I went to Field Day festival at the weekend, and no question, Patti Smith won the day for being the most pro and warm performer. Although it’s not my usual musical cup of tunes, by the time she launched into Dancing Barefoot, I was […]
All posts tagged: cat
The Mengardon-Coates
The one that started it all… this is my very own family, a couple of years ago – I know because it ‘only’ includes three cats, and we have since acquired three more. We read a lot of Going on a bear hunt for my […]
Hiss ‘n’ purr with the Modern Meowers (feline homage to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers)
As discussed previously, Jonathan Richman rules my world. On the principle that he’s just a big blouse of happy, I even started my own version of 100 days of happy with #100daysofJonathanRichman on Twitter to celebrate how good he makes me feel. And so a cat […]
Interview in Belgium on the importance of cat art
In 2013, following my involvement in the Meow exhibition, I was interviewed by a journalist from Le Vif l’Express, one of the major French language national paper in Belgium (a bit like the Observer here) about the place of cats in art and specifically album covers […]
Louis Wain – master cat illustrator
Why Louis Wain? Well, his work has seeped so deep into my brain for so long that we’re not talking debt of gratitude here, but stalking ambitions. Not that there’s any way in illustration heaven that I’d be be fit to clean his many cats’ […]
Meowin’ with Nancy (cat homage to Nancy Sinatra)
Thing is, I love few things more than the sixties. The dresses, the spirit, the songs, the girls, it’s all there… And in the goddess Trilogy, there is Nancy (and Dusty and Aretha). A favourite album, featuring a few luminaries (and you might have guessed […]
Meet the Spooners – Lucy Picker
Welcome to another series of musings, starting with Lucy Picker… Who are the Spooners, I hear you ask? You could say they are distant cousins of Dr Spooner – a genial man famed for his unintended adventures in the English language – did he not […]
Nick Cat and the Bad Kitties (homage to Nick Cave)
So many reasons to continue the cat covers with Nick Cave – the red white and black cover, the germanic influence, trying to score tickets last year and failing twice, then winning entry to an exclusive gig at Koko in Camden that just blew my […]
Tomcat Waits – Clawing time (Homage to Tom Waits)
Like Parallel Felines, the name of the album guided this choice. The fact that it’s a blinder of an amazing album which turns me into a purring machine did also have some bearing in the decision. I never thought the lines and shapes would amount […]
David Meowie – Moggy Stardust and the kitties from Mars
And so the Bowie exhibition at the V&A was amazing. If you haven’t seen it, it’s too late now, but I hear it’s going to tour internationally too. I realised then that David Bowie is so ingrained in my life, and is basically GOD. So here’s my […]
Visit to Lady Dinah’s cat cafe!
When we found out last year that London was going to have its very first cat cafe, we meowed with joy, purred with delight and rolled on our back… ‘We’ is not just the collective term for ‘me’ but there is a bit of underground […]
Katzwerk – Cat Machine
In the frenzy of excitement that was trying AND scoring uber-desirable tickets for the Kraftwerk Tate Modern show back in February (we got treated to Autobahn) – a strong urge to catify these icons completely took over. The name Katzwerk imposed itself, followed closely by […]
Karuski's little shop of colours 