Ah. Sweet screen capture. Only you could give me the chance to get just the right angle on this video of M.T. Anderson singing (YES, singing!) his Delaware song. And truth be told, the man does a lovely acapella rendition of the ode. The only thing that could make it even more complete would be to hear Hank Green set it to music. Of course, Hank is more of a tenor and could not do justice to Anderson’s lilting baritone.
*blog posting is briefly put on hiatus as I rewatch Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone From Your Pants for the umpteenth time*
Ahem. Very well. In lieu of a Hank adaptation, let’s just watch Anderson sing this again. Only instead of being at SCBWI in LA, it’s an even more recent video taken by Kathi Appelt at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Throws himself into it a bit more, does he not? I think he’s loosening up as he goes. By October I will insist upon the addition of props. Or at least a monk or two for back-up. Thanks to Kathi for the link!
My problem with this next video is not the content. I welcome the sexy librarian stereotype. Heck, I’m a fan. No, what shames me about this next clip is that I had no idea there was a Britcom out there called The Old Guys. What kind of a Britcom fanatic am I if I do not keep up with the times? There’s more out there than just The Good Neighbors (slash The Good Life) after all. Here then is a clip in a library.
Thanks to AL Direct for the link.
Someone once asked me whether or not there is a single repository for all the videos out there of children’s authors and children’s illustrators talking about their life and art. There isn’t as far as I can tell, but that doesn’t mean we can’t just start collecting now. Here then is illustrator Oliver Jeffers giving a talk about his own art. I can understand the Ungerer and the Sendak influence, but I have to admit that The Giving Tree baffles me. Such a divisive book.
Tobin Anderson rocks! He was just so cool and witty and he shared the best story with me about one of his worst school visits ever.
gah, that radiolab video is wonderful. did you listen to the correlating “words” episode? totally mind-blowing. but then again… this is from the girl who once incorporated an entire radiolab episode into her review of “will grayson/will grayson,” by john green and david levithan. because i’m nerdy like that.
p.s. i’ll be visiting nyc this week (for the first time, no less), staying just a few blocks from the library, and have grand plans to visit the children’s center! is it okay to stop by and say hello? my apologies for asking in the comments section; i would have emailed privately, but can’t seem to find your contact info anywhere on the site!
Oh, you can always find my email by clicking on my name at the beginning of each post. But this works too.
By all means, stop by! I love visitors. As long as you don’t come down on Wednesday (my free day this week) I’d love to see you. Come in the side entrance on 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. The Children’s Center is right inside.