After being closed since a flood on Thanksgiving weekend, the Ferndale Public Library finally reopened this week.
I don't say this because I think that Ferndale is the capital of all that is hip in Michigan. This is noteworthy because the Ferndale Public Library has the best collection of local music that I know of. What other library would have The Silent Years, The Hard Lessons, Great Lakes Myth Society, Lightning Love, The Oscillating Fan Club, Old Empire, Darling Imperial, Deastro, and Zoos of Berlin?
In related news, they're offering a general amnesty for any overdue material until March 7. So now would be a good time to return that copy of Clockwork Orange that you failed to bring back when you were 15.