One Cat, One Vote, One Beer!

No, not a slogan from the Kittens N' Lager party, but a song title that hints at the theme of today's edition of Farrago With Jurgen Gothe (Sunday 5:00 p.m. 5:30 NT). The feline part of that equation, that is, the beer and the voting may be tackled by Jurgen on another occasion.

Today he celebrates through song the creature who occasionally deigns to make eye contact, in a programme he calls "Caterwaul." The show includes music from the late Norm Hacking's tribute CD, the soulful When Cats Go Wrong. (The dog people among us might ask 'when do they go right?' But that too is another episode.)

You can also hear music from Ry Cooder -- a song about the adventures of a cat named Buddy -- that's where the cat/vote/beer song comes from. Perhaps Jurgen will play the Weakerthans' most recent song from the perspective of a cat as well, Virtue The Cat Explains Her Departure?

Not having seen his playlist at time of bloggin', I also can't say if he's planning to play this particular cat song, (which I think Ry Cooder also covered, coincidentally) so I thought I'd share it here in all of its from-another-era glory -- Three Cool Cats:

So, maybe not the kind of Cat Song Jurgen has in mind. But for all you cat-music lovers interested in some additional resources contributing to this burgeoning genre (like cats you can apparently never have too many), here you go:

Irish Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers (I kid you not.)

A Cat Song Forum (Seems to have stalled, could use some fresh kitty--)

Cat Songs Quiz (Why you would want to test your knowledge of Cat Music is an imponderable, but go ahead if you must.)

And a subgenre: Cats Listening To Music (No comment.)