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Plastic Ono Band
The Plastic Ono Band LP is commonly referred to as the “Primal Scream” album as John and Yoko were going through Arthur Janov’s Primal Scream therapy during the album’s creation…ed, and was constantly imploring producers to swathe it in reverb or other effects, and his most famous Beatles contributions were often dense, sonically experimental psychedelic studio creations. On Plastic Ono Band, stripped of daft wordplay and overproduction (Phil Spector, who produced half the sessions, is most notable here for his uncharacteristic restraint), with exceptional accompaniment by Ringo Starr, Billy Preston and Klaus Voorman, Len…
Henning Goes to the Movies
Please excuse the following burst of textual immodesty… Ahem. As founder and president (not to mention CEO, secretary, vice president & mascot) of the Forbes Film Club, I can safely…selves. This is why Henning Goes to the Movies is so appealing. Nine movies. Nine songs. Henning Ohlenbusch, lyricist extraordinaire/singer/songwriter of the group School For the Dead, is the architect (perhaps I should use director in this instance?) behind this wonderful album. He sings about the hilariously raunchy Super Bad, David Lynch’s quiet drama the Straight Story, the horror classic Poltergeist, the coming of age classic the Year My Voic…
Claire of the Sea Light
In Claire of the Sea Light, Edwidge Daticat tells a number of stories, each of which interconnects with and is enhanced by the others. The stories are all set in the…e connections between a radio announcer and her listeners, a teacher and his pupils, parents and children, and also about the inner lives of them all, and how each one effects the others. It is a beautiful book with stories worthy of contemplation, recollection, and rereading….
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes is a visually stunning dramatic work about a ballet company led by the ruthless and contentious, but often charming director Boris Lermontov. Lermontov discovers dancer Vicky Page…vements and expressions and rich colored lights. The co-directors also chose to allow fantasy to be a part of the stage presentation as well with tasteful in camera visual effects. The Red Shoes, which melodrama and beauty reach unbelievable heights, is a remarkable achievement in cinema….
Community Events Seek to Facilitate Conversations about End-of-Life Care, Planning
This program ran in 2016. It is archived here for those who are interested Hampshire & Franklin Counties – More than 25 libraries throughout the region and medical professionals from…. Jackson. This program is free. Registration is required; space is limited. www.cooley-dickinson.org/classes or 888-554-4234. Fostering Discussions among Patients, their Doctors, and other Medical Professionals Jeffrey Zesiger, MD, director of Palliative Care at Cooley Dickinson Hospital and an event organizer, says the goal of the initiative is to help community members prepare for the later stages of life, as well as better understand the aging…
Book Spine Poetry Contest: April 1-30, 2015
April 10, 2015 — 2014 Winner Adult Categoryby Ellen LaFlecheWhy I Wake EarlySeeing things before the dawn:Day lilies wash a kind of yellowinto the forest.A home at the end of the world.Just before dark,what…ake a photo of your poem and upload the photo to the library’s ► Facebook: www.facebook.com/ForbesLibrary or www.facebook.com/ForbesLibraryTeens for teen entries. Tell us about your poem in the comment box. ► Tweet it: tag it with @ForbesLIbrary and #bookspinepoetry ► Post it to Instagram: tag it with @ForbesLibrary and #bookspinepoetry You can include a list of the books you used, a transcription of the poem if you want, and any explanation you w…
Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Minutes for May 3, 2019
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Fri May 3 2019. 3:00 PM. Present: Lisa Downing, Benjamin Kalish, MaryJo Stanley, Joel Dansky. Announcements New library hours (Lisa): Forbes library is now open…ted we may want to invite the Institute for Human Centered Design, https://www.humancentereddesign.org/. Cooley Dickinson’s Community Benefit Advisory Council (Lisa): The hospital has convened a group to discuss community health concerns and present suggestions for ways the hospital can help solve them. Lisa will make this committee aware of when the next meeting is in case anyone wants to attend or ask Lisa to bring forward topics. Discussion of…
The Great Railway Bazaar
Have you ever considered traveling from England to Russia via Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Japan by train? Me either. Paul Theroux does just that…ungent passenger sitting across from him. In other instances, he is blunt and to the point, relaying only that he is in a particular place to catch a train.The writing style mimics the ups and downs of traveling alone in foreign country and truly makes the reader feel as if they were riding the train alongside the narrator. Though Theroux rarely spends more than a day or two off the train, he manages to convey a surprising amount about each of his…
Steampunk
April 23, 2014 — Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction and alternate history premised on a Victorian world where steam power is still widely used. Compiled by Forbes Library Staff | Summaries from…world of order, while two performers desire a pair of cursed magical wings. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world’s oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Classic science-fiction novel recounts the adventures of a hypothetical Time-Traveler who journeys into t…
If you liked The Inn at Lake Devine…
January 13, 2014 — Other Romantic Comedies by Elinor Lipman Into Love and Out Again: Stories Lipman’s short stories are filled with sweet, complex people in unusual relationships: gentle Tim, for instance, falls madly…efactor that she calls Daddy-Long-Legs. Compiled by Forbes Library Staff | Summaries from ContentCafe, NoveList, and enotes.com | October 2010…
Nilsson Schmilsson
Though RCA records proudly proclaimed, “Harry’s Got a Rock Album” upon the release of 1971’s Nilsson Schmilsson, it’s safe to say Mr. Nilsson had dabbled in rock n’ roll previously….s and songs about… well, writing songs among other things. It was a career spent confounding critics and delighting fans. Well played….
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