It is with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to a local library that served our community with honor and steadfast dedication these past 58 years — this Sunday there will be a closing ceremony. Silver Spring’s public library is the only branch in our county system that has been designed in a distinctive Frank Lloyd Wright-esque “prairie style” architecture.
Hopefully this blog piece will pressure the county to repurpose the building as an intergenerational recreation center instead of allowing the building to be razed in order to put up (yet another) high-priced condo in the downtown area. May the building continue to serve the fine people of Montgomery County for generations to come as it was intended to!
“Library” Cursor Miner 2003
Biblio Pop: You’re Overdue to Check Out These Library Songs
“Marian the Librarian” Arthur Godfrey 1958
“Library Love Affair” Brian Hyland 1960
“A Trip to the Library” Barbara Baxley 1963
“Harlem Library” Kenny Lynch 1964
“Library Book” The Faders 1979
“Lines from the Library” Shriekback 1983
“Library Song” Bill Roper 1987
“Under the Library” Circus X3 1988
“(Going to the) Library” The Girls 1990
“At the Library” Green Day 1991
“Lisa Librarian” Velocity Girl 1993
“Fabulous Library” Eyeless in Gaza 1993
“Love in the Library” Jimmy Buffett 1994
“Library Girl” His Name Is Alive with Dara 1994
“Library Rap” MC Poindexter & the Study Crew 1995
“Faster Pussycat to the Library!” Sam Phillips 1996
“Library Song” Tom Chapin 1996
“Sweet Librarian” Railroad Jerk 1996
“Lost in the Library” Saint Etienne 1997
“Library Card” Arthur & Friends 1998
“The Librarian” Hefner 1998
“Library on Fire” Lux Occulta 1999
“Library Card” Frank Zappa [1999]
“Queens of the Circulating Library” Coil 2000
“Library Girl” Boyzvoice 2000
“I Am the Sub-Librarian” Piano Magic 2001
“Library Grrrl” The Grrrlscouts 2002
“Library” Cursor Miner 2003
“Reference Librarian” Robert Lopresti 2003
“Librarian” Jonathan Rundman 2004
“Librarian” Haunted Love 2006
“The Librarian” Nine Horses 2006
“Shouting in the Library” Popple 2007
“Librarian” My Morning Jacket 2008
“The Librarian Song” Joe Uveges 2008
“Joyce the Librarian” Liz Ryan 2009
“Ten Year Librarian” Junius 2009
“The Librarian” Laura Jane Scott 2010
“I Want to Be a Librarian” Rebecca Angel 2010
“Libraries Are the Cemeteries of Ideas” Tinsel Teeth 2010
“Library Rock” Maynoe & Howie 2010
“Library Pictures” Arctic Monkeys 2011
“Dewey Decimal Rap” Melvil Dewey 2011
“I Love My Library” Lunch Money 2012
“Library Girl” Reina del Cid 2012
“The Library Song” David Llywelyn Brown 2012
“Sexy Librarian” Luther Red 2012
“The Librarians Are Hiding Something” Swingin’ Utters 2012