CONTENT is available.. in 1983!!

Like a cat halfway out the door our CONTENT album wags its tail and sniffs the breeze with brisky whiskers. CDs for sale now, direct from BCR International Hindquarters! Hella limited edition. Preview tracks listenable as of…… NOW! And one of them is an actual, functioning time machine.

A Return To Pods

From the title I am reminded of Derek Smalls, attempting to reenter his stage-pod in Spın̈al Tap, but nay!  This is just me, A. Berkeley Cat (close associate of Eton Hogg) returning to the Berkeley Cat Records PodCATS.

Let’s try that again.  Hi!  After finishing my  CONTENT album recently, I felt inspired yesterday morning to make Pods, Cats, Hats, and Mats, a new PodCATS episode in which among other items I am confronted by Artificial Ignorance bots demanding music made by hoomans.  Acknowledgment to Jacque Lacey AKA Uncle Fun who minted the term, long before FaceCoin or BitFace and whole periods of Picasso excreted by compooters, and what is more, Uncle Fun didn’t resign to go on a media tour saying “whoopsie.”

It all makes sense. It’s important. I read it on a thing somewhere.

 

Hot Off The Presses!

Wait a minute.. there’s no presses..

BUT!  There is a new single from Eric Din called MisinformedThe lead off track from Din’s upcoming album, it sets the stage for the rest of the CONTENT.  It all makes sense. It’s important. We read it on a thing somewhere.  Please share this content with your cats and hoomans. Thanks!

Matte Martin Paints A Self-Portrait!

Berkeley Cat Records is gleeful to announce the release of Matte Martin’s new Self​-​Portrait EP. A portrait of the artist as a young self, if you will. In Matte’s own words:

This is my first foray into a style I’ve been working on for the past year, combining traditional pop, my off-kilter rock style, and romantic classical music. It is a mix Frank Sinatra and Tears for Fears, with a little Wagner on top.

And as I shared in a recent mewsletter,

Harkening back to a time when people were nice to each other, Matte Martin’s latest offering, “SELF-PORTRAIT,” finds our young troubadour unmistakably in love. Remember love? It still happens to people. Musically expanding his palette to include lush string and horn arrangements, but still deeply committed to The Electric Guitar and rock band sensibilities, Martin plants his flag on a mountain of gentle cinematic beauty, built of both original and cover songs, which we are thrilled and proud to share with you now.

And it’s true. And here it is, via our beloved Bandcamp:

We do hope you enjoy, and stay warm and don’t get soggy in all this muck!

-Eric Din
Berkeley Cat Records Cat Herder In Chief

Julie Gordon Shearer

Berkeley Cat Records is honored to share Julie Gordon Shearer’s 3 full-length albums – Selected Songs from Mama Don’t Allow, Alive in Song, and When Now Is Then, and the single, From Where I Stand.

Julie Shearer departed this mortal world in August of last year. We invite you to download the remembrances and photos in this lovely PDF. There are also some tributes and memories online, including here and here.

Julie was also the long-time partner of Russ Ellis, and there are several songs he wrote for her, on his recent album Songs From The Garden.

Russ and other family members and friends are hosting a memorial service at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Always in our hearts,

Julie Gordon Shearer, 1940-2022

Safe Pair Of Hands Nonuffya Bizznis And The Private Dancers

We are THRILLED beyond words to BELATEDLY place this marvelous single on the BCR website. Came out to the streaming serviceseseses some months ago and apparently, we napped on it here in BCR international space station. Play it! Share it! Embed it! Blog it! What is more, cheers. WHO is this mystery artist, you may wonder? Well, it’s.. Nonuffya Bizznis!! Enjoy 🙂

Safe Pair Of Hands by Nonuffya Bizznis And The Private Dancers