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'The SpongeBob Musical' will debut in Chicago next year before heading to Broadway.

Librarians: You know how it goes.

You are out partying with your librarian friends. Suddenly you realize that your gathering requires a suitable soundtrack. A library-themed soundtrack. Indeed, without the proper music, the event will be a disaster!

It could happen. The worst case scenario is sobering: everyone ends up hopping around to the They Might be Giants’ album “Flood” until the police show up and ticket you with a noise violation.*

Using a combination of technology and powerful query-typing skills, I have SOLVED THIS PROBLEM. Introducing Dancing on the Reference Desk, a free playlist dedicated to libraries, librarians, and their interests.

Including such timeless classics as Ch-Check it Out by the Beastie Boys, and Lady Writer by Dire Straits make sure your next librarian rave is a success with this excellent compilation.

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I love every song They Might Be Giants ever recorded… so I’m biased towards this new animation-and-puppet music video from their album, Cast Your Pod to the Wind. Directed by David Cowles and Liesje Kraai.

I was browsing the Rabid Children Flickr group for artwork inspired by the music of They Might Be Giants, which introduced me to the work of Vancouver artist Hine Mizushima, whose little felted characters blew me away with pure cute (more at her Flickr stream).

I was then immediately reminded that she was responsible for the stop motion video for TMBG’s Why Does the Sun Shine? from their wonderful Here Comes Science:

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Tags: Art, craft, Hine Misushima, plush, they might be giants, Vancouver

Found this over at Alison Morrris's Shelftalker blog on Publishers Weekly:




It's a video for kids called "Never Go to Work" by They Might Be Giants. It almost makes me want to haul my kid out of bed to watch it with me.

There are - as of this month - not one but two CDs for kids Here Come the 123s and Here Come the ABCs. They seem to excel at the Eric Carle school of teaching concepts and if I were still toddler-bound I would be all over these.

There's also a free Friday Night Family podcast over at iTunes.

TMBG did a book for kids a few years back with illos by Marcel Dzama. It's called Bed, Bed, Bed, Bed or was it Bed, Bed, Bed?

Here it is:




Very cool.

Confession: I never was a Boy Scout (though I do have a vague memory of being a Cub Scout - or maybe that's confused with tagging along with my sisters' Brownie Troop to go to the Wonder Bread factory that made your whole soul smell like hot, sweet dough!) I am thrilled to announce I have been asked by BOY'S LIFE magazine to write a short story for them.

The significance is two-fold: A) They asked me out of the blue (which is way better than sending hundreds of SASE submissions and keeping your fingers crossed) and B) it gives me a great mid-winter push to jump into the creative water with a "small" idea, something I can have a blast writing without the heavy baggage of hundreds of pages and plot details*!

(*this is not to diminish the difficulties of writing short fiction - which I know is no picnic and I have nothing but praise for anyone who can master telling a great story in mere pages)

So now I get to let my mind wander into strange and funny territory and then pitch a few ideas to the editor...I'm thinking something with Giant Bugs.....

I'll keep ya posted.

And in a totally unrelated burp: I just LOVE this animated video of the They Might Be Giants song "The Mesopotamians" - ya gotta love these guys!!! And a major shout-out to DRAWN for giving me the link to the animated genius of David Cowles.

Why post this?
It's an I Go Pogo song done by They Might Be Giants.
Honestly. Do I need more of a reason than that?