MAZZY STAR and HOPE SANDOVAL'S CAT CONNECTIONS
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| Hope Sandoval in L.A. 1993 |
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| Album artwork, "She Hangs Brightly", 1990 |
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| Red tee shirt merch design with cat theme |
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| Black tote bag merch design with cat theme |
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| Front cover, 2013 album "Seasons of Your Day" |
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| Inside artwork with cat theme, 2013 album "Seasons of Your Day" |
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| Screen capture pic of cat from Mazzy Star's official video for the song "I'm Less Here", 2014 |
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| Example of Hope's autograph with a cat cartoon she drew for a fan |
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| My own two cats as Mazzy Star cats! |
MAZZY STAR and HOPE SANDOVAL'S CAT CONNECTIONS:
On Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval as a dedicated cat appreciator. (Vol. 1 focuses on Dum Dum Girls’ Dee Dee Penny as a cat person. See earlier post). Mazzy Star’s “totem animal” seems to be the cat as there are at least six examples of cat image themes appearing in Mazzy Star album art, merch, & music videos. Hope also meows her way, cat like, through a song, her guest duet on JAMC’s song “Perfume,” (a song that makes sense only when one knows the history of Chanel No. 5 perfume, & how the company became more responsible by ceasing to use in the making of its perfume musk taken from musk glands of the endangered wild civet cat). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pMPb6ifZ5c . Plus, Hope’s been known to send letters on stationery with cat images printed on the paper, & sometimes signs autographs accompanied by cat cartoons she draws.
The nine photos are:
1) Hope Sandoval in L.A., 1993.
2) Inside album cat imagery art from Mazzy Star’s 1990 album, “She Hangs Brightly.”
3) Mazzy Star red tee shirt merch design with cat image theme.
4) Mazzy Star black tote bag merch design with cat theme.
5) Front cover of Mazzy Star’s 2013 album, “Seasons of Your Day” with jungle(?) cat.
6) Inside artwork from “Seasons of Your Day” album with cat imagery. [The album’s credits say: “Artwork: Mazzy Star, Barry Bodeker”]
7) Screen capture pic of the cat that appears in Mazzy Star’s official video for the song “I’m Less Here,” released April, 2014. I want to guess it’s a pic of Hope’s own cat (Herman?)!
8) An example of Hope’s autograph accompanied by a cat cartoon she drew for a fan after Mazzy Star’s Wiltern Theatre, L.A. gig, Nov., 2013.
9) A picture of my own two cats as Mazzy Star cats (Hey, why not?)
-References to Hope’s own cats have appeared in a few articles over the years, most amusingly in a Sept., 2013 SPIN mag interview where she & Colm O’Ciosoig speak jokingly about their cat “Herman” but without letting on to the leg-pulled interviewer “Herman” is a cat, not a person! http://www.spin.com/articles/mazzy-star-seasons-of-your-day-interview/ A helpful SPIN reader in comments ID-ed the mysterious “Herman” as a cat, which fits what Hope & Colm say about him. I see the current posting of the article no longer has any comments attached. So, I’ll leave a new one there with the “Herman” info someone else originally supplied.
-Hope mentions cats in lyrics in at least one of her own songs, “Suzanne,” by Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions. The lyrics line is: “The cats in here are overflowin’ “
-My own youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Bobjb999 has a large collection of Mazzy Star & Hope Sandoval recordings, mostly live, including many unreleased rarities, mostly audio with slideshows, although I have a few fine videos. Most of those slideshows have one or more cat pics sneaked in. It’s a small side distraction, but as a cat-person-Mazzy-fan I enjoy playing up the Mazzy Star cat connection a little!
The idea of doing a HELLO ROCK N ROLL KITTY! series was inspired by a popular post I saw & enjoyed at the Dangerous Minds site of photos of rock stars with their cats & dogs: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/rock_stars_with_their_cats_and_dogs
[Full disclosure: My handle “Hermesacat,” is homage to a fave cat of my own named “Hermes” (now deceased). Resemblance of the name to Hope’s & Colm’s cat, apparently named Herman according to a 2013 SPIN interview, is but an amusing coincidence. “Hermesacat” was my site name for years at (sadly now defunct) fan site Mazzy Star Boulevard. Btw, there’s a new & worthy fan forum here: http://mazzystar.free.fr ].
On Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval as a dedicated cat appreciator. (Vol. 1 focuses on Dum Dum Girls’ Dee Dee Penny as a cat person. See earlier post). Mazzy Star’s “totem animal” seems to be the cat as there are at least six examples of cat image themes appearing in Mazzy Star album art, merch, & music videos. Hope also meows her way, cat like, through a song, her guest duet on JAMC’s song “Perfume,” (a song that makes sense only when one knows the history of Chanel No. 5 perfume, & how the company became more responsible by ceasing to use in the making of its perfume musk taken from musk glands of the endangered wild civet cat). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pMPb6ifZ5c . Plus, Hope’s been known to send letters on stationery with cat images printed on the paper, & sometimes signs autographs accompanied by cat cartoons she draws.
The nine photos are:
1) Hope Sandoval in L.A., 1993.
2) Inside album cat imagery art from Mazzy Star’s 1990 album, “She Hangs Brightly.”
3) Mazzy Star red tee shirt merch design with cat image theme.
4) Mazzy Star black tote bag merch design with cat theme.
5) Front cover of Mazzy Star’s 2013 album, “Seasons of Your Day” with jungle(?) cat.
6) Inside artwork from “Seasons of Your Day” album with cat imagery. [The album’s credits say: “Artwork: Mazzy Star, Barry Bodeker”]
7) Screen capture pic of the cat that appears in Mazzy Star’s official video for the song “I’m Less Here,” released April, 2014. I want to guess it’s a pic of Hope’s own cat (Herman?)!
8) An example of Hope’s autograph accompanied by a cat cartoon she drew for a fan after Mazzy Star’s Wiltern Theatre, L.A. gig, Nov., 2013.
9) A picture of my own two cats as Mazzy Star cats (Hey, why not?)
-References to Hope’s own cats have appeared in a few articles over the years, most amusingly in a Sept., 2013 SPIN mag interview where she & Colm O’Ciosoig speak jokingly about their cat “Herman” but without letting on to the leg-pulled interviewer “Herman” is a cat, not a person! http://www.spin.com/articles/mazzy-star-seasons-of-your-day-interview/ A helpful SPIN reader in comments ID-ed the mysterious “Herman” as a cat, which fits what Hope & Colm say about him. I see the current posting of the article no longer has any comments attached. So, I’ll leave a new one there with the “Herman” info someone else originally supplied.
-Hope mentions cats in lyrics in at least one of her own songs, “Suzanne,” by Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions. The lyrics line is: “The cats in here are overflowin’ “
-My own youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Bobjb999 has a large collection of Mazzy Star & Hope Sandoval recordings, mostly live, including many unreleased rarities, mostly audio with slideshows, although I have a few fine videos. Most of those slideshows have one or more cat pics sneaked in. It’s a small side distraction, but as a cat-person-Mazzy-fan I enjoy playing up the Mazzy Star cat connection a little!
The idea of doing a HELLO ROCK N ROLL KITTY! series was inspired by a popular post I saw & enjoyed at the Dangerous Minds site of photos of rock stars with their cats & dogs: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/rock_stars_with_their_cats_and_dogs
[Full disclosure: My handle “Hermesacat,” is homage to a fave cat of my own named “Hermes” (now deceased). Resemblance of the name to Hope’s & Colm’s cat, apparently named Herman according to a 2013 SPIN interview, is but an amusing coincidence. “Hermesacat” was my site name for years at (sadly now defunct) fan site Mazzy Star Boulevard. Btw, there’s a new & worthy fan forum here: http://mazzystar.free.fr ].
