Mankind (the Remix)!

Stop the presses. Press the stoppers. Damn the torpedoes and speed the ducks, it’s Comeback Pete’s epic Mankind single, remixed by Eric Din! That’s right kittins, with the formidable foot of Larry Lynch on a live kick drum, and Mr. Din himself on a real live Fender bass! Pete’s timeless message remains, more urgent than ever, we must save the earth my friends or there ain’t anything else to be saving. Lyrics in the vid. Music by John Philip Sousa, lyrics by Pete, vocals by a choir of earthlings and a duck. Berkeley Cat Records is proud to present, Mankind, the Remix!  Free to play and share at will.

In Pete’s own words:

“I didn’t plan to write a patriotic song, but both of the other songs that I recorded were in the “P’ as a first letter” genre (porn and psilent) so stretched further by the bicentennial in 1976.  I was so sure I was stating the obvious, I never performed this song  publicly, and now it’s 45 years later, I question. Was that a mistake? Now I realize we live in the Dark Ages. Eric has currently remixed this song about our endangered planet for the better and released it on Berkeley Cat Records.”

– Comeback Pete, 2021

 

Pod Cats Run Amok

We’ve submitted the RSS feed for Berkeley Cat Records PodCats to Apple for world-wide kittypod foistribution. We’ve also upgraded our Simplecast account so now I can embed the show here and not just individual episodes. Shocking progress. We like to embed because cats like beds and are often embedded in guitar cases, boxes and other cozy spaces which were obviously created for us to embed in.  Here’s a pic of The Great Cat Burley, co-founder of Berkeley Cat Records, proving the Theory Of Spontaneous Open Guitar Case Cat Generation (TOSOGCCG) for which we await our Nobel.

Now let’s try the embedpodding..

W00t! It works! We are amazed. Our PodCats is the worlds greatest PodCats in that it is the only one.

Simplecats (oops) Simplecast! makes distribution very easy (simple, if you will) and we at BCR World Corporate Headquarters (my bedroom) have decided to try many, purrhaps even all of them. Click the play button above and give ‘er a whirl!   It’ll play the most recent episode and run back thru time like sci-fi magic.  So fancy.

Berkeley Cats Go Beserkley

Episode 5! Epoch-shaking, house-quaking, baby-making rock and roll baking Episode FIVE!! Stop all the presses and start them again. Berkeley Cat Records PodCATS visits Beserkley Records after a fashion, satisfies an insatiable rock n’ roll hunger, and goes FISH3N, all in twenty minutes. Incredible.

We play:
REMEMBER by FAVES
HUNGRY ALL THE TIME by Damon and the Din
MANKIND (the Remix) by Comeback Pete
and GONE FISH3N by Eric Din

We mention:
Freedom by the Four Tops (what?!) Why yes, Petunia, brand new Four Tops no I am not kidding.
!!

Enjoy. Share. We love you. Bye.

Hungry All The Time by Damon and the Din

Berkeley Cat Records is tickled pink to announce a new artist and single! Hungry All The Time by Damon and the Din is up on Bandcamp and we have embeddededed it here. Press play, have a listen, do. Damon Wood and Eric Din have collaborated once before in these pages, with I’m So Terribly Stoned. This time the boys went large and recruited the towering talents of Thomas White, Steve Lew, Steven Bernstein, Jacob Aginsky and John Mader, for an epic rock n’ roll original penned by Wood himself. We’ll supply the streaming gizmos soon enough and for now you may acquire an mp3 or if you prefer, a full-res high-fidelity FLAC or WAV file. A nerdly note about that – this recording was made in stunning 96kHz, 24-bit resolution, and yes Arabella, we uploaded a high-res master and yes we encourage purchasing it for a buck and saving it to your magical device-thingys. But more simply, you can listen by just clicking Play below. The Future has its merits. We love you. Bye.

GONE FISH3N

Another surprise single! What?! So many surprises. We’ve gone fishen.

BACK IN THE DAYS OF ANSWERING THE PHONE
(Back in the days of answering the phone)
THERE WERE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DID AND STUFF
(There were things that people did and stuff)
NOW WHEN IT RINGS I CHUCK IT IN MY BAG
I DO NOT NEED WHATEVER THEY MIGHT HAVE
WHO CAN IT BE, I DO NOT GIVE A DAMN
LET’S CRUSH OUR SIM CARDS AND GO ON THE LAM

I’LL LEAVE A SIGN IN CRAYON, ON THE CLUBHOUSE DOOR

Bye bye
GONE FISHEN
Ciao!
GONE FISHEN
Tschuess denn
GONE FISHEN
Fare thee well
GONE FISHEN

I QUIT THE OLD APARTMENT AND I QUIT MY WORRYIN’
I QUIT ALL OF MY QUITTIN’ AND I QUIT IT ALL AGAIN
I QUIT THE QUITTIN’ HELP GROUP THAT I NEVER REALLY JOINED
I QUIT AND SPLIT AND DID IT WITH THE KIT THAT WE PURLOINED

SOME FAKE FRIENDS WHO WERE NOT NICE TO ME
I QUIT THEM, FOR I AM FOND OF ME
DON’T MISS THEM, IT IS NO MYSTERY
GONE FISHEN, GONE FISHEN, GONE FISHEN

BACK IN THE DAYS OF ANSWERING THE PHONE
IT USED TO WORRY ME, IT USED TO VEX ME,
EXHASPERATED, WRESTLING FOR CONTROL
I DON’T MISS IT, GONE FISHEN
NOW WHEN IT RATTLES I HEAVE IT INTO A VOLCANO
I DO NOT HEED WHATEVER THEY MIGHT EXPLAINO
REPORTED IN AS MISLEADING OR SCAM
DELETE THE SPAMBOTS AND THE PHONY JAMS

WE’LL LEAVE A NOTE IN LEMON JUICE ON THE CLUBHOUSE DOOR

Bye Bye
GONE FISHEN
Hasta Luego
GONE FISHEN
Ciao Bella
GONE FISHEN
Sayonara
GONE FISHEN

Eric Din – Guitar, Bass, and Vocals

© 2021 Eric Roy Dinwiddie
King Roy Music, BMI

Artwork by Shannon Wheeler

LAMENT – Audio by Russ Ellis and Jay Lane, Video by Jason Martineau

We have a very special treat for you today on Russ Ellis’ BIRTHDAY!!
A brand new amazing video set to the Russ Ellis track, LAMENT.

Here’s video producer Jason Martineau’s notes:

When Russ first approached me with the idea of creating a video of fractals and computer-generated visuals to accompany his audio track, I eagerly seized upon the opportunity. Using his iconic image by photographer Judy Dater, I built a visual narrative of mathematically generated clips utilizing 10+ different applications, then composited and animated them to follow the music. Russ provided invaluable creative input along the way. I’m very happy with the result, and indeed honored to have been asked to contribute in this way. In a sense, it’s not much different than if he had sent me an original melody and asked me to come up with a chord progression for it. So, this is my “visual harmonization” for Russ’s “Lament”

Here’s Russ’s notes:

Fans of the audio version of “Lament” will be aware of its origins from its liner notes on Songs From The Garden. As soon as it was completed, I imagined it with images. Several years ago, Jason Martineau introduced me to fractals, The Mandelbrot Set, etc., so, last year, I asked him to entertain the prospect of adding fractals to Lament. He agreed. I am very happy with the results. Hang with it a couple of times. There’s stuff to get into.

You can also view this directly on YouTube if you like, and you may share it to your heart’s content. We suggest you view it full-screen, at high-res.

Enjoy! And please join me and all the Berkeley Cats in wishing Russ Ellis a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! And many more. Much love,

Eric Din

Video for Chika Ding

Berkeley Cat Records is proud to announce this video of Russ Ellis’ latest single, “Chika Ding,” produced by Alcide Marshall. In Al’s own words:

“A collaborative effort with myself and multiple generations of the Ellis Family. Hoping to galvanize the youth for the upcoming election.”

 

 

RUSS ELLIS
CHIKA DING
Marshall Entertainment Group 2020
Voice: Russ Ellis
Music: Alcide Marshall
Vocals: Zoe Ellis
Vocals: Lily Ellis
Mixed by Dave Ellis @ Ellis Island Studio
Avatar creations: Dave Ellis, Bella Ellis
Video Production: Alcide Marshall
Portrait of Russ Ellis by Judy Dater

(Catitor’s note: This was originally posted May 9, 2020)