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  • Luna’s 5th Adoption Anniversary

    Today marks five years since I first brought Luna home from the Santa Cruz County animal shelter.  Time certainly does pass quickly.  We celebrate this anniversary (otherwise known as Luna’s “Gotcha Day”) with a look back at photographs from our five years together.

    Here she is back in 2005.

    and then in 2006

    and finally in 2007.

    That series of photos ends after we moved to San Francisco in 2008, but there is no shortage of images of Luna basking in sunlight.  Here she is in 2008 (outdoors):

    and 2009:

    and finally this year:

    (There are so many photos it can be hard to choose just one representative.)

    Our friends at the Cat Blogosphere made an announcement today along with this nice banner:

    Please join us in wishing Luna a “Happy 5th Gotcha Day!”

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #260: Close-ups

    For Weekend Cat Blogging, we present some new close-up portraits of Luna. These are inspired by the weekly Friday Close-ups” from our friends Mickey, Georgia, and Tillie.

    Close-up portraits are a practice I am still working on. These were done by just picking up the camera with its zoom lens and shooting – I would have opted for the fixed-width portrait, but with a cat you have to be ready to use whatever you have on hand.

    Here is another from the same series, in monochrome:

    For those who haven’t seen it yet, please check out my review of the Quickening Moon Concert which features a video of Luna. And we will be hosting the Carnival of the Cats tomorrow here at CatSynth.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #260 is being hosted this weekend by Nikita Cat.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up here tomorrow at CatSynth!

    And the friday ark is at the modulator.

  • Midnight Monday: Luna and fish

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Springtime on the Patio

    A slightly belated and mostly wordless Weekend Cat Blogging, with some new photos of Luna on the patio:

    It’s been an odd, very active, and somewhat melancholy weekend. Thus, we are a little late with WCB. But we think these photos are worth the wait.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #256 is at Mind of Mog.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted today by Nikita Cat

    The Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will be hosted this weekend by Meowza.

    And the friday ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Aki, Arp 2600 and modular

    Submitted by Phill Hendricks via facebook:


    [click photo to enlarge.]

    “That’s Aki, he’s on the Arp 2600. As for the modules, a little bit of everything- Metasonix, 4MS, Malekko/Wiard, Make Noise, The Harvestman, FoH, …. and even a little bit of Buchla in front of the 2600.”

  • CatSynth video: francesca in synth

    From FOCtv on YouTube:

    “auto-un-installation of girl-cat module”

    Among the cutest cat-and-synth videos I have seen so far 🙂

    Can anyone identify the any of the modules?
    (UPDATE: thanks to prophei for identifying the synthesizers.com modules)

    UPDATE: we actually featured Francesca back in 2007.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Roll

    Luna obliged with some cuteness for this photo series. She really is a fantastic photography model, when she chooses to be.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #243 is hosted this week by Jules and Vincent at Judi’s Mind Over Matter.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted on Sunday at Kashim, Othello and Salome.

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Mono Dexter and Gristleism

    From chris carter on flickr:

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Works of Art

    I managed to get this photo of Luna sitting in front of a ledge overlooking the downstairs. I think she matches the works of art on the wall quite well.

    Astute readers may recognize the large black painting from one of our reviews last October. See if you can pick out the artist.

    Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted this weekend by The Meezers.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up on Sunday at iMeowza.

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #231: at home in the studio

    A day when I was feeling mildly ill turned into an incredibly creative and productive day, including lots of time in the office/studio.

    Here we see Luna sitting on the ledge that borders the studio area. In the background one of our main workstations, with Pro Tools running on the computer, and the trusty E-MU Proteus 2000 module off to the side (it’s back in its rack after the recent Reconnaissance Fly performance). One of several photographs by our friend Luxe hangs in the back.

    The studio ledge is the highest point in CatSynth HQ, which makes it attractive to cats. There is also another workspace against the ledge where I often sit, so she likes to be nearby.

    Note that the duck is actually musical instrument that I have used in several live shows :).

    I do sometimes feel a little nervous when Luna gets up the ledge, given how high it is above the floor below. But I am putting my faith in her feline balance and dexterity. Eventually she comes done into the space itself to curl up for a nap, often on her favorite beanbag chair:

    Weekend Cat Blogging #231 is being hosted by Diamond and Tristan over at digicats. Do check out their cool graphic featuring another black cat with green eyes and a human “cat woman” companion.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be going to Nikita’s Place this Sunday.

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.