The Manolo, he loves the librarians!

Ayy! Spot on analysis of librarian stereotypes through the years!? And a Thomas Dolby reference!? And cute kiddie librarian friendly shoes!? The Manolo, he is indeed superfantastic!

I Heart Madison

Detox is also getting ready for football season.

Can we get porn here?

That's what a student asked me today!

She was checking out some DVDs, and she said "Hey, is it true we can get porn here?"

I honestly misheard this as "popcorn", and thought she was asking about the free movie nights on campus where free popcorn is indeed served. But I didn't know why she'd be asking the librarian about that (although I was fielding all kinds of non-library questions today, the first day of class), so I said "I'm sorry, can you get what?"

"Porn. I mean, not for me, someone just said we can get like some French porn movies from the library."

"Uh, not that I know of...I mean, we do have some French movies, and we've got R-rated movies, but I don't think we have any actual porn."

"Oh, okay. Well, that's just what I heard."

I just barely managed to keep myself from saying "No, that's why we have INTERNET, silly!"

Doesn't this guy know about Drunken Librarians?

So more in the White Rabbits news:

"White Rabbits were up next and were a bit of a let down, pretty much phoning it in for the first 3/4 of their set. After someone in the house bought the band a round of shots they played the last few songs like they really mattered."

Read a book America

"Democrats, liberals read slightly more books than GOP, conservatives"

Happy Hour

Thursday. 5:00ish. Orpheum. Free cheese.

The Back Dorm Boys are back (but not in the dorm anymore)

I was afraid we'd seen the last of Chinese-based YouTube sensation the Back Dorm Boys when they graduated from college last summer. But they have released a couple more videos. Judging from the first one, they also seem to have discovered drugs.

"We Will Rock You" -- not the original Queen version, but some weird cover. This isn't the BDB's best work in terms of lip synching, but must take the prize for sheer weirdness. (Watch all the way to the end for an especially bizarre epilogue.)

"O Yi O Yi A" -- since their graduation the BDB have landed a real recording contract, and released a new single of an original song that they actually sing rather than lip sync to. This is the official video for the song. (Sorry for the poor quality, it's the only copy I could find.) The director seems to have been inspired by the opening credits to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

O Yi O Yi A" again -- yes, they've used their Webcam to make a lip synched version of their own song! That's postmodernism, that is.

Sadly, they still don't kiss in any of these videos. I keep hoping that one day they will, but they never do. It's rather pathetic, really.