Ok, fine:
Total volume of music on my PC:
11.72 GB, which includes approx. 1 GB of podcasted material
Last CDs simultaneously purchased (for myself):
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Last song purchased at iTunes (with gift card - You didn't think I'd spend my own money on DRM'ed music, did you?):
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Song playing right now:
Speak, See, Remember - Pavement
Five songs/CDs I listen to alot - This will be hard as I don't really do a lot of repeat listening these days:
1. There's Nothing Wrong With Love - Built to Spill
2. The Band - The Band
3. Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat
4. The Harder They Come soundtrack (or the Tougher Than Tough box set)
5. American Water - Silver Jews
6. (Sorry, couldn't leave this off) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Five songs that mean a lot to me - I offer no explanations and could easily have picked twenty others:
1. (Don't Go Back to) Rockville - R.E.M.
2. Taste - Phish
3. Broken Arrow - Robbie Robertson
4. Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) - Steely Dan
5. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
First concert:
Either Kenny Loggins (with my summer camp) or Air Supply (with my parents) - not sure which came first.
First concert by choice:
Steve Miller Band
I know I'm supposed to tag three people at this point, but everyone I know has already done it, so I'm gonna let it die here. If you're dying to share, just do it already.
Oh, my apologies for the lack of audio lovin'. I'm just tired and don't have much to comment on at the moment. I haven't forgotten about you.
...to be giving out Podcast Awards?
Now presenting: Open Stacks #14
Also available via the podcast feed.
26 minutes and 42 seconds of egomania. I suspect the volume is a bit low on this one. If it's really unlistenable, please let me know.
Show notes:
1. GLBT @ your library (St. Petersburg Times article)
2. On the "value" of summer reading programs (inspired by Rochelle)
3. Adults in the children section (NWITimes article)
4. "Dumbed down" by Michael Gorman (as motivated by Dorothea)
See also: Library opens its door to hip-hop
5. On the call to update the US News and World Report Rankings
- LJ article
- The ALA Council discussion (starting at message 14620 and peppered throughout)
6. On Ben Ostrowsky's anonymous library cards
Can someone help me acquire a copy of the new June issue of Searcher with the article (cover story!) on podcasting? I'd be happy to reimburse costs for anyone with a spare copy they'd be willing to send my way. Send me a comment if you can help. Many thanks.
Update: Copy procured. Thanks for all the offers.
Some of the most intelligent and thoughtful people producing audio content can be found aggregated at the newly launched Education Podcast Network. Think LISFeeds, but populated with podcasting educators, podcasted educational content and, most fun of all, classroom podcasts. The Room 208 Podcast with teacher Bob Sprankle's 3/4 classroom is just charming. And anyone thinking about instructional technology and the like would do well to listen to Steve Dembo over at Teach42.
I can't overestimate how much quality stuff is brought together at this new site. I wonder if Open Stacks could be spun into the Subject Specific grouping as an Information Skills podcast.