It’s that time of year again: Your local Buffalo Exchanges (1420 SE 37th & 1036 W. Burnside) are taking donations of fur garments (either full-on coats or collars, trim, etc—shearling too) for Coats for Cubs, which re-purposes them as bedding for injured and orphaned wildlife. It’s a good solution if you have some fur on […]
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St. Johns Dealing With an Actual Cat Burglar
The Portland Police have informed us that at least two cats in the St. John’s neighborhood have been deliberately stolen. Here’s the strange report, which seems to indicate a crime spree inspired by dog-theft-and-ransom film Seven Psychopaths: On November 15, 2012, at approximately 8:00 a.m., Portland Police responded to a residence in the area of […]
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A Whole Bunch of Videos!
As the week draws to a drowsy closezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz—sorry, I had a big lunch. But if you’re like me, you’re already feeling worn out, in spite of the holiday and the short week. So there’s no better thing to do than to goof off and catch up on some local music videos! First up is a […]
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Tailly: Taking Cat Ladies to the Next Level
This may be a manifestation of taxoplasmosis (JK), but it also brings up a couple thoughts: 1) In my experience, cats usually wag their tails when they’re pissed/want to kill things more so than “excited.” 2) This seems like a good way to get cats to attack you from behind. 3) Crepes aren’t that exciting. […]
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Kiss + Kitty
Just in time for the holidays, Gene and Paul have negotiated another sale of a piece of their souls and Kiss’ glorious legacy. This time, they’ve merged their trademarked likenesses with another shameless self-promoter, Hello Kitty. And judging from the use of logo and song titles, it looks like this is most certainly authorized by […]
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Listen to All of Peter Broderick’s New Album
Yes, there is a song about the cat on the album. Former Portlander Peter Broderick has a new album out—his second of 2012—and you can stream the entire thing in full today. It’s called These Walls of Mine, and it came out today on Erased Tapes. It sees Broderick, a virtuosic multi-instrumentalist, focusing on voices […]
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Shameless Product Placement. No, Really Shameless.
You may have seen this already—and don’t worry, I won’t get in the habit of posting commercials on the blog—but this one is too good. It’s for NE Portland bar Beech Street Parlor, and it stars Joe Haege (Tu Fawning, 31knots) as a… sort of… cat… thing. It is enchanting. It is intoxicating. It defies […]
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Importland Local Kitten News! The Rescue of “Truck 2”
KATU reported this morning that local firefighters spent six hours (!!!) rescuing a kitten trapped in the basement sewer pipes of a building on NE 118th and Sandy last night: 1) This is why people fetishize firefighters. 2) I find it pleasantly surprising that this warrants the time and resources of our city’s emergency responders. […]
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“A Cat Knows What Anarchy Is”
So says legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson: The French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was a photojournalist for Life and other publications for over three decades. He is widely considered to be the master of street photography and the father of modern photojournalism. Henri loved cats and was once quoted as saying “I’m an anarchist, yes. Because I’m […]
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The Most Adorable Shark Week Yet!
As dutifully reported in this week’s I Love Television™, SHARK WEEK IS A-COMIN’, Y’ALL! And while I’m sure you’ll thrill to such subtly titled shows as Air Jaws Apocalypse, check out this somewhat less violent, and tons more ADORBZ parody called “Animals Acting Like Sharks Week.” (If you see a kitten fin, GET OUT OF […]
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The Amazing Acro-Cats Come to Portland!
“They will be pushing carts, riding skateboards, rolling barrels, ringing bells, turning on lights, walking tight ropes, jumping through hoops, and much more!” Their house band is called the RockCats! The show opens Wednesday—I have tickets for opening night, no big deal—and runs through August 14, out at the Headwaters Theatre on Northeast Farragut. Tickets […]
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An Adorable Cat Has Taken Up Residence in City Hall’s Kale Garden
Housing justice activist Cameron Whitten spent the morning making conversation with all sorts of people who turned up at city hall to discuss the just-announced end of his 55-day hunger strike. But Whitten had a friend to keep him company throughout: A giant fuzzy cat he’s named Hungry. Cameron and Cat “A homeless girl kind […]