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  • 2013, The Transformative Year

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    Once again, it’s time for our traditional end-of-the-year image at CatSynth.   The past couple of years have all been good, rich, full, and sometimes complicated.  But 2013 has been particularly significant, certainly one that I will long remember.  As the title says, it has been a transformational time on multiple dimensions for me, indeed it has touched almost every aspect of my being.  There will be more to say on that in the coming days. Music and art have been going very well, too, and one of the main challenges of this coming year will be to build on the successes of this past year but in a more directed way.  If that sounds vague, it’s because I haven’t quite figured it out yet.

    For Luna, things pretty much are the way the always are.  Such is the life of a contented house cat.  And we wouldn’t have it any other way.

    Thanks to everyone who reads and supports this project, whether here at the blog, on Facebook, or through the many personal friendships that grown from here.  You are all what makes this work worthwhile!

  • CatSynth pic: Skye the Bad Cat

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    From Skye the Bad Cat on Facebook.  We don’t know if Skye is actually a bad cat or not.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Holiday Break

    So this is mostly how Luna and I spent our two-day Christmas break.

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    Relaxation and comfort was the primary agenda. I didn’t even keep up the tradition of going out for Chinese food.

    We hope you all had a good holiday as well, however you choose to spend it! And if you haven’t had a chance to check out last weekends SF SPCA holiday windows post, we recommend that you do so.

  • CatSynth pic and video: Zafo the Sub Phatty Cat

    CatSynth pic and video: Zafo the Sub Phatty Cat

    From Jonh Wei-Haas and our friends at Moog Music, Inc., we present Zafo, the Sub Phatty Cat.

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    By now, we’ve all seen Keyboard Cat. In the original video from 1984, a cat named “Fatso” plays a decade-approriate jam on his electronic keyboard. Nearly 30 years and 30 million views later, we have a successor to the Keyboard Cat throne. Armed with only a Moog synthesizer and plento of gusto, “Zafo” the Sub Phatty Cat treats his audience to 53 seconds of incredibly decade-appropriate jams in the video below.

    For more videos by John Wei-Haas, please visit his YouTube page.

  • CatSynth pic: Oberheim

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    From Rob Robinson via Facebook.

  • CatSynth pic: synthesizer+cat = combo

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    From Sensy-Sequency on Tumblr Cute Boys with Synths.

    Anyone want to identify the synth? 🙂

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Belated Birthday

    Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Belated Birthday

    Luna Birthday Card

    Finally, we have a free morning, so we are celebrating Luna’s birthday two weeks late. But we’re having fun, and Luna is enjoying getting a bit wasted on catnip. She also received a birthday card from a dear friend of ours.

    After a short time, Luna went to sit contentedly in one of her favorite morning spots, under the glass. I am quite happy with this photo (snapped with my iPhone) that captures Luna’s natural beauty in an abstract setting.

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    While you’re here, please check out my report from my performance at Spectrum last month in New York. It even has a feline bit at the start.

  • Wordless Wednesday: I Kitty NY (Spring Street)

    I Kitty NY (Spring Street)

  • Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Homecoming

    Weekend Cat Blogging with Luna: Homecoming

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    The recent New York trip officially came to an end when I brought Luna home on Thursday. Changing locations is always a bit disorienting for her, but she quickly readjusted to her familiar home surroundings. She has also been very attached, looking for every opportunity to cuddle in my lap or at least sit next to me.

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    Yes, I do need to finish unpacking. It’s actually been quite busy since I returned, including a late-night gig with Surplus 1980 on Thursday and a show tonight with Reconnaissance Fly in Sacramento. But after that things calm down quite a bit. So we will have a proper but belated celebration for Luna’s birthday next week. Meanwhile, she is getting all the comfort and cuddles I can provide.

    tillie_2204Finally, a sad note. We were heartbroken last week to hear about the passing of our friend Tillie. Tillie was from the kitty clan in Nova Scotia that also shared Mickey with us, and their mom has been one of our big supporters here at CatSynth. We often noted back and forth how much Tillie and Luna looked alike. We send the whole family our deepest sympathies for their loss.

  • CatSynth pic: Carmel and Doepfer Mixtur-Trautonium

    CatSynth pic: Carmel and Doepfer Mixtur-Trautonium

    And we’re back, with more cats and synths!

    Carmel and Doepfer Mixtur-Trautonium.

    Submitted by William Blakeney, via our Facebook page.

    “Carmel, our Bengal kitty-cat with her Doepfer Mixtur-Trautonium…We have a deal that she only chews the grey cables, not the blue or the red.”