Drums, Drum Circles, Drum Artists, and Drum Performances

Our latest display of books, DVDs, and CDs at the Circulation desk is dedicated to things percussion. It was created by Laura Coleman and Audrey Williams of Access Services.

Want to join the beat? Check out an instrument and blend into the rhythm. The library has smaller percussion instruments, such as finger cymbals, bongos, claves, wooden blocks, triangles, and more on the 2nd floor of the library in section CRC 786.95 M469 1990z . Need help finding them?  Ask Access Services Staff at the Circulation desk.

Here are some groovy websites about and by percussionists:

Drum Circle Magazine http://drumcirclemagazine.com/

Robert Mirabal http://www.robertmirabal.com/

Arthur Hull http://villagemusiccircles.com/about-vmc/

Mickey Hart https://www.mickeyhart.net/

STOMP http://www.stomponline.com/about.html

And a couple of percussion performances:

YouTube 06 Robert Mirabal Drum Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD7SzeYT5W8

YouTube Epic NAMM 2014 Drum Circle  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELAge-3Wio

Audrey Williams,

Access Services

Buy Nothing Day

"Walmart on Black Friday 2009" by Laurie is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Where will you be November 27th, the day after Thanksgiving, or as it’s known in the U.S., Black Friday? Waiting outside of a big box store for the perfect gift for yourself or others? Worried about adding to your credit card debt over the holidays, but feeling compelled to shop anyway? You know, you could be relaxing in your jammies at home, celebrating Buy Nothing Day. 

Buy Nothing Day is an international day of protest against over-consumerism, founded in 1992 by Canadian artist Ted Dave, and since promoted by AdBusters magazine

https://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd

You can find additional resources on the anti-consumerist movement at Albertsons Library:

Maxed Out [DVD] http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/105898709

Shop ‘til you drop: the crisis of consumerism http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/521099791

The Story of Stuff  [DVD] http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/188101868

Escape from Affluenza [DVD] http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/60502366

Affluenza: How overconsumption is killing us --and how we can fight back  [Ebook]   http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/867050543

What would Jesus buy? [DVD] http://boisestate.worldcat.org/oclc/236489931

Or, if you’d like to spend your time relaxing with some fiction, we have a Good Reads guide to all things fresh and fascinating in literature http://guides.boisestate.edu/goodreads. However you choose to celebrate your Thanksgiving holiday, we wish you all the best.

Audrey Williams,

Access Services