Wednesday, March 08, 2006
The Cat Piano
I little bit evil... The cat piano was the work of a German scholar over 350 years ago. Athanasius Kircher designed the cat piano and documented it in the Musurgia Universalis in 1650. The piano was designed to raise the spirits of an Italian prince who was too stressed out. The musician would select cats whose voices were at different pitches then arrange them in the pens accordingly. The piano delivered sharp pokes into the tails of the cats. I just thought this was very weirdly interesting...I have never seen anything of the sort. Now, I love animals and would never hurt one but I am grimly curious as to how this cat piano sounded.
Listening
I love all kinds of music including...Van Morrison, Dave Mathews Band, Regina Spektor, Incubus, Bob Marley, System of a Down, KT Tunstall, Etta James, Black Eyed Peas, Santana, Daniel Powter, Jack Johnson, Eminem, Everclear, Everlast, Jonny Lang, Joss Stone, Lynard Skynard, Natasha Bedingfield, Otis Reding, Al Green, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Steve Miller Band, Scissor Sisters, James Dean, The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Roots, Dixie Chics, Gladas Knight, Tracy Chapman, Macy Gray, John Mayer, Tom Petty, Anna Nalick, Counting Crows.
Reading
I love any and all by David Sedaris.
Viewing
I love watching movies on rainy days and since I work evenings I don't get to watch a lot of tv, but I have Thursdays off so I can say that I love wathcing The Office!