Daniel S.

  • We Got Your Ears Covered

    Two “Always Available” Overdrive digital nonfiction audiobooks and one with plenty of copies! For me, audiobooks fall into two categories: “Books I Meant to Read” and “Books to Listen to while Gripped by Insomnia.” Right now, that second category has taken prominence. I’m primarily a nonfiction book reader, so when I lie down for the… Continue reading

  • October Takeover: Scary Music

    ~ posted by Daniel S. Only two holidays have an entire genre of music associated with them. For instance, can you even name a Thanksgiving song? Christmas, of course, hogs all the glory, but Halloween truly excels by its inclusiveness. All Hallows’ Eve music doesn’t have to name drop anyone or anything in particular in… Continue reading

  • Last Chance to Hear: The Seventies

    By Daniel S. Welcome to part two of my very occasional series about great CDs in the Library collection which, sadly, have dwindled to only one remaining copy. This time, it’s the Seventies! It was the era of my childhood, and a time when you could actually hear an entire album played on the radio.… Continue reading

  • Science Fiction Checklist Challenge: Graphic Novels

    ~Posted by Daniel S. Science fiction and graphic novels go together like a cape and a mask. You may not have considered it before, but the superhero genre really is just another version of sci-fi. Think about all the sci-fi concepts that pop up in your favorite comics: Radiation turns an ordinary man into a… Continue reading

  • A tribute to director Errol Morris

    By Daniel S. Errol Morris is one of America’s leading documentary filmmakers with a long career of thoughtful and provocative features. Morris combines dramatic reenactments, probing interviews and a kaleidoscope of thematically linked images to create films that push the boundaries of nonfiction narrative. His signature invention is a special camera rig he calls the Interrotron,… Continue reading

  • Last chance to hear: the ’90s

    Here are a couple of my favorite albums from the ‘90s which, thanks to the wear of time and the tides of fashion, have only one copy remaining in the library’s collection. Place a hold on one of these today…they’re definitely worth the wait! Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) Stereolab marries wonky vintage electronic bleeps and bloops to a… Continue reading