Housekeeping: news nuggets from the backfiles of the Amped Libs

Website recommendation:
Rlabels.com -- a “searchable database of record label websites”
My students love it. The listings are organized by location and genre.

From Publisher's weekly 7/10:“Vibe, the urban music and culture magazine, has entered into a partnership with Kensington Publishing to co-publish a line of books called Vibe Street Lit under the Vibe Books imprint.”
Street lit, for better or worse, is the only type of book I see teens actually willing to be seen carrying in public lately. Do your libraries carry the genre? Here’s some articles about the movement: CSMonitor Washington Post LJ

News headline from Boingboing: Duran Duran moves to Second Life, will gig there.

So my burning question . . .
Would it be the most ROCKING event ever to hold a viewing of the Duran Duran concert . . . in Second Life . . . projected on the big screen . . . from the computer . . . in your meeting room – or would it only confirm in teens’ minds how weird and stuck in the 80's those librarians are?

Wicked cool tshirt I like this one too: "'Live Lyrics from the bank of imaginary' This is a flip on the Public Enemy line 'live Lyrics from the Bank of reality' Reality and the imaginary being two sides of the same coin. The fideltiy of this print is something to behold"


Bebo launches Bebo Bands (last month's news). Bebo launches PAST MySpace in UK hits, thanks to Bebo Bands (new hotness).

Tomorrow from the backfiles: some websites