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Gaki No Tsukai

Armitage Shanks — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:54:26 -0800

"...this clip of a Japanese show called Gaki No Tsukai stands out not for what it includes, but for what it lacks - talking and screaming. It takes place in a studio made up like a library, with the participants (including Kickboxing champion Ernesto Hoost) stifling their laughter, screams of pain and retching noises, just like any student did in their own junior high school library." [youtube video, text shamelessly lifted from wfmu]

This Is Where I Get My Read On

turbanhead — Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:13:54 -0800

This Is Where I Get My Read On Just in case MTV Cribs was coming to your, uh, crib.

Gay Princes, Spiritual Weakness

ewkpates — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:29:00 -0800

Gay Princes defeat NC Parents. Parents object to library book about two gay princes, concerned because being gay "is not part of their beliefs." Presumably books which discuss other things not part of their beliefs could also be an issue. Is this a basic confusion about the purpose of a library, or is any temptation just too much temptation?

MiguelCardoso — Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:21:49 -0800

The Ancient Library Of Alexandria: Its long-awaited re-opening has been postponed, supposedly because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. So it seems the age-old dream of historians and poets everywhere(Jorge Luís Borges comes to mind)will have to wait a bit longer... I wonder, though, if Egypt's ever-stricter censorship laws and practices will ever be compatible with a true, universal library such as, by most accounts, the original Alexandria Library was.[Via Nutcote]

zedzebedia — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:25:08 -0800

A man checks out copies of "Catcher in the Rye" to prevent teenagers from reading it.

leo — Wed, 07 Feb 2001 07:47:11 -0800

Librarians against UCITA. Librarians on the forefront of preserving the public's right to fair use in copyright law. Kiss your local librarian and ALA member today! For more information, see the ALA UCITA Web site. [Courtesy of ALAWON and NINCH].