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Sunday, May 23rd, 2004
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11:24 am
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| Sunday, May 9th, 2004
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11:57 am
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| Saturday, July 19th, 2003
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10:15 pm - new screenshots
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| Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003
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11:59 am - keepin' it real
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Accept no corporate-sponsored substitutions. Tonight at half past
midnight on San Francisco channel 29, it's a new episode of the original
kittypr0n. Watch for a rare appearance by actual kittens, set to the
echoey sounds of BART, by Brett Lunceford's ambient project Goose. All
this with no commercials, and the brand names digitally removed in
post-production. (Well, no commercials, anyway.)
And, yes, we've heard about Meow TV. What can I say? Except on the most superficial level, it
doesn't sound like our show. Among other things, the other show claims
to be "for" cats--a somewhat stupid idea, given your average cat's
attention span--while kittypr0n is for people who like watching cats.
(And, yes, cats have been known to watch kittypr0n, but it's still not
*for* them. Some cats watch their shadows on the wall, too.) You will
also never see "cat haiku" or a cat surfing on our show. Perhaps most
importantly, according to the AP story, Meow TV "was developed after
research showed that one-third of cats enjoy watching television."
kittypr0n, on the other hand, was developed after watching public access
while stoned. You do the math.
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(2 paw prints | use the cat box)
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| Wednesday, April 30th, 2003
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10:47 am - Walpurgisnacht
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It may look and sound like a repeat of episode #10, featuring Michelle
Tea's cat and sounds by Negativland, but tonight we're calling it The
kittypr0n Walpurgisnacht Special! It's the perfect way to gear up for an
evening of riding brooms or sacrificing virgins (or whatever it is you kids
are into these days), so get yourself a big plate of seitan and join us at
8pm--hey! prime time!--on cable channel 29 in San Francisco.
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| Tuesday, April 15th, 2003
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11:32 am
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| Tuesday, April 1st, 2003
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7:55 pm - GO!!!!!
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You'll want to turn your volume either way down or way up for tonight's
episode, featuring the very noisy stylings of The Boredoms. You may even
want to join the tabby in the closet to escape the aural
onslaught. Damage your eardrums tonight at half past midnight on San
Francisco cable channel 29, and again tomorrow morning at half past
eight.
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| Tuesday, March 18th, 2003
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1:53 pm - boots!
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The title says it all, really. Lots and lots of shiny black boots. Indulge yourself tonight at half past midnight on San Francisco cable channel 29, and again Wednesday morning at half past eight. You know you want it, you pervert.
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| Tuesday, March 4th, 2003
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4:12 pm - very rude things with q-tips
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You know them. You love them. You may even occasionally use them for
personal hygiene. (I can't imagine how, but it's possible.) Tonight's
guest cat Thelma and her owner Lynn Breedlove (author and lead singer of
the legendary queercore band Tribe 8) demonstrate uses which can't be
discussed in polite company, and are probably illegal in some
municipalities. Meanwhile, Sonic Youth lays waste to their
studio. Witness the debauchery tonight at half past midnight on San
Francisco cable channel 29, and again Wednesday morning at half past
eight.
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(2 paw prints | use the cat box)
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| Tuesday, February 4th, 2003
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12:29 pm - hardwood puppet terror redux
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Due to error both technological and human, last month's new episode
didn't air at its proper time, so we're repeating it tonight. Because we
care.
At the feet of every great visionary mixologist there's a cat, and local
artist slash Sacrifice & DNA Lounge bartender Chupa Cabras is no
exception. (The scary sculptures you may have seen in the window
of Leather Tongue are hers.) See Chupa's cat Cretin adapt and survive
against some scary puppets, on what may be the most beautiful hardwood
floor in the 415 area code, to the insecty sounds of Tribes of Neurot's
Adaptation and Survival. All this and still more battery-draining flashlight antics,
tonight at half past midnight on San Francisco cable channel 29.
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(5 paw prints | use the cat box)
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| Saturday, January 25th, 2003
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10:49 am
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Due to technical difficulties at Channel 29, kittypr0n was not on the first and third Tuesdays of January as scheduled. Hopefully the issues will be resolved by February, and we apologize for the inconvenience.
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| Friday, December 20th, 2002
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1:33 pm - schedule change
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Starting in January 2003, kittypr0n will be moving to the first and third Tuesday night/Wednesday morning of each month. The time will still be 12:30am.
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| Tuesday, December 10th, 2002
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10:44 am - New Screenshots and Updated URL
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| Monday, December 2nd, 2002
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7:19 pm - carnations and petunias
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Tonight's guest cat is Petunia, owned by San Francisco writer Michelle Tea
and slam poet/rapper Rocco Kayiatos. Watch as Petunia makes no attempt to
hide her contempt for us and our camcorder--if you've ever wanted to see
under Michelle Tea's bed, you're in luck. Marvel at the breakable things
which should get knocked off the dresser, but don't. Wonder what the heck
that cacophony in the background is. (Negativland's recent automotive
opus Deathsentences of the Polished and Structurally Weak, in fact.) All
of this, and fun with flashlights. Happy holidays.
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| Saturday, November 30th, 2002
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2:08 am
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We're much closer to being able to offer copies of kittypr0n to people outside of San Francisco. Episodes 1-4 are nearly ready to go, we're just waiting for the sleeves we've ordered to arrive and struggling to get our ancient printer to accept the labels we're trying to feed it. Once we overcome those small obstacles, the tapes will be available for an extremely affordable price.
current mood:  busy
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(2 paw prints | use the cat box)
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| Tuesday, November 26th, 2002
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11:02 pm - Episode guide updated, now with screenshots!
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| Monday, November 4th, 2002
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12:25 pm - From the Vaults!
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Ever since the last original idea was used by The Shaggs on Philosophy
of the World in 1969, everything in pop culture is a remake of something
else, and silly little public access shows are no exception. Tonight,
we present an ultra-super-rare b&w kinescope of the original kittypr0n, as
broadcast by a pioneering independent New York station in the late
forties. None of the slick digital effects or ironic, self-referential
dialog you've come to expect from kittypr0n—this is the original stuff.
The centerpiece is a 1944 short film by Alexander Hammid and Maya Deren
called The Private Life of a Cat. The rest of the episode should
give you a sense of how much we try to be faithful to the original
show—you'd
swear those were the same cats in the same apartment you see in every
episode and that we simply pressed the "monochrome" button. It's so
eerie, maybe *this* should have been the Halloween episode. And how the
heck were the original producers were able to use the soundtrack to Eraserhead three
decades before that movie was made? It's a puzzle right up there with
Fermat's Last Theorem. Watch the mystery unfold tonight.
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| Thursday, October 31st, 2002
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10:57 am - The kittypr0n Halloween Special!
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Tonight at 8pm on San Francisco cable channel 29. It just wouldn't be Halloween '02 without it.
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| Monday, October 7th, 2002
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11:22 am - October Double Dose!
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Tonight, it's a special sneak preview of The kittypr0n Halloween
Special, featuring Vangelis, post-Syd Barrett/pre-popularity Pink Floyd,
This Mortal Coil, and the oh-so-tired sounds of Stars of the Lid. Also,
if you watch closely, you'll see the first appearance of the color green
on the show! It's teevee history.
And don't forget to mark your calendars for the aforementioned kittypr0n
Halloween Special, airing on that very night at 8:00pm. kittypr0n in
prime time--this will be the scariest Halloween ever.
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| Friday, October 4th, 2002
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11:04 am - Rain Graves on kittypr0n
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I should also mention that kittypr0n needs to package their episodes into purchasable videos. I have had episodes 1-4 on this morning, as I was going through email and catching up on things, and there is a before and after I should share:
Before: Ed, my overly-large black cat, kept hopping up onto my lap with dilusions of granduer that he could actually FIT and STAY on my lap, as I typed... Meowing became incessant. He then hopped on the printer, and tried to make his way onto my messy desk, batting at frankenbunny, toppling things as he pussy-footed around, trying to find a spot large enough to accomodate his big furry butt.
After: Ed noticed something different about the TV. There were cats on it. Nothing but cats! He now sits, watching TV, intently and complacently on the rug with great interest in this strange spacy music world of silent felines just like him.
He especially enjoyed the cat-nip episode, and when the kitten was swatting at the feather-stick, he too, got all interactive and attempted to swat at the screen. He's mesmerized.
If kittypr0n can tame Ed, it can tame your cats too. It's like... Disney films for kids! Plunk your cat in front of the screen, and he'll be occupied for hours.
posted by Rain Graves on 9.21.2002 at 12:15 PM
It's nice to know that something that's intended for humans holds such fascination for cats too.
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