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  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Cats of China

    This weekend, we visit the cats of my recently concluded trip to China.

    Suzhou is renowned for its silk. The climate is particularly suited to silkworm cultivation (though one would not think so given the freezing temperatures during this trip), and the city has long been a center for both production and craft. Cats are a common motif on the “two-sided” embroidered silk paintings of Suzhou:

    Outside the Suzhou Number One Silk Factory, I encountered this stray cat running through the parking lot.

    Cat in Suzhou, near the Number One Silk Factory

    In Shanghai, I saw this cat in a clothing shop on Dingxi Road:

    Dingxi Road is a commercial street in an outer neighborhood, not far from Zhongshan Park and completely devoid of foreigners. The shops that line the street cater to local residents, and the clothing shop where I encountered the cat was no exception. I think the shop’s owner was surprised and delighted to encounter a foreigner – and more surprisingly, a scruffy “white guy” – who was interested in cats. On the other hand, I think the cat was a bit annoyed by the attention and would prefer to sleep:

    Some things are the same everywhere.

    We are spanning continents, as Weekend Cat Blogging #190 hosted by Kashim at Paulchens FoodBlog in Vienna.

    In the far away state of Florida, Pet and the Bengal Brats host the Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos.

    The Carnival of the Cats will be hosted this weekend by the House Panthers (of which Luna is a member).

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Pallina and Solton Project 100

    From Davide, via matrixsynth:

    The synth under the cat is a pretty rare 12DCO Italian polysynth from the eighties [Solton Project 100]…. The cat is Pallina (little ball).

    The blue details on the synth and in the background fit perfectly with the site theme of CatSynth, do they not?

    From the same post, I also noticed this model from MFB:

    The Kraftzwerg from MFB, a pre-patched but completely re-patchable mono analog beast (3 osc, a beautiful double LFO and a very nice sounding 24db VCF). The Kraftzwerg is REALLY the assembly of the modules from MFB so you are not going to loose any of the modulation possibilities.

  • Midnight Monday: Cat in the Window

    No, this is not Luna. This black cat, featured in a holiday window display at Macy’s in San Francisco, did bear a strong resemblance.

    Macy’s and the San Francisco SPCA have a longstanding program that features adoptable animals (cats and dogs) in the store’s holiday window displays. You can find more info at the San Francisco SPCA site.

  • CatSynth video: Charles discovers the synthesizer

    From beatfreakradio on YouTube, via matrixsynth:

    “Charlie walks on the keyboard and runs away as soon as I press another key.”

  • CatSynth pic: Find the cat

    Submitted by morevi:


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    Hi!! greetings from Brazil! Check my cat Nina, sleeping behind a synth made in home

    Original photo on Flickr.

  • Midnight Monday: tired out

    Luna is exhausted after her first weekend home.

  • CatSynth pics: Modded Novation Xio and Clavia Nord Lead Rack 3

    From Andrew via matrixsynth:

    Check out more Cats on Tuesday.

  • CatSynth pic: Kitten on the Keys

    From chriswatkins on flickr, via matrixsynth.

    “Cosmo loves inserting hairs into delicate electronic equipment. (CameraPhone)”

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Birthday, Thanksgiving, and Encounters

    This week we celebrated a belated Thanksgiving and birthday with Luna, who is still boarding away from home.

    Luna’s birthday was on November 30, so it’s natural to combine with Thanksgiving. I brought her some leftover turkey from New York, some of which I accidentally dropped while taking it out. But that didn’t stop Luna from rushing over to enjoy it:

    Meanwhile, she is making friends with some of the other cats, including another black cat.

    It’s great to see her happy and making friends. And even though Luna had to celebrate her birthday and Thanksgiving away from home, we’re hopeful she’ll be back home in time for Channukah.

    We also mark the initial release of the new CatSynth website this weekend. All the original posts and comments are here, including many from our “CatSynth FEMA Trailer” site. I’m very happy with the new look and structure, it reflects our modernist and urban aesthetics. Feedback is welcome as we continue our work.

    Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted by Sir Tristan Tabby Cat Longtail at Tabbylicious.

    The Bad Kitty Cats of Festival of Chaos is being hosted this weekend by Samantha Black and Mr. Tigger.

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

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • hpnyc.org on the F train

    Yesterday while was in the F train in New York, a young blond man came through the crowded car soliciting donations. I would not have given him much notice, except that as he was carrying a small black cat, and supposedly collecting for an organization called “Homeless Pets NYC” with a website hpnyc.org. The URL will take you to a site that describes the person I saw and his black cat, and suggests that like most subway solicitations it’s a scam. Very sad.