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  • Weekend Cat Blogging 301: A Sad Day

    March 11 was a sad day.

    It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our friend Mickey.

    As mentioned earlier this week, he fell very ill and passed away on Friday. He (through his mom) first visited us in late 2007, and they have been regulars on our site ever since, as likely to comment on experimental music shows and photography as Luna’s feline antics. And in turn, we enjoyed getting to know them better through their site. Our thoughts go out to Mom Nancy and the rest of the family today.

    We have been closely following the tragic events in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. Images such as these are heartbreaking, and our thoughts are with the people of Japan right now. While every year brings multiple huge disasters, when it happens somewhere you have visited or affects people you know, it hits harder.

    Our friends at Cats of Wildcat Woods have compiled a list of relief organizations. The Red Cross is always a good place to start, and now you can donate via text messages.

    There is no information currently on Tashirojima, or “Cat Island”, which is off the eastern coast of Japan in Miyagi Prefecture, near epicenter of the earthquake and tsunami, but the fear is that the island was lost.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #301 is hosted by Pam at Sidewalk Shoes.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Two Little Cavaliers.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Yamaha CS 10 Synthesizer

    Via matrixsynth.

  • Thoughts for Mickey

    We are posting this for our friend Mickey. He and his mom (who famously feeds him one blade of grass at a time) are regular visitors to this site and have been very supportive over the past couple of years.  Mickey’s health has taken a serious turn for the worse in recent days.   He and and is family are in our thoughts.

  • IWW General Strike Poster

    Saw this poster on BoingBoing:

    Hugh Electronic sez, “The I.W.W. hired Eric Drooker to design posters for a general strike which he is told, now appears imminent in Wisconsin. The Industrial Workers of the World asked him to design versions in Spanish and Arabic, for international solidarity.”

    I doubt that general strike is actually imminent in Wisconsin, but one has to admire that poster. Of course, we love black cats, and black and red is great color combination.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging #300: Return to Normal

    Luna looks on at the jumble of furniture, on which the dotara is sitting post performance.  I actually like the geometric formation of the tables pushed together during the construction, and the contrast of the curved musical instrument.

    The big concert is now over and done. It mostly went quite beautifully, except for one technical flaw that disrupted the final piece (more on this in a later post).  The construction is also now done.  So we are looking forward to life at home returning to normal.

    We now have the time and opportunity to put the apartment back together, and do those mundane but necessarily things that make up normal life. Oh, and to relax and enjoy a little down time.  At least until the next big creative project begins.  I think we will be starting on Tuesday.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #300 is hosted by Mog and Meowza at Mind of Mog. Like us, they seem a bit dazed.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted tomorrow by Nikita and Elivra at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth video: Cats hip-hop jam

    From alkexinstruments on YouTube, via matrixsynth:

    “Mr Kitty and Bessie Jamming on the Alkex instruments minimoog midi controller. Get yours at www.alkex.com”

  • CatSynth pic: Juno 106

    Submitted by Mieke via facebook.

    “young female cat near several synths.”

    If you have your  own cat-and-music pictures, please submit them to us via facebook, twitter @catsynth, or contact us.

  • CatSynth pic: Cat and Rhodes

    From suitandtieguy on an old thread on Muff Wiggler’s forum.

    Some of the photos have appeared here before, but some have not. I am pretty sure this is one that hasn’t.

    Can anyone identify the synths and other gear between the Rhodes and the cat?

  • Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt: Silhouette

    This week’s Photo Hunt theme is silhouette, which is something that often happens with photos of Luna by chance if not by intention.

    It is often a product of Luna’s black fur that the lighting extremes at CatSynth HQ.  But it can lead to interesting results.  I like the contrast of Luna’s black silhouette to the bright chrome and glass reflections in this next photo:

    This was taken back on New Years Day.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #298 will be hosted by Samantha and Clementine at Life from a Cat’s Perspective.

    PhotoHunt 253 is hosted as always by tnchick. This week’s theme is Silhouette.

    Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at When Cats Attack!.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Diego and Befaco Slicer Prototype

    From comun y corriente, via matrixsynth:

    Googlish translation from matrixsynth:

    The other Diego had domestic problems that will prevent you bring your Spanish guitar, so you will be forced to play with this wild animal.

    And another picture from amstrad on flickr, featuring Kiska:

    Finally, an update from c+c via the comments on matrixsynth:

    ust a brief explanation of what was going on here… This was published a couple of days before our first Corrientazo, a concert featuring many musicians using compact synthesizers and DIY stuff. So we were announcing that Diego, from Befaco, was going to play with a prototype of their new Slicer / 8 step sequencer, to be released later this month (more info soon!).

    Then I heard news from Amstrad that he was no longer going to play spanish guitar + MFB 522 in the concert, because the cat ate the guitar! So he brought his DIY modular, from the Befaco workshops, instead; and played it via MIDI from his iPhone!”

    I would be curious to hear the iPhone + Befaco performance…