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How music works : the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond / John Powell.
“We all love a good tune. But what actually happens to make music sound the way it does? Discover the answers in this entertaining, ear-opening guide to the science and psychology of music.Musician and scientist John Powell explains everything, from what makes a “pop” song to why Mozart was off-key; from how harmony works to how music is composed; and from why certain notes clash to what Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata and Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” have in common.Lively and enlightening, How Music Works is a treasure trove for the listener and lover of music. Book jacket.” (Syndetics summary)

How music works : the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond / John Powell.
“We all love a good tune. But what actually happens to make music sound the way it does? Discover the answers in this entertaining, ear-opening guide to the science and psychology of music.Musician and scientist John Powell explains everything, from what makes a “pop” song to why Mozart was off-key; from how harmony works to how music is composed; and from why certain notes clash to what Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata and Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” have in common.Lively and enlightening, How Music Works is a treasure trove for the listener and lover of music. Book jacket.” (Syndetics summary)

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How music works : the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond / John Powell.
“We all love a good tune. But what actually happens to make music sound the way it does? Discover the answers in this entertaining, ear-opening guide to the science and psychology of music.Musician and scientist John Powell explains everything, from what makes a “pop” song to why Mozart was off-key; from how harmony works to how music is composed; and from why certain notes clash to what Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata and Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” have in common.Lively and enlightening, How Music Works is a treasure trove for the listener and lover of music. Book jacket.” (Syndetics summary)

How music works : the science and psychology of beautiful sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and beyond / John Powell.
“We all love a good tune. But what actually happens to make music sound the way it does? Discover the answers in this entertaining, ear-opening guide to the science and psychology of music.Musician and scientist John Powell explains everything, from what makes a “pop” song to why Mozart was off-key; from how harmony works to how music is composed; and from why certain notes clash to what Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata and Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” have in common.Lively and enlightening, How Music Works is a treasure trove for the listener and lover of music. Book jacket.” (Syndetics summary)

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Week 1

I'm a bit behind all of you in posting my New Zealand library blog reviews and personal blogs I follow, but I'm finally getting there!

In terms of New Zealand library blogs, like many of you I really enjoy Christchurch City Libraries' blog - their content and tone is excellent and it's very readable. They post on a wide range of topics, and I really enjoyed their live blogging of the Auckland Readers' and Writers' Festival earlier in the year - you can read their coverage of this event here.

Another New Zealand blog that I find really good for keeping up with technology in libraries, is the National Library's librarytechnz blog. They write a lot of digest-style posts and I often skip over these and go straight to their posts that are purely their own content - I think I prefer a more narrative style of blogpost or one that gives a bit more commentary on links etc. In any case, it's always really interesting to see what they're up to, and what the flow-on effects for us might be.

I also enjoy their Create Readers blog, which is excellent for reviews of NZ children's and YA literature in particular - something you won't find many other places online.

Here's a list of a few other non-NZ library blogs that I enjoy:

• The Goddess of YA Literature
• Librarian in Black
• Rick Librarian
• Tame the Web
• Meredith Farkas's Information Wants to Be Free

There are more, but I won't bore you with them here :-)

As an aside, one thing I like about blogs is that they mean that we get to see people's trains of thought as they grapple with new developments - we're not just seeing a very "finished" product in professional publishing anymore, we now get to see what peoples' thought processes are on the way to mastering these new technologies and firming up their ideas of how they can be incorporated into libraries.

The personal blogs I enjoy are mostly family and friends, but like WCL_Kabouter I also enjoy Neil Gaiman's blog, as well as a few other author blogs - Meg Cabot and Tamora Pierce among others. Some web comics I like are xkcd, Dinosaur Comics and Gunnerkrigg Court.

Post round-up

I've been reading (and enjoying!) all of your posts for Week 1 of the Modules. There are some excellent blog reviews and recommendations and I thought I'd spotlight a few in case you haven't had a chance to read all of these yet.

Technowhiz Wannabe posted about the Awful Library Books blog and an amazing food blog, Glutton on a Budget. Have a look - the Awful Library Books blog could almost be a cautionary tale (or even a horror story) of what can happen to our shelves if we never weed our collections!

Ruthie Babe Book Worm posted about Auckland City Libraries' genealogy and family history blog, Kintalk.

Library Girl (Tess) posted about Auckland City Libraries' Scooper On Libraries blog - recommended for keeping up to date with technology and how it's being used in libraries - and Trashionista, a blog about chicklit with extensive reviews and a long list of themes and authors covered.

Learning Curve recommended Christchurch City Libraries blog - their latest post (at time of writing) is about a Frocks on Bikes event happening in Christchurch. What do you think about how library blogs can be central hubs for their communities, similar to physical library buildings? (Christchurch City Libraries' blog got quite a few more of your recommendations as well.)

WCL Kabouter recommends author Neil Gaiman's blog, and also delves into the world of web comics with his recommendation of Piled High and Deeper, a webcomic about life as a postgraduate student.

Some very interesting links to check out!