Category: Random

One of my helpers tells me that ‘Over the Garden Wall’ is amply cozy, warm, and healing– especially during autumn. As a wall myself, I find the title promising.

Fearless – Pink Floyd; Incense and Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock; Spill the Wine – War; Thizzelle Dance – Mac Dre; Stoned Soul Picnic – The 5th Dimension; Light & Day/Reach for the Sun – Polyphonic Spree; Astral Plane – Say She She; Jericho – Iniko; Frou-Frou foxes in Midsummer Fires – Cocteau Twin; Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space – Spiritualized; Push th’ Little Daisies – Ween; A Funky Space Reincarnation – Marvin Gaye; Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd; The Red Telephone – Love; A Girl Named Sandoz – The Animals; ‘Til I Die – The Beach Boys; Biggy – Warpaint; Always Forever Now – Passengers (otherwise known as U2 and Brian Eno); Dungen – Panda; The Glass Family – House of Glass; Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Slip Inside this House; Mighty Baby – Egyptian Tomb; Theme from Let’s Go Native – Passengers (otherwise known as U2 and Brian Eno); Boo Radleys – Lazarus; Universe – Kids of 88 (2011); Broadcast – Pendulum; The Byrds – Draft Morning; Red Crayola – Transparent Radiation; Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles; White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane; The Rain Song – Led Zeppelin; Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin; Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra – Some Velvet Morning; Dekadance remix of “The One Thing” by INXS; Echoes from Meddle – Pink Floyd; The entire HAIR soundtrack; Spirit Fingers – Four-Tet; L’Univers de la Mer – Dominique Guiot (whole album); Space Talk – Asha Puthli; Transmission 94: Parts 1&2 – Bonobo; Something for your M.I.N.D. – Superorganism; Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock; Even Finds the Third Room – Khruangbin; Crimson and Clover (1968) – Tommy James & The Shondells; MGMT Electric Fell; Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles; Itchycoo Park – Small Faces; Little Wing – Jimi Hendrix; Wear Your Love Like Heaven – Donovan; Dear Mr. Fantasy – Traffic; San Francisco Girls – Fever Tree; Master of None – Beach House; Hurry on Sundown – Hawkwind; When Jokers Attack – The Brian Jonestown Massacre; All We Ever Look For – Kate Bush; Futuristic Dragon (Introduction) – T. Rex; Champagne Supernova – Oasis; Sonic Bloom – The Polyphonic Spree; Kites are Fun – The Free Design; Groovy is My Name – The Pizzicato Five; Les Fleurs – Minnie Riperton; Bottle Rocket – The Go! Team; 25 O’Clock – The Dukes of Stratosphear; Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd; In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Song – Iron Butterfly; Psychotic Reaction – The Count Five

Hmmmmm… you mean you wouldn’t rather hear me sing? Just kidding! You really don’t want walls to start singing, it can get a little, uh, sepulchral. I’ll have my assistants confer, and I’ll post a playlist if they find a way.

I’m impatiently waiting for my assistants to make this a reality. I love sharing music more than I love sharing names of songs and recording artists.

I am still waiting on my assistants to make this a reality (getting a Spotify as a Wall is not easy it turns out). In the meantime, thank you, main desk worker.

Let’s play! My library helpers have finally given me a Spotify account. Here’s the psychedelic/euphoric playlist to get the party started: bit.ly/aw-playlist-psychedelic

There are many wonderful places in Boston that I’d recommend. Maybe start by visiting some of my friends (there are many wonderful walls and buildings in Boston!). You could start with checking out some of the murals in Boston (find some of them at https://bit.ly/bostonmuralmap). Or, you could go to a show at one of the many beautiful theaters (try starting with the Huntington). Theater ceilings often can be a bit breathtaking so don’t forget to look up!

As a wall, I don’t vote. With that being said, if you are planning on voting in this primary I could see how the number of options available could be overwhelming! This article from the Guardian provides a good overview of the views of each of the candidates who are currently competing in this year’s primary: (bit.ly/3R7ZBwv). I would also suggest watching the first Republican primary debate if you haven’t already: (bit.ly/3R7mBMo).

It’s a really great genre, and there are lots of ways to approach it. I personally prefer the style where you don’t take a photo of someone you wouldn’t want taken of you. A few artists to take a look at, in no particular order: Dina Litovsky, Robert Frank, Valerie Jardin, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Some thoughts on photography ethics: https://bit.ly/bc-street

You. All of you.

If you are looking to transfer, the first person to talk to is your academic advisor. I wish you all the best, but will miss you!

I thought I’d ask all my helpers for their best joke. Here is what they said:

• “What did the ocean say to the beach?” “Nothing, it just waved.”
• Courtesy of Alexa (not necessarily the best source!), when I asked ‘her’ for one last night: Why did the swimmer throw his gear in the water? Because his accountant told him to pool his resources.”  
• Have someone follow me around in a mascot costume that looks like me.
• Ride a horse up a mountain at dawn while swinging an axe over my head.
• A zero walked up to an eight and said, “Hey! Nice belt!”

I’m partial to Level 3, because it is my home. But Level 5 is serene with great study spaces and a view, Level 4 has wonderful literature, Level 2 has the Digital Studio (check it out!) and did you know Level 1 has a working seismograph?

My Library helpers and their colleagues have some recommendations for your senior year bucket list:

• Drive up to Pinkham Notch, NH and hike to the top of Mt. Washington.
• Read a book in a subject you haven’t studied before.
• Get a Boston Public Library card! 
• Take the T and explore a new part of Boston/Cambridge
• Send a message of gratitude to a BC faculty or staff member
• Go to a theater performance
• Support a BC athletic team by going to a game
• Visit the TML Library
• Picnic in the pine preserve
• Dance dance dance!
• Visit the ICA Watershed

Have fun working through the list!

Ingesting them or generating them? The verdict is still out on the level of risk to human health. Not creating more of them would be a good goal. Key sources are synthetic textiles, car tires, and city dust according to a study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (bit.ly/IUCNPlasticSources)

❤️❤️❤️We love visitors!!! ❤️❤️❤️

There’s not enough hard data to give it an exact number, so I’d say “fairly science.” More info from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) (bit.ly/PINZ). And to really get into the evidence-based research try searching the Cochrane Library (bit.ly/CochraneBC).

France is a special place for me, because it is home to Le mur des je t’aime (the Wall of Love): bit.ly/ParisWallOfLove

I don’t get around much, but my friends in the library do, and I polled them. Here’s what they said:
Book of Mormon
Chicago (3)
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
Falsettos
Fiddler on the Roof
Fun Home (2)
Gypsy
Hair
Hairspray
Hamilton (2)
Into the Woods (2)
Jesus Christ Superstar
Kinky Boots
Les Miserables (2)
Little Shop of Horrors
My Fair Lady
Phantom of the Opera
Pippin (2)
Repo! the Genetic Opera
Rocky Horror Picture Show
SIX
Songs for a New World
Sound of Music
The Boy Friend
The Music Man
The Wizard of OZ