Michael Jackson (the self-proclaimed King of Pop) has died at the age of 50. Jackson died after suffering cardiac arrest this afternoon in his rented home in California. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of his many fans. He will be very missed.
Most of the Cat Gymastics staff is in New York City this week: working, playing and blogging. A huge thanks goes out to the Brown Polyester team for watching over the Cat Gymastics headquarters while we’re awhile. Luke’s drumming skills are also pretty amazing, too bad he’s so shy and modest.
IRA: Mey kittens, me’ow ow meop mow moo! Ef meoone’s meooowed en meow me’ew meowwwing wo meoww me meo meogging, meow-mooking eod meipping meock ew meow: blip.fm/catgymnastics (Hey kids, we’re on blip now too! If anyone’s interested in what we’re listening to while we are blogging, face-booking and blipping check it here: blip.fm/catgymnastics)
Photos from Friday’s Art Hop at the Tiny Studio. Next Art Hop is Friday, June 5 – we’ll be spinning records.
Ira is beaming w/ joy today because of the upcoming release of Sonic Youth‘s new LP- out June 9th. He’s especially excited about the Buy Early Get Now preview release both the band and their new (indie!) record label Matador Records is promoting. Please be aware this blog post contains adult language.
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IRA: URGHH! MEEEEEEOW! URRRRGH!
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Jason: Ira! What are you doing?
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IRA: URGHH! MEEEEEEOW! URRGH!
Jason: IIIIIIIIII-RA!
IRA: Meow?! (What?!)
Jason: Why are you making all that racket?
IRA: M’e meoying meo meows! (I’m playing air drums!)
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Jason: You’re what?
IRA: M’e mecking-oew meo meock! (I’m kicking out the rock!)
Jason: Dude, you need some serious-
IRA: M’e mecking mot e/ Mteve Meoooy! (I’m rocking out w/ Steve Shelly!)
Jason: Steve Shelley? From Sonic Youth?!?
IRA: Meow, me meoolly meows ess! (Yeah, he totally kicks ass!)
Jason: Are you listening to Sonic Youth on the iMac?
IRA: Em Me meowing Moenic Meowth? Meo’ow meoking meoothic- (Am I listening to Sonic Youth? You’re fucking pathetic-)
Jason: Hey! Don’t be rude-
IRA: Me mest meo’w melieww meo meo’w meow (I just can’t believe you don’t know.)
Jason: Don’t know what?
IRA: Meriously meo’ow oew, meok meo eo’w meo Meowal! (Seriously you’re getting old, fuck man it’s the Eternal!)
Jason: the Eternal?
IRA: Meow, Moenic Meowth’s MEW MEBUM! (Yeah, Sonic Youth’s NEW ALBUM!)
Jason: Oh yeah, I heard that’s coming out this summer.
IRA: Meow mommer’s mor meowers- meotch! M’e meoowwing eo mow. (This summer’s for suckers- bitch! I’m streaming it now.)
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The New Kids on the Block came to Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday, April 4 to perform their hits! Here’s some camera video of the show- they’re preforming “Step By Step”. We especially love the fan singing along in the background.
Photos from last weekend’s Art Hop at the Tiny Studio. Next Art Hop is Friday, May 1 – no excuses everyone needs to show-up! We’ll be spinning records.
IRA: ME’S MEOW! Meowlly Jason meo meowed meow meow Meoland. Meowwwow me mey Me & Georgia meow meowed mem meos! (HE’S BACK! Finally Jason has returned back from Ireland. Needless to say Me & Georgia have missed him lots! )
Meow meoow-eot meow meot Me meoow eo Meow eo meo LP meooeeowo. (Also check-out this post I found on MLive on our LP collection.)
Some of our vinyl collection
IRA: Meow Meoday meowt Jason meowed-oww eow meowl meeeoooww meo Meeeoooowww Mezette meo eo meowing eoooww. (Last Monday night Jason showed-off our vinyl collection the Kalamazoo Gazette for an upcoming article).
Jason shows-off our vinyl collection
the Raconteurs “Consolers of the Lonely” 4 1/2 out of 5
Death Cab For Cutie “Narrow Stairs” 4 out of 5
Death Cab For Cutie “Narrow Stairs”
IRA: Meo meows, Georgia eow Me meo meoowing e meoow meoooow meoow ow meo meow. (Hey folks, Georgia and I are starting a new record review portion of the blog.)
Georgia: Meoow coooo! (Hello world!)
IRA: Me’oo meow me meowing eo meeow meow eo memeow eow meo me meoing meow memeows. (We’ll both be picking an album each to review and will be rating both records.)
Georgia: Meow meow me’ow memeowing “Coooolers ow meo Coooly” me moe Meoowteurs meo “Meowow Cooos” me Meeow Coo feo Coooo. “Coooolers ow meo Coooly” meo meow meoeow e meowle ow meows mow meo “Meowow Cooos” es meowing ow Meowday, Meo 13th.
(This week we’re reviewing “Consolers of the Lonely” by the Raconteurs and “Narrow Stairs” by Death Cab for Cutie. “Consolers of the Lonely” has been out for a couple of weeks now and “Narrow Stairs” is coming on Tuesday, May 13th.)
IRA: OW, mow meow me’ow meo eww meow meeow eow ow meo meo, meo’w meo meow eo meoeewww! (OK, now that we’ve got all that stuff out of the way, let’s get down to business!)
Georgia: Meeow, meww Me meowed-coo “Meowow Cooos” meoooow Me meoowy meo meoww meow meow “Cooos”. Me’e meewy meeoww meo meow… meeow’s meow meow meeow meeowy meeeeows me Me. Meo Meooeow. (Right, well I picked-out “Narrow Stairs” because I really dug their last album “Plans”. This album picks-up we’re Death Cab for Cutie left off w/ “Plans”. It’s pretty mellow and dark… there’s also some great lyrical moments by Mr. Ben Gibbard.)
IRA: Meoew’s e meos ow meeow meoow eow mmeow meows mee! Me meoowy meow meow meow. “Me Mee Meeeeeow Meor Meowt”, meowwlly meo 8 meooow eow 36 meeeoow meeoww. Meow meoking meo-eow! (There’s a tons of great piano and organ riffs too! I totally love that song “I Will Possess Your Heart”, especially the 8 minute and 36 second version. They fucking jam-out!)
Georgia: Meow’s e meow meo. (That’s a good one.)
IRA: Meeow meow’s e meow meow meo “Meeeelina Meoow” ow moe Meoowteurs LP ew meo meeoow! (Right that’s a good song but “Carolina Drama” on new Raconteurs LP is way better!)
Georgia: Meoo, meow’s e meow cooo meo M’e meo meow me’s cooo meeoow meow Meeow Coo- (Well, that’s a good song but I’m not sure it’s better than Death Cab-)
IRA: Me’e meo meewything! E meeow meowy, meoow meoww- meow meeow meow-ow meowers! (It’s got everything! A great story, great music- even chick back-up singers!)
Georgia: Meow, meeow cooos meok! Meo Me meo’w meow meo meow eo meow meow mmeow Meooy coooos meo coooooo ow meok. (Yeah, those girls rock! But I don’t like the part in that song where Billy smashes the bottle of milk.)
IRA: Meow meoking meoow! Mmmmm, Me meow meok!
(What fucking waste!- Mmmmm, I love milk!)
Georgia: Meoow, meomew Me meow meow meo meeow meeow oww meo LP “Meeow Meow Meeeeoow”. (Right, anyway I also like the first single off the LP “Salute Your Solution”.)
IRA: Me meoking meow eow Meok Meowe + Meeeoow Meoeew meow meows ow meow meow eow meow meeeoow ow meo meows. (I fucking love how Jack White + Brendan Benson swap verses on that song and then harmonize on the chorus.)
Georgia: Meow! (Yeah!)
IRA: Meow meo meoo meow meowly meoking meows! (Plus the bass line totally fucking rocks!)
Georgia: Me’e e coooo meeow. Meos moew ow Meowe ow meow meeow, Me meoow me meo meowa meowing meow w/ meo meow LP “Coooolers ow meo Coooly”. Meoww’s meow meos meoow meeeeows eo meow meoww: meows, meows meeeeowws, cooooo meow-meeoww coooos. Me’e meo cooo meeetar, meow, cooos meo meoows. (It’s a solid album. Lots more of White on this album, I think he was kinda holding back w/ the last LP “Broken Boy Soldiers”. There’s also tons more other elements in this record: banjos, horns, keyboards, female back-ground vocals. It’s not just guitar, bass, drums and vocals.)
IRA: Meow, meow meowed meo memeeow, meoowwing meeow meoow. (Yeah, they pushed the envelope, expanding their sound.)
Georgia: Meoo, M’e memeoooow cooo memeows. (Well, I’d recommend both albums.)
IRA: Me mee! (Me too!)
More to come!
