I Need a Theme Song!

Lots of celebrities have theme songs.  Bozo the Clown had a theme song, for crying out loud!  You have got to see this to believe it.

Bozo the Clown Television Program on WHDH-TV

Channel 5, Boston (1959-1970)

(This From a 1966 Episode)

If that didn't scare you, then nothing will.

 

My theme song, of course, must be something truly spectacular and royalty-free.  That's a tough combo, but I know just the composer to deliver.  The Music Man, who composes original soundtrack music for all of my Library's videos, has created the perfect musical theme for moi.  But which song is the best choice to embody the magnificence that is Cauli Le Chat?  You be the judge.  Visit the Music Man's YouTube Channel and listen to his discography.  He has several CDs of music posted, and you may listen for free.  One of his albums is also posted to the MPL Sound Cloud web site.

Another great place to hear the Music Man's original compositions is to listen to the soundtracks to my Library's YouTube videos.  All of his music is available there, so you should watch the videos for sure.  (Scowl-Face says to watch every single one, but I don't think even he has done that.)

 Listen to the Music Man's many compositions and let me know (via comments) which selection would make my ideal theme song.  Sorry I can't give you any prizes or anything, but consider the great public service you will be doing.  Selecting my theme song is probably the most important thing anybody could possibly do.

Here is a book trailer featuring one of the Music Man's best works.

Here is another book trailer showcasing a Music Man classic.

Pick your fav song that you think would work best as my theme tune, and let me know which will be the one.  I'll let you know the results.

Wondering How to Tuna Fish,

Cauli Le Chat

MPL Roving Reporter

Theme Music News Beat

P.S.  "I'll Be the One" seemed somehow appropriate for today's posting.  This is a Badfinger tune from the album No Dice (1970).  (Is that guy lip-synching in the video actually chording correctly for the song?  I'll ask the Music Man.  He's a fabulous guitarist.  You can see for yourself.)

L'il Reader Dude Knows the Score

With the end of National Library Week (April 10-16, 2011) fast approaching, Li'l Reader Dude reminds us to create our own stories at our libraries.  He sits, forever reading, immediately adjacent to the interior book and media return slots to the left of the Circulation Desk at my Library.

L'il Reader Dude

(Next to MPL Business Cards; Where's Mine, Boss Lady?)

 There is a plaque at L'il Reader Dude's feet, which says:

In Loving Tribute

Marian Adams

Teacher, Librarian, Friend

1920-2000

Marian Adams, grandmother of Programma Mama, our Library's adult programs coordinator, was a legendary figure in and around Mooresville, Indiana.  She devoted her professional career to education and literacy in the Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation.  Here is a circa 1970 photo of Mrs. Adams reading to students at Northwood Elementary School.

Marian Adams Leading a Reading Circle

at Northwood Elementary School (ca. 1970)

If you can read my blog, thank your teachers and librarians.  They are dedicated to their charges, and they are underpaid and overworked by any reasonable person's definitions.  But they love learning and reading, and they want to share that with the world.  That is a truly noble career goal.  Doff your hats to Mrs. Adams and everyone working (or who has ever worked, or will work) in the education and information science professions.  Take them out to dinner sometime.  Canned tuna-in-oil is a sure winner.

Quite the L'il Reader Dude Myself,

Cauli Le Chat

MPL Roving Reporter

Literacy Aplenty News Beat

P.S.  When I think of songs about books, my first choice is "Paperback Writer," by the Beatles (1966). 

Tag, You're It!

Buffalo Gal, who used to be Writer Girl, but she wanted a new nickname, and we aim to please in this blog, noticed that yours truly did not have a magnetic name tag from my Library.  Other, lesser staff, whose magnetic name tag is shown below, has his own, but not moi.  Clearly, this is unfair and discriminatory against felines.  Not that I need a name tag--who doesn't know my name, I ask you honestly--but it's a matter of principle.  If Scowl-Face gets a tag, then so should I.  Equilocus est pariter inscribo.  (See postscript below.)

Here is an example of my Library's staff name tags.

Even a slobberdog could make the necessary edits to create a suitable name tag for moi.

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Equity regards as done that which ought to be done.  You budding law students out there know an equitable maxim when you see one.

 

 

Obviously Better at Law Than Photoshop,

Cauli Le Chat

MPL Roving Reporter

Name That Dude News Beat

P.S.  Translation:  "An equal is equally entitled."

P.P.S.  Badfinger finishes our blog today with a flourish.  Here is "The Name of the Game" from the album Straight Up (1971).    (Get it?  Name tags?  Name of the game?  Better tie a yellow ribbon around that joke, Scowl-Face.)

More Bang For Your Buck

If you're looking for Bargain City this weekend, you can't go wrong with the Friends of my Library.  The Friends are holding a fantastic sale on Saturday, April 16, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  But let's be more colorful about it.

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What's for sale, you may wonder?  Books, mostly.  But there are other tidbits, like VHS cassettes and other media.  You will find bargains galore!  You'll make out like a scooterbandit.  Say what, you say?  We've met them before, but here's a reminder.

Scooterbandits



There are literally boatloads of books that will be available at the Friends Book Sale, so you should arrive as early as possible (nine in the morning is plenty early, let me tell you, but I'd get there a few minutes early just to be safe).

This would be a good time to remind our patrons that MPL also has a permanent Friends Book Sales Room in the front of the Library, immediately next to the interior book & media drop slots and to the immediate right as you come in the main entrance.  Anytime the Library is open, you may browse the inventory at your leisure and purchase your items at the Circulation Desk.

All this book sale talk got me to thinking--what other items could the Friends offer for sale?  How about a book/bake combo sale?  Not baked books, as you might at first suspect, but books and baked foods.  Perhaps "baked" is too limiting of a term, since this conjures cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, and such like.  What if we allowed for any donated food dishes to be sold?  Well, that would increase the breadth of tastiness available.  What would be ideal foods for such a fundraising event?  Well, let's start (and end) with what I like.

Tuna Noodle Casserole

 Salmon Croquettes



Fish Tacos

Who would do the cooking?  Not me, I can assure you.  Felines are served forepaw-and-hindpaw.  It does not work the other way, I'm afraid.

Wait, hold the phone!  Boss Lady has just informed me that the Friends can't serve fancy foods, particularly the ones I crave, at a book sale.  Another great Cauli brainstorm goes South!

Well, let's return to the Friends Book Sale.  The title says "book" but there's a lot more stuff available for you to buy.  All the proceeds support Mooresville Public Library, so you know you're getting excellent value for your money.

Come one, come all!  Support your Library and get a ton of fabulous reading, listening, watching, whatever.  You'll get what you like, and you'll like what you get.  That's a Cauli promise, and you just can't do any better than that, can you?

Bag a Few Books For Moi, Boss Lady,

Cauli Le Chat

MPL Roving Reporter

Friends of the Library News Beat

P.S.  In keeping with our book sale theme, enjoy "Come and Get It," written by Paul McCartney and recorded by Badfinger (1969), from the album Magic Christian Music (1970), which was the soundtrack to the movie, The Magic Christian (1969), starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.  This live television performance was broadcast in 1970.



You CAN Get What You Want . . . and Need

"You can't always get what you want," sang the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger et al., "But, if you try sometimes, well, you just might find you get what you need." My Library wants to change those lyrics (metaphorically, of course; we would never presume to debase Rolling Stone lyrics) so that our Library patrons ALWAYS get what they want (and need).

My Library is conducting an adult programs survey, in which you, our loyal and well-respected grown-up patrons-about-town, may tell us exactly what programs you want us to offer.  Sadly, we do not have an online option available to complete the survey, but you may pick-up a copy at the MPL Circulation Desk.  Truly Nice Gentleman has provided me with an advance copy, which looks like this:

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(Not My Fault If They Don't)

 

Don't miss this opportunity to tell us what to do.  We want to offer programs you grown-ups will enjoy and derive plenty of benefits from the experience.  (Children's and Young Adult programs are handled by Broadway Gal, Wild Thang, and Cataloger Queen, whom I probably gave another nickname in an earlier blog but I've forgotten what it was now.  So sue me.)

Stop by the Library next time you're in my neighborhood to fill-out the survey form.  If you're really ambitious and don't mind covering the printing costs, you could print out the images above, complete the forms, and return them to us upon your next visit.  It's your call.

Telling My Colleagues What to Do Since Time Immemorial,

Cauli Le Chat

MPL Roving Reporter

Public Opinions News Beat

P.S.  The Rolling Stones included "You Can't Always Get What You Want" on their album Let It Bleed (1969).