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Instead of posting a comic this week, I want to talk about video.By now, most of you have probably seen the Librarians Do Gaga video by a bunch of library school kids. And there are tons more videos by library students and librarians.Archivists, I think we can make a music video too. Go to http://groups.google.com/group/archives-music-video and request an invite if you are interested in helping with production. (Not just interested in watching–that part comes much later!)I humbly volunteer my services as a lyricist. You can listen to a sample of my work below, and I just finished the full lyrics for Archivists Do Gaga, which I think is a natural choice for our first video.Lyrics after the jump.Archives ParadiseAs I walk through the basement, far from natural lightI take a look at my life, and realize, it’s quite alright‘Cause I’ve been arranging and describing so longThat even the interns think that my mind is goneBut I ain’t never crossed a patron that didn’t deserve itEven for genealogists, I got no access restrict-ionsYou better watch how ya processin’and the fonds, keep respectin’Or you and your homies might be deaccessionedI really hate to leave but I gotta zoomI’ve got researchers waiting for me in the reading roomFool, I’m the archivist grad students wanna be likeWearing gloves, breathing dust,Red rot on my shirt frontBeen spending most our lives, living in an archives paradiseNo silverfish or mice, living in an archives paradiseA&#38;A gives good advice, living in an archives paradiseWho cares about inherent vice, living in an archives paradiseAgain a must read and a must hear!Link to blog entry with audio file