Month: May 2017

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our recommended titles for today.

Our digital suggestion for today is the e-book:

The Return (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
by Hisham Matar:

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The acclaimed memoir about fathers and sons, a legacy of loss, and, ultimately, healing—one of The New York Times Book Review’s ten best books of the year, winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Guardian • Financial Times

When Hisham Matar was a nineteen-year-old university student in England, his father went missing under mysterious circumstances. Hisham would never see him again, but he never gave up hope that his father might still be alive. Twenty-two years later, he returned to his native Libya in search of the truth behind his father’s disappearance. The Return is the story of what he found there.

The Pulitzer Prize citation hailed The Return as “a first-person elegy for home and father.” Transforming his personal quest for answers into a brilliantly told universal tale of hope and resilience, Matar has given us an unforgettable work with a powerful human question at its core: How does one go on living in the face of unthinkable loss?

Here’s a link to the checkout page in the Digital Catalog:

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/2547202

And our print book suggested read for the day is:

Billy Pinto’s War by Michael Zimmer:

In 1904, sixteen-year-old Billy Pinto watches as the three men accused of murdering his Shoshone mother are set free, simply because the judge and prosecuting attorney don’t believe they can successfully try white men for the killing of an Indian. Stunned by the court’s decision, Billy decides to take justice into his own hands. He ambushes the three killers outside of town, then kidnaps the judge’s granddaughter before fleeing into the remote San Pedro Mountains.

Here’s a link to the request page in StarCat:

https://goo.gl/DAzADU

Or by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Monday, May 15, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our suggested daily recommended titles for today.

Our digital suggestion for today is the e-book:

Revenge of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen:

Last fall, Cynthia Rothschild saved her best friend, Annie, (and everyone else in her high school) from the demon librarian, Mr. Gabriel. But now all that demon stuff is over, and Cyn is ready to have the best summer ever — at theater camp (!) with her former crush and now boyfriend (!!) Ryan Halsey.

Once she gets to camp, though, the Best Summer Ever does not seem to be following the script. For one thing, there is Ryan’s very talented and very female lifelong camp best friend, whom he has somehow failed to mention before now. For another, it appears the demon stuff is not as entirely over as Cyn had hoped. Also, there are some secrets that perhaps she should not have kept from Ryan for quite this long.

At least any new demons that show up to ruin her summer can’t possibly be as evil as Mr. Gabriel, who is, thankfully, very dead now. It’s not like he could somehow come back to life to seek his terrible revenge or something. Right?

Best-selling author Michelle Knudsen brings back all of the hilarity and horror in this sizzling sequel to Evil Librarian.

Here’s a link to the checkout page in the Digital Catalog:
https://stls.overdrive.com/media/3135150

And our print book suggested read for the day is:

Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free: A Darkly Funny Urban Fantasy by Randy Henderson:

In Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free, the sequel to Randy Henderson’s acclaimed debut novel, Finn Fancy Necromancy, Finn Gramaraye is settling back into the real world after his twenty-five-year-long imprisonment in the otherworld of the Fey. He’s fallen in love with a woman from his past, though he worries she may love a version of him that no longer exists. He’s proved his innocence of the original crime of Dark Necromancy, and he’s finding a place in the family business–operating a mortuary for the Arcane, managing the magical energies left behind when an Arcane being dies to prevent it from harming the mundane world.

But Finn wants more. Or different. Or something. He’s figured out how to use the Kinfinder device created by his half-mad father to find people’s True Love, and he’d like to convert that into an Arcane Dating Service. It’s a great idea. Everyone wants True Love! Unfortunately, trouble always seems to find Finn, and when he agrees to help his friend, the Bigfoot named Sal, they walk right into a Feyblood rebellion against the Arcane Ruling Council, a rebellion being fomented by unknown forces and fueled by the drug created by Finn’s own grandfather.

Here’s a link to request the book in StarCat:
https://goo.gl/eMGq4r

Or by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Weekly Recommended Listens: May 2017: Week 2: Sixties Rock: The First British Invasion Continued

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, this week we’re continuing our look at the sounds of the First British Invasion that roughly covered the time frame from February 1964 through May 1967.

And just as reminder, each weekly recommended music posting features the following sections:

I. Links To AllMusic Biographies Of The Weekly Artists/Groups
II. Freegal Music Recommendations Of The Week (streaming music)
III. CD Music Recommendations Of The Week
IV. Videos Of This Weeks’ Artists/Groups
V. Wild Card Print Book Recommendations Of The Week

Our artists for this week are The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies & The Zombies.

I. Links To AllMusic Biographies Of The Groups of The Week:

The Dave Clark Five Biography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/SXRJEI

The Hollies Biography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/1pE3Cs

The Zombies Biography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/NXdOrO

Freegal Notes:

To access Freegal Music from a desktop or laptop simply click on the following link: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

The Freegal Music Catalog homepage will display — it looks like this:

The Freegal Music app can be found in your app store and it looks like this:

II. Freegal Music Recommendations Of The Week:

The Dave Clark Five: The Dave Clark Five hailed from the North London region of Tottenham and consisted of Dave Clark on drums, Mike Smith on vocals and keyboards, Denny Paxton on saxophone, Lenny Davidson on guitar and Rick Huxley on bass. The band came to the U.S. in early 1964, right on the heals of the Beatles, and had their first U.S. hit, Glad All Over in March. Subsequent hits included: Bits And Pieces, Do You Love Me, Can’t You See That She’s Mine, I Like It Like That, Catch Us If You Can and You Got What It Takes.

The Freegal Music catalog doesn’t feature any full-length album by The Dave Clark Five; however, I did find two songs by the group that you can stream through Freegal and they are:

One of their biggest U.S. hits, Glad All Over

From the various artists album Top 100 Hits – 1963, Vol. 1
https://goo.gl/o8X38o

And the fun instrumental Chaquita

From the various artist LP The Greatest Instrumentals 1934~1962:
https://goo.gl/ttRSuh

To request a full length Dave Clark Five album — check out the CD Recommendations section.

The Hollies: The Hollies formed in Manchester, England in 1963. The band consisted of Allan Clarke on vocals, Graham Nash on vocals and guitar, Terry Hicks on guitar and vocals, Bobby Elliott on drums and Eric Haydock on bass. Haydock was replaced by Bernie Calvert in 1966.

The Hollies U.S. hits of the sixties included Look Through Any Window, Bus Stop, Stop Stop Stop, On A Carousel, Pay You Back With Interest, Carrie-Anne and Jennifer Eccles.

Late in 1968, Nash left the band to form the seminal trio, Crosby, Stills & Nash, with David Crosby and Steven Stills.

Clarke, Hicks and Elliott continued playing with the band into the seventies; and the group had three more top ten hits: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother, Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) and The Air That I Breath.

The Hollies Greatest Hits:

This album contains all the band’s U.S. hits of the sixties hits except Jennifer Eccles. And as a bonus it contains their three big seventies hits: https://goo.gl/3UtfvB

Evolution: Evolution was released in 1967 and features a cool blend of vocal harmonies, classic rock and psychedelic influences with some nice sounding acoustic guitar playing woven in for good measure. Songs on the album include Jennifer Eccles, Carrie-Anne, When Your Lights Turned On and the nostalgic Ye Olde Toffee Shop.


https://goo.gl/ksYp3u

The Zombies: The Zombies were from Hertfordshire, England and consisted of Colin Blunstone on vocals, Rod Argent on keyboards, Paul Atkinson on guitar, Hugh Grundy on drums and Chris White on bass. The group produced excellent, smooth flowing pop music rich with harmonies and organ playing. The group put out four great albums in the sixties: The Zombies, Begin Here, I Love You and Odessey and Oracle, and had three top ten hits during that era: She’s Not There, Tell Her No and Time Of The Season.

As with The Dave Clark Five, The Freegal Music Catalog does not contain a full-length Zombies albums; however, you can stream several of their hits – found on various artists compilations.

She’s Not There

From the various artists collection 60’s Top Hits, Vol. II
https://goo.gl/TZ2UHp

Tell Her No

From the various artists collection Essential in Music, Vol. 2
https://goo.gl/z0lsTm

Time of the Season

From the various artists album Grandes Éxitos 1969:
https://goo.gl/QUaozd

As with music of the Dave Clark Five, for a link to StarCat to request a full-length Zombies album on CD, check out the CD Recommendations Section.

Freegal Wild Card Streaming Pick Of The Week:

The Essential Herbie Hancock by Herbie Hancock:

I have to say, and I’m showing my vintage, I didn’t realize Herbie Hancock had been recording music for as many years as he has been. His first album, Takin’ Off, was released in 1962! Not a surprise to Jazz fans but to those listeners of pop and rock who came of age in the mid-eighties as I did – that came as a surprise. I was a young teenager when MTV launched, and I can recall his song Rockit and the stylish/bizarre companion video of the song that was shown on MTV.

And the song Rockit itself doesn’t sound like jazz to me — it has a very modern sound to it, even all those years later. And, in doing research for this posting I learned that Hancock has been very prolific both in recording music and in playing in a great variety of styles over the years including jazz, hip-hop, fusion, modern and dance.

The Essential Herbie Hancock album offers a good introduction to Hancock’s work and includes the songs: Butterfly, ‘Round Midnight, Hidden Shadows, Joanna’s Theme, People Music and of course, the MTV favorite Rockit.

Here’s a link to stream The Essential Herbie Hancock album:
https://goo.gl/H9uWGi

And if you want to know more about Herbie Hancock, here’s a link to his AllMusic biography written by Richard S. Ginell: https://goo.gl/09HJPV

III. Compact Discs Recommendations:

Dave Clark Five:

The History of the Dave Clark Five:

This fifty song double CD features the band’s greatest songs icluding: Glad All Over, Bits And Pieces, Do You Love Me, Because, Having A Wild Weekend and Catch Us If You Can.
https://goo.gl/8wO2Wk

The Hollies

The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies, April 1963-October 1968:

This six disc collection features all the songs The Hollies recorded between the spring of 1963 and the autumn of 1968. The music was recorded during the height of the band’s popularity and contains great songs written by Clarke, Hicks & Nash. In fact, all the singles released by the band from October of 1966 until Graham Nash left the group at the end of 1968 were co-written by Clarke, Hicks & Nash. The group produced great harmony-rich pop-rock and if you’re not familiar with their music you really should check it out.

The 158 songs on this collection include: Time For Love, Too Much Monkey Business, Honey And Wine, Look Through Any Window (both English and French versions), Hard, Hard Year, On A Carousel, Have You Ever Loved Somebody and much more.
https://goo.gl/0MuAj4

The Zombies

The Singles Collection As & Bs 1964-1969

This 28 song collection features the A and B sides of all 14 Zombies singles including: She’s Not There, Tell Her No, Beechwood Park, I’ll Call You Mine and Time of the Season.
https://goo.gl/a6Ib9h

IV: Videos Of This Weeks’ Artists/Groups:

The Dave Clark Five

Glad All Over:

Bits And Pieces:

Over And Over: 

https://youtu.be/AbyHPxFrFU8

Catch Us If You Can:

The Hollies

Bus Stop:

Just One Look:

Stop Stop Stop:

The Zombies

Tell Her No:

She’s Not There:

Time Of The Season:

V. Wild Card Print Book Recommendation Of The Week:

Our suggested music read this week is the autobiography of Cream drummer Ginger Baker! And here’s the info on the book:

Ginger Baker: Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Drummer

by Ginger Baker

The music, the marriages, the polo, the drugs, the trans-Saharan trucking scheme—the drummer best-known for his work in Cream and his contributions to World Music tells his whole fascinating story.

Peter “Ginger” Baker is a legend. A pioneering drummer who has transcended genres, he did much to popularize world music with his fierce passion for the rhythms of Africa. He is that rare thing, a critically-acclaimed musician who has enjoyed global success with not one but several supergroups to his name, including Cream and Blind Faith. Here, Ginger tells his story for the first time and without any self-censorship. It’s an often harrowing, but honest journey from his humble beginnings in war-torn south London to his adopted home in South Africa’s beautiful Western Cape—complete with polo club. He tells of his life-long love of jazz, how he discovered the drums and African music, and life on the road. He also confesses to the heroin use that should have killed him in his colorful 1960s prime, working and playing with the biggest names of the time. In the 1970s, he came up with a trans-Saharan trucking scheme, was a successful rally driver, built an ill-fated recording studio, and discovered a consuming passion for playing polo. He talks candidly of the loss and recovery of his fortune, his three marriages, Cream’s 1993 induction into the rock’n’roll hall of fame, their subsequent successful reunion in 2005, and his hopes for the future. — From the publisher.

Here’s a link to request the biography:

https://goo.gl/6Dj08H

VI. General References & Artist Specific References:

General References:

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn (Billboard Books. New York. 2009.)

Sixties Rock: A Listener’s Guide by Robert Santelli (Contemporary Books. Chicago. 1985.)

Recommended Artists Specific References:

The Hollies Evolution AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer
http://www.allmusic.com/album/evolution-mw0000690238

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

P.S. If you have any questions about how to download or stream free music through the Freegal Music service to a desktop or laptop computer or how to download and use the Freegal Music app let us know! Drop by the library or give us a call at: 607-936-3713.

*You must have a library card at a Southern Tier Library System member library to enjoy the Freegal Music Service. Your card can be from any library in the system, and the system includes all public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler and Allegheny Counties and including our own Southeast Steuben Count Library in Corning, New York. Library cards are free and at our library you can obtain one by visiting the Circulation Desk and presenting staff with a form of ID that features both your name and your current address.

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Friday, May 12, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our suggested daily recommended titles in print or media and digital formats.

Our digital suggestion for today is the e-book:

The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley:

“Christopher Buckley’s “hilarious, bawdy, and irreverent frolic of a tale” about a sixteenth-century relic hunter and the artist Albrecht Dürer who conspire to fabricate Christ’s burial shroud reads “like Indiana Jones gone medieval” (USA TODAY).

The year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter who procures “authentic” religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. His two most important patrons are Frederick the Wise and soon-to-be Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz. While Frederick is drawn to the recent writing of Martin Luther, Albrecht pursues the financial and political benefits of religion and seeks to buy a cardinalship through the selling of indulgences. When Albrecht’s demands for grander relics increase, Dismas and his artist friend Dürer fabricate a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble. Unfortunately Dürer’s reckless pride exposes the trickery, so Albrecht puts Dismas and Dürer in the custody of four mercenaries and sends them all to steal Christ’s burial cloth (the Shroud of Chambéry), Europe’s most celebrated artifact. On their journey to Savoy where the Shroud will be displayed, they battle a lustful count and are joined by a beautiful female apothecary. It is only when they reach their destination they realize they are not alone in their intentions to acquire a relic of dubious legitimacy.

“A rollicking good time, Christopher Buckley has transported his signature wit and irreverence from the Beltway to sixteenth-century Europe in The Relic Master” (GQ). This epic quest, “as rascally and convivial as any that Mr. Buckley has written” (The Wall Street Journal), is filled with fascinating details about art, religion, politics, and science; Vatican intrigue; and Buckley’s signature wit “holds the reader till the very last page” (The New York Times Book Review).”

Here’s a link to the checkout page in the Digital Catalog:

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/2204497

And our print suggestion for today is the book:

Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War

by James Edward Wright:

The Vietnam War is largely recalled as a mistake, either in the decision to engage there or in the nature of the engagement. Or both. Veterans of the war remain largely anonymous figures, accomplices in the mistake. Critically recounting the steps that led to the war, this book does not excuse the mistakes, but it brings those who served out of the shadows.

Enduring Vietnam recounts the experiences of the young Americans who fought in Vietnam and of families who grieved those who did not return. By 1969 nearly half of the junior enlisted men who died in Vietnam were draftees. And their median age was 21―among the non-draftees it was only 20. The book describes the “baby boomers” growing up in the 1950s, why they went into the military, what they thought of the war, and what it was like to serve in “Nam.” And to come home. With a rich narrative of the Battle for “Hamburger Hill,” and through substantial interviews with those who served, the book depicts the cruelty of this war, and its quiet acts of courage.

James Wright’s Enduring Vietnam provides an important dimension to the profile of an American generation―and a rich account of an American War.

Here’s a link to request the book:

https://goo.gl/K8rVZS

You can also request items by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Thursday, May 11, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our suggested daily recommended titles in print or media and digital formats.

Our digital suggestions for today include two related e-books published by The American Psychological Association and written by Professor Fathali M. Moghaddam. And these are rather heavy non-fiction titles – so fiction loving fans should skip down to the print book recommendation!

The Psychology of Democracy:

Where democracy thrives, it seems far and away the best system of governance. Yet, relatively few countries have managed to transition successfully to democracy, and none of them have attained what Fathali M. Moghaddam calls actualized democracy, the ideal in which all citizens share full, informed, equal participation in decision making. The obstacles to democratization are daunting, yet there is hope. What is it about human nature that seems to work for or against democracy?

In The Psychology of Democracy, Moghaddam explores political development through the lens of psychological science. He examines the psychological factors influencing whether and how democracy develops within a society, identifies several conditions necessary for democracy (such as freedom of speech, minority rights, and universal suffrage), and explains how psychological factors influence these conditions. He also recommends steps to promote in citizens the psychological characteristics that foster democracy. Written in a style that is both accessible and intellectually engaging, the book skillfully integrates research and an array of illustrative examples from psychology, political science and international relations, history, and literature.

Here’s a link to the checkout page for The Psychology of Democracy in the Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/media/2557367

The Psychology of Dictatorship:

In this book, Fathali Moghaddam presents his springboard model of dictatorship, derived from both a substantive analysis of the common structures underlying dictatorial regimes and his own personal experience of life in a modern dictatorship. He discusses the importance of psychological processes such as displacement of aggression, conformity, obedience, fear, and cognitive dissonance as tools that aid the development and maintenance of dictatorships, as well as the crucial role of ideology in cementing the allegiance of elites. Since even democracies contain an ever-shifting relationship between democratic and dictatorial tendencies, with elements that can pull democracies back to dictatorship, this book has important implications for citizens of all nations, even our own.

Here’s a link to the checkout page, for The Psychology of Dictatorship,  in the Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/media/2525508

About the Author:

Fathali M. Moghaddam, PhD, is a professor of psychology, Georgetown University, and editor-in-chief, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (American Psychological Association). Dr. Moghaddam was born in Iran, educated from an early age in England, and worked for the United Nations and McGill University before joining Georgetown University in 1990. His research focus includes the psychological changes required to move from dictatorship to democracy, a topic he studied for 5 years in postrevolution Iran, when he returned there in 1979. His most recent books include Psychology for the Third Millennium, (2012, with Rom Harré), The Psychology of Friendship and Enmity, (two volumes, 2013, with Rom Harré), and The Psychology of Dictatorship (2013), which received an honorable mention from the PROSE Awards and the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. He currently is editing the two-volume Sage Encyclopedia of Political Behavior.

And our suggested print title today is the book:

Change Agent by Daniel Suarez:

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez delivers an exhilarating sci-fi thriller exploring a potential future where CRISPR genetic editing allows the human species to control evolution itself.

On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle—and his transformation begins…

In 2045 Kenneth Durand leads Interpol’s most effective team against genetic crime, hunting down black market labs that perform “vanity edits” on human embryos for a price. These illegal procedures augment embryos in ways that are rapidly accelerating human evolution—preying on human-trafficking victims to experiment and advance their technology.

With the worlds of genetic crime and human trafficking converging, Durand and his fellow Interpol agents discover that one figure looms behind it all: Marcus Demang Wyckes, leader of a powerful and sophisticated cartel known as the Huli jing.

But the Huli jing have identified Durand, too. After being forcibly dosed with a radical new change agent, Durand wakes from a coma weeks later to find he’s been genetically transformed into someone else—his most wanted suspect: Wyckes.

Now a fugitive, pursued through the genetic underworld by his former colleagues and the police, Durand is determined to restore his original DNA by locating the source of the mysterious—and highly valuable—change agent. But Durand hasn’t anticipated just how difficult locating his enemy will be. With the technology to genetically edit the living, Wyckes and his Huli jing could be anyone and everyone—and they have plans to undermine identity itself.

Here’s a link to request the book:

https://goo.gl/lJqZ8E

You can also request items by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our suggested daily recommended titles in print or media and digital formats.

Our digital suggestion for today is the e-book:

The Progeny: A Novel by Tosca Lee:

New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee brings a modern twist to an ancient mystery surrounding the most notorious female serial killer of all time. A fast-paced thriller like Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and BBC America’s hit series Orphan Black.
Emily Jacobs is the descendant of a serial killer. Now, she’s become the hunted.

She’s on a quest that will take her to the secret underground of Europe and the inner circles of three ancient orders—one determined to kill her, one devoted to keeping her alive, and one she must ultimately save.

Filled with adrenaline, romance, and reversals, The Progeny is the present-day saga of a 400-year-old war between the uncanny descendants of “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory, the most prolific female serial killer of all time, and a secret society dedicated to erasing every one of her descendants. It is a story about the search for self filled with centuries-old intrigues against the backdrop of atrocity and hope.

Here’s a link to the checkout page in the Digital Catalog:

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/2260672

And the print suggestion for today is the book:

The Practice House by Laura McNeal:

Nineteen-year-old Aldine McKenna is stuck at home with her sister and aunt in a Scottish village in 1929 when two Mormon missionaries ring the doorbell. Aldine’s sister converts and moves to America to marry, and Aldine follows, hoping to find the life she’s meant to lead and the person she’s meant to love.

In New York, Aldine answers an ad soliciting a teacher for a one-room schoolhouse in a place she can’t possibly imagine: drought-stricken Kansas. She arrives as farms on the Great Plains have begun to fail and schools are going bankrupt, unable to pay or house new teachers. With no money and too much pride to turn back, she lives uneasily with the family of Ansel Price—the charming, optimistic man who placed the ad—and his family responds to her with kind curiosity, suspicion, and, most dangerously, love. Just as she’s settling into her strange new life, a storm forces unspoken thoughts to the surface that will forever alter the course of their lives.

Laura McNeal’s novel is a sweeping and timeless love story about leaving—and finding—home.

Here’s a link to request the book:

https://goo.gl/zhUiXq

You can also request items by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our suggested daily recommended titles in print or media and digital formats.

Our digital suggestion for today is the e-book:

Against the Tide of Years by S. M. Stirling:

Emberverse: Island in the Sea of Time Series, Book 2 by S. M. Stirling: In the years since the Event, the Republic of Nantucket has done its best to re-create the better ideas of the modern age. But the evils of its time resurface in the person of William Walker, renegade Coast Guard officer, who is busy building an empire for himself based on conquest by technology. When Walker reaches Greece and recruits several of their greater kinglets to his cause, the people of Nantucket have no choice. If they are to save the primitive world from being plunged into bloodshed on a twentieth-century scale, they must defeat Walker at his own game:

Here’s a link to the checkout page in the Digital Catalog:

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/254001

And the physical item for today the audiobook on CD:

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood:

Now a Hulu Original Series Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population.

The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment’s calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid’s Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.

Here’s a link to request the book:

https://goo.gl/RuQixB

You can also request items by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Monday, May 8, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our suggested daily recommended titles in print or media and digital formats.

Our digital suggestion for today is the e-book:

Disobedience by Naomi Alderman:

For Ronit Krushka, thirty-two and single, who lives on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Orthodox Judaism is a suffocating culture she fled long ago. When she learns that her estranged father, the preeminent rabbi of the London Orthodox Jewish community in which she was raised, has died, she must return home for the first time in years.

There, amid the traditional ebb and flow of the community, Ronit reminds herself of her dual mission: to mourn and to collect a single heirloom — her mother’s Shabbat candlesticks. But when Ronit reconnects with her complex and beloved cousin Dovid as well as with a forbidden childhood sweetheart, she becomes more than just a stranger in her old home — she becomes a threat.

Set at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, of personal desires and the demands of God, Disobedience is about the importance of moving on and what we lose when we do — and it is about the tendency toward disobedience that we all possess.”

Here’s a link to the checkout page in the Digital Catalog:

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/285060

And print suggestion for today is the book:

Trajectory: Stories by Richard Russo:

Following the best-selling Everybody’s Fool, a new collection of short fiction that demonstrates that Richard Russo–winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls–is also a master of this genre.

Russo’s characters in these four expansive stories bear little similarity to the blue-collar citizens we’re familiar with from many of his novels. In “Horseman,” a professor confronts a young plagiarist as well as her own weaknesses as the Thanksgiving holiday looms closer and closer: “And after that, who knew?” In “Intervention,” a realtor facing an ominous medical prognosis finds himself in his father’s shadow while he presses forward–or not. In “Voice,” a semiretired academic is conned by his increasingly estranged brother into coming along on a group tour of the Venice Biennale, fleeing a mortifying incident with a traumatized student back in Massachusetts but encountering further complications in the maze of Venice. And in “Milton and Marcus,” a lapsed novelist struggles with his wife’s illness and tries to rekindle his screenwriting career, only to be stymied by the pratfalls of that trade when he’s called to an aging, iconic star’s mountaintop retreat in Wyoming.

Here’s a link to request the book:

https://goo.gl/RmgTgC

You can also request items by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Daily Print & Digital Suggested Reads: Friday, May 5, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our suggested daily recommended titles in print or media and digital formats.

Our digital suggestion for today is the e-book:

The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer:

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn’t even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now, she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They’ve killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it’s her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. Resolving to meet the threat head on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life, but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. In this tautly plotted novel, Meyer creates a fierce and fascinating new heroine with a very specialized skill set. And she shows once again why she’s one of the world’s bestselling authors.

Here’s a link to the checkout/request page in the Digital Catalog:

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/2855063

And our physical format suggestion for today is a musical compact disc:

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn by Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn:

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn were the duo that closed out the 2016-2017 season of Civic Music.

And boy, can they both play the banjo!

This 2014 album, which stylistically is more folk than the jazz and classical music Bela is known for, is the very first album they ever recorded together – and it is a great one – check it out!

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn songlist:

Railroad
Ride To U
What’cha Gonna Do
Little Birdie
New South Africa
Pretty Polly
Shotgun Blues
For Children: No 3 Quasi adagio, No 10 Allegro molto – Children’s Dance
And Am I Born To Die
Banjo Banjo
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
Bye Bye Baby Blues

Here’s a link to request the CD:

https://goo.gl/MHt5dv

You can also request items by calling the library at: 607-936-3713 x 502.

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

Online Catalog Links:

StarCat: The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. http://starcat.stls.org/

The Digital Catalog: The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos: https://stls.overdrive.com/

Freegal Music Service: This music service is free to library card holders and offers the option to download, and keep, three free songs per week and to stream three hours of commercial free music each day: http://stlsny.freegalmusic.com/

Zinio: Digital magazines on demand and for free! Back issues are available and you can even choose to be notified by email when the new issue of your favorite magazine is available: https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony

About Library Mobile Apps:

You can access digital library content on PCs, Macs and mobile devices. For mobile devices simply download the OverDrive, Freegal or Zinio app from your app store to get started. If you have questions call the library at: 607-936-3713 and one of our Digital Literacy Specialists will be happy to assist you.

Weekly Recommended Listens: May 2017: Week 1: Sixties Rock: The First British Invasion

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, this week we’re kicking off a month long look, at the first British Invasion, the musical era that ran roughly from February of 1964, with The Beatles first appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, through the end of May 1967.

The release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on June 1, 1967, ushered in the second, late sixties, British Invasion which can be said to have roughly ended when The Beatles disbanded in 1970. We’ll offer listener’s advisory suggestions of the music of the second British Invasion in July. In June, we’ll cover the American music that was influenced by, and came just after, that first British Invasion.

And in an attempt to streamline these weekly music postings, henceforth, the first section will include links to artists/group biographies found on the AllMusic site and not typed up brief bios.

And I love that word, henceforth, what a great word!

But I digress; I’ll get off my love of language soap-box now and back to our music posting of the week!

Now each weekly recommended music posting will feature the following sections:

I. Links to AllMusic Biographies of the Artists/Groups of the Week

II. Freegal Music Recommendations Of The Week (streaming music)

III. CD Recommendations Of The Week

IV. Videos Of The Artists/Groups Of The Week

VI. Wild Card Print Book Recommendation Of The Week

VI. References

And this week we’ll check out the music of three of the first British Invasion groups to hold sway over the American music scene of the early sixties: The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers and The Searchers.

I. Links to AllMusic Biographies of the Artists/Groups of the Week:

The Beatles AllMusic Biography, written by Richie Unterberger:

https://goo.gl/Oaprx2

The Gerry and The Pacemakers AllMusic Biography, also written by Richie Unterberger:

https://goo.gl/W5Oh9e

The Searchers AllMusic Biography, written by Bruce Eder:

https://goo.gl/abBT4o

II. Freegal Music Recommendations Of The Week (streaming music):

The Beatles:

August 65’ Press Conference from the album Rock N’ Roll Of The ’60s:

I suspect I don’t need to say anything more about The Beatles, then that the band consisted of John, Paul, George and Ringo, so that is all I’m going to say!

If you don’t know much about The Beatles and would like to know more – drop by the library — we’ve got books on the band! And as far as their music goes, as The Beatles are one of the most critically acclaimed, most popular and bestselling bands of all time – you really can’t go wrong listening to any of their studio albums.

Unfortunately, the Freegal Music Catalog doesn’t contain any studio albums by The Beatles – so I’ll offer links to request all/any of the Beatles albums in the CD Recommendations Section:

And even though The Freegal Music Catalog doesn’t contain any Beatles studio albums, it does contain several audio interviews with the band. And I selected one of their press conferences from 1965 to recommend as it is easier to hear what the band members are saying in this recording than it is in others that feature the sounds of screaming fans in the background.

One little note, about the album this press conference comes from — it is titled Rock N’ Roll Of The ’60s and I recommend you listen to the fourteen minute Beatles press conference and ignore the rest of the album! Truly, because all the songs featured on the LP are re-recordings by the original artists and, to say the least, those re-recorded tunes cannot hold a candle to the original songs.

Having said that, here’s a link to the August 65′ Beatles press conference:
https://goo.gl/MN8K3k

Gerry & The Pacemakers:

Super Hits Live!

Gerry & The Pacemakers, like The Beatles, hailed from Liverpool, England. The original group featured lead singer-songwriter and guitarist Gerry Marsden, Gerry’s brother, Freddie Marsden on drums, John Chadwick on bass and Leslie Maguire on piano.

The Freegal Music Catalog does not contain any of the original sixties recordings by Gerry & The Pacemakers.

However, the catalog does contain a solidly listenable album by the band titled Super Hits Live! This LP features Gerry Marsden singing and playing with a later group of Pacemakers. The album offers a glimpse into the classic sound of the band. And despite the title, the three big hits it contains: Ferry Cross The Mersey, How Do You Do It? and I’m The One were actually recorded in the studio. The other songs were indeed, recorded live. And these newer recordings all feature a slightly older Marsden singing with a smoother, more mature sounding voice, that rather reminds me of the difference between the two versions of Breaking Up Is Hard To Do that Neil Sedaka recorded — the earlier version has the upbeat energy you’d expect of a young singer new to recording to have, and the second version is a ballad that is sung with a smoother depth, as if the singer has been around the block a few more times before he re-recorded the song.

And as with The Beatles, if you’d like to hear the original recordings of the band I recommend you skip down to the CD Recommendations section and place a request for the CD The Very Best of Gerry & The Pacemakers.

And here’s the link to stream Super Hits Live!:
https://goo.gl/rehlmU

The Searchers:

Needles and Pins:
The Searchers, like The Beatles & Gerry & The Pacemakers were from Liverpool, England and were a part of the Merseybeat scene that evolved there in the early sixties. The band featured John McNally and Mike Pender on guitars and vocals, Chris Curtis on drums and Tony Jackson on bass. The Searchers were another of the first wave of British Invasion groups that became popular in the U. S. in the early sixties and their hits included: Needles and Pins, Don’t Throw Your Love Away, When You Walk In The Room and the smash hit Love Potion No. 9.

This collection features 30 of the songs they recorded for Pye Records between 1963 and 1969 – and contains almost all of their hits, sans their cool version of Sugar And Spice. And the original un-re-recorded version of Sugar And Spice doesn’t appear to be available in the Freegal Music Catalog; however, it is available on the Searchers Greatest Hits album listed in the CD Recommendations section.

Here’s a link to stream the excellent Searchers Needles and Pins collection:

https://goo.gl/STBjja

III. CD Music Recommendations Of The Week

You can request all the Beatles albums through StarCat.

Following is a list of the original British releases.

The Early Albums:

Please Please Me (1963):


https://goo.gl/HH7r1V

With The Beatles (1963):


https://goo.gl/UjTIMW

A Hard Day’s Night (1964):


https://goo.gl/GThs9R

And we also have the movie A Hard Day’s Night on DVD:


https://goo.gl/hm1Q2K

Beatles For Sale (1964):


In doing the research for this posting, I discovered our copy of this album is assumed lost, which means it was checked out more than three months ago and has not been returned, a replacement copy has been ordered and it will appear in the StarCat soon.

The Middle Years Albums:

Help! (1965)


https://goo.gl/oGKg4G

The movie Help! is available too:


https://goo.gl/oGKg4G

Rubber Soul (1965)


https://goo.gl/EffAi1

Revolver (1966)


https://goo.gl/Y6u8VI

The Later Albums:

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)


https://goo.gl/3uCJu0

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)


https://goo.gl/XtPaKc

The Beatles (The White Album) (1968)


https://goo.gl/7EewpV

Yellow Submarine (1969):


https://goo.gl/7KoDmo

Also found in our collection is the movie Yellow Submarine:


https://goo.gl/vKLv1G

Abbey Road (1969):


https://goo.gl/g4P7Fe

Let It Be (1970):


https://goo.gl/gAafg7

And the documentary/movie Let It Be is available too:


https://goo.gl/8jgFrk

Bonus Beatles Songbook Recommendations!

Also of note, the library owns several Beatles song books and I’m listing  a few of them them here in case you’d like to play along with the songs on some of their albums!

The Beatles: The First Four Albums: (Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night & Beatles For Sale)


https://goo.gl/kh1Cn9

The Beatles: The Next Three Albums (Help! Rubber Soul & Revolver):


https://goo.gl/5awaoA

Magical Mystery Tour, Abbey Road & Let It Be:


https://goo.gl/vbT9ep

And now, without further ado, back to the suggested CDs of the week!

Gerry & The Pacemakers:

Very Best of Gerry & The Pacemakers:

A CD version of the Very Best of Gerry & The Pacemakers CD is about to be added to our collection!

This CD brings together all the ‘A’ sides from Gerry’s EMI singles from 1963 to 1966plus a selection of other recordings from the mid-Sixties and seven titles that showcase Gerry Marsden’s talents as a songwriter. It’s an infectious, good-humoured sound, a fitting reminder of one of Liverpool’s finest talents and greatest bands. The set includes 27 songs and all of the band’s most popular songs including: Ferry Cross The Mersey, You’ll Never Walk Alone, How Do You Do It? I Like It, Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying and I’m The One. — Description from the record label.

I’ll update this posting to include the request link for the album as soon as it is listed in StarCat.

And in the meantime if you’d like to request the CD, when it becomes available – you can send an email request to me at: reimerl@stls.org

British Invasion: Gerry & The Pacemakers –

It’s Gonna Be All Right, 1963-1965:


With the exception of the Beatles themselves, no other group dominated the early years of the British Invasion like Gerry & The Pacemakers. They were the first artists to have their first three singles top the British charts, and many of their songs are now beloved classics. Gerry & The Pacemakers: It’s Gonna Be All Right 1963-1965 features 17 complete songs filmed between 1963 and 1965 and is the group’s first official DVD release. Included are the classic ‘How Do You Do It’, ‘I Like It’ and ‘I’m The One’, timeless masterpieces ‘Ferry Cross The Mersey’ and ‘Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying’ In between the performances Gerry Marsden talks about the songs and tells the band s history in a new interview filmed at the Cavern Club in Liverpool exclusively for the DVD. Also telling the story is Bill Harry, the founder of the original Mersey Beat newspaper in Liverpool that reported the birth of British rock as it was happening. The DVD bonus section includes a new solo rendition of ‘Ferry Cross The Mersey’ filmed at the Cavern Club as well as a history of Liverpool’s Mersey Beat scene as told by Bill Harry. Description from the publisher.

Here’s a link to request the British Invasion: Gerry & The Pacemakers DVD:
https://goo.gl/eLyzYI

The Searchers:

Greatest Hits:

The Searcher’s Greatest Hits is an older, but excellent, collection put out by the great oldies label Rhino Records. This 18 song set features all the Searchers hits and most of their best songs including: Sweets for My Sweet, Love Potion No. 9, Sugar and Spice, Needles and Pins, Don’t Throw Your Love Away and When You Walk in the Room.

Here’s a link to request Searchers Greatest Hits CD:
https://goo.gl/tlYI07

IV. Videos Of The Artists/Groups Of The Week:

The Beatles:

The Early Years:

I Wanna Hold Your Hand: The Beatles as they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964:

Twist & Shout: From their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 23, 1964:

And one last video from their early years – the opening scene and a bit more from the film A Hard Day’s Night which gives those of us who came of age after the sixties a little taste of what Beatlemania was like:

https://youtu.be/fG2evigIJIc

The Middle Years:

Help! Recorded for British TV in 1965:

Rock N’ Roll Music, Baby’s In Black, I Feel Fine, Yesterday, Nowhere Man and I’m Down recorded before a studio audience in Germany in 1966:

The Later Years:

Revolution

Hey Jude

Get Back from the famous Rooftop Gig the band played in 1969:

https://youtu.be/eIPixBXPkOM

Gerry & The Pacemakers:

Ferry Cross The Mersey – from the TV show Top of The Pops:

How Do You Do It?

The Searchers:

Needles & Pins from The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964:

https://youtu.be/3zO5518ZMM4

Love Potion No, 9

Bonus First British Invasion Videos:

And by the way, YouTube has hundreds if not thousands of videos by British Invasions artists/groups – you could spend all day watching them!

Here are just a few of the video gems I found while doing research for this posting:

A Summer Song by Chad & Jeremy as introduced by Dick Clark

Just One Look by The Hollies

Bits & Pieces by The Dave Clark Five

Here Comes My Baby by the Tremeloes

https://youtu.be/bswxaeyQDFI

V. Wild Card Music Book Recommendation Of The Week


Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938, the Graphic Novel by Jim Dickinson:

This is indeed a graphic novel style biography of the legendary Blues guitarist who, the myth says, sold his soul to the devil to be able to play incredible blues. This is a cool read!

From ‘Crossroads Blues’ to ‘Sweet Home Chicago’, ‘Hellhound on My Trail’ to ‘Come On In My Kitchen’, Robert Johnson wrote some of the most enduring and formative songs of the original blues era, songs that would go on to help shape the birth of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1960s. Beloved of Clapton, Dylan and the Stones, Robert Johnson remains one of the most iconic and mythologized figures in popular music (and the first of many to die at the age of 27). Born in the in the South in Mississippi, Johnson made his way to the urban North as a traveling musician, but it was only when he returned to the South that he recorded the twenty-nine songs, in two sessions, which would create his legacy.

Exploring the stories and legends that surround his life and death — his childhood, his womanizing, his pact with the devil at the crossroads — Mezzo and DuPont have produced a fittingly creative and beautiful depiction of this most extraordinary life. — from the publisher

Here’s a link to request the book:

https://goo.gl/Iz0phN

VI. Print References:

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn (Billboard Books. New York. 2009.)

Sixties Rock: A Listener’s Guide by Robert Santelli (Contemporary Books. Chicago. 1985.)

Online References:

The Beatles (official website)
http://www.thebeatles.com/

The Beatles AllMusic Discography, written by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/0sfb5m

George Harrison, ‘Quiet Beatle’ And Lead Guitarist, Dies at 58, written by Allan Koxinn published in The New York Times December 1, 2001.
https://goo.gl/bsPeLs

Gerry & the Pacemakers AllMusic Discography, written by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/IWGr6P

John Lennon Bio – Rolling Stone
https://goo.gl/5RCp5b

Needles and Pins Album Review & Searchers Biography – iTunes
https://goo.gl/FP9UWd

The Searchers AllMusic Discography, written by Bruce Eder
https://goo.gl/6kn8e2

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

P.S. If you have any questions about how to download or stream free music through the Freegal Music service to a desktop or laptop computer or how to download and use the Freegal Music app let us know! Drop by the library or give us a call at: 607-936-3713.

*You must have a library card at a Southern Tier Library System member library to enjoy the Freegal Music Service. Your card can be from any library in the system, and the system includes all public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler and Allegheny Counties and including our own Southeast Steuben Count Library in Corning, New York. Library cards are free and at our library you can obtain one by visiting the Circulation Desk and presenting staff with a form of ID that features both your name and your current address.