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The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by amongwhales »

noman-land wrote: post #71
jbigelow76 wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got into Charles Mingus through "Mingus Plays Piano", I particularly like piano jazz when working, but any bop oriented jazz is good. Newcomers should give "Myself When I Am Real" a listen, it's a lovely composition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk71dhCz7wM

Absolutely beautiful album, and Myself When I Am Real is one of the best tracks. The whole record has little bits of studio talk before and after some of the recordings and you can hear Mingus feeling really shy and vulnerable playing alone. You can even hear it in his playing, I think. Pretty remarkable. Love that guy.

Love Myself When I Am Real and Black Saint. But I had trouble finding other songs as enjoyable. Is there anything else similar in his catalog?

Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by reaperducer »

3np wrote: post #88
reaperducer wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since we're trading anecdotes... My experience with six cats over the last 25 years is that the outdoor cats lived much longer and got sick less than my inside cats. I have no idea why, but i don't think it's diet, because they've all eaten the same food.

Just like with humans, exercise is a major factor in health. Outdoor cats generally get way more. Another factor for this observation (that I also made) could be genetics - generally "pure-bred" (aka more likely to suffer from disease linked to genetic factors) are more likely to be strictly-indoors while outdoor cats are more often "mongrels".

In my case, they were all mongrels, except for the current one, who is an indoor cat. Fingers crossed!

Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by JohnBooty »

garblegarble wrote: post #63
jakebasile wrote: post #25

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I've been looking at getting an automatic cleaning litter box for a while now. Would you mind recommending the type that you bought if you are so happy with it?

I'm not the person you're asking but we use the same brand, the Litter Robot 3 (without wifi) and think it's great. Both our cats took to it very quickly. It does require a small amount of maintenance to keep it running smoothly. Separating and cleaning the main pieces every 2-3 months is all I do (nothing that requires tools to disassemble, but a good 15 minutes of cleaning+vacuuming) Our cats were always very stink…

    Our cats were always very stinky with traditional litter boxes
As a compromise solution I've had pretty good luck placing air filters next to the litter box. The commonly recommended ones (Coway, Winix) are $100-$150 on sale and have both particulate filters and charcoal odor filters. Filter costs are ~$25/year and electricity cost is ~$5-10 per month.

That's probably more expensive over a large enough number of years relative to a robo litter box, but you're also removing other indoor allergy causes as well, so it's doing other work which may be beneficial.

Also the fan noise from the filters is very gentle; actually a plus for many.

Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by tclancy »

iainctduncan wrote: post #42

For folks who are like "who is that guy again?".... Mingus was one of the most important jazz bass players in 20th century and a key figure in both bebop and free jazz. And quite a character. This is but one of his legendary achievements!

The poop of the jazzman’s cat is some jive-ass shit.

Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by pvg »

dang wrote: post #72

Anybody want to take a shot at figuring out the year?

1972 it looks like, from googling the better original title The Charles Mingus Cat-alog

https://www.topospress.com/collections/prints-and-ephemera/p...

https://www.schoolforthedogs.com/podcasts/episode-96-the-cha...

Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by drumttocs8 »

noman-land wrote: post #53
iainctduncan wrote: post #42

For folks who are like "who is that guy again?".... Mingus was one of the most important jazz bass players in 20th century and a key figure in both bebop and free jazz. And quite a character. This is but one of his legendary achievements!

Not just a bass player but a legendary composer. Here's one of my absolute faves, Pithecanthropus Erectus. https://youtu.be/p0H2G_W-O0I

Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of my top albums of all time.

Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by nickkell »

ramy_d wrote: post #79

Does toilet training your cat introduce a significant health hazard through toxoplasma gondii into the surrounding environment? It's so hard to tell if your local wastewater plant takes care of this...

I could have sworn I read something to this effect, that this is ill advised because waste treatment plants aren’t really equipped to handle animal parasites

Re: The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

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Post by mancerayder »

ricardobeat wrote: post #57
drakonka wrote: post #7

There are even special litter boxes sold that are intended to go on the toilet seat for this type of training. But as cool as this is, I believe it can be dangerous, especially for owners of male cats. Cats' urinary habits are important to keep an eye on. A change in urination volume or frequency can be the sign of a critical issue that requires veterinary attention. You just can't easily track urine volume if the ca…

My extended family has always had a ton of cats, and I don’t remember the last one that was seriously ill without it being due to old age. Most of them were “outdoor cats” in a small country town. Is there something in modern cats’ diet / habits that makes them more susceptible to disease? These concerns read like hypochondria, coming from this background.

Doesn't a urinary infection cause that?

For an indoor cat, I strongly suspect there's a problem with canned food sometimes. When I had a cat a long while back, every so often you'd open a can of cat food and it'd have worms, or the cat would (after being extremely excited as you were opening the can), sniff and propel himself away from the food. You'd look and notice it was off (like it had something crawling in it).

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