    • Hewlett-Packard
    • Citigroup
    • MSDN on XML & .docx
    • SPIE Defense, Security, & Sensing Conference
    • Friends In Tech

    The microbrew beer recommendation is the Black Toad Dark Ale from Black Toad Brewing based out of Chicago, Illinois.

    The technology podcast recommendation is Mobile Tech Roundup.

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

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    + Business, Conferences, Development, Enterprise, FriendsInTech.com, Microsoft, Podcast, recommendation, Security, Tech Rag Tear Outs, Technology, windows

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  • TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #350 | 090210 | Microsoft, Encryption, Google, XML, Mobile, Embedded Systems & Conference Pointers

    February 10, 2009

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    Listen! (Size 4.9 MBs, Running Time 10m27s)

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

    Today's TechNewsRadio.com's traditional Tech Rag Tear Outs podcast covers the following five main topics: encrypted file systems recovery; Google's movement away from XML; a review of mobile technologies being deployed in new resort in Las Vegas; new single board computers; and several updated conference pointers.

    Links mentioned in this podcast include:

    • Microsoft Encrypting File System (EFS)
    • Elcomsoft Advanced EFS Data Recovery Professional
    • Software Developer Times
    • Google Protocol Buffers
    • JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
    • Mobile Enterprise Magazine
    • M Resort Spa & Casino in Las Vegas, NV
    • Sprint Converged Network Solutions
    • Advanced Digital Logic ADL-S15PC (Atom) integrated system board
    • Advanced Digital Logic ADL-945PC (Core2Duo) integrated system board
    • Manager Tools ONE DAY Effective Manager Conference
    • AFCEA Intelligence Transition Conference
    • AFCEA 2009 CyberSpace Symposium
    • ESI International Project Management Catalog

    The microbrew recommendation for this podcast is the Windwalker Pale Ale from BJ Kings Windwalker Brewery in Wisconsin.

    The podcast recommendation for this podcast is the Future Tense podcast by Jon Gordon.

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

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    + Conferences, Development, Enterprise, FriendsInTech.com, Management, Microsoft, Mobile, networking, Podcast, Security, Tech Rag Tear Outs, windows

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  • Some Music Podcast Recommendations – Interviews, Blues, Rock, Classical, Electronic

    February 8, 2009

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    I have a pretty wide set of musical tastes that includes more than just the Jersey Boys, and Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

    There were recently several interesting music related podcasts from San Diego's KPBS These Days:

    • The Bird and The Bee
    • West Indian Girl
    • Oxford American's Southern Music Issue
    • Earl Thomas Performs In Studio (Video)
    • In Studio Presentation Of A Stradivarius Violin

    When I'm in the mood for the blues I always turn to The Roadhouse podcast.

    When I'm in the mood for classical music, I find WGBH Classical Performance Podcast to be great.  I also find the classical feed on CBC Radio 2 to be a nice streaming option.

    The Magnatune "great pianist" podcast is very good if you want something 'lite' playing in the background.

    The Alternative Classix Podcast is a well produced and researched 80s 'new wave' radio show you will not be disappointed with.

    For those that like electronica and/or techno … I highly recommend:

    • SomaFM's Grove Salad
    • IndieFeed:Electornica
    • DJ Amber's iamthedj podcast
    • DJ Steve Boy's podrunner
    • Radio 538: Tiesto's Club Life

    If you want something more mellow but still pretty electronic then check out the Ultima Thule Ambient Music podcast.

    I also enjoy the Coverville podcast and the Rock'N'Roll Geek podcast.

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    + Current Affairs, Media, Music, Personal, Podcast, Podcasting, San Diego
    + blues, classical, covers, electronica, jerseyboys, Music, newwave, Podcast, rocknroll, techno

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  • TECH NEWS RADIO PODCAST #349 | 090203 | Embedded Programming, Cloud Computing, and Conference Pointers

    February 3, 2009

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    Listen! (Size 5.0 MBs, Running Time 10m49s)

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

    Today's TechNewsRadio.com podcast covers embedded programming news from Software Developer Times, cloud computing news from Information Week, and some potentially interesting conference pointers.  Links mentioned in this podcast include:

    • Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard
    • Microsoft Windows Embedded "CE" or Compact
    • Wind River Linux Platform for Infotainment
    • Moblin.org
    • Hyperic's CloudStatus.com
    • AT&T Synaptic Hosting
    • Elastra cloud computing offerings
    • Hewlett-Packard & EDS hosting services
    • Career Camp Online 2009
    • CompuMaster.net's Exchange Server Course
    • Construx software development seminars

    Our microbrew recommendation is the Kennebunkport IPA from KBC Brewing Company.

    And our podcast recommendation for this show are recent FriendsInTech.com interviews:

    • Robert Scoble on Technorama
    • Jad Abumrad on The Typical Mac User [also check out WNYC's Radio Lab]
    • Wil Wheaton on Greek Cred

    This podcast is sponsored by SCOTTEVEST (SeV) – makers of fine tech clothing.

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  • Jersey Boys News Review – Sunday, February 1, 2009

    February 1, 2009

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    Here are some top Jersey Boys news items we are tracking:

    • Variety has updates on box office numbers for the Chicago and Tour (currently in Pittsburgh, PA until 01Feb09) companies.  They are very strong.
    • The Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons tribute group Let's Hang On is coming to the Pasco-Hernando Community College Performing Arts Center in Florida on Feb. 7, 2009. [Tampa Bay Times]
    • The UK based Chameleon blog has posted a perspective piece entitled "Looking Back to the future."
    • Jersey Boys Toronto recently got some great press coverage from: Broadway World, Toronto Sun, and The Star.
    • Michelle Alexandria recently reviewed Jersey Boys Las Vegas for Eclipse Magazine.  And according to The Las Vegas News Feed Blog the Las Vegas Review-Journal has named Jersey Boys Las Vegas at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino the the number one show of 2008.
    • The 1st National Tour of Jersey Boys is finishing up in Pittsburgh, PA and getting ready to head to Hartford, CN.  While in Pittsburgh they garnered several great reviews from Pittsburgh Live, Observer-Recorder, and Post-Gazette.
    • The History Mike Blog named Frankie Valli the #1 falsettos in Rock and Pop history.
    • The Chicago Examiner has an 'update' story about the success of Jersey Boys Chicago and details on recent cast member changes.  In addition, the Worcester Telegram & Gazzette has a focus piece on Chicago cast member Merissa Haddad.

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