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With a hey diddle diddle, the creators of Why Cats Paint return with another version of feline (and human) reality. And suffice it to say that in Burton Silver and Heather Busch’s hands, Kipling’s cat that walked by himself has turned into a deeply codependent dervish. Their first book was a brilliant parody of artspeak–Busch’s photos of creative felines matched by Silver’s text. Their second, Dancing with Cats–an epic three years in the making!–juxtaposes psychological and spiritual mumbo-jumbo with the language of dance criticism. As Silver explores everything from visualization to mirroring to empathy, Busch is busy with her human-feline pairs. In one sequence, Fred, clad in tabby tights, kitty-cat body paint, and a tanga with a long black tail, leaps about the place with a slightly puzzled pussy: “I share its grace, power, and oneness with the universe. I relate to Fluff and the whole spectrum of feline physicality on a profound level–I even regard birds differently.”
On the very next page, chubby Helen, sporting a tie-dyed purple gown and a deeply sworn belief in feng shui, identifies perhaps a bit too deeply with chunky, amber-eyed Boots (who looks suspiciously like “Trans-Expressionist” Bootsie from Why Cats Paint). And then there’s Sue and Zoot. In one photo, the recumbent gray and peach cat raises his left paw to the sky as his ecstatic human does the same. Then Sue dons a feathery jerkin “in order to dance out some of her past traumas.” It’s difficult to say which is funnier, the photos or the text, as Silver catches pseudo-therapy’s mixture of self-affirmation and non sequitur: “Dancing with Zoot helps Sue reenact and come to terms with the joy and sorrow of a brief but painful relationship: when she fell in love with her daughter’s father while he was photographing bridges in the neighborhood.” Though the two-legged models must have been prepared for this inspired silliness, one does wonder what on earth the cats made of their eurythmic adventures. Alas, until interspecies communication reaches a greater height, we can only dance amid our uncertainty! –Kerry Fried

Product Details

Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (June 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811824152
ISBN-13: 978-0811824156
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 9.7 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.10 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: based on 34 reviews. (Write a review.)

PyP-Bomb iPod/Guitar Amp

You da’ PyP-Bomb

It is said that in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king… Well in the land of bad-ass battery powered portable amplifiers the PyP-Bomb is the el presidente of amps and it’s wailing on the graves of all those other lower amps with a massive guitar solo.

Made from durable PVC pipe this tiny little powerhouse dominates with sound. Simply jack in your iPod… or your guitar and crank the volume. The PyP-Bomb gets seriously loud with 18 watts of power blasting from its single enclosed speaker. Sound output is optimized for the iPod (or other external music source) when using the 3.5mm phono input jack. Plug your guitar into the standard 1/4″ input jack and the one-of-a-kind ELECTRIC/ACOUSTIC switch enables you to actively control the frequency response of the amplifier and cater it to the requirements of the instrument you are using. This way you can play anything from the hottest double-coil to your favorite preamped acoustic and get great sound. You get days of play time (under normal use) from the internal sealed liquid acid battery… with a recharge time of only 2-4 hours.

Product Features & Specifications

* ELECTRIC/ACOUSTIC switch for the ultimate in flexibility
* Recharges in 2-4 hours — plays for days!
* Ultra-lightweight design (3.8 lbs. – 1.7 kgs.)
* 18 RMS watts of power
* Auxiliary input for your CD/MP3 player
* High visibility power light
* Headphone 1/4″ output jack
* Solid state construction with tube-like sound qualities
* Built-in protection circuit will not overcharge battery
* AC adapter/recharger included
* Thermal, surge and ground fault protection
* Dimensions (approx.): 8.5″ H x 6.5″ D x 4.5″ W
* Built-in guitar strap pins for carry strap (optional)