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The Friday Morning Listen: L'Hiver

Mark Saleski — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:45:54 EST

Opening Pandora's Box.
So I had this simple idea: I would fire up Pandora Internet Radio, create a Marc Ribot channel, and then write about this first record played that's in my collection. Occasionally I get stuck in these thought pools and a recent eddy has me back at the "Future of music delivery" discussion. Since I'm not sure that a person like me...

The Friday Morning Listen: Human Bell

Mark Saleski — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:52:19 EST

Happy New Year! (Most of you, anyway)
Happy New Year! Wanna know what I got for Christmas? A big, fat computer virus! Woo!!So instead of spending time writing yesterday, I had to tangle with the damaging remnants of what some stupid geek thought was cool. You know, you read articles about how software like this ends up costing millions (if not billions) in lost data and productivity....

The Friday Morning Listen: Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas

Mark Saleski — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:33:39 EST

Good will toward men? Uh oh...
A week or so ago, I was relishing the quiet. In some ways, I still am. Power was restored on the Monday morning before Christmas. I was outside just starting to clear the fresh foot or so of snow when the power company truck pulled up at the end of the driveway. Up goes the man in the white bucket and on goes our power. The guys were lookin'...

The Friday Morning Listen: John Scofield -Quiet

Mark Saleski — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:43:13 EST

Ice Storm Edition.
There has been no power in this house for almost a week now. It's very quiet, I've noticed. And by 'quiet' I don't mean "lack of noise." Oh sure, the refrigerator doesn't kick on, both the water pump and the furnace are silent, and the television and stereo just collect dust. But there is some noise: the generator...

The Friday Morning Listen: Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne

Josh Hathaway — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:59:47 EST

Mark Saleski is responsible for my first FML cameo in more ways than one.
I guess I've really made the big time! This is my first solo cameo on Mark Saleski's legendary Friday Morning Listen column. It's an honor and a thrill. It's also funny how life works because I actually spent my Friday morning listening to an album Mr. Saleski turned me on to about six months ago. Synergy, baby. Love it! Not...

The Friday Morning Listen: Tony Malaby Cello Trio - Warblepeck

Mark Saleski — Fri, 5 Dec 2008 03:04:15 EST

Heading toward the best of 2008.
Well, the holiday season is well underway, with much hand-wringing about Black Friday, news of all manner of economic foul mist, and goodwill toward...uh...not sure about that. One thing is certain in my mind and that is this: it has been a freakishly busy year for yours truly. First there was snow up to my eyeballs. Spring brought not its usual...

The Friday Morning Listen: Yo-Yo Ma - Bach: The Cello Suites Inspired by Bach

Mark Saleski — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:03:35 EST

Thanksgiving traditions transformed. Sort of.
Oh... my... gawd. I just looked up at the clock and realized that it was 11:26AM. Even more important, 11:26AM on a Friday. Yikes. The whirlwind of Thanksgiving preparations and celebrations has made me completely forget the day. So... Thanksgiving. Every year the Hallmark-style twist on the emotions begins -- that no matter how bad things might...

The Friday Morning Listen: Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer

Mark Saleski — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:06:27 EST

Did I learn my lesson? Well... sort of.
I would say buying an album for the cute girl on the cover would probably be just about the saddest thing a grown male could admit to that wouldn’t get him thrown in jail. - Tom JohnsonC'mon Venus, let's go look at Carly Simon album covers. - Johnny Fever, WKRP in CincinnatiSo over at Confessions Of A Fanboy, Josh Hathaway kicked off...

The Friday Morning Listen: Stump - A Fierce Pancake

Mark Saleski — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:53:54 EST

What's the next killer music app?
Fill your coffee cup, I need to ramble.OK, so the satellite radio thing made me mad. And let me tell you, plenty of other listeners are not so happy either. I received a bunch of email about it, most of the "We have to do something!" variety. The crowds are assembling. The torches will be lit.Or not?Maybe somebody at Sirius will see that...

The Friday Morning Listen: Bill Frisell - History, Mystery

Mark Saleski — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:38:09 EST

Election night blues.
I sat there with my Firefox session split into several tabs, some of which were loaded with different news websites: FOX News, MSNBC, CNN. It was fairly obvious, given the evening's trends, what was about to happen. Pennsylvania went for Obama, as did Ohio. In fact, I happened to be staring at an Obama photo on the FOX site, captioned with the...