#library
Robert Crumb says sorry to all the Danish children who could read his comics in the library :) I am one of them and feel like Christian Monggaard that it might not have been that catastrophic after all. The nuclear war looming over us destroyd my brain... perverted sex, not so much.
My photo from the interview book by Christian Monggaard - *Robert Crumb: I can't do pretty"
Following Backlash, Bezos Requests MLK Library Auditorium Be Named After Toni Morrison
I found this part especially interesting:
“In addition, some of Bezos’s work has been directly harmful to public libraries.”
Amazon has historically refused to sell e-books to libraries, severely restricting access to low-income readers. The American Library Association has denounced bans like Amazon’s as major obstacles to libraries.
#DC #WashingtonDC #library #bezos #JeffBezos #MLK #ToniMorrison #news
Laura the Laureate
With plenty of time on my hand I am slowly nearing the 400 mark in my #freeculture #library (found here). I am not overly fond of this style of painting - Turner made a lot of strange things in way, all the romantics loved strange washes that would give the "mysterious" feel that they wanted. But the work takes me by the hand and walk down some of those gloomy wooden paths... and as always I follow.
I was also in doubt with the title (which is rare). I considered calling her Calafia, the fictitious queen that gave name to California. But instead I wen't for Laura, who I have mentioned in the explanation to my last work. By that logic I should also make a digi-painting of Benson the boozy.
The high resolution version can be found on my website: Katharsisdrill.art
Besides, I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows.
Roger Zelazny (1937-1995) American writer
Nine Princes in Amber, ch. 3 (1977)
#quote #quotation #books #civilization #library
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/zelazny-roger/50918/
Public Libraries, one of the pillars of our civilization, are under threat
LS&S stands to make enormous profits by destroying decent-paying, unionized jobs and reducing library services to anti-human, vertically integrated content silos that do not reflect the values of local communities.
Faites tourner, please !
APPEL A DONS POUR ACHETER DATA
#DATA DANS TA MAISON
ENGLISH VERSION BELOW !!
Après 18 ans de bons et loyaux services, le local où officie DATA est en vente et son bail n’est pas renouvelé.
Installée dans le quartier de #laPlaine, à #Marseille, DATA est une #médiathèque, un lieu d'exposition et une salle de concert associative tournée vers les #musiques expérimentales, improvisées et cheloues.
Vendue, finie, foutue ? Pas si on achète le lieu ! Acheter le local de DATA est le moyen de rester indépendant·es, de pérenniser ce lieu de diffusion artistique à petit prix pour que tout le monde continue d’en profiter.
BIG DATA
DATA, c'est une #médiathèque musicale associative où les adhérent·es peuvent emprunter gratuitement parmi les quelques 3000 #vinyles, 4000 CDs et 200 K7s de la collection. Si on voulait tout écouter, il faudrait au moins une bonne année pour écluser le fond, sans manger, ni dormir.
DATA, c'est aussi une #salle de #concerts, un peu comme à la maison, où se sont produits des artistes du monde entier. Morceaux choisis : Phill Niblock, un pionnier des #musiques expérimentales, GW Sok, chanteur historique de The Ex, Enablers, référence post-punk de l'ouest américain, Bibi Ahmed, immense musicien touareg.
La fine fleur des musiques libres : Jean-Luc Guionnet, Tetuzi Akiyama, Michel Henritzi, Christine Senhaoui, Clara de Asis, Will Guthrie, Michel Doneda, Seijiro Murayama, Gino Robair (batteur de Tom Waits), Teresa Riemann, Hervé Boghossian, Erika Sollo ou encore Attic Ted, chanteur aux mille masques.
Du new weird folk en veux-tu, en voilà : Tom Greenwood (Jackie-O Motherfucker), Marcia Bassett (Double Leopard), Tom et Christina Carter (Charalambides), Kate Fletcher, Chrys Forsythe, Marisa Anderson…
Des ovnis hexagonaux : Begayer, Winter Family, Mami Chan, Noir Boy George, Pôm Bouvier, Sourdure, Yann Gourdon, Noyade (Erik Minkkinen de Sister Iodine et David Lemoine de Cheveu), Nicolas Dick, Tamara Goukassova, Antez, Colombey, Notre Dame des Lourdes.
Toute la freakteam de la scène marseillaise : Soldat ! Sound oFF Mars, La Chasse, La Coupure, Grrzzz, les Statonnels... et bien d'autres !
Et enfin de nombreux festivals : VENDETATATA, Enfin Seule, le MUFF, Multiversal, Paravision, Bruitisme…
DATA accueille aussi une @fanzinothèque de plusieurs centaines de titres, des expos, des sorties de livres, des ateliers et parfois du théâtre, de la danse, des performances et des trucs inclassables.
En 18 ans, DATA, c'est 900 concerts, 200 expos, 7 chats à 9 vies chacun et des milliers d'adhérent·es.
DATA est une structure auto-gérée. Afin de rester la plus libre et indépendante possible, elle ne sollicite pas de subventions. Depuis sa naissance, DATA se construit à la sueur des aisselles et des fronts des bénévoles, pour la joie des oreilles et des tripes du public.
DANGER DATA MOURIR
Mais aujourd’hui, DATA est en danger.
Concrètement, l’association DATA a besoin de la coquette somme de 160 061 euros pour devenir proprio des murs et lutter contre les fourches caudines de la gentrification du quartier ainsi que les délicieuses spéculations immobilières qui vont avec.
Ta générosité, ton amour du son et surtout ton compte en banque permettront que ce lieu perdure !
OU IRA L'ARGENT ?
Le but de l'opération est que ce soit l'association DATA, et personne d'autre, qui devienne propriétaire, dans le cadre d'une propriété d'usage, afin qu'aucune spéculation immobilière ne soit possible dans l'avenir.
L' #asso garantit l’usage collectif et musical ad vitam aeternaemdu lieu. DATA intégrera in fine un fonds de dotation qui assure que le local ne pourra être revendu, se rapprochant ainsi des exemples marseillais de Manifesten et de la Déviation. Grâce à ce montage, toute dérive liée à des spéculations financières individuelles est écartée. Le bâtiment sort du marché immobilier.
DONC,
Que tu sois riche à millions ou pauvre en haillons, que tu puisses offrir 1€ ou 10 000€, DATA needs you. Ce don est éligible à une déduction fiscale de 66 %. En gros, si tu payes 100€, tu peux retirer 66€ de tes impôts. Nous avons jusqu’au 1 avril 2022 pour réunir la somme, et ce n’est pas une blague !
Alors voilà, si tu veux que DATA continue et ne devienne pas une tisanerie de luxe, un Carrefour Direct 24/24, voire une annexe du Mama Shelter, ouvre ton cœur et ton porte-feuille, hé hé !
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DATA IN YOUR HOUSE
Located in the Plaine area in Marseilles, France, DATA is a non-for-profit music #library and #concert venue programming experimental, improvised and non-conventional music.
After 18 years in the same place, Data’s premises are for sale and we’re being kicked out.
Game over ? DATA’s a goner ? Not if we buy the place ! Purchasing DATA’s premises is a way to remain independent and ensure the survival of a venue where everybody can access exciting art for a low fee.
GROSSE DONNÉE
DATA is many things.
It is a music library where members can borrow for free items from DATA’s collection of 3000 #Vinyls, 4000 Cds and 200 K7s. It would take an entire year with no food or sleep to listen to it all...
DATA is also a concert venue with a strong homely feeling where artists from the entire world have performed. Among them : Phill Niblock, an experimental music pioneer, GW Sok, The Ex’ historic singer, Enablers, west-american post-punk reference, Bibi Ahmed, a very important touareg musicianor Attic Ted, the masked singer.
The finest of the free music scene : Jean-Luc Guionnet, Tetuzi Akiyama, Michel Henritzi, Christine Senhaoui, Clara de Asis, Will Guthrie, Michel Doneda, Seijiro Murayama, Gino Robair (Tom Waits’ drummer), Teresa Riemann, Erika Sollo…
A lot of new weird folk : Tom Greenwood (Jackie-O Motherfucker), Marcia Bassett (Double Leopard), Tom et Christina Carter (Charalambides), Kate Fletcher, Chrys Forsythe, Marisa Anderson...
French experimental music : Begayer, Winter Family, Mami Chan, Noir Boy George, Sourdure, Yann Gourdon, Noyade (Erik Minkkinen from Sister Iodine and David Lemoine from Cheveu), Nicolas Dick, Tamara Goukassova, Antez, Colombey, Hervé Boghossian, Pom Bouvier...
The Marseillian freakteam : Soldat, Sound oFF Mars, La Chasse, La Coupure, Grrzzz, les Statonnels, ... and so many others ! And last but not least, several festivals are hosted in DATA : VENDETATATA, Enfin Seule, the MUFF, Multiversal, Paravision, Bruitisme…
DATA also hosts a fanzine library of several hundred entries, book launches, workshops and sometimes theatre, dance, performance and some stuff we couldn’t put in a box.
Throughout those 18 years DATA has had circa 900 concerts, 200 exhibitions, 7 cats who lived 9 lives each and thousands of members.
DATA is a self-managed organisation. To remain as free and independent as possible, DATA doesn’t ask for public subsidies. Ever since the beginning DATA was built by the hard work of volunteers, for the audience to enjoy, body and soul.
DANGER DATA DYING
But DATA is in danger of disappearing.
The DATA association needs to find 160 061 euros to become the owner of the premises. That would ensure the building is out of the speculative real-estate market driving the prices up in the neighbourhood and slowly pushing out low-income inhabitants from this popular area, as has happened in so many cities throughout the world.
Your generosity, your love of music and your wallet can prevent that from happening here !
The idea is for the association and only the association to become the owner under the concept of usage property, pioneered by the
MiethäuserSyndikat in Germany.
In concrete terms, the association will be connected to an external structure garanteeing no personnal speculation is possible, effectively getting the building out of the real estate market.
SO,
Whether you’re a millionaire or in rags, whether you can donate 1€ ou 10 000€, DATA needs you to ensure it won’t be turned into yet another 24/7 supermarket or even a tourist accomodation !
Pass the word and let’s keep enjoying music !
Thanks a lot.
The DATA crew
Jen The Feisty Librarian auf Twitter: "Librarian camouflage. https://t.co/PXTZHvJu5z" / Twitter
This is awesome!
#library #books #dress
https://twitter.com/Feisty_Waters/status/1472296701792698373
● NEWS ● #BookRiot #Censorship ☞ #School #Library Journal Starts a Library Censorship Tips Hotline https://bookriot.com/school-library-journal-starts-a-library-censorship-tips-hotline/
The antilibrary is a thing. (It would be more credible for me to say that if I had an academic job, I_think_.)
Long couloir de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Un paradis des lignes.
#photo #architecture #bibliotheque #library #montravail #mywork
● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Rescue of the New York Public #Library https://www.thenation.com/article/society/stavros-niarchos-library-nypl/
Molly Struve 🦄 auf Twitter: "+1 for grouping similar topics https://t.co/6ejZqpY9uq" / Twitter
When librarians have humor!
#programming #library #humor
@Alicia S