Tag: cat

  • Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt: Electric

    This weekend we at CatSynth sing the body electric (with apologies to Walt Whitman) and present another combined Weekend Cat Blogging and Photo Hunt.

    Electricity and electronics are a central part of our existence:

    Luna poses with an electric guitar, cables and our Mr. Echo delay pedal. Below we see Luna posing with another of our electronic devices, a Korg Kaos Pad:

    Electricity permeates not only our music but art as well. Here we see a piece entitled Reflective by artist Roy Forest. It contains a red neon light running the length of bamboo tube.

    For WCB, note the Suzhou cat and maneki neko on the shelf about the sculpture.

    It’s interesting how there is a black and red theme throughout the images in this post. I only noticed that after completing it. It has a suggestion of fire to it, and fire and electricity have a strong connection.

    More electricity. This morning, we were awakened by a large electrical storm with loud thunder and flashes of lightening. It’s a remarkable coincidence, as thunderstorms are quite rare in San Francisco. They lasted most of the morning, and some neighborhoods lost electricity. Our area was not affected by the outages, and in the end things just got a little damp.


    Weekend Cat Blogging is hosted by our friends LB and Breadchick at The Sour Dough. We know they will appreciate the audio and music gear featured in this article.

    Photo Hunt #178 at tnchick features the theme of electric, with the prototype image being an electric guitar.

    Kashim, Othello and Salome are hosting the Carnival of the Cats this Sunday.

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • Three Keyboard Cat Moon

    Submitted by fellow Reconnaissance Fly band-member Bill Wolter, the Three Keyboard Cat Moon T-Shirt:

    You can see the some of the Keyboard Cat videos here and here.

    You can also visit the original Keyboard Cat site.

  • CatSynth pic: Millie and Polysix

    From Russ, via matrixsynth:

    “Our 4-month old cat, Millie, ticking the ivories on a friend’s Polysix I’m fixing.”

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Luna and mouse

    This weekend we have a video of Luna playing with one of her mouse toys.

    She can get quite intense in her play. It is a delight to watch.


    Visit Mind of Mog for Weekend Cat Blogging.

    The Carnival of Cats will be happening this Sunday at Artsy Catsy.

    The now monthly Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will be hosted by Kashim, Othello and Salome.

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Woody, Keyboard Cat

    From Cardigan Lane on flickr, via matrixsynth:


    “Woody chilling out with the Yamaha CS01.”

    From the comments on matrixsynth:

    Hey guys, that cat is my little friend Woody.
    He’s a Bengal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_cat

    A very cool little guy, a little crazy but lots of fun. He belongs to my friends. He is actually my friends cat, whenever I crash on their couch I usually wake up with him sleeping on my legs.

    He got a little freaked out by the CS1… once I turned it on and started playing some keys from it, he didn’t find it such a great pillow any more and started attacking the speaker. He didn’t have any problem with the casio CT310 we were also fooling around with, so I guess I should have named him Casio Cat!

  • CatSynth video: cat massage

    YouTube via lactatingwalrus, as seen on matrixsynth

    “when to cat massage? whenever!”

    I am of course reminded by this catsynth video from a couple of weeks ago.

  • CatSynth video: Kittysleep Roland SH-101

    Another video this Friday: Kittysleep on Roland SH-101 via matrixsynth.

    From organfairy on YouTube.

    “Lately I have been transferring some of my old tapes to my computer and one of the tapes was a collection of original melodies I made in 1994. At that time I had just got my first two professional instruments: The Roland SH-2000 and the Roland CR-1000 – in fact this is the first melody I ever recorded using the CR-1000. The other sounds are made on toy keyboards: Bontempi KS3400, Kawai MS-20, and the bass was played on a CASIO SA-3 runned through a Boss OC-2 pedal.”

  • CatSynth pic: Daysleeping (Summertime catsynth)

    From Ran Kirlian on flickr:

    Working flow at The Blue_Room during summer days

    From top to bottom:
    Clavia Nordrack 2x,DSI Evolver, Doepfer System, Frodo & Alesis Ion (covered)

    An appropriate image as summer slowly winds down.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: A triangle of light

    This weekend, we have Luna basking in a triangular patch of light.

    It reminded me of some of the architectural photos I have been taking, both the triangular shape and the stone surface. And it has a feeling of emptiness, though things can never be too empty with a playful cat.


    Weekend Cat Blogging #220, is being hosted by Salome, at Paulchen’s Foodblog?!. This is no small feat as Astrid is away, but she is getting help from some of her human and feline friends.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Mind of Mog.

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.