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Archive for November, 2009

Nov-30-2009

Studio Podcast 11/30 – New DVDs

Have you been enjoying our podcasts? Sharon is back, here to talk about some of her favorite unheralded DVDs.

We want to hear your opinions, too. If you’d like to record a podcast, leave us a note in the comments and we’ll get in touch.

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Reviewed in this podcast:

It Might Get Loud
(500) Days of Summer
Extract
The Brothers Bloom

Posted under Movie, podcasts, reviews
Nov-27-2009

Studio Podcast – Can’t Miss Music

We’ve got another edition of the Studio podcast ready for you. In this edition, Toby’s talking about some of his favorite new albums of the past few weeks.

Skokie Public Library Studio Podcast

 

Featured albums:

Rodrigo y Gabriela, 11:11
Fruit Bats, The Ruminant Band
Sunset Rubdown, Dragonslayer

Posted under Music, podcasts
Nov-23-2009

Google Music Search

It is now easier than ever to find music online.  Google has recently released Google Music Search, a means of searching for songs, lyrics, and artists using Google’s unparalleled search engine.  Google music will even connect with full length (no annoying snippets) of songs from other websites such as Rhapsody, Pandora, imeen, MySpace music and others.  Oddly, it doesn’t link to my favorite music search engines Grooveshark or Songza.

Watch this video describing what Google Music Search can do.

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I like the Google Music Search but at this point it comes well behind Grooveshark and Songza for my needs.  Grooveshark and Songza require less clicks to get to a song/artist and don’t require you to jump to other annoying websites to get to the meat.  But, then again, that is what a search engines is all about – getting you to other sites. Perhaps if I didn’t know about better resources, then Google Music Search would be more valuable.

Posted under Music, Websites
Nov-11-2009

The Prisoner Returns

Cable channel AMC’s much-ballyhooed remake of the 1960s British sci-fi classic The Prisoner premieres on Sunday night. Jim Caviezel stars as No. 6, the role made famous by Patrick McGoohan, and Ian McKellen is the villainous No. 2. The miniseries reworks the original in numerous ways, so before or after you watch the new version you might want to check out the classic one. DVDs are available at the library and AMC has posted full episodes that may be watched online.

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Posted under Movies & Music, trailers, tv shows
Nov-10-2009

Introducing the Studio Podcast

Sharon, our AV librarian, sat down for a brief conversation about some of her favorite unsung titles coming out soon on DVD.

Would you like to be interviewed for a library podcast? We’d love to hear about your favorite music and/or movies. Let us know and we’ll set up an appointment!

Skokie Public Library Studio Podcast

 

Titles featured in this podcast:

Beau Jest
My One and Only
In the Loop
Paper Heart

Posted under Movies & Music, podcasts
Nov-6-2009

Off the top

Sometimes it’s fun to make lists. Does anyone have a list to share? We want to know.

My top five foreign films:

Beauty and the Beast

The Best of Youth

Chungking Express

Pan’s Labyrinth

Princess Mononoke

My top five teen flicks:

Gregory’s Girl

Juno

Never Been Kissed

Some Kind of Wonderful

10 Things I Hate About You

My top five movies about food:

Babette’s Feast

Chocolat

Eat Drink Man Woman

Mostly Martha

Tortilla Soup

My top five documentaries:

Ansel Adams

It Might Get Loud

Sicko

The Story of the Weeping Camel

Who Killed the Electric Car?


Posted under Movie, general