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December's Recommended CDs

Black Square by DD/MM/YYYY

Winter Hours by Deep Dark Woods

Lost Channels by Great Lake Swimmers

Labyrinthes by Malajube

Outside Love by Pink Mountaintops

December's Recommended Books

Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin': The Authorized Story of Public Enemy  (2008)
Russell Myrie
This is the first official biography of one of hip hop’s biggest acts. Interviews with Chuck D., Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Professor Grif, and the Shocklee brothers provide an in-depth history of the group and a behind the scenes look at the making of their hit albums.

I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Bands  (2007)
Kara Zuaro
Peppered with band trivia, journalist Kara Zuaro has gathered a wealth of tasty recipes to try for yourself. From Hayden’s easy to make "Exploding Sandwich" to The Violet Femmes' gourmet "Wild Boar Ragu", each recipe is introduced and written out by band members themselves.

The Words of Every Song: A Novel  (2007)
Liz Moore
A behind-the-scenes glimpse of the modern music industry through the eyes of insiders--including a rising young singer-songwriter, a famed rock star on the brink of an early midlife crisis, an aspiring rap producer, and a female executive with a habit--in a series of fourteen interlinked episodes.

Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm  (2007)
Percy Carey
Percy Carey, a.k.a. M.F. Grimm went from acting on Sesame Street to hip-hop stardom to surviving a murder attempt to near life imprisonment. Edgy and personal, this graphic novel recounts it all, including Carey’s road to redemption.

Steve Jordan tells you how to be a northern star

Get the insider's view of the music world. Steve Jordan, Executive Director of Canada's Polaris Music Prize, will share practical music industry advice to help up-and-coming artists and other music industry hopefuls. For free, at Nothern District Library.

Getting into the Scene with Steve Jordan / Tues. Dec. 1, 7 p.m.

Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd. (just north of Yonge and Eglinton)

The Polaris Music Prize is Canada’s first juried award for creative artistic achievement in recorded music. This national critic’s prize honours the full-length album as an art form and awards a cash prize of $20,000 to the artist or artists who create the best album of the year. The Polaris jury is comprised of journalists, broadcasters, bloggers, programmers and other experts in the field of devouring and deciphering new Canadian music.

Colin Medley at Kennedy/Eglinton Library - Nov. 24, 7 p.m., FREE

There's a great profile of video director, music scene documentarian, Soundscapes employee and all-round music enthusiast, Colin Medley on the torontoist today. Go the library tomorrow night to hear Colin Medley talk about his work, Documenting the Music Scene, and learn how you can do it too.

Colin Medley at Kennedy Eglinton Library, Nov. 24th, 7 p.m., Free.

Kennedy Eglinton Library 2380 Eglinton Ave. East (in the Liberty Square Shopping Plaza) 

 

Katie Stelmanis in the stacks

 

Katie Stelmanis played a powerful solo show at the Bloor Gladstone Library to a crowd of 200 rapt listeners who sat on the floor and leaned on the book shelves. Her soaring voice was echoed by the tall rounded windows and arches throughout the library. The show was a wonderful end to this fall's three Make Some Noise concerts.  

 

There are two more free workshops in the next few weeks. Please join us.

Colin Medley  - Documenting the Music Scene, Tues. Nov. 24 at Kennedy Eglinton Library , 7 p.m.

Steve Jordan  - Getting into the Scene, Tues. Dec. 1 at Northern District Library ,7 p.m.

Katie Stelmanis is ready to make noise at Bloor Gladstone Library!

The best reason to go out tomorrow night and see Katie Stelmanis play at Bloor Gladstone Library is that her music will fill you, stir you, and make you feel all right.

CBC Radio 3 says: "Armed with a keyboard and backed by a wall of pre-assembled midi madness, Katie Stelmanis' music is endlessly evocative, with strong and scattered beats riding alongside dense synth melodies and vibrato-laden vocal swoops. On top of being a talented beat-maker, Stelmanis possesses one mean set of vocal chords, with a tone that falls somewhere between opera-house class and punk rock crass."

 
Katie Stelmanis

A second reason to go to the show--as if you need one!--is to see the beautifully renovated Bloor Gladstone Library . It has an elegant glass cube beside the original Carnegie building and feels airy, light and cozy all at once. 

Katie Stelmanis in Concert / Bloor Gladstone Library / 1101 Bloor St. West / Friday, Nov. 20, 8 p.m.

In the middle of Making Noise

We're halfway through our Make Some Noise events after two amazing concerts and one workshop. Timber Timbre played a haunting set to a room of over 300 enraptured people sitting cross-legged at North York Central Library. That same crowd got to its feet to dance like mad when Bruce Peninsula took the stage. 

Timber Timber, Nov. 7, 2009

Bruce Peninsula , Nov. 7 2009

Bruce Peninsula, Nov. 7, 2009

Thanks to everyone who has come out and been part of our great audiences. We're looking forward to seeing you at one more concert--Katie Stelmanis --and two more workshops-- Colin Medley  and Steve Jordan . 

Grand Analog in the Stacks!

 

Walking past College Shaw Library last night, this is what passersby saw when they looked in the window. Inside, straight from the kids' area, Grand Analog was playing their hip hop, soul, reggae beats to a very happy crowd. See what the Torontoist has to say about the night of Stacks of Tracks (In the Stacks)!

If you missed the show, you can meet the band at College Shaw Library on Tues., Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. for a free workshop on The Art of DJing.

Grand Analog, Nov. 5, 2009 - College Shaw Library

Fans in the stacks, Nov. 5, 2009 - College Shaw Library

Make Some Noise - First Concert Tonight!

Tonight's the night!

Come see Grand Analog at College Shaw Library at 8 p.m. You will have fun!

This is the fourth year TPL has put on free concerts featuring some of Toronto's finest local bands. Check out what writers around the city are saying about our concerts and the general greatness of Toronto Public Library. (Though we know we're biased when we mention greatness.) Our friends at exclaim! show us some love, Peace magazine  gives us a nod and The Toronto Star says libraries are like your living room!

November's Recommended CDs

Mountain Meadows by Elliott BROOD

A Mountain is a Mouth by Bruce Peninsula

Metropolis is Burning by Grand Analog

Join Us by Katie Stelmanis

Timber Timbre by Timber Timbre