Happy New Years With Rita And Her Tiger, La Vergne's Absinthe, Plus Dancing Gwen, A Classical Himbo And A Whippity-Jazzy Secret Song!

Whoopee! It's the New Year! Do you have any resolutions? I do. To offer you, loyal reader, more and more exclusives. Let's start out with two, count 'em, two! They're a bit off the beaten path, as they say - so much so that I had trouble finding pictures for both and for one, I couldn't even find a proper biography. What to do, what to do.

Jazz Cats In Paris, Rare Ladies Sing, Cwazy Kathy And A New Buddha Secret Song!

There are some fine treasures here today, dear reader, so hold tight, we're off and running! First, isn't it time for another cat cartoon? In the past decade or so, we've had cartoons with fish, cartoons with cars, cartoon with snails, little yellow minions - did I mention snails? - cartoons with girls with literal frosted tips, and, yes, snails! But no cats. This isn't just wrong, it's a travesty of the greatest magnitude. Because cats, as you and the internet know, can be so many things; cute, grumpy, sneaky and quite terrifying, to name just a few. They're also skilled jazz musicians.