Pentapawnix

 
 
I’m a super-excited rat because my favorite paw cappella group, Pentapawnix, is releasing their third album this Tuesday! You might remember me mentioning the group this past January when they took home their first Hammy award. After touring North America and Europe this summer (smartly avoiding sites of the Bubonic Plague) they’ve been hard at work in the studio, and I can hardly wait to crank up the volume on PTX Volume Flea in two days!
 
Pentapawnix has been releasing teaser videos on their ChewTube and Muzzlebook pages over the past week, and I haven’t been this amped up since our neighborhood cheesemonger moved in next door! With rat-tastic covers like Dirty Bandit’s “Rather Flea” and squeaktacular originals including “Sniff Through” on the album, there’s truly something to scratch every musical itch. And don’t forget to muzzle your way into the future: they’ll release a brand new Christmouse album in October!
 
Now if only I could ignore the fact that two of the group’s members have adopted a sphinx cat, I’d be in paramice!
 
Keepin’ it squeak,
Bob

Black and Red

 
 
Today in the Dutch city of Breda, thousands are wrapping up their ninth annual celebration of Redhead Days, an international three-day gathering of redheads. My human caretaker, the one who translates my rat squeaks into English for this blog, is all excited because, like less than five percent of the population worldwide, she has a copper top! Although she was not able to make a trip to Breda this year she dreams of going someday, and it’s all she’s been talking about for the last two weeks.
 
As the only redhead in her family, she says she feels lonely and wants to be in the company of people who look like her. I admit, I have a hard time identifying with her: black rats like me are very common, and I’ve never had trouble finding members of my species to mingle with.
 
To help her feel better, I decided to mark my own rat-tastic version of Redhead Days by undergoing a new fur-do. What do you think of it? I will squeak that my new strawberry locks have attracted a lot more rattention than my black fur ever did, confirming something I suspect my human has known her whole life: brunettes may get noticed, but redheads are never forgotten.
 
Ratty Redhead Days,
Bob
 
[Photo courtesy http://ratvarieties.com/type/silver-fawn/]