Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring one album or musical collection for your listening pleasure; one movie or TV show/season for your viewing pleasure and one recommendation for background viewing – perfect for having on while having dinner, reading or just hanging out at home. Enjoy!
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First off the music, this week the album:
Satch Plays Fats by Louis Armstrong & His All Stars (1955) by Louis Armstrong
Available Formats: This album is available for purchase on CD, Vinyl and also as s digital album through the usual online sources.
Listener’s Note: If you like the sound of the music in the film You’ve Got Mail – you can check the digital album out for free through the library’s Hoopla app.
About The Album: There is something wonderfully life-affirming about Satch Plays Fats. It is Louis Armstrong at his most relaxed, playful, and musically generous, paying tribute to the songs of the great pianist and songwriter Fats Waller.
Rather than simply reproducing Waller’s original recordings, Armstrong makes the material unmistakably his own. His trumpet playing is exuberant and expressive, while his unmistakable gravelly voice brings humor, warmth, and personality to every number.
The album has a wonderfully old-fashioned charm, but it never feels dated. The music swings effortlessly, with a lively ensemble sound that captures the spirit of New Orleans jazz and the exuberance of the swing era. – From The Music Archives Site
Songs on the album: Honeysuckle Rose, Blue Turning Grey Over You, I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby, Squeeze Me, Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now, All That Meat An No Potatoes, I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling, (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue & Ain’t Misbehavin.’
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Moving on to our suggested viewing title of the week; this week our recommendation is the movie:
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
About the Movie: Set in the charming autumn and winter streets of New York City, You’ve Got Mail is a romantic comedy about two people who unknowingly fall in love with each other online while becoming business rivals in real life.
Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) owns a beloved little independent children’s bookstore on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) a member of the family that owns a large bookstore chain, and whose new store threatens to put her out of business.
In person, Kathleen and Joe can’t stand each other. But online, under anonymous screen names, they develop a sweet and increasingly intimate correspondence, sharing their hopes, disappointments, and everyday observations.
Neither realizes that the person who understands them so well is the very person they clash with in the real world.
As their online friendship deepens, the two must navigate romance, rivalry, and the possibility of discovering love in the most unexpected place. – Description from ChatGPT
And of course, the film has a happy ending!
Available Formats: You can request the DVD from the library and it is also available from the usual streaming stores.
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Background Viewing
(Perfect to have on while having dinner, reading etc.)
“The Turning Season’ Autumn to Winter” Instrumental Acoustic Indie/Folk Music
Have a great weekend!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Information on the four library catalogs (content available 24/7!)
The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.
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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.
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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
Have questions about any of the catalogs?
Give us a call!
You can reach us at 607-936-3713 or visit our website at https://ssclibrary.org/
