Tag: cartoon

  • New Cartoon: Motto (Langston Hughes)

    New Cartoon: Motto (Langston Hughes)

    A new comic by J.B. based on a poem by Langston Hughes.

  • Mensa Cats: PhD in Literature

    Mensa Cats: PhD in Literature

    Mensa Cats: Padraic and PhD in literator

    Who says you can’t put that PhD in literature to good use?  In today’s Mensa Cats, we share but one example.

    By J.B. of Vacuum Tree Head.

  • Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters (Mensa Cat Monday)

    Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters (Mensa Cat Monday)

    Herbie Hancock's Headhunters

    After a long hiatus, we have a new cartoon from J.B. (aka Jason Berry) today.  This one features the story of Herbie Hancock’s transition to his funk band Headhunters, as related in his memoir Possibilities (by Herbie Hancock with Lisa Dickey).

  • CatSynth Pic: Guitar Pedal

    Guitar Pedal with Cats

    So that’s how a guitar pedal works! We knew it 😸

    Submitted by Polly Moller via Facebook, originally from the Pro Guitar Shop Collective’s FB page.

  • JoJo and Febbles: Vacation

    JoJo and Febbles return with an ode to ruined vacations. By J.B. of Vacuum Tree Head.

    And just as summer vacation season approaches…

  • Mensa Cat Monday: He Could Have Been a Contender…

    'Marlin' Brando

    Mensa Cat Mondays return, with a new comic by J.B. (Jason Berry of Vacuum Tree Head).

    He coulda been somebody…

  • Ides of March (or March of Ives)

    For the Ides of March, we present this take from the Mensa Cats.

    March of Ives

    This cartoon was created by J.B. (Jason Berry) of Vacuum Tree Head, who also shares Ides of March by John Cale and Terry Riley, from the album Church of Anthrax (1971).

    And finally, we share this classic from the band Ides of March.

    For a special treat, we recommend playing both tracks at the same time. 😺 🎶

  • Valentine’s Day with JoJo and Febbles

    JoJo and Febbles return with a special Valentine’s Day post! By J.B., Jason Berry of Vacuum Tree Head.

  • Mensa Cat Monday: All Tomorrows’ After Parties 2016

    Next Now Presents’ All Tomorrows’ After Parties is a three-day festival of music happening in Berkeley on Friday June 3 through Sunday June 5. Here is our video for the event, courtesy of Jason Berry (J.B.) of Vacuum Tree Head.

    Voice credits:
    Jason Berry…………Male Mensa Cat, Announcer
    Amanda Chaudhary…….Female Mensa Cat, Trump Duck

    I will be performing Friday night at 9:30PM as part of Vacuum Tree Head. We have a great new lineup and sound, and I am really excited about the direction of the band.

    I am also playing in two additional sets on Saturday June 4. At 5PM, I will be with Mika Pontecorvo and others in Lingua Incognita Project, and at 7PM I will debut one of my new bands, Census Designated Place (CDP) with guest Rent Romus. All three sets I am playing in will be funky!

    Please join us, not just for these sets for the rest of the performances as well. It’s going to be some great music for a great cause (all proceeds go to benefit local homeless action projects in the Bay Area).

  • Miles and Teo

    Miles and Teo

    Happy 90th birthday to our musical hero, Miles Davis!

    Cartoon by J.B.