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Making Music with Your Computer

A Whole New Meaning for “Electronica”

August 29, 2017 Holly Bleeding Edge, Entertainment 6 comments

Making Music with your Computer Trubitt (Ed.) 1993 Submitter: 2 circs in about 9 years. Good heavens, what an outdated book! Just the fact that this was published when the biggest industry buzzword was “multimedia” is enough to toss it.

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A Television Studio cover

Lights, Camera, Action!

August 17, 2016 Mary Kelly Bleeding Edge, Entertainment, For the Kids 5 comments

See Inside A Television Studio Beal 1977 Forget the TV studio, who’s the groovy band playing? Looks like a set from some of those variety shows of the 1970s. For 1977, this was probably a good choice for a juvenile

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Matt Dillon Quiz cover

The “James Dean of the 80s”

June 10, 2016 Mary Kelly Celebrity Gossip and Advice, Entertainment, Talkin 'Bout My Generation 11 comments

The Matt Dillon Quiz Book LoBuglio 1982 Are you Matt Dillon’s kind of girl? Well if you want to be, you better brush up on all your Matt Dillon knowledge. This wonderful book is over a hundred pages of awesomeness

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Sally Field cover

The Flying Nun is Finished

March 18, 2016 Holly Celebrity Gossip and Advice, Entertainment 3 comments

Sally Field: A Biography Bonderoff 1987 Submitter: Here’s a 1987 biography of Sally Field that is being weeded from our library (mostly for condition). I love that she’s rocking the jean jacket and feathered hair on the cover – it’s

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Become a Balloon Artist cover

Balloon Artist

August 4, 2015 Holly Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies, Entertainment 15 comments

How to Become a Balloon Artist and Make Up to $100,000 a Year Prosper 1987 Submitter: This book has recently been weeded from a public library. It probably should have been weeded a decade ago–or two. Surprisingly enough its last checkout

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The Bee Gees cover

Saturday Night Fever

September 18, 2014 Holly Celebrity Gossip and Advice, Entertainment 9 comments

The Bee Gees Schumacher 1979 Hubba hubba! May I present to you the hotties of 1979, The Bee Gees. What a great choice for the public middle school library that submitted this book! Well, 35 years ago, anyway. It could

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How to Jitterbug cover

Do the Jitterbug

August 20, 2014 Holly Entertainment, Fine and Not So Fine Arts 14 comments

How to Jitterbug Javna 1984 Submitter: It totally doesn’t belong in the children’s library collection anymore, but it’s more AWESOME Library Book than Awful (actually, one of my coworkers took it home for her own collection as soon as I

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cover

Boot Scootin’

July 1, 2014 Holly Entertainment, Fine and Not So Fine Arts 2 comments

The Country Music Encyclopedia Shestack 1974 Submitter: I work at a small academic library where we’ve been trying to weed the reference section.We found this and not only is it 40 years old, it has that 40 year old smell

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