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Some cats like to say hello

Author: Jason | 19 November 2007 | No comments
Categories: cats, humor, videos

Totally unrelated to bass (but that’s OK, there are still only 35 total cat posts out of nearly 2000 posts on this blog!), but this cat is awesome. I love talking cats. Related Posts: Cats listening to various styles of music My cats wake me up like this every single day My cats in their [...]

My cats wake me up this way every single day (!)

Author: Jason | 01 November 2007 | 1 comment
Categories: cats, humor, videos

Not even a whiff of double bass in this post, aside from the fact that so many bassists seem to have cats.  My wife Courtney sent me a copy of this extremely cute video last week, and after also getting a copy from Holly Mulcahy, I decided that it just had to go on the [...]

Orchestra Musicians = Zoo Animals

Author: Jason | 05 July 2007 | 2 comments
Categories: orchestra news

Violinist Holly Mulcahy (who has suggested many a good cat video for this blog) wrote an excellent post on The Partial Observer about how a career as a professional orchestra musician can make one feel like a zoo animal. Holly has been a member of several professional orchestras, including the Richmond Symphony and the Delaware [...]

The world’s worst cat video

Author: Jason | 23 June 2007 | No comments
Categories: cats, humor

I love posting about the kitties, although I try to keep it to a minimum. There have only been 26 posts about cats out of nearly 1200 posts, so I don’t think this is too bad a ratio. Anyway, this video definitely falls into the “so bad it’s good” category. It’s a montage of cats [...]

new footage of Nora the piano-playing cat

Author: Jason | 27 April 2007 | No comments
Categories: cats, videos

Violinist Holly Mulcahy recently sent me a link to this new, even cuter video featuring Nora the cat playing the piano. You can click here for the original video. The startling thing about these videos is how obviously Nora enjoys playing the piano. She is definitely communicating with humans through the instrument. Also, she really [...]

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