Guide Cats for the Blind

[rolanni]

A couple weeks ago, a friend sent me a CD called Cat Tales by Cindy Mangsen. I just now listened to it, and I'm sorry I let it sit neglected for so long. Favorites on first listening: "Guide Cats for the Blind," "Rudy's Big Adventure," and "The Cats of the Coliseum."

And! You -- yes, you -- can hear samples

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[xinef.livejournal.com]

Have you read "Cats in Cyberspace" by Beth Hilgartner? Hilarious. I strongly recommend it. Lent my copy to my Mum who immediately ordered one for herself. A couple of her friends, to whom she lent her copy, have done the same.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Have you read "Cats in Cyberspace" by Beth Hilgartner?

Yup; read it in manuscript. It is wonderful, and I'm really cranky that the sequel hasn't been published.

[schulman.livejournal.com]

If it's the same piece, "Guide Cats for the Blind" was written by Les Barker; it's also available as the title track of a 2-CD set of his poetry.

I second xinef's rec for "Cats in Cyberspace," which is much better than I expected from the title. There were promises of a forthcoming sequel, "Prey Part Politics," but that seems to have dropped off the radar. Hilgartner's vastly underrated, IMO.

[alethea-eastrid.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's the Les Barker piece, in a rather nice setting.

Higartner is not only underrated, but very sweet--at least she was to me, when I ambushed her in the dealers room at WorldCon and gushed at her, apologized profousely for not haveing managed to catch her at a proper autographing session, and asked her if she could possibly sign my freshly-bought used copy of "Colors in the Dreamweaver's Loom" which I remembered very fondly from childhood.

[schulman.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only person who'd read "Colors in the Dreamweaver's Loom"! Have you read the sequel, "Feast of the Trickster"? I wound up buying it directly from the author, because I couldn't find it anywhere else. (This was back when rocks were soft, the web was new, and books.com was the world's first bookstore-by-telnet.)

Also: That's a lovely userpic.

[alethea-eastrid.livejournal.com]

No, but, judging from her reaction, we may be the two...

And thank you; it's a Kinuku Craft (Sp?) painting from the cover of a book about Eleanor of Aquitaine. As I'm a 12th century costuming nut, I have to carefully ignore the fact that the dress is a complete fantasy, but it is a lovely picture.

[alethea-eastrid.livejournal.com]

Isn't it utterly spiffing!? "Rudy's Big Adventure" is the third song for which I've lept for paper (or, nowadays, computer) to get the title and author down so I could buy the CD.

I heard it, incidentally, on Midnight Express, which is the coolest folk show ever. I don't think any of the Maine Public Broadcasting stations have it, but the webiste lists all the affiliates that carry it, including a half-dozen that stream live over the internet; I tend to arrange my life so that I can catch each show at least onece.

Guide Cats for the blind

[(Anonymous)]

If I were to suddenly go blind, and start falling over things (more than I do now) would my cats start meowing to guide me to them, or get them food? Or let them out, or, more important, let them in? The calico only meows at the front door, because we can't see her there - the back door is sliding glass, an enormous picture window onto the deck, and we can see her and her little sidekick there. She braces up against the door and opens her mouth in a soundless meow. The tabby-Siamese mix sometimes meows, but they all depend on sight, that is, ours. He also chirps on greeting you. The black cat from next door has a loud and raucuas (sp?)meow, and claws frantically at the glass. But he only gets in when husband chickens out, or in storms.

[filkferengi]

Are you familiar with "Irish Drinking Songs For Cat Lovers"? It's here:
http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Drinking-Songs-Cat-Lovers/dp/B000CAGQ06/sr=1-2/qid=1160961436/ref=sr_1_2/104-6576139-3947927?ie=UTF8&s=music