As to charges of being a traitor, I can't help it if I need more and more outlets to express things that less and less frequently resemble coherent thoughts. Blame it on the times. Also Andrew Flint has another blog but "you" hired "him" anyway? Double standard! Also, he gets paid more than me? the fuck? Gender discriminiation is out in 2k10, we're going to lose our fan base of high rolling tweens if we don't modernize, and then this blog will no longer be financially viable. Just sayin. AF's post is actually a good segue to this one, as it also asks hardhitting questions about the psyche of the male musician.
check it out though, i'm saving my smartest thoughts for y'all:
why do so many alt/indie musician bros like cats?
what does posing with a cat do for a musician bro's image/personal brand?
do u think u can tell the difference between a staged photo of a musician bro with a cat and a candid one?
do u think the "candid" ones are really staged?
are there fewer pictures of lady musicians with cats? if so, might it reflect a lower overall number of successful female musicians? or is it because bros seem more sensitive when posed with cats but ladybros run the risk of being called cat ladies? Don't be scared! Just do you!
is there such a thing as a digital cat lady? for how long do I have to focus exclusively on cat-related internet based content before achieving that rank? gotta be close right?
did you know audrey hepburn had a pet deer?
what does posing with a cat do for a musician bro's image/personal brand?
do u think u can tell the difference between a staged photo of a musician bro with a cat and a candid one?
do u think the "candid" ones are really staged?
are there fewer pictures of lady musicians with cats? if so, might it reflect a lower overall number of successful female musicians? or is it because bros seem more sensitive when posed with cats but ladybros run the risk of being called cat ladies? Don't be scared! Just do you!
is there such a thing as a digital cat lady? for how long do I have to focus exclusively on cat-related internet based content before achieving that rank? gotta be close right?
did you know audrey hepburn had a pet deer?
ernest hemingway and john cassavetes were cat lovers, and "lovable" "assholes." what can we extrapolate from this? i was going 2 put marlon brando in this category but i don't know actually if he was a dick. however, attempts to google it do come up with this famous picture of him sucking dick.
what is the relationship between masculinity, celebrity, and cats? what about between homosexuality, celebrity and cats?
what is the relationship between masculinity, celebrity, and cats? what about between homosexuality, celebrity and cats?
are there any risks or downsides 2 making wild generalizations about cats, musicians, celebrities or anything else?
why do all of the real beatles have cute pictures with cats but i can only find a picture of ringo with a baby lion? what does he have to prove?
why do all of the real beatles have cute pictures with cats but i can only find a picture of ringo with a baby lion? what does he have to prove?
what about u?
when u start 2 many blogs, and get confused about which is which, does your cat comfort u?
Kurt Cobain duh
Wayne Coyne
Keith Moon
Morrissey, David Bowie
George Michael, Freddy Mercury
Beatles:
difficult creative types
Ernest Hemingway, John Cassavetes
Marlon Brando, Jean-Michel Basquiat
Morgan Freeman, Jimmy Smits
So the winners are...
Audience award- Jimmy Smits and Mini Me.
1st place- Paul McCartney. Unafraid of being outcuted by TWO kittens, or of being photographed flinging a cat at a camera. You really are the cute one Paul. Bonus points for this photo with gratuitous farmcat and mountain man beard.
1st place- Paul McCartney. Unafraid of being outcuted by TWO kittens, or of being photographed flinging a cat at a camera. You really are the cute one Paul. Bonus points for this photo with gratuitous farmcat and mountain man beard.
Grand prize- Henry Behrens, who at the time this photo was taken was the smallest man in the world, and kept that shit in the house with him. Damn.
As a bonus, to show good faith, I'm going to reveal one of my tips for online journalism:
When doing research to confirm a "theory" always first attempt to google exactly the phrase you are thinking of. Here are some theoretical examples:
-is marlon brando a dick
-is marlon brando a dick
-female celebrity with cats
-ed droste with a cat
-ed droste with a cat
-vampire weekend with a cat
-ringo starr with a cat?
-what is up with audrey hepburn and that deer
-famous midget with a cat
-was james mason a dbag
EXTRA BONUS:
I find celebrity pet calendars hilarious since looking into them minutes ago. This one unites Greta van Susternen, Steven Soderbergh, Jenna Fischer, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Paul Rodriguez, and Warren Buffet!
Sullenberger dude creeps me out for some reason. He's so fucking pink! I added yr blog to the blogroll.
ReplyDeleteand even though it was my favorite shit i murked off we hate this web comic. best idea ever, but 6 months, COME ON GUYS! I blame Tal, he's a REAL LIFE MONSTER for that one.
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ReplyDeleteI am impressed you had the restraint to not mention:
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•David Crosby with his cat lookin like his hair
•Steve Martin making a cat coming out of a top hat not look funny
•James Mason making cat ownership look like a man's job
•NICK CAGE
also Muhammad had a favorite cat named Muezza, Hemingway had very rare six-toed cats, Sir Isaac Newton FRS actually invented the cat flap, Christopher Walken wrote the forward to a cat care book, and Pope Benny 16's cat WROTE HIS MASTER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
but why oh why is it so impossible to find a picture of Cat Stevens with a cat? no one has even photoshopped this Classic Dad Joke together. sigh. meow.
bob. yes. i never saw the nic cage one. i love it.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think Elizabeth Taylor would be a crazy cat lady, turns out ... chipmunks
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Dear Kate,
ReplyDeleteThe power of the photo of Marlon Brando essing a dee is mighty. Perhaps it is you who should have many blogs. Any photos of washed up celebs fellating cats? There's a $100,000 book deal right there!
kinda feel like i'm crashing a party here but... i believe this group is apropos? there's a calendar in the works i think!
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(arty bk doofuses hugging their cats, mostly)
I invented liking cats you posers
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ReplyDeleteKate!
ReplyDeleteI'm responding 13 years too late, and don't imagine that you will receive this missive. But I've considered the cat/bro dynamic for years, given that I'm a perennial cat bro. I think that cats help to de-masculinize men in the public eye, and they do so because they are walking, mewling examples of consent. There is no trained cat. No man controls his cat(s). Instead, he bends to their whim. He delicately invites them to sit close to him and requests the right to rub their neck.
Men with dogs can carry an air of being controlling because dogs can be controlled--trained to responded militaristically to the commands of a single barbarian. A faithful dog tells you nothing about a man. A faithful cat can tell you quite a bit.