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Cat Hair Ensemble

Dada Cosmopolitan - Melody and Merz

About Me

Melodies that cough and choke as much as they croon...dance tunes for three-legged dancers...nervous tangos, club-footed waltzes, gallow's swing. The Past pinches at our leg hair as we race towards the party at end of the world. It's going to be a blast.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/14/2004
Band Members: Roderick Cumming - accordion, guitar, tenor banjo; Andrew Duncan - trumpet, percussion; Clint Heidorn - guitar, tenor banjo; Michael Ibarra - bass; Spencer Savage - drums, percussion; Joseph Tepperman - bass trombone
Influences: Tom Waits, Tetes Raides, Kurt Weill, Django Reinhardt, Georges Brassens, Scott Walker, Tin Hat Trio
Sounds Like: Tom Waits, Tetes Raides, Kurt Weill, Django Reinhardt, Georges Brassens, Scott Walker, Tin Hat Trio
Type of Label: None

My Blog

My Radio Show

Ebola Music impresario Ego Plum recently invited me to do some internet radio shows for Ebola Music Radio. The first one is done and will go online on Wednesday, June 16. It's an hour-long program o...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:09:00 PST

Extracurricular

A few of us Cat Hair folks also play in the Killsonic Marching Gang.We look like this.And this.And this....
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:04:00 PST

Slogging though the street of crocodiles

I recently picked up Bruno Schulz's The Street of Crocodiles. Again. I couldn't get past the first twenty pages when I started it a few years ago. This time was tough, too; I had just finished Jour...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:24:00 PST

Savage. Cameron.

I had to watch this movie for work yesterday:That's right, Fred Savage and Candace Cameron, together at last.They taught me that jealousy is dangerous...and obsession is deadly....
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Thu, 29 May 2008 12:01:00 PST

Cat Hair on Wednesday

I'm happy to report that Cat Hair Ensemble has somehow scammed its way onto an awesome bill. Here is the skinny:Wednesday, May 21atBordello901 E. 1st St.Downtown LA, 90012FOXTAILS BRIGADE: Ms. Laura ...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Sat, 17 May 2008 02:17:00 PST

More international hits

From the Golden Microphone competition held in Turkey in the 1960s: Turkish math rock FTW This one's probably old news for you internet-savvy kids, but I just saw it recently. The s...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:50:00 PST

This Year

I tend to mumble, so in case you were curious, here are the lyrics to one of the songs on our profile.This Year I'm Using a KnifeI sat at my window and wastedA perfectly good SaturdayI'm not even sure...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:52:00 PST

More Rad World Music

Here's Malaysian superstar P. Ramlee rocking out: (If anyone knows where to find P. Ramlee recordings here in the U.S., please let me know. I found a guy in the U.K. who has some, but with t...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:49:00 PST

Ive Found a New Baby

Hubba hubba! A dreamy antique store special. Great action, padded back, mute. (Insert sexist joke here). Tight bellows, loud voice, and only a couple of slightly dodgy reeds. Sorry, wheezy clack...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST

The Big Space Fuck

I just found a website that reprinted, in its entirety, Kurt Vonnegut's short story "The Big Space Fuck". It was originally published in Harlan Ellison's sci-fi anthology Again, Dangerous Visions. I...
Posted by Cat Hair Ensemble on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:06:00 PST