The Listening Lounge

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory and Clipse's Let God Sort 'Em Out. With no special guest this month, Tom & Ali take some time to mention some records and things they're thankful for, in the spirit of the season.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet and Nas' Illmatic. Margo (owner/operator of Barrier Beets AKA the Setlistninja) stops by to talk about the Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the Wu-Tang.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut record, and Rilo Kiley's More Adventurous. Ben from Darkstar Vinyl stops by to tell us why he loves The Grateful Dead's American Beauty.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Billy Joel's The Stranger and Panic! At The Disco's A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. Tom from Sea City Vintage stops by to talk about his favorite record in the Library's collection: Santana's self titled record.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Steely Dan's Aja and Brand New's Deja Entendu . Special guest and amazing author Hayley Krischer stops by to tell us about her favorite record in the Library's collection: Fiona Apple's When The Pawn.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on two instant pop classics: Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS and Charli XCX's Brat.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate each other on Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual and The White Stripes' White Blood Cells. Fashion Stylist Chris Banks stops by to tell us about his essential record in the library's collection...Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate each other on Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures and Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill . Author, music journalist, private detective and local legend Darren Paltrowitz drops by to talk about his essential album in the library's collection: Kiss' Alive II .

Join Ali & Tom for a very special episode where they interview the legendary Karl Groeger (owner and operator of Looney Tunes Record Store in West Babylon, New York) about all things vinyl. You won't want to miss it!

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on 311's self titled record and Kendrick Lamar's GNX. Brooke Dairman (Director of Professional Youth Theater) stops in to talk about her essential record in the library's collection: Nirvana's Nevermind.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on The Replacements' Tim and Elliott Smith's Either/Or. Melissa Aldewereld-Moss stops by to tell us about her favorite record in the Library's collection, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours .

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on R.E.M.'s Murmur and My Chemical Romance's Welcome to the Black Parade . Special Guest and owner of Felicia, Felicia Nicholas, stops by to tell us about her favorite record in the Library's collection: Mötley Crüe's Dr. Feelgood .

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Joe Jackson's Look Sharp! and Modest Mouse's The Lonesome Crowded West. Drew (curator of Long Beach Memes on Instagram) stops by to talk about one of his favorite records in the Library's collection: The Pixies' Doolittle.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Oasis' Definitely Maybe and Mac Miller's Swimming. Special Guest Chris Morgue (singer of the Frytes) joins us to talk about their favorite record in the Library's collection: The Rosedale's Once Upon A Season.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Weezer's Pinkerton. Special Guest Katie Mitchell stops by to talk about her favorite record in the collection: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Déjà Vu. Ali is horrified to have mistakenly identified this as Wilco's third album when it is in fact their fourth. She apologizes to 1999's Summertee...

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Pearl Jam's Ten and Built To Spill's Keep It Like a Secret. Special Guest and owner of Codfish Cowboy, Angela Skudin, stops by to talk about her essential record in the Library's collection, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate each other on Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and Chappell Roan's The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Featuring special guest and former bassist of Artificial Joy Club, Tim Dupont, talking about his favorite record in the Library's collection: The Clash's London Calling.

Join Ali & Tom as they educate each other on Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and Fiona Apple's When the Pawn! Featuring special guest and local musician Sam Goorland talking about his favorite record in the collection, Sublime's 40 oz to Freedom!

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on The Police's Zenyatta Mondatta and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly . Special Guest and owner of The Ivy, Rachel Byer, invites us to the store to talk about her favorite record the in the Library's collection, Green Day's Dookie .

Join Ali & Tom as they educate one another on Elvis Costello and the Attractions' Armed Forces and Tyler the Creator's IGOR . Special Guest and Listening Lounge Mural Painter, Danielle Vetter, stops by to talk about her favorite record in the library collection: Culture Club's Colour By Numbers.

Join Ali & Tom in a bonus episode where they talk about some of their favorite records to listen to on a rainy day + learn a little bit about a cool concept called "Neural Nostalgia"!

In this episode's Generation Education, Ali and Tom exchange their angsty teenage favorites Alice in Chains' 'Facelift' and Taking Back Sunday's 'Louder Now'. Alyssa, co-owner of the Women-owned Wave Culture Coffee Company, stops by to share a favorite, The Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Ready to Die'. Plus, we highlight new arrival's to the Library's Listening...

In this episode, we take a trip to High Fidelity Records in Amityville, New York to speak with owner Mark Sendik about his desert island disc - the classic Black Sabbath album "Paranoid." Tech librarian Phil Boccia pops in to wax poetic about his favorite band Rush and their seminal album "Moving Pictures."

In this week's "Generation Education," Ali introduces Tom to The Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" and Tom introduces her to "Madvillainy" from Madvillain. Sarah stops by to talk about one of her favorites, System of a Down's "Toxicity." Ali highlights some of the new vinyl in the Listening Lounge's collection.