Strictly Martina's butt (and Cattersea)
Yes bruv! What's good?
Instead of having to sit through Strictly Come Dancing to placate my girlfriend, I might choose to watch it this time around because sexy coked-up tennis ace Martina Hingis will be one of the contestants. I'm expecting big things from her...
Is she balancing a tennis ball on her arse? Amazing...
Right, standard sexist nonsense out of the way, let's talk about music and cats-two of my favourite things of course!
A couple of weeks ago Bear (our synth player) saw an article about the crisis facing the cattery at Battersea Dogs and Cats home. They were running out of space for the poor little kitties. He suggested doing a benefit show to raise some funds. Click here to see the heartbreaking story!
So, after pulling a few favours with a few people, we put on a show last night at The Abbey in Kentish Town and we managed to raise lots of money for our furry friends!
First up was a musician called Otto Fischer. Unfortunately, he decided to stop halfway through his set and leave so I didn't manage to take any photos of him. He said the immortal words 'Shut the f*ck up, I'm trying to sing' which didn't really help his cause. Anyway, fair play to him for showing up and playing. If I stopped everytime people were talking during my set it would sound like some John Cage opus named 'four hours of silence' or something.
Anyway, next up was yours truly. We introduced our new backing singer Cass to the world, she passed with flying colours. Here's a moody black and white shot..
You can't really make out my top but it's entirely covered in little cat heads. We offered a bottle of champagne for the best cat themed outfit of the night and I won hands down. There were no other entries but that's not the point.
Next up was brummie singer-songwriter David Garside. Lovely stuff from him as usual. His album comes out on Frizz records on the 28th Sept. Check out Rescue Cat's mascot Alan sneaking in the background...
Art terry was next to grace the stage. Imagine if Sly Stone was a children's storyteller or something. Anyway, weird and wonderful stuff from this Californian (via Berlin and London) singer-songwiter.
Last but not least, soulful ska from the lovely Joy Joseph with a guest appearance from Mc Angel and some joker with a cowbell...
Cat related tunes were spun by the famous Indie Dad. Here is the set list if you're interested..
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat/Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight/Carl
Perkins - Put Your Cat Clothes On/ABBA - The Tiger/Catatonia - I Am The
Mob/The Ramones - Pet Cemetary/Stiff Kittens - Fatboy/Cat -
Catpower/Kittenbirds - You, Me & Jesus/T-Rex - Cat Black/Tom Jones -
what's New Pussycat?/Cat Stevens - Wild World/Buck Owens - I've Got A
Tiger By The Tail/Stray Cats - Runaway Boys/Squeeze - Cool For Cats/Kits
- She's The Number One/The Rooftop Singers - Tom Cat/Chris Barber's Jazz
Band - Wild Cat Blues/Tiger - Race/Extradition Order -
Matches Meet Petrol (RESCUE CAT REMIX)
So, a very cool night. Massive thanks to those of you that got involved and made it down to support the cause, it was much appreciated and those kitties will love you forever! Someone showed me their cat socks at the end of the night but that champagne had my name ALL OVER IT!
CAT FACT NUMBER 34:
Recent studies have shown that cats can see blue and green. There is disagreement as to whether they can see red.
Later yeah?
RC x
Instead of having to sit through Strictly Come Dancing to placate my girlfriend, I might choose to watch it this time around because sexy coked-up tennis ace Martina Hingis will be one of the contestants. I'm expecting big things from her...
Is she balancing a tennis ball on her arse? Amazing...
Right, standard sexist nonsense out of the way, let's talk about music and cats-two of my favourite things of course!
A couple of weeks ago Bear (our synth player) saw an article about the crisis facing the cattery at Battersea Dogs and Cats home. They were running out of space for the poor little kitties. He suggested doing a benefit show to raise some funds. Click here to see the heartbreaking story!
So, after pulling a few favours with a few people, we put on a show last night at The Abbey in Kentish Town and we managed to raise lots of money for our furry friends!
First up was a musician called Otto Fischer. Unfortunately, he decided to stop halfway through his set and leave so I didn't manage to take any photos of him. He said the immortal words 'Shut the f*ck up, I'm trying to sing' which didn't really help his cause. Anyway, fair play to him for showing up and playing. If I stopped everytime people were talking during my set it would sound like some John Cage opus named 'four hours of silence' or something.
Anyway, next up was yours truly. We introduced our new backing singer Cass to the world, she passed with flying colours. Here's a moody black and white shot..
You can't really make out my top but it's entirely covered in little cat heads. We offered a bottle of champagne for the best cat themed outfit of the night and I won hands down. There were no other entries but that's not the point.
Next up was brummie singer-songwriter David Garside. Lovely stuff from him as usual. His album comes out on Frizz records on the 28th Sept. Check out Rescue Cat's mascot Alan sneaking in the background...
Art terry was next to grace the stage. Imagine if Sly Stone was a children's storyteller or something. Anyway, weird and wonderful stuff from this Californian (via Berlin and London) singer-songwiter.
Last but not least, soulful ska from the lovely Joy Joseph with a guest appearance from Mc Angel and some joker with a cowbell...
Cat related tunes were spun by the famous Indie Dad. Here is the set list if you're interested..
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat/Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight/Carl
Perkins - Put Your Cat Clothes On/ABBA - The Tiger/Catatonia - I Am The
Mob/The Ramones - Pet Cemetary/Stiff Kittens - Fatboy/Cat -
Catpower/Kittenbirds - You, Me & Jesus/T-Rex - Cat Black/Tom Jones -
what's New Pussycat?/Cat Stevens - Wild World/Buck Owens - I've Got A
Tiger By The Tail/Stray Cats - Runaway Boys/Squeeze - Cool For Cats/Kits
- She's The Number One/The Rooftop Singers - Tom Cat/Chris Barber's Jazz
Band - Wild Cat Blues/Tiger - Race/Extradition Order -
Matches Meet Petrol (RESCUE CAT REMIX)
So, a very cool night. Massive thanks to those of you that got involved and made it down to support the cause, it was much appreciated and those kitties will love you forever! Someone showed me their cat socks at the end of the night but that champagne had my name ALL OVER IT!
CAT FACT NUMBER 34:
Recent studies have shown that cats can see blue and green. There is disagreement as to whether they can see red.
Later yeah?
RC x
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