Steve Holden's Blog

Review Of The Latest Jersey Boys News

June 27, 2006

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As I am prepping for the next podcast, I have been summarizing the news since the Jersey Boys’ big wins at the Tony Awards. Here is my research …
- Jersey Boys’ Tony Awards: New York Times, Charleston.net, Variety, Reuters, SP Times, Washington Post, Union-Tribune, Forbes, Inside Toronto, Bloomberg, Inside Bay Area, CTV.ca, BroadwayWorld, CBS News, Philadelphia Inquirer, NY Post
- John Lloyd Young: Bellevue Leader, NY Daily News, NY Post, ABC’s Person Of The Week, PlayBill#1, WRGB.com, BroadwayWorld, PlayBill#2
- Christian Hoff: NC Times, Theater Mania
- Reviews: Sioux City Journal, BroadwayWorld
- Frankie Valli: Newsweek, Review Journal, Wcbstv.com, BackStage, BroadwayWorld
- Joseph Grano (Producer): New York Times
- Michael David (Producer): Battle Creek Enquirer
- Michael Longoria: BroadwayWorld, PlayBill
- Des McAnuff: BroadwayWorld
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Des McAnuff Trades La Jolla for Ontario

June 26, 2006

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Over the last week of or so there has been a lot of coverage of Des
McAnuff leaving the La Jolla Playhouse as the Artistic Director: Mercury News, San Diego Union-Tribune, Playbill, Broadway, and BroadwayWorld.

According to the New York Times (confirmed by BroadwayWorld) he is going to be one of three Artistic Directors of the Stratford Festival – a classical repertory theater in Ontario, Canada.

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Customized Armored Vehicles

June 26, 2006

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Very interesting article by Anne Cearly in the Union-Tribune on Sunday, June 25, 2006 entitled "Vehicles armored all over: Insecurities, rash of kidnappings turn Tijuana business into a growth industry."

I liked the last two paragraphs:

Guerrero considers his workers artisans. So much
of what makes a car so secure, he said, is the touch of the delicate
human hand.

“Armoring a car requires craftsmanship,” he
said. “This is not a job in which a machine puts everything in place.
It’s a very artistic and laborious process.”

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ROCKERS ON BROADWAY Fundraiser on 10th of July 2006

June 26, 2006

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Donnie Kehr, Peter Gregus, and Good To Go Entertainment have announced the 14th annual Rockers On Broadway will take place on Monday, July 10th at 8:00pm at The Cutting Room (19 West 24th Street) to support Broadway Cares/Equity fights Aids. Tickets are $25 at the door.

According to the press release:

This year’s benefit event and the show will feature 2006 TONY winners from Jersey Boys John Lloyd Young and Christian Hoff, as well as Michael Cerveris, Patrick Wilson, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer, Donnie Kehr, Eden Espinoza, Greg Reuter, Kathy Brier, Des McAnuff, Tituss Burgess, and Micky Dolenz. With Special Guests, The B-52’s Fred Schneider, Manfred Mann’s Chris Thompson and A Special Reunion Performance with Original Cast Members of "The Who’s TOMMY". (All performances subject to change due to availability.)

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Tip – When Cingular 8125 runs out of battery …

June 24, 2006

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My Cingular 8125 got dropped into my clothes bag yesterday afternoon while we were camping at Santee Lakes, and then I fogot about it.

And when I got home later on Saturday, it was completely drained. I tried to plug it in to re-charge via the external USB power cord but it wouldn’t come up. It did however, take a charge from a USB cable to my Toshiba M400 TabletPC, so it is back to life now.

But it was kinda weird the power cord didn’t work immediately (it works now that the battery has some juice).

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WiFi MP3 Player – Can It Also Do Podcasts?

June 22, 2006

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Edward C. Baig had a review in USAToday.com for 15Jun05 of the new MusicGremlin Gremlin MG-100 that allows subscribers to download audio from MusicGremlin.com via WI-FI connections vice a tethered connection to a personal computer:

The unit has 8-GB of storage, 2-inch color LCD, has an FM receiver, and lists for $299. Song downloads are $0.99 or you can get an unlimited download plan for $15. Music is protected via digital rights management (DRM), and will work with online sites like URGE and RHAPSODY, but not APPLE ITUNES.

He rated it a 2.5 out of 4. With the major downside being a weak graphical user interface (GUI) and navigation.

No mention of podcasts in the article … it would make the Gremlin more compelling to me if were podcast-savvy.

Engadget also has a review.

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New Podcast Book – Secrets of Podcasting, 2nd Edition

June 22, 2006

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There is a new 2nd edition of the Secrets of Podcasting out on the streets now. I just did a short podcast review of Podcasting for Dummies yesterday.

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QuadPolar #002 – Hacking, Vinyl, Artwork, & Food

June 22, 2006

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QuadPolar #002 … links for you and me:
1. Crosley Radio Specials: radio and turntables with support for CDs and tapes. {Crosley@Amazon}
2. Military artwork by Charles Waterhouse
3. Hack-A-Day notes that Metasploit is now running on the Linksys WRTSL54GS.
4. ‘Tech’ Food Conference (25Jun06 via Wired)
Why?
1. I’m looking to move some vinyl to digital format, and I’d also like to listen to some vinyl directly from time to time, especially Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons plus I still have a pretty good size catalog of 80’s music on vinyl and tape.
2. This is interesting for a yet-to-be-announced new project.
3. Just plain technically cool.
4. Food and technology are independently interesting to me, together they seem even more interesting.
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TECH NEWS RADIO #293 | 060621 | Review of Podcasting For Dummies

June 21, 2006

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Today’s podcast is a short review and recommendation of "Podcasting For Dummies" by Tee Morris and Evo Terra.

How does it compare to other podcast books we have reviewed:
- May 15, 2005: Todd Cochrane’s "Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide"
- September 1, 2005: Michael Geoghegan and Dan Klass‘ "Podcast Solutions"
- October 13, 2005: Jack Herrington’s "Podcasting Hacks"
You’ll have to listen to find out.

This podcast is sponsored by O’Reilly and Associates Safari Bookshelf online technical library.

(Size 3.1 MBs, Running Time 6m40s)
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Jersey Boys Cast CD #1

June 21, 2006

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FYI — "The JERSEY BOYS Broadway cast recording, produced by original Four Season Bob Gaudio on Rhino Records, is #1 on the Billboard’s Top Broadway Albums chart and has moved up from #186 to #85 on the Billboard Top 200. Amazon.com reports the album is #1 in the ‘Broadway & Vocalists’ category." [Playbill, BroadwayWorld]

You can support the podcast by picking up a copy via this link (Jersey Boys Cast CD).

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