http://houseofcat.net music/art/culture Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:21:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/knaan-and-the-world-cup/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/knaan-and-the-world-cup/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:27:28 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3709 At this point, if you’ve been watching anything soccer related, you’ve probably heard the song, “Waving Flag” by K’Naan, but before it was the anthem for the World Cup, it was, in its original form, part of Troubadour, an outstanding album by the Somalia-born rapper who has made an enormous impact on those of us [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/knaan-and-the-world-cup/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/a-short-history-of-stax-records/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/a-short-history-of-stax-records/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:36:20 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3650 Working in a record store, we get a lot of promotional stuff; posters, pins, stickers, whoopie cushions…whatever the labels think will get people talking about their artists. We also get T-Shirts. They are generally XL (record store nerds are generally big dudes, I guess), but over the years, I’ve collected a nice little handful of [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/06/a-short-history-of-stax-records/feed/ 1 http://houseofcat.net/2010/05/ladies-first/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/05/ladies-first/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 15:24:57 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3383 This video for “Ladies First” by Queen Latifah and Monie Love has been absent from YouTube for the last couple of years due to legal mumbo-jumbo, so when I saw that it was back up, I had to share it. Queen Latifah has been a source of inspiration for a long time and this video shows [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/05/ladies-first/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/04/humans-music/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/04/humans-music/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:57:30 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3251 Watch in amazement as Bobby McFerrin taps into the inherent human understanding of music, and without a word, draws an entire audience into his world. If your exposure to Bobby McFerrin’s music begins and ends with that one hit from the 80s, do yourself a favor and dig a little deeper. He is a compositional genius [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/04/humans-music/feed/ 0 http://houseofcat.net/2010/04/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-extraordinary-nina-simone/ http://houseofcat.net/2010/04/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-extraordinary-nina-simone/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:21:50 +0000 Cat Johnson http://houseofcat.net/?p=3197 There is more to Nina Simone than you could ever learn from a little list like this. She was truly one of the great artists of her time; not only an exceptional songwriter and musician, but a dedicated activist and outspoken advocate for freedom. If you already know Nina’s music, you know what I’m talking [...]]]> http://houseofcat.net/2010/04/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-extraordinary-nina-simone/feed/ 0