Submitted by drkluscious.
“All sounds made with a microKORG, monotron DELAY, and my trusty domestic shorthair (special calico variant).”
We are quite fond of the Monotron Delay, too.
Category: Cats
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Military Cats
Instead of a cat-and-synth picture on this Memorial Day, we thought we would lead with a cat-and-tank pic:
[Photo by unclebumpy on Flickr. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).]On a serious note, cats have a long history of military service. Many military cats served on board ships as mascots or working cats (i.e., helping control rodents) or both. Pooli served on board a US attack transport during World War II.
[Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]There is also Pfc Hammer, an Iraqi kitten adopted by American soldiers. Hammer served with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division in Iraq and ultimately came to live in Denver with Staff Sgt. Rick Bousfield.
[Image via US Department of Defense website.]Pets are often left behind by soldiers who deploy to wars, including the current war in Afghanistan. There are organizations, like Pets for Patriots in Hawaii, that help find foster homes to care for military pets during deployment. Here we see a cat named Fancy getting ready to go to a foster home while her military humans are away.
[By The U.S. Army (Pets of Patriots) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]Finally, we encourage readers to visit our article on the Presidio Pet Cemetery here in San Francisco. We visited the site last Memorial Day.
The dismantling of Doyle Drive is occurring right over the site at the moment so it is closed, but we hope to visit again soon.
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Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Reading the Paper
A typical weekend morning features coffee, the newspaper, and Luna. Here is what it often looks like from my perspective.
I don’t think Luna cares in particular about Senators McCain and Rubio, but she does like attention, especially when I am nearby but not paying attention to her. (One could probably say the same thing about the politicians featured in the news.)
I have also grown quite accustomed to reading my newspaper on the iPad. A sign of the times.
The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at the Tuxedo Gang Hideout
And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.
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CatSynth pic: Jupiter and TR-707
The aptly named Jupiter poses with a Roland TR-707 drum machine.
Via kittykhole on Tumblr, reblogged from the “synth cats” group there.
If you are on Tumblr, we encourage you to follow us there at CatSynth Express. Because you can’t have too many blogging and social networks…
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CatSynth pic: Cat & Plush Minimoog (softmachines)
Via matrixsynth and Endai Hüdl.
“i always love happy customer photos!
this cat is called moog and lives in Madrid.”More on softmachines pillows here.
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Weekend Cat Blogging: The Cat Museum of San Francisco
Those who follow our Facebook page are often treated to pictures of noted individuals with cats on their birthdays, courtesy of the Cat Museum of San Francisco. (And if you don’t follow us on Facebook, this is one more reason that you should!) It turns out that the Cat Museum of San Francisco does exist in the real world as well as online. While they don’t have a permanent “museum” space, they do have pop-up exhibits from time to time. I had the opportunity to see one of these at Sunday Streets in the Mission back in April.
The exhibit featured numerous cat-related prints in a variety of styles. It was veritable catnip for someone who loves both art and cats.
The Cat Museum of San Francisco “is dedicated to exploring the relationship between people and their feline friends.” According to their website:
We are a brand new 501(c)(3) non profit organization established in the Fall of 2010. Our goal is to create a facility here in San Francisco where we can collect, exhibit and interpret objects, related to the Cat.
Visit www.catmuseumsf.org for more information and online exhibits. We at CatSynth certainly hope this project continues to grow.
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CatSynth pic: Rumble Sumthin’ (Serge Modular)
Via matrixsynth.
“”All CGS SERGE Modular, + HexInverter.net NIENOHNIEN Kick. NO Computador! Live take single pass recording.”
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CatSynth pic: Mister Kitty turns 4
Mister Kitty returns to CatSynth, this time posing with a TB303 clone.
As one can tell from the photo, Mister Kitty was celebrating his fourth birthday. We at CatSynth were on hand to celebrate with him!
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