October 23, 2020
Greetings horror film fans! This is Peter, one of the adult Reference Librarians. Well, it’s that time of year, again: the spooky season of Halloween! To me, that has always meant good, scary, classic horror films with monsters and ghosts… Continue Reading…
September 18, 2020
The Girls in the Band Directed By: Judy Chaikin Released: 2013 Available On: Kanopy (https://lindenhurstlibrary.kanopy.com/video/girls-band-5) Review: For anyone who loves astounding music and appreciates history that has been underrated and unknown for too long, this documentary is for you. Going… Continue Reading…
September 18, 2020
Mavis! Directed By: Jessica Edwards Released: 2016 Available On Kanopy (https://lindenhurstlibrary.kanopy.com/video/mavis-0) This is a documentary that provides a grounding, profound history, and understanding of the impact of Mavis Staples and The Staple Singers. The Staple Singers first formed in 1948… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2022
Greetings film score fans! This is Peter, the Audio Video Librarian. If you’re like me, you love film scores, and one of the best film music composers, Ennio Morricone, has passed away in Rome at age 91. If his name… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2022
Greetings, music lovers! This is Peter, the audio video materials librarian. In this 75th anniversary year of the end of World War II, it was especially poignant to learn of the death of Vera Lynn at age 103, one of… Continue Reading…
September 18, 2020
With Broadway shows being suspended through the end of 2020, there are several options to see your favorite performances, songs and shows from home – the show must go on! Kanopy has several documentaries on different Broadway shows, their themes… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2022
“Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom.” With that opening lyric from his 1955 hit “Tutti Frutti,” Little Richard burst onto the rock ‘n’ roll scene like no one else before or since, influencing almost all who came after him, from Buddy Holly and James Brown,… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2022
Hello music lovers, this is Peter, the audio-video librarian. Sadly, we lost another jazz great last month. Bucky Pizzarelli died of coronavirus on April 1st at 94. He was active as a performer and recording artist until shortly before his… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2022
Hello again, this is Peter the audio-video materials librarian. Jazz, in all of its various styles, is one of the many music genres to which I enjoy listening. Lee Konitz, one of the oldest, still active, American jazz musicians who… Continue Reading…
January 13, 2022
Hello, this is Peter, the adult audio-video materials librarian at Lindenhurst Memorial Library, with some listening suggestions from the work of a fine musician we recently lost. Among the victims of the Coronavirus is singer-songwriter John Prine, who passed away… Continue Reading…