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Weekly Recommended Listens: July 2017, Week 1: Sixties Rock: The Second British Invasion – British Rock From 1967-1970

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, this week we’re kicking off a month long look at what author Robert Santelli, Sixties Rock: A Listener’s Guide, deems The Second British Invasion – this is the music British artists and bands put out between June 1967 and the end of the sixties.

You can think of the rock music of the sixties as having a musical call and response pattern. British musicians and bands who became popular in the early sixties were influenced by traditional American Rock and R&B artists of the fifties — artists including  Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Little Richard. And and you can hear that influence in their music – in the sounds of British Invasion bands like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five and The Hollies. Those bands in turn, influenced the playing of American bands including The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Young Rascals etc.

Then in the aftermath of the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in June 1967, you get that sort of call and response pattern again – although it starts to spread out like pebbles thrown in water as Sgt. Pepper’s was a colossally influential album, and is arguably, the greatest rock album ever released. The music on Sgt. Pepper’s influenced all rock musicians and bands on both sides of the pond for the rest of the sixties, into the seventies and beyond. Certainly, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sounded more experimental than any rock album released before it; and its release heralded a new more progressive and experimental era in Rock history.

In the aftermath of the release of Sgt. Pepper’s you hear albums that are more innovative and that start seriously taking Rock Music past its youth focused beginnings; albums like The Rolling Stone’s Beggar’s Banquet, The Who’s The Who Sell Out, Traffic’s Dear Mr. Fantasy, Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues, Piper At The Gates of Dawn by Syd Barret era Pink Floyd and the classic Small Face’s LP Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake.

But enough musical pondering, on to the bands of the week!

So to kick this month long look at the British Invasion music of the late sixties, we’ll start off listening to the music of the three biggest bands of the era: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones & The Who and the albums they released between 1967 and 1969.

And as a reminder, our weekly music postings 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 Music Recommendations Of The Week

IV. Videos Of This Weeks’ Artists/Groups

V. References (for those who’d like to know a bit more about the artists of the week).

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

The Beatles AllMusic Biography by Richie Unterberger:

https://goo.gl/Oaprx2

The Rolling Stones AllMusic Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:

https://goo.gl/ESaSb4

The Who AllMusic Biography:

https://goo.gl/1RdCtO

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

Unfortunately, The Freegal Music Catalog doesn’t contain any studio albums by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones or The Who. So for the artists specific LP recommendations skip down to the next section – CD Music Recommendations Of The Week.

And for the Freegal streaming suggestions of the week – here are some albums perfect for your summer listening pleasure!

Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor (1972) by Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor 

This band’s music contains a great mix of acoustic guitars, traditional rock vibes and a few country threads thrown in for good measure. I’d never heard of this album or band before I stumbled across it in the Freegal Catalog. I don’t know who the Gorgoni and Martin of the group are/were but I was able to discover that the Taylor of the title is the classic rock songwriter Chip Taylor, who interestingly was born John Wesley Voigt and is the brother of the actor Jon Voigt. Chip Taylor is best known as a songwriter although he has also put out his own albums which range from 1971’s Gasoline to 2017’s A Song I Can Live With. Some of his songs that have been made popular by other artists include:  I Can’t Let Go recorded by The Hollies, Make Me Belong To You recorded by Barbara Lewis, I Can Make It With You recorded by Jackie DeShannon, Step Out Of Your Mind recorded by The American Bread, Angel of the Morning originally recorded by Merrilee Rush and later by Juice Newton, and the classic rock anthem Wild Thing recorded by The Troggs and many other bands over the years. Getting back to the Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor album, the songs on the LP include: Fuzzy, Choo Choo Sharoo, You Crazy Girl and the Beatlesque Something About The Sunshine. 

Here’s a link to stream the Gorgoni, Martin & Taylor LP:  https://goo.gl/jrBcZo

Angel of the Morning by Marilee Rush:

Speaking of Marilee Rush, the singer who originally recorded the Taylor song Angel of the Morning, The Freegal Music Catalog features her Angel of The Morning album – which has a light, breezy 1970s country-folk feel to it. The album includes the title track, Taylor’s It’s All Worth It, Sandcastles, San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair), What The World Needs Now and a version of Hush which is quite interesting as it is much lighter in style than the better known Deep Purple version.

Here’s a link to stream the Marilee Rush LP:

https://goo.gl/mkC9fB

And at this point I’ll admit, I got a bit carried away with gathering listening suggestions for this week! The Freegal Music Catalog has some really fantastic musical gems to listen to; if you just have the time to hunt a little bit! And if you don’t have that time – you can just check out our weekly music postings! For the sake of trying to keep this posting semi-short, which admittedly is hard for me, for the rest of this week’s Freegal suggested listens I’m going to list the genres, albums/artists, a list of a few of the songs on each LP and the links to stream them – check them out!

Pop/Rock/Surf Music:

Classic Rock/Pop/Folk & Country: Jukebox Oldies Rockin’ Summer Vol. 1 – Great Rock, Surf, And Soul Songs of the 50s, 60s, And 70s with the Beach Boys, Link Wray, Sam & Dave, The Byrds, Little Richard, And More!

This 16 song set, with the massively long title, contains the following songs: Soul Man by Sam & Dave, Poison Ivy by The Coasters, Rumble by Link Wray, Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin, Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds, Surfin’ Safari by The  Beach Boys, Pipeline by The Chantays an Surf City by Jan and Dean.

Here’s a link to request the Jukebox album:

https://goo.gl/qUCHyF

Guitar Legend: The Very Best Of Dick by Dick Dale:

This 15 song greatest hits collection by the the legendary Surf guitarist, contains the following songs: Miserlou, Let’s Go Trippin’, Hava Nagila, Riders In The Sky, Night Rider and Surf Buggy.

Here’s a link to stream the Dick Dale album:

https://goo.gl/5zzKW6

Do You Believe in Magic by The Lovin’ Spoonful:

This is the 1965 debut album by the Lovin’ Spoonful. The album features twelve songs including: Do You Believe In Magic, Blues In The Bottle, Did You Every Have To Make Up Your Mind?, The Otherside Of This Life, Alley Oop & On The Road Again.

Here’s the link to the Do You Believe In Magic album:

https://goo.gl/sZJTpP

And since no summer would be complete without hearing the Lovin’ Spoonful’s  Summer In The City at least once, here’s a link to the album Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful which contains that song and 16 other classic pop/rock tunes:

https://goo.gl/D7H2pe

The Complete Recordings (1964-1968) by Ronnie & The Daytonas:

More fun Surf music!  Songs include: G.T.O., Hot Rod Baby, California Bound, The Little Stingray That I Could, Surfin’ In The Summertime, When The Stars Shine Bright and more – 48 songs in all.

Here’s the link to stream the Ronnie & The Daytonas collection:

https://goo.gl/twMgPW

Singin’ in the Summer Sun by Skeeter Davis:

Skeeter Davis is sometimes classified as a country artist; to my ears though, her music sounds like classic pop music. This neat album features the songs: Under The Boardwalk, That Warm Summer Night, Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand), Sunglasses, That Summer Sunset and a vocal version of the classic Theme to a Summer Place.

Here’s a link to stream the Singin’ In the Summer LP:

https://goo.gl/GjTCgt

Songbook by The Brothers Four:

This album really is just a great folk album and it is a stretch to classify it  a “summer album,” because it only contains one summer themed song – Summer Days Alone. Even so it is a fun record that includes the songs: Frogg No. 2, The Tavern Song, Lady Greensleeves, Ole Smokey & Tarrytown.

Here’s a link to stream the Songbook record:

https://goo.gl/MyMeHb

Also available by The Brothers Four is a more in-depth collection titled Greenfields and Other Folk Music Greats – First Five Albums which contains, just what it says it does — their first five albums recorded in 1960 & 1961:

https://goo.gl/rpwBVz

Easy Listening:

Mr. Lucy Goes Latin by Henry Mancini:

This is an entertaining orchestral pop album and contains the following songs: Mr. Lucky (Goes Latin), Rain Drops In Rio, The Dancing Cat, Cow Bells and Coffee Beans & Tango Americano.

Here’s a link to the Mr. Lucy Goes Latin LP: 

https://goo.gl/GGPTMm

Theme From A Summer Place And Other Great Themes by Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra:

This is another cool orchestral album prefect for listening to while relaxing by the pool or reading near the air conditioner. The album includes the songs Theme From A Summer Place, Tammy, Fascination, Some Enchanted Evening & All The Way.

Here’s a link to stream the Billy Vaughn album:

https://goo.gl/x9EEaU

Summer Breeze by Various Artists:

This various artists collection contains 32 songs including: Papa Loves Mambo by Perry Como, Put On A Happy Face by Tony Bennett, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life by Liza Minnelli, A Steel Guitar And A Glass of Wine by Paul Anka, Green, Green Grass of Home by Elvis Presley, Wonderful! Wonderful! by Johnny Mathis, Day-O by Harry Belafonte, Italian Mambo by Rosemary Clooney and many others – this is a great classic easy listening collection.

Here’s the link to stream Summer Breeze:

https://goo.gl/iN52He

Summer Solstice 2 by Various Artists (A Windham Hill Collection):

This LP contains what used to be called New Age Music – and is what Windham Hill fans will expect – generally light, smooth and atmospheric songs including: Birds In Flight by George Winston, Cruisin’ Negril by W. G. “Snuffy” Walden, No Na Mamo by Taj Mahal and A Child’s Song by Will Ackerman.

Here’s a link to the Summer Solstice 2 album: https://goo.gl/fbUAK2

Jazz:

Jazz:THE MUSIC OF AMERICA: Inventing Jazz – Dave Brubeck by Dave Brubeck

Songs in the set include: The Duke, Ode To A Cowboy, Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra (with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra), The Golden Horn, Kathy’s Waltz & Non-Sectarian Blues.

Here’s a link to stream the Dave Brubeck LP:

https://goo.gl/bMzTSF

Time & Love by Jackie & Roy:

This album, by Singer Jackie Cain and Singer-Pianist Roy Kral, includes the songs: Day By Day, Lazy Afternoon, Summer Song/Summertime, We Could Be Flying and more.

Here’s a link to stream Time & Love:

https://goo.gl/gPc7gJ

Other Genres:

The 50 Best Summer Songs by Kidsongs:

A fun collection for kids, this singalong set includes the songs: Barefootin’, Catch A Wave, In The Gold Old Summertime, Yes! We Have No Bananas, Bicycle Built For Two, On Top of Spaghetti &The Hokey Pokey.

Here’s the link to stream the 50 Best Summer Songs LP:

https://goo.gl/nxoaqK

Summer Song (Original Cast; 1956 musical):

This musical is based upon the composer Antonin Dvorak’s visit to Iowa. And I was surprised to stumble across a classic musical whilst browsing through the Freegal Music Catalog! Songs include: Just Around The Corner, Once A Year Is Not Long Enough, Murphy’s Pig & Sing Me A Song.

Here’s a link to stream the Summer Song musical:

https://goo.gl/CpvVDj

III. CD Music Recommendations Of The Week:

All the albums released by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones & The Who between 1967 and 1970 are worthy of a listen; so I’m going to start out by listing the albums each group released during that pivotal three year period and then suggest several albums that are in the library’s collection.

The Beatles Albums Released Between 1967 – 1970:

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

Magical Mystery Tour Soundtrack (1968)

The Beatles (aka The White Album) (1968)

Yellow Submarine (1969)

Abbey Road (1969)

Let It Be (1970)

The Rolling Stone’s Albums Released Between 1967 – 1970:

Between the Buttons (1967)

Flowers (1967)

Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) (And yes, they really did title an album “Their Satanic Majesties Request” – they were playing their bad-boy-anti-Beatles alternative band persona to the hilt)

Beggars Banquet (1968)

Let It Bleed (1969)

Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (1970)

The Who’s Albums Released Between 1967 – 1971:

And I know that is really a baker’s dozen three years! However, I just couldn’t leave out the classic album Who’s Next which was released in 1971.

The Who Sell Out (1967)

Tommy (1969)

Live At Leeds (1970)

Who’s Next (1971)

The Beatles: 

If you’re new to listening to Beatles albums, and I’m sure there are few people out there that have heard their songs on the radio but never listen to their albums, I’d recommend you start with their masterpiece Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band as it is recognized by most music fans and critics to be their best album. If you’re game to listen to a second full-length album by the band I’d recommend the one that is my personal favorite – Abbey Road. All The Beatles albums are available for request through StarCat.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Song List:

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

2. With a Little Help from My Friends

3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

4. Getting Better

5. Fixing a Hole

6. She’s Leaving Home

7. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

8. Within You Without You

9. When I’m Sixty-Four

10. Lovely Rita

11. Good Morning Good Morning

12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

13. A Day in the Life

Here’s a link to request the CD version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:

https://goo.gl/LeFHdG

Abbey Road

Song List:

1. Come Together

2. Something

3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

4. Oh! Darling

5. Octopus’s Garden

6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

7. Here Comes the Sun

8. Because

9. You Never Give me Your Money

10. Sun King

11. Mean Mr. Mustard

12. Polythene Pam

13. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

14. Golden Slumbers

15. Carry That Weight

16. The End

17. Her Majesty

Here’s the link to request the Abbey Road CD:

https://goo.gl/RA153C

The Rolling Stones: 

Between The Buttons, Flowers & Beggars Banquet will be available for request in StarCat soon.

In the meantime, the greatest hits collection Hot Rocks 1964-71 is available for request. This two disc set contains 21 songs including: Time Is On My Side, Play With Fire, Satisfaction, Ruby Tuesday, Street Fighting Man and Jumpin’ Jack Flash.

The Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks 1946-1971

Here’s a link to request Hot Rocks:

https://goo.gl/tvuCx9

The Who – Who’s Next

Song List: 

1. Baba O’Riley

2. Bargain

3. Love Ain’t For Keeping

My Wife

The Song Is Over

Getting In Tune

Going Mobile

Behind blue Eyes

Won’t Get Fooled Again

Here’s a link to request the Who’s Next CD:

https://goo.gl/ozQwnj

IV. Videos Of This Weeks’ Artists/Groups

The Beatles

Hey Jude

Penny Lane

A Day In The Life

The Rolling Stones

Yesterday’s Papers

The Stones obviously aren’t into local history or they’d have saved all those old papers!

Ruby Tuesday

Lady Jane

The Who

Pinball Wizard

Won’t Get Fooled Again

Baba O’Reilly

V. References:

Print:
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:
Chip Taylor Biography by William Ruhlmann:

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chip-taylor-mn0000773849/biography

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

The Rolling Stones Discography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

https://goo.gl/78Gq5v

The Who Discography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

https://goo.gl/1afGGS

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 Digital & Print Suggested Reads: Friday, July 7, 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 downloadable audio book:

Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild by James Campbell:

The powerful and affirming story of a father’s journey with his teenage daughter to the far reaches of Alaska

Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place. So when James Campbell’s cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his fifteen-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him: Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and hours of grueling labor peeling and hauling logs?

But once there, Aidan embraced the wild. She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose. Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap. Under the supervision of Edna, Heimo’s Yupik Eskimo wife, Aidan grew more confident in the woods.

Campbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men. So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home. It would be their third and most ambitious trip, backpacking over Alaska’s Brooks Range to the headwaters of the mighty Hulahula River, where they would assemble a folding canoe and paddle to the Arctic Ocean. The journey would test them, and their relationship, in one of the planet’s most remote places: a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and polar bears.

At turns poignant and humorous, Braving It is an ode to America’s disappearing wilderness and a profound meditation on what it means for a child to grow up—and a parent to finally, fully let go.

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

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/3257580

And our suggested print book for the day is:

Sycamore: A Novel by Bryn Chancellor:

An award-winning writer makes her debut with this mesmerizing page-turner in the spirit of Everything I Never Told You and Olive Kitteridge.

Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer to town stumbles across what appear to be human remains embedded in the wall of a dry desert ravine. As news of the discovery makes its way around town, Sycamore’s longtime residents fear the bones may belong to Jess Winters, the teenage girl who disappeared suddenly some eighteen years earlier, an unsolved mystery that has soaked into the porous rock of the town and haunted it ever since. In the days it takes the authorities to make an identification, the residents rekindle stories, rumors, and recollections both painful and poignant as they revisit Jess’s troubled history. In resurrecting the past, the people of Sycamore will find clarity, unexpected possibility, and a way forward for their lives.

Skillfully interweaving multiple points of view, Bryn Chancellor knowingly maps the bloodlines of a community and the indelible characters at its heart—most notably Jess Winters, a thoughtful, promising adolescent poised on the threshold of adulthood. Evocative and atmospheric, Sycamore is a coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a moving exploration of the elemental forces that drive human nature—desire, loneliness, grief, love, forgiveness, and hope—as witnessed through the inhabitants of one small Arizona town.

You can request the book by clicking on the following link to StarCat:

https://goo.gl/LwBm8q

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 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 Digital & Print Suggested Reads: Thursday, July 6, 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:

Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution by Peter Andreas:

The intimate true story of a boy on the run with his mother, as she abducts him to South America in search of the revolution.

Carol Andreas was a traditional 1950s housewife from a small Mennonite town in central Kansas who became a radical feminist and Marxist revolutionary. From the late sixties to the early eighties, she went through multiple husbands and countless lovers while living in three states and five countries. She took her youngest son, Peter, with her wherever she went, even kidnapping him and running off to South America after his straitlaced father won a long and bitter custody fight.

They were chasing the revolution together, though the more they chased it the more distant it became. They battled the bad “isms” (sexism, imperialism, capitalism, fascism, consumerism), and fought for the good “isms” (feminism, socialism, communism, egalitarianism). They were constantly running, moving, hiding. Between the ages of five and eleven, Peter attended more than a dozen schools and lived in more than a dozen homes, moving from the comfortably bland suburbs of Detroit to a hippie commune in Berkeley to a socialist collective farm in pre-military coup Chile to highland villages and coastal shantytowns in Peru. When they secretly returned to America they settled down clandestinely in Denver, where his mother changed her name to hide from his father.

This is an extraordinary account of a deep mother-son bond and the joy and toll of growing up with a radical mother in a radical age. Andreas is an insightful and candid narrator whose unforgettable memoir gives new meaning to the old saying, “the personal is political.”

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

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/3257611

And our print book suggested read for the day is:

The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish:

An intellectual and emotional jigsaw puzzle of a novel for readers of A. S. Byatt’s Possession and Geraldine Brooks’s People of the Book

Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.

As the novel opens, Helen has been summoned by a former student to view a cache of seventeenth-century Jewish documents newly discovered in his home during a renovation. Enlisting the help of Aaron Levy, an American graduate student as impatient as he is charming, and in a race with another fast-moving team of historians, Helen embarks on one last project: to determine the identity of the documents’ scribe, the elusive “Aleph.”

Electrifying and ambitious, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Weight of Ink is a sophisticated work of historical fiction about women separated by centuries, and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order to reconcile the life of the heart and mind.

Here’s a link to StarCat to request the book:

https://goo.gl/sVrqYP

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 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 Digital & Print Suggested Reads: Wednesday, July 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 downloadable audio book:

Fast into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail by Debbie Clarke Moderow:

A captivating memoir of one woman’s attempt to finish the Iditarod, led by her team of spunky huskies with whom she shares a fascinating and inextricable bond

At age forty-seven, a mother of two, Debbie Moderow was not your average musher in the Iditarod, but that’s where she found herself when, less than 200 miles from the finish line, her dogs decided they didn’t want to run anymore. After all her preparation, after all the careful management of her team, and after their running so well for over a week, the huskies balked. But the sting of not completing the race after coming so far was nothing compared to the disappointment Moderow felt in having lost touch with her dogs.

Fast into the Night is the gripping story of Moderow’s journeys along the Iditarod trail with her team of spunky huskies: Taiga and Su, Piney and Creek, Nacho and Zeppy, Juliet and the headstrong leader, Kanga. The first failed attempt crushed Moderow’s confidence, but after reconnecting with her dogs she returned and ventured again to Nome, pushing through injuries, hallucinations, epic storms, flipped sleds, and clashing personalities, both human and canine. And she prevailed.

Part adventure, part love story, part inquiry into the mystery of the connection between humans and dogs, Fast into the Night is an exquisitely written memoir of a woman, her dogs, and what can happen when someone puts herself in that place between daring and doubt—and soldiers on.

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

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/3177121

And our print book suggested read for the day is:

Broken River by J. Robert Lennon:

A modest house in upstate New York. One in the morning. Three people―a couple and their child―hurry out the door, but it’s too late for them. As the virtuosic and terrifying opening scene of Broken River unfolds, a spectral presence seems to be watching with cold and mysterious interest. Soon the house lies abandoned, and years later a new family moves in.

Karl, Eleanor, and their daughter, Irina, arrive from New York City in the wake of Karl’s infidelity to start anew. Karl tries to stabilize his flailing art career. Eleanor, a successful commercial novelist, eagerly pivots in a new creative direction. Meanwhile, twelve-year-old Irina becomes obsessed with the brutal murders that occurred in the house years earlier. And, secretly, so does her mother. As the ensemble cast grows to include Louis, a hapless salesman in a carpet warehouse who is haunted by his past, and Sam, a young woman newly reunited with her jailbird brother, the seemingly unrelated crime that opened the story becomes ominously relevant.

Hovering over all this activity looms a gradually awakening narrative consciousness that watches these characters lie to themselves and each other, unleashing forces that none of them could have anticipated and that put them in mortal danger. Broken River is a cinematic, darkly comic, and sui generis psychological thriller that could only have been written by J. Robert Lennon.

Here’s a link to the StarCat request page for the book:

https://goo.gl/jxxVpd

You can also requests books simply 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 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 Digital & Print Suggested Reads: Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, here are our recommended titles for today.

Our digital suggestion for today is the downloadable audio book:

The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters:

A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June the twenty-second. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent, but discovers that the rose bush has been destroyed and he is then found murdered inside it. The abbey’s wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the trail of bloodied petals. He knows the lovely widow’s dowry is far greater with her house included, and she will likely wed again. But before Cadfael can ponder if a greedy suitor has done this dreadful deed, another crime is committed. Now the good monk must thread his way through a tangle more torturous than the widow’s thorns.

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

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/585534

And our print book suggested read for the day is:

The Reminders: A Novel:

Perfect for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan’s The Engagement or Graeme Simpson’s The Rosie Project, The Reminders follows what happens when a girl who can’t forget befriends a man who’s desperate to remember.

Grief-stricken over his partner Sydney’s death, Gavin sets fire to every reminder in the couple’s home before fleeing Los Angeles for New Jersey, where he hopes to find peace with the family of an old friend. Instead, he finds Joan.

Joan, the family’s ten-year-old daughter, was born Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, or HSAM: the rare ability to recall every day of her life in cinematic detail. Joan has never met Gavin until now, but she did know his partner, and waiting inside her uncanny mind are startlingly vivid memories to prove it.

Gavin strikes a deal with Joan: in return for sharing her memories of Sydney, Gavin will help her win a songwriting contest she’s convinced will make her unforgettable. The unlikely duo set off on their quest until Joan reveals unexpected details about Sydney’s final months, forcing Gavin to question not only the purity of his past with Sydney but the course of his own immediate future.

Told in the alternating voices of these two irresistible characters, The Reminders is a hilarious and tender exploration of loss, memory, friendship, and renewal.

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

https://goo.gl/NciMES

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

Have a great day!
Linda, SSCL

P.S. The library is closed today in observance of the July 4th holiday. We’ll be open our regular hours on Wednesday – 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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 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 Digital & Print Suggested Reads: Monday, July 3, 2017

Linda Reimer

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

Our digital suggestion for today is the downloadable audio book:

The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova:

Her vengeance. His vision.

Ari lost everything she once loved when the Five Guilds’ resistance fell to the Dragon King. Now, she uses her unparalleled gift for clockwork machinery in tandem with notoriously unscrupulous morals to contribute to a thriving underground organ market. There isn’t a place on Loom that is secure from the engineer-turned-thief, and her magical talents are sold to the highest bidder as long as the job defies their Dragon oppressors.

Cvareh would do anything to see his sister usurp the Dragon King and sit on the throne. His family’s house has endured the shame of being the lowest rung in the Dragons’ society for far too long. The Alchemist Guild, down on Loom, may just hold the key to putting his kin in power, if Cvareh can get to them before the Dragon King’s assassins.

When Ari stumbles upon a wounded Cvareh, she sees an opportunity to slaughter an enemy and make a profit off his corpse. But the Dragon sees an opportunity to navigate Loom with the best person to get him where he wants to go.

He offers her the one thing Ari can’t refuse: A wish of her greatest desire, if she brings him to the Alchemists of Loom.

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

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/3177150

And our print book suggested read for the day is:

Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami:

A dazzling new collection of short stories–the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all.

Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic.

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

https://goo.gl/2cDC3W

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 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: June 2017, Week 4: Sixties Rock: The American Musical Response To The First British Invasion Concluded

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, this week we’re concluding our cliff notes look and listen at the music of the American rock bands that came to prominence just after the Beatles appearances on the Ed Sullivan Shown in 1964 .

This week our three groups are: The Bobby Fuller Four, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and Tommy James & The Shondells.

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. Compact Discs Of The Artists/Groups Of The Week

IV. Videos Of The Artists/Groups Of The Week

V. Books Related To The Artists/Groups of The Week

VI. References (for those who’d like to know a bit more about the artists of the week).

I. Links To AllMusic Biographies Of The Weekly Artists/Groups:

Bobby Fuller AllMusic Biography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/EcziVg

Mitch Ryder AllMusic Biography by Jason Ankeny
https://goo.gl/DDU8nX

Tommy James & the Shondells AllMusic Biography by Bruce Eder
https://goo.gl/VHLvG2

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 (streaming music):

The Bobby Fuller Four: Bobby Fuller was born on October 22, 1942 in Baytown, Texas. Fuller was a huge fan of both Buddy Holly and British Invasion rock and you can hear those influences in the The Fuller Four’s playing – they played enthusiastically up-tempo classic rock. In addition to singer-songwriter and guitarist Bobby Fuller, the Fuller Four band included Bobby’s brother Randy Fuller on bass, Jim Reese on guitar and DeWayne Quirico on drums.

The group recorded two albums in the mid-sixties, KRLA King of the Wheels & I Fought the Law and had a huge hit with the title track from their second main stream album, I Fought The Law. But sadly, their success was short lived; as Bobby Fuller was mysteriously found dead in his car in Hollywood, California on July 18, 1966.

The band’s most notable songs include: I Fought The Law, California Sun, Another Sad and Lonely Night, Never To Be Forgotten and The Magic Touch.

You’ll have noted that I said, two paragraphs above, the I Fought The Law album was the second “main stream” album released by the Bobby Fuller Four…I used that terminology because the group recorded dozens of songs during the period 1960-1964 while still living in their home state of Texas, and before they moved to Los Angeles and broke into the big time with their first major label release the LP KRLA Kings of the Wheels.

The Freegal Music Catalog doesn’t feature either the KRLA LP nor the I Fought The Law LP; however, what it does features is cooler still — a collection of early recordings made by the band before the moved to L.A. including original versions of songs that later became hits for them including their top ten smash I Fought The Law. The collection is titled El Paso Rock: Early Recordings Volume 3, and  features 26 songs including the previously mentioned I Fought The Law, You Made Me Cry, Summertime Blues, She’s My Girl and California Sun.

El Paso Rock: Early Recordings Volume 3

Here’s a link to stream the album:
https://goo.gl/cf4SKZ

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: Mitch Ryder, the driving force behind the group, pun intended, was born William Levise Jr. on February 26, 1945 in Hamtramk, Michigan. Ryder was a huge Rhythm & Blues fan and you can hear that influence in the gritty sound of his music. In the sixties he put together a backing band, The Detroit Wheels, that consisted of Jim McCarty and Joe Cubert on guitars, Early Elliott on bass and John Badanjek on drums. The group recorded for only a year and half before Ryder split from his back-up band and went solo but in that time they recorded four classic albums: Take A Ride (1964), Breakout…!!! (1966), What Now My Love (1967) and Sock It To Me (1967) and had several hits including: Jenny Takes A Ride!, Little Latin Lupe Lu, Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly (medley), Sock It To Me-Baby and What Now My Love.

The Freegal Music Catalog doesn’t feature any of the original albums by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels; however, it does contain a Best of Mitch Ryder album that features an older Ryder singing his classic hits in a more mature, deeply felt style. The Best of LP features all the previously mentioned hits by Mitch and the Detroit Wheels sans the song What Now My Love.

Check it out – here’s the link to stream the LP:
https://goo.gl/MTZtLn

Tommy James & The Shondells: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tommy James was born Thomas Jackson on April 29, 1947 in Dayton, Ohio. His sixties back-up band, the Shondells, featured Eddie Grey on guitar, Ronnie Rosman on organ, Mike Vale on bass and Pete Lucia on drums. The group released eight albums between 1966 and 1969 and then James went solo.

The band’s hits include: Hanky Panky, Say I Am, I Think We’re Alone Now, Mirage, I Like The Way, Mony Mony, Crimson And Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine and Crystal Blue Persuasion.

The Freegal Music Catalog features a great live LP of Tommy James singing all his hits – the aptly titled Tommy James Greatest Hits Live:

Here’s a link to stream the album: https://goo.gl/8RduRd

III. Compact Discs Of The Artists/Groups Of The Week:

The Bobby Fuller Four:

KRLA King of the Wheels & I Fought The Law Double LP Set: 

This 24 song set features the two break out albums recorded by The Bobby Fuller Four in Los Angeles. The LPs contain all their hits, some re-recorded in L.A. Songs in the set include: Fool of Love, Never to Be Forgotten, Another Sad and Lonely Night, Let Her Dance, I Fought The Law, Julie and Thunder Reef.

Here’s a link to request the double Bobby Fuller Four CD in StarCat: https://goo.gl/65dNo5

Mitch Ryder:

Rev Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels:

This greatest hits collection, released by the great Rhino Records, features all of the best known songs released by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels including: Jenny Takes A Ride,You Get Your Kicks, Snake A Tail Feather, Devil With The Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly & Sock It To Me, Baby!

Here’s a link to request the Rev Up CD through StarCat: https://goo.gl/dbKWwu

Tommy James & The Shondells:

The Original Album Collection by Tommy James & The Shondells:

This set contains five of the first six classic LPs released by Tommy James & The Shonells: Hanky Panky, I Think We’re Alone Now, Mony Mony, Crimson & Clover and Cellophone Symphony. And those albums feature great classic rock songs including: Hanky Panky, Don’t Throw Our Love Away, I Think We’re Alone Now, California Sun, Gone Gone Gone and Mony Mony.

Here’s a link to StarCat to request the Original Album Collection: https://goo.gl/q4yqE5

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

Bobby Fuller Four:

Let Her Dance & Another Sad & Lonely Night from the Shivaree! TV Show

I Fought The Law

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels:

C.C. Rider

Devil With A Blue Dress On

Tommy James & The Shondells:

Mony Mony

Crimson And Clover

V. Books Related To The Artists/Groups of The Week:

Me, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells by Tommy James and Martin Fitzpatrick
https://goo.gl/ZN9wWY

VI. References

Artists Specific References:

Bobby Fuller References:
Bobby Fuller AllMusic Biography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/EcziVg

Bobby Fuller AllMusic Discography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/UszY5x

New Book Explores Bobby Fuller’s Mysterious Death. Heard on NPR’s All Things Considered. May 11, 2015. https://goo.gl/PF7rsF

Mitch Ryder References:
Mitch Ryder AllMusic Biography by Jason Ankeny
https://goo.gl/DDU8nX

Mitch Ryder AllMusic Discography by Jason Ankeny
https://goo.gl/ZdzU3F

The Official New Website of Mitch Ryder
http://www.mitchryder.net/

Tommy James:
The Official Site of Tommy James & The Shondells.
https://www.tommyjames.com/

Tommy James & the Shondells AllMusic Biography by Bruce Eder
https://goo.gl/VHLvG2

Tommy James & the Shondells AllMusic Discography by Bruce Eder
https://goo.gl/xGTi8Q

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.)

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.

Weekly Recommended Listens: June 2017, Week 3: Sixties Rock: The American Musical Response To The First British Invasion

Linda Reimer

Hi everyone, this week we’re continuing our look at the sounds of American rock bands that came to musical prominence in the era just after the Beatles arrived in America in 1964 — so we’re roughly looking at music released between 1964 – 1969 but music that is more traditional rock than late sixties heavy rock.

And this week our three groups are: The Turtles, The Beau Brummels & The Velvet Underground.

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. Compact Discs Of The Artists/Groups Of The Week

IV. Videos Of This Weeks’ Artists/Groups

VI. References (for those who’d like to know a bit more about the artists of the week).

I. Links To AllMusic Group Bios:

The Turtles Biography by Josh Bush
https://goo.gl/y8wjC7

The Beau Brummels Biography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/4PWQwd

The Velvet Underground Biography by Richie Unterberger
https://goo.gl/NigvfT

Freegal Notes:

You must have a library card with a member library of the Southern Tier Library System to access the Freegal Music Catalog*

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 Turtles: The Turtles were a great pop/rock group that formed in Los Angeles in the mid-sixties. Singer-songwriter friends and lead vocalist Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan were the driving force behind the group and they sang with cheerful gusto. The original group also consisted of Al Nichol on keyboards, Jim Tucker on guitar, Chuck Portz on bass and Don Murray on drums.

The band’s hits include: Happy Together, a cover of Dylan’s It Ain’t Me Babe, You Baby, Let Me Be, She’d Rather Be With Me and Eleanor.

The Turtles put out the following albums in the sixties, and you’ll be glad to know A. that they are all top notch albums and B. that they are all available to stream through Freegal!

It Aint’ Me Babe (1965)

You Baby/Let Me Be (1966)

Happy Together (1967)

The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands (1968)

Turtle Soup (1969)

Also of note, a 20 song greatest hits collection, released after the sixties and compiled by Volman and Kaylan titled Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits.

Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits:

This LP contains all the band’s hits and some other gems too like Guide for the Married Man, Chevrolet Camaro Commercial, Story of Rock and Rock and You Know What I Mean.

Here’s a link to stream the album Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits:
https://goo.gl/3iNBd3

The Beau Brummels: The Beau Brummels were a thoughtful pop-rock-folk band that formed in San Francisco in the mid-sixties. The group featured Sal Valentino on vocals, Ron Meagher on bass, John Peterson on drums and Ron Elliot on guitar.

The group only had two pop hits, Laugh Laugh and Just A Little. However, to my ears they were way underrated. Their music is what we’d describe today as deep and rich pop rock and the Freegal Music Catalog has several of their albums.

I’m going to recommend you give a listen to their first LP titled Introducing The Beau Brummels. This album features their hits Laugh Laugh and Just A Little and is full of great classic rock songs – harmonizing Beatlesque vocals, guitar, bass drums, keyboard and not a synthesizer in sight (or sound!) Other songs on the LP include: Still In Love With You Baby, Oh Lonesome Me, Stick Like Glue, That’s If You Want Me Too and I Want More Love.

Here’s a link to stream the LP Introducing The Beau Brummels:
https://goo.gl/omUiGS

The Velvet Underground:The Velvet Underground consisted of Lou Reed on vocals and guitar, John Cale on vocals, bass, viola and organ, Sterling Morrison on guitar and first Angus MacLise and then Maureen Tucker on drums.

The band released three albums in the sixties:

The Velvet Underground with Nico (1967),

White Light/White Heat (1968)

and The Velvet Underground (1969).

And The Velvet Underground’s music might be described as art rock or Avant Garde rock – overall it really does sound like experimental music from the seventies and not the sixties.

The Freegal Catalog doesn’t contain any albums by the Velvet Underground; however, it does feature one song – Noise from the various artist collection East Village Other and two tribute albums the various artists collection American Velvet: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground and an LP titled Solo Slide Guitar: The Velvet Underground and Nico by Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner.

Here’s a link to the East Village Other LP which features the song Noise:
https://goo.gl/q26TzQ

American Velvet: A Tribute to The Velvet Underground:

This collection features the songs:Foggy Notion by Jane Wieldlin, Here She Comes Now by Frank Agnew, I’m Set Free by Temple of Ho, I Can’t Stand It by 20-20 and more.

Here’s the link to stream the Tribute LP: https://goo.gl/QjmR8c

Solo Slide Guitar: The Velvet Underground and Nico by Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner:

For those who prefer more traditional pop, rock, country or folk music – this album might just be the ticket introduction to The Velvet Underground’s music. This instrumental album features the following songs: Sunday Morning, I’m Waiting for the Man, Run, Run, Run, I’ll be Your Mirror, There She Goes Again and more – all played on a mellow sounding slide guitar.

Here’s a link to stream the Solo Slide Guitar LP:
https://goo.gl/VYMTUS

III. Compact Discs of The Artists/Groups Of The Week:

As I’m running out of week as I’m typing this I’m going to simply note the titles and links to request the CDs by our groups for this week – they’re all worth listening to – please check them out!

Introducing The Beau Brummels by The Beau Brummels: https://goo.gl/FrmtvL

Happy Together by The Turtles: https://goo.gl/RTJxYJ

The Velvet Underground with Nico by The Velvet Underground: https://goo.gl/Yo6Dnt

IV: Videos Of This Weeks’ Artists/Groups:

The Turtles:

Happy Together & Eleanor

The Beau Brummels:

Laugh Laugh

Just A Little

The Velvet Underground:
This isn’t actually a video features the album cover for the first Velvet Underground album, The Velvet Underground with Nico, and allows you to stream the entire album from YouTube with a few commercials thrown in for good measure!

VI. General References & Artist Specific References:

References:
The Beau Brummels Discography by Richie Unterberger
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-beau-brummels-mn0000135032/discography

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.)

The Turtles Discography by Josh Bush
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-turtles-mn0000564239/discography

The Velvet Underground Discography by Richie Unterberger
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-velvet-underground-mn0000840402/discography

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 includes our very 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 Digital & Print Suggested Reads: Friday, June 23, 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:

Just One Touch: A Slow Burn Novel by Maya Banks:

#1 USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks continues her suspenseful and sizzling Slow Burn series with the fifth book featuring the men and women of Devereaux Security Services.

Raised in a strict religious cult since she was a young girl, Jenna has no connection to the outside world beyond vague flashes of memory that seem to be from another life. Memories she clings to when the cult leaders discover her extraordinary ability to heal—and punish her. Years held captive and forced to do the cult’s bidding have turned Jenna into a meek, timid woman…or so they think. In truth, she is merely biding her time, waiting for the perfect moment to escape.

When a terrified young woman tries to steal the SUV of Devereaux Security’s toughest recruit, Isaac’s anger quickly turns into a strange sort of protectiveness for the beautiful, bruised stranger. But when they are caught in a firestorm of bullets and Isaac is hit, he’s sure the end is near, until Jenna touches him and closes his wounds. As he tries to bring Jenna to safety, she refuses to tell him what danger haunts her or how she healed him, but Isaac vows to do whatever it takes to gain her trust…and her heart. Because with just one touch, Isaac knows he wants Jenna to be his—forever.

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

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/2911308

And our suggested print book for the day is:

Mighty Franks: A Memoir by Michael Franks:

A psychologically acute memoir about an unusual Hollywood family by Michael Frank, who “brings Proustian acuity and razor-sharp prose to family dramas as primal, and eccentrically insular, as they come” (The Atlantic)

“My feeling for Mike is something out of the ordi – nary,” Michael Frank overhears his aunt telling his mother when he is a boy of eight. “It’s stronger than I am. I cannot explain it . . . I love him beyond life itself.” With this indelible bit of eavesdropping, we fall into the spellbinding world of The Mighty Franks.

The family is uncommonly close: Michael’s childless Auntie Hankie and Uncle Irving, glamorous Hollywood screenwriters, are doubly related― Hankie is his father’s sister, and Irving is his mother’s brother. The two families live near each other in Laurel Canyon. In this strangely intertwined world, even the author’s grandmothers―who dislike each other―share a nearby apartment.

Strangest of all is the way Auntie Hankie, with her extravagant personality, comes to bend the wider family to her will. Talented, mercurial, and lavish with her love, she divides Michael from his parents and his two younger brothers as she takes charge of his education, guiding him to the right books to read (Proust, not Zola), the right painters to admire (Matisse, not Pollock), the right architectural styles to embrace (period, not modern―or mo-derne, as she pronounces the word, with palpable disdain). She trains his mind and his eye―until that eye begins to see on its own. When this “son” Hankie longs for grows up and begins to turn away from her, her moods darken, and a series of shattering scenes compel Michael to reconstruct both himself and his family narrative as he tries to reconcile the woman he once adored with the troubled figure he discovers her to be.

In its portrayal of this fascinating, singularly polarizing figure, the boy in her thrall, and the man that boy becomes, The Mighty Franks will speak to any reader who has ever struggled to find an independent voice amid the turbulence of family life.

You can request the book by clicking on the following link to StarCat:

https://goo.gl/36ZXW9

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 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 Digital & Print Suggested Reads: Thursday, June 22, 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:

Night Swimming by Laura Moore:

The deeper you dive, the sweeter the reward

When college offered an escape, Lily fled her hometown of Coral Beach and never looked back. Now a marine biologist, she must return there on a job to preserve the reefs that give the town its name. But going back means dealing with her past, her family, and worst of all, Sean McDermott. As teens, while Lily passed through an especially awkward phase, Sean–attractive and self-assured–was her constant tormentor. Lily doubts that things will have changed. But Lily’s awkward phase is long over . . . and though she finds that Sean still makes her blood boil, it’s for very different reasons.

As mayor, Sean knows how important it is to maintain the town’s natural beauty–and if the return of Lily Banyon is the price he has to pay, so be it. He can overlook her cold shoulder and give back as good as he gets. What’s harder to disregard is the fact that Lily has grown into a smart and beautiful woman, as passionate about saving Coral Beach as she once was about leaving it. While working closely together, it becomes obvious to Sean that if he and Lily can put the past behind them, they could have a passionate future

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

https://stls.overdrive.com/media/449926

And our print book suggested read for the day is:

Black Mad Wheel: A Novel by Josh Malerman:

The Danes—the band known as the “Darlings of Detroit”—are washed up and desperate for inspiration, eager to once again have a number one hit. That is, until an agent from the US Army approaches them. Will they travel to an African desert and track down the source of a mysterious and malevolent sound? Under the guidance of their front man, Philip Tonka, the Danes embark on a harrowing journey through the scorching desert—a trip that takes Tonka into the heart of an ominous and twisted conspiracy.

Meanwhile, in a nondescript Midwestern hospital, a nurse named Ellen tends to a patient recovering from a near-fatal accident. The circumstances that led to his injuries are mysterious—and his body heals at a remarkable rate. Ellen will do the impossible for this enigmatic patient, who reveals more about his accident with each passing day.

Part Heart of Darkness, part Lost, Josh Malerman’s breathtaking new novel plunges us into the depths of psychological horror, where you can’t always believe everything you hear.

Here’s a link to StarCat to request the book:

https://goo.gl/7YboQz

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 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.