Someone to Love

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Knutterly hilarious

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Typing! Of the Dead!

Speed-typers everywhere will be excited: Typing of the Dead II will be released this year in Japan. Let's hope it comes stateside!



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the very model of a modern major big butt

Fans of musical theatre and 80s pop rap may get a kick out of this reimagining of Sir Mix-a-lot's classic "Baby Got Back" in the tradition of Gilbert & Sullivan:



It's a little on the long side, but funny. Those who feel the need to cleanse the palate may wish to watch the original.


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New Ned Vizzini

So, Ned Vizzini has a new book going, his first for grown-ups (rather than teens). He recently did a reading at KGB, and it's available for those who missed it:



From this excerpt, the book is definitely mucho grown-up-o (there's sex, and plenty of it in this bit). I'm intrigued by Ned's description of the protagonist, a "lapsed indie rocker."

via Blog of a Bookslut

Lego Mario

Mario Bros. Lego
Uploaded by Bibi-de-Bibopof

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Help the Police

NWA like you've never heard them before:



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I heart YA

While I'm at it with the Cecil Castellucci fangrrlness, I just found a new (?) series of videos made by Miss Cecil entitled I heart YA. It's basically a bunch of really cool teen lit authors hanging around in their native environs, being all talented and fun.

Episode 1: Kings Day 1007



Episode 2: NYC


called to my attention by Bookshelves of Doom

Net Neutrality

Save the Internet!




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sweet race

RoadRace



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vlog 3

In which Anne crows about getting a Wii, praises Beige by Cecil Castellucci, recaps teaching a knitting class, and shouts-out some of her favorite teen books of the past year.

Vlog 2

Grace Kelly video

Awhile back I posted about Mika, a brand new catchy young thing with a stunning falsetto. Back then I noted that my favorite of his then-available tunes was "Grace Kelly" and now he has a video. That chorus is irresistable!

This embedded video doesn't seem to work reliably, so click here instead.

Yo Gabba Gabba! (no hey)

Yo Gabba Gabba! is a forthcoming TV series that will air on Nick Jr. this fall. It's all crazy-wow-bright-colors-danceable-beat-funny-names- vaguely-Japanese-made-for-kids-but-their-parents-might-be-able-to-stand-it. Where it'll rate on the quality vs. quantity continuum remains to be seen.



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Go, Mo!

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Originally uploaded by annethelibrarian.

Here's a big fat congrats! to Mo Willems, for winning the Carnegie Medal for the animated Weston Woods production of Knuffle Bunny.

Pattern for Smartness

This Simplicity film advertises just how easy it is to make a dress using one of their patterns. It is so easy, in fact, that you only have to hand-baste the entire dress before truly sewing it together (among other mega time-consuming techniques). The amount of work Betty puts into this dress is enough to make me think sewing isn't worth it--thank goodness things can be quicker!

The video is a bit long, but it's worth watching the whole thing.



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JPod short film

JPod by Douglas Coupland
Originally uploaded by annethelibrarian.

Some ambitious folks have made a short film adaptation of Douglas Coupland's most recent novel JPod. It's definitely short, and includes just a snippet of the whole book, but it's pretty good at giving the feel of the book in a mere four and a half minutes.

I had heard rumors back when that Microserfs was to be made into a movie, but I haven't heard anything about that in ages. I'd still be very curious to see it if it ever did get made.

Whence that Wince

Looking for a slightly strange musical animated video that gets better each time you view it? Look no further than Whence that Wince by They Might Be Giants.

P.S. YouTube is still being mega evil about posting videos. Grrr.

Behave - Hatherley update

And behold, there's another, potentially even cooler video by Miss Hatherley: Behave. Check out this animation! So. Neat.

This gal is officially on the to-be-downloaded list.

Bastardo

Today's cute popstress with a clever video is Charlotte Hatherley. She is reportedly the girlfriend of Edgar Wright, who directed this video. Wright's pal Simon Pegg (always a welcome face) appears in this video, which plays on A-ha's infamous Take On Me video as well as zines. I'll definitely be checking out more of Ms. Hatherley.

YouTube has sand in its youknowwhat and won't cooperate to post properly, so click here to see the video.

Unicorn in the Garden - classic UPA cartoon 1953

This one's for my mom, who early on instilled in me a love for Thurber.

Anne's first vlog

Here's my first video blog. Woot.

Knuffle Bunny in glorious technicolor

Okay, perhaps not actually technicolor, but animated in the grand fashion Weston Woods is known for. Scholastic has posted a clip. Seeing this takes me back to all the excitement of the Caldecott experience. Hopefully this will be the Weston Woods video they show at the Caldecott/Newbery banquet in June.

via Mo Willems himself

Tony vs. Paul

Word on the street is that these days, kids do stuff like this in the free time we used to use for building forts and whatnot. This is damn sweet!

Brotherhood 2.0

Brotherhood 2.0
Originally uploaded by annethelibrarian.

One of my favorite writer blogs is that of John Green, author of teenlit masterpieces Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines. Green and his brother Hank have started an ambitious and promising video blog project for 2007: Brotherhood 2.0. It has been entertaining so far and it's only four days in. Hank sort of reminds me of a guy I dated who thought he was the new Chuck Palahniuk (he may have been right, but he got all pissed at me and moved away before I got to read his entire book, so I can't say), but with far fewer tattoos (I'm guessing, though I suppose there may have been many not visible to the camera). Anyway, check it totally out.

Gertron Dance

We tried putting boots on Brodie once and it looked not unlike this. File under ROTFLOL.