Cats these days.

Cat, ever since you got that Gameboy all you do is play Nintendogs. Don't you want to play feather with me anymore? You've changed.

Everyone is leaving I'm still with you

I'm really so fond of The Concretes Victoria Bergsman voice, she gifts it to Stockholm's Peter Bjorn and John and takes this song to bongo level 9.


As seen and heard on Gorilla vs. Bear Blog

Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks

Delco Cat Toys

Will Ferrell why you so funny

Will Ferrell deals in the high pressure world of cat toys.



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you're floating safely in the way you do

A few days ago in Toronto, J.Mascis and Broken Social Scene joined forces for a benefit show billed as Broken Mascis Scene.

Footage of "Get Me' with an appearance from white jeans Feist



I brake for Dinosaur Jr.'s "Water" from the LP Green Mind

Dinosaur Jr. - Water

Bring Back Mike Johnson

Do you have four minutes to party with Japanese Cat Song.

"A chorus of Japanese children provide the catchy soundtrack to this cute montage of kitty cat antics. "

There are some pretty great clips within this 4 minute video,including the infamous "Ping-Pong playing cat", " Take a shower in the kitchen sink cat", "Hey, look at me I'm a box head cat" and "I wear my sunglasses to sleep cat"

Bought the Cigarettes

I've been desperate to digitally convert my Evergreen Seven Songs LP forever, but am technologically stunted.

Seven Songs is one of my most prized records.

Swoon blog has MP3's of the LP and here's a fan myspace site I just discovered

Listen especially to "Eric and the Digger Blue", which was one of my teen anthems.

Cat has no comment about misadventure

"Tom, a one-year-old black cat, loves to snoop around. Last Tuesday, he snooped his way into a hole that led him underneath his house. Unfortunately for Tom, that same day, workers were pumping cement into those holes to fill them in, and unknowingly trapped him underneath the garage floor. "

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Belle, pack up your toys... America has spoken

The first cat-testant in the Meow Mix House challenge has been voted out of the house, America said No to Belle and we're not surprised...this was what Belle wrote on her blog this past Thursday "Living in the house with nine other cats is really getting on my nerves!" I have no privacy, no free time."

We sent our Senior New York Meow House Correspondent to file a report live from Madison Ave.

"I talked to this guy who worked there for a long time and he said Jo was winning on the internet. He was like "On the net Jo's ahead but here she doesnt do anything so we're all like "why?"'"

Overheard while watching the cats:

girl 1: what is that? meow mix cat house? huh?
girl 2: ughhhhhh! I hate cats.


Episode One of Meow Mix House

Oh Little Lion (an understatement)

I've been reading about Caetano Veloso lately, mostly because of Cibelle recetly covering his song "London, London". Besides the entirety of Domingo the record he made with Gal Costa, the song "O Leaozinho" is my essential Veloso, one of the prettiest songs ever written.

Caetano Veloso - O Leaozinho
Gal Costa with Caetano Veloso - Que Pena (from her solo record Gal Costa)

The 1900's are so 1996

Chicago's The 1900's

It's not a crime to sound Stuart Murdoch'ish if you can write a pretty song.

The 1900's - Whole Of The Law

Don't give up John A. Cynic, here's one with a female lead.

The 1900's - Bring the Good Boys Home

"I'm from South Jersey, so I don't take any crap from a cat."

In March I posted the story about the the so-called "Terrorist of Sunset Circle", Lewis the Cat. The "ferocious feline terrorized a quiet Fairfield neighborhood", causing the neighbors to place a restraining order on the cat. "The cat's long claws and stealth have allowed it to attack at least a half-dozen people and ambush the Avon lady." Lewis's plight has inspired a myspace page and a merchandise store


Here's an update

"A state judge spared the life of alleged neighbor-assaulter Lewis the cat on Tuesday, but ordered that he remain inside his owner's Fairfield home at all times.

The Best Friends Animal Society of Kanab, Utah, had also offered to take Lewis free of charge. The cat sanctuary can accommodate about 600 cats in climate-controlled bungalows and has specialists who know how to handle cats with behavior problems. Lewis would be no threat to the public in Utah because the sanctuary's closest neighbor is Denny's Wigwam, a curio shop about four miles away.

The owner of the shop, Victor Sandonato, said he has already been warned that Lewis might be moving to his neighborhood. "I live with a cat just like Lewis, and I live with danger every time I go home at night," he said, adding, "I'm from South Jersey, so I don't take any crap from a cat.""

The Magic Mailbox

Any film that starts with a Clientele song is most likely going to be excellent...The Lake House, I loved it. Seriously. Time Travel, Romance, Magic Dog, can it get any better, NO. Two polydactyl paws up.

Anyway check out some of these romantic songs from the romantic soundtrack to the romantic movie.

The Clientele - (I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine
Carole King - It's Too Late
Paul McCartney - This Never Happened Before


The Lake House Korean Style

Psyched! Folk part IV

The New York Times discovers "Freak Folk", yesterday's article Summer of Love Redux


The best use of photoshop ever.

Previous post: Psyched! Folk III

"Hey Marky Buddy"

Oh, you really like the new Sonic Youth too!

NPR's Live Concert Series has yesterday's Sonic Youth/Washington D.C show.

The best part, favorite Pavement Mark Ibold is playing bass.

Listen in Real Audio or Windows Media

Not announced yet but in San Francisco Sonic Youth are playing a July 14th show at the Fillmore sans Pearl Jam.

Cat plays Bongos

Party Cat II

"Sleeping Kitty Making Biscuits"



Cute Overload is priceless

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The Funky Chanken

Chan Marshall ain't gonna win any dance prizes




Cat Power on David Letterman last night.

Good Work Mr. & Mrs. Argent

The Zombies "Tell Her No" is in my top 5 favorite songs ever recorded and Rod Argent whose birthday is today wrote it.

As recorded by Juice Newton it slips way down there.

The Zombies - Tell Her No
Juice Newton - Tell Her No

Hairdresser on Fire!

Let's hear it for Wig Rock

The Real World

"Ten cats in search of owners will spend the next 10 days in a New York store window, their every move caught on camera for a reality TV show on which they will compete for best sleeper and mouse-catcher... Enjoying their final day of obscurity on Monday, the cats seemed unfazed by attention from visiting media -- most of the cats were asleep on the set, which will be unveiled to the public on Tuesday. A cat named Sam, from Dallas, Texas, stood guard on the home's welcome mat while Romeo, a Los Angeles native, lazily stretched out his six-toed paws before swatting a toy."

The Reuters Article

The MeowMix House website

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Researchers At Keith Moon Institute Destroy Institute

Doyle Redland Reporting

Make It So

Somebody dressed their cat up as Star Trek's Captain Picard, their therapist says its good for their relationship

Some funny person touched up the photo

"Architecture in Helsinki is a great band but there are too many on stage so i shot myself in the head"

This gentleman was working on a series of shorts entitled 'How To Film Live Music', this really kicks in during the 30 second mark.

Cat 1, Bear 0 In New Jersey

A black bear picked the wrong New Jersey yard for a jaunt earlier this week, running into a territorial tabby who ran the furry beast up a tree — twice.

Jack, a 15-pound orange-and-white cat, keeps a close vigil on his property, chasing small animals when he can, but his owners and neighbors say his latest escapade was surprising.

"We used to joke, 'Jack's on duty,' never knowing he'd go after a bear," cat owner Donna Dickey told The Star-Ledger of Newark for Friday's newspapers.

Neighbor Suzanne Giovanetti first spotted Jack's accomplishment after her husband saw a bear climb a tree on the edge of their northern New Jersey home's back yard on Sunday. Giovanetti thought Jack was simply looking up at the bear, but soon realized the much larger animal was afraid of the hissing cat.

After about 15 minutes peering down at the cat from the tree, the bear descended and tried to run away, only to have Jack chase it up another tree.

At this point Dickey, who feared for her cat, called Jack back home and the bear scurried back to the woods.

"He doesn't want anybody in his yard," Dickey said.



A.P Story

Ich love Katzchen

"Take every precaution you can in Germany this summer with your get-out-of-trouble-quick t-shirt. To avoid being arrested or truncheoned by an angry German Polizeiman, simply turn your get-out-of-trouble-quick t-shirt inside out and, quicker than you can say "But I'm just an innocent bystander officer," you'll be transformed from a devoted and loyal England footie fan into a passive German cat lover. "

Get Out Of Trouble Quick Tee

LofT live

Some nice live footage of Montreal's Land of Talk performing the song "Sea Foam", which I like very much.

I'm tired.

the others

The Blogger site has been a mess these last few days, my first chance at posting...
One of the best records I discovered last year was Eux Autres's Hell Is Eux Autres, it's totally magic. The two of them are starting their U.S tour tonight in San Francisco, you really would be missing out if you didn't go see them play. You can be tired at work the next day on your work's time.

Eux Autres - The Things They Carried
Eux Autres - Ecoutez Bien

Jun 8 2006 The Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CA
Jun 10 2006 Hi-Dive Denver, CO
Jun 12 2006 The Goofy Foot Omaha, NE
Jun 13 2006 Big V's St. Paul, MN
Jun 14 2006 Schubas Chicago, IL
Jun 15 2006 Casbah Lounge Hamilton, Ontario
Jun 16 2006 Rancho Relaxo Toronto, Ontario
Jun 17 2006 L'Escogriffe Montreal, Quebec
Jun 19 2006 Soundlab Buffalo, NY
Jun 21 2006 Standard Tap Philadelphia, PA
Jun 22 2006 Pianos New York, NY

Can I rest my head on your Jason Lytle signed needlepoint cat pillow?

Someone on eBay is selling a bunch of stuff from that dude in Granddaddy who had a beard but now doesn't including his needlepoint cat pillow.

The bidding is currently at over $700 Dollars ! Who??

This time I'm a diamond

Today, I've been listening over and over to these two new songs from The Great Lakes.

Great Lakes - Diamond Times
Great Lakes - Farther

"Diamond Times" is the best use of a sax since the Dodgers in 82 .

Their new record will be out in the States this Sept on Empyrean Records and a few months earlier (July) in Europe on Track and Field

I'm looking forward to jamming it.

soul patrol

Tonight in baseball the fate of our souls will be decided.

The Angels of Los Angeles play against The Devil Rays of Tampa Bay, someone in baseball has a sense of humor.

Heathcliff and Tang

Read a story in today's SF Chronicle about the SF SPCA's SIDO program, they find new homes for orphaned pets.

Like Heathcliff:

"Small familiarities like that can make a big difference to a confused and distraught pet, said Louisa DeRosa, Sido's animal grief counselor. "Heathcliff here was so depressed when we got him," she said of a Sido cat currently up for adoption. "He'd put his face up against the wall and just stare at it." The Maine coon cat refused to eat, became anorexic and had to be hospitalized; his lifelong friend Tang, a Siamese mix, paced and cried, worrying about Heathcliff on top of dealing with the same loss, said DeRosa. Once she used the Sido tip sheets to ease their pain, the two cats, who can only be adopted together, needed only a few weeks to adjust to their new lives. It would have taken much longer without that information, DeRosa said."










Heathcliff and Tang

Trendy

Lily Allen is this year's Gnarls Barkley.



I love these songs

Lily Allen - LDN
Lily Allen - Knock Em Out

Christruction

Not only did Surishiloh Stevens play Sasquatch Festival last weekend, he also helped construct the stage and set up the lighting rigs.

Is that a bible in your back pocket or are you happy to see me?

Mr. Kibbles has a big middle toe for you Christopher Cortes

Maybe Mr. Kibbles will know better the next time he's looking for a litter box. Christopher Cortes, 33, and wife, Iris Zuckerman, 33, were sentenced Thursday to 100 hours and 50 hours of community service, respectively, for snatching the black cat from their neighbor's home and leaving him in the Everglades (15 miles away) in February 2005.

Police said Cortes was upset the cat used the back of his new pickup truck as a litter box.

Cortes, a firefighter, and his wife had pleaded no contest to petty theft and declined comment after the hearing.

"That's what they get for taking an innocent cat," said the cat's owner, 12-year-old Maggie Leonard.

Leonard said Mr. Kibbles made his way back to his home two weeks later. She said she's disappointed in the couple, who were close friends of the family, adding that firefighters should be saving cats from trees, not stealing them.

- Associated Press May 2006

Music and Movement and Beat and Happening

I wrote back in March about the Scottish band Music and Movement likening them to MBV and Felt. I finally got a copy of their album This is Music and Movement and while they do have elements of Felt and MVB I'm more reminded of the bands Opal and Beat Happening. Sometimes it's uncanny how the male vocalist channels his inner Calvin Johnson. I still don't know how I feel about the entire record yet but there are parts that I instantly liked and some I'll have to work on.

Their song "I Saw You" is one of the best singles I've heard all year.


Music and Movement - I Saw You
Music and Movement - Body Bags

Here's some Beat Happening from my favorite record of theirs You Turn Me On

Beat Happening - Hey Day
Beat Happening - Tiger Trap

Say Something New

I just posted the new Concretes video yesterday and now another one?
This couldn't wait, the video for "Seems Fine" from the 2004 album The Concretes

It's a David Lynch'ish The Concretes partying with Cats

Vetivermania

Stream the new Vetiver Album To Find Me Gone here

After a slight hesitation because of liking the first album so much, this record is really growing on me.

Jam this song, party bearded with beer:
Vetiver - Down at El Rio