So the construction on my library (phase 1, no less) has run over by 4 months. It's been closed since November & I haven't been happy about it.

Finally reopened, and here is my haul from Saturday:

Old 97s -- Alive & Wired
Rhett Miller -- Instigator
Jenny Lewis -- Rabbit Fur Coat
Wilco -- Kicking Television
Sufjan Stevens -- Illinoise

Sopranos -- Season 4 DVD

God, I love my library.

yeah, libraries are great for stealing listening to music. i go every week and im always able to find stuff i want.

That Rhett Miller album is reeeally good.

my downstairs neighbor was listening to it last weekend. i wanted to go downstairs and ask her how good it sounded when not separated by a floor. it at least sounded good from my place.

Catchier than anything Old 97's, and pretty consistant. Recommended.

Yeah it is catchy and very likeable.

But if "Help Me, Suzanne" becomes a hit, there's going to be a backlash of "he's just boring adult alternative."

I owe my library 30 bucks. They are not going to let this go.

Getting box sets from the library is stupendous.

Good. First I listened to that live Old 97s CD, and it's only ok. With a totally dreadful version of Mama tried. Bad idea.

Do you guys just take your laptop in, and burn from there? or do you actually check things out?

Oh man that's cold. My sister-in-law library director would rise up on dragon wings and spray fire across the stacks.

that'd be the most convenient -- wouldn't have to rent 'em out & possibly forget to bring 'em back & be charged 5 cents a week, or whatever it is. burn 'em all in one sitting & come back in a year

if i had a laptop and a spot away from the wrathful eyes of the librarians, id totally do that.

Nah...no way I'd do anything to piss off the folks at my library. I think I've mentioned this before, but I can go online and search 70 different libraries in NJ, and they'll ship anything I want to my local branch. Sweet.

I love the title of this thread.

Yes... do not do anything to piss off the librarians...

Have you heard the Old 97's? You may not like them, but Fight Songs might be the catchiest thing this side of gonorrhea.

wow wilco live disc at your library. i always pick up great stuff at our as well. sounds like a parallel universe of syosset, they're doing repairs on ours that have taken like 2 years as well. when it opens it's going to be btiching though.

I'm convinced that bored, coked up hipsters supply Libraries with good music.

I don't understand you people who get cd's from the library. Isn't it easier to just download it. You don't have to go there, pick it up, come home, rip it, etc. You can do it all from your computer to begin with.

That said, I alternate trips between the three libraries here about twice a week and leave every time with three books and two dvd's.

I haven't walked into a library in over 20 years. Probably cuz they have limited hours these days.

does anyone else's company have a library? Our R&D department has one with all of their studies and publications, but they'll also order anything that you can pretend has a business value. no late fees, and they bring it to my desk!

dude, the people I work for are fucking illiterate, why would they have a library?

That sounds kinda cool tho.

yeah we have quite a few - you can order books and other stuff online and they send it to you interoffice mail. we also have stores in our major campuses where you can rent DVDs for a dollar and buy various crap. the coolest is the dry cleaning thing where you just drop if off and pay a fee and then pick it up a couple days later. we also have on-site massage, physical therapy, gym, starbucks, etc.