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March 9, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Not on REX MANNING DAY! A Song List for The Bumps in the Road

March 9, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS   4 comments


I happen to be a devout devotee of the movie Empire Records. If you haven’t seen it, go do so.  I’ll wait.

If you didn’t notice, this film has a nice little cast that became famous.  The adults were the top billers, and while I love Debi Mazar, the teens are the ones who’s careers exploded after this movie.  Two went on to have starring roles on CSI: Miami.  One stars on The Mentalist.  One was in That Thing You Do, Sweet Home Alabama, and keeps racking up credits. One went on to be an elven princess in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.  One was Bridget Jones and got to say “You had me at Hello” to Tom Cruise back when he was sane.  


One of the *many* scenes that I love in this movie is where, after things just start to spiral down, Mark (with a K) comes running down the grand staircase, breaks the fourth wall and says, “We mustn’t dwell.  Not today.  It’s Rex Manning Day!”  Rex Manning day is my public code for when days just go completely wrong.  It’s on those days that I need music to pick me up, because I’ve lost my public face, and I can’t call in sick, and I just have to pull myself together.  So I have a list of songs that I use to pull me back from the doldrums and at least duct tape myself emotionally from the edge.  I sit in my car, blast as loud as I want, and sing my heart out until I feel better.  Or I play them in the library with the teens, and make them have an impromptu dance session.  These are my songs.  Share yours in the comments, and let’s get a kick butt list together for when we’re all having Rex Manning Days…

James Brown- I Feel Good
Katy Perry- Fireworks
Florence + The Machine- You’ve Got the Love
Fat Boy Slim- Weapon of Choice Fat Boy Slim – Praise You
P!nk- Raise Your Glass
Katrina and the Waves- Walking on Sunshine
Gloria Gaynor- I Will Survive
Three Dog Night- Joy To The World
Smash Mouth- All Star
Daft Punk- Harder, Faster, Stronger
AC/DC- If You Want Blood
Smashing Pumpkins- Today
Rolling Stones- Can’t Always Get What You Want
Jimi Hendrix Experience- All Along the Watchtower
Queen -Bohemian Rhapsody
The Beatles- Revolution

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Brittany @ The Book Addict's Guide says

    March 10, 2013 at 11:44 pm

    I saw this post and I was like NOOOO I hope I didn't miss Rex Manning day!! I loooove Empire Records. Good to know it's April 8th! LOL.

  2. Christie says

    March 11, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    I have a *very* bad habit of calling every day that sucks a Rex Manning Day… it's my internal code…. LOL

  3. Monica says

    March 13, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    My go-to song is “It Can't Rain All the Time,” by Jane Siberry. It's great when you're just feeling blah.

  4. Christie says

    March 16, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    A new song to check out! Brilliant!

    🙂 christie

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