Tea for the Tillerman cat Stevens tends to be lumped in with the early-’70s singer-songwriter school led by James Taylor and Carole King, but he actually fits in rather neatly with such wistful English contemporaries as Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, and Donovan. Tea for the Tillerman‘s “Wild World,” “Into White,” and “Longer Boats” indicate that he may have been a more gifted tunesmith than the lot of them. As with the best of the Brit folk-rockers, Stevens mixed melancholy with whimsy. Yes, he was prone to airy platitudes, but when he harnessed his eccentricities, as he did throughout this 1970 masterwork, you had something truly distinctive. A natural cult artist, la Tim Buckley and Leonard Cohen, Stevens connected with record-buyers to the tune of 25 million units sold before he changed his name to Yusuf Islam, established an Islamic school, and raised a ruckus by supporting Ayatollah Khomeini’s death decree against author Salman Rushdie. This remastered 2000 version of the 1970 recording, which was overseen by the artist, is a vast improvement over the earlier CD reissue. –Steve Stolder
Customer Review: If that doesn’t bother you.
cat Stevens has always been one of my favorites. His lilting voice has never been matched. He has been the center of some controversy over the years for his non-musical interest and pursuits; if this bothers you, I understand(it concerned me too.) But, the music stands apart, an entry in the pantheon of great folk music.

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News.com.au – The dog and cat Management Board advises dog attack victims to contact the local council where an incident occurs, as they are entitled to claim damages and costs incurred as a result of an attack. Councils have authority to collect evidence of dog

Woman celebrates beating rare form of cancer
Capital – After a cat scan, she was diagnosed with bile duct cancer. Nearly 80 percent of her liver was covered with a tumor. “Liver tumors are measured in fractions of an inch. This one was nearly a foot,” said Mr. Russell. “It poked out of her chest like an

Grosse Pointe agency delivers food for pets along with Meals on Wheels
Detroit Free Press – At Marion Battjes’ Grosse Pointe Park flat, Holly the cat is eating. When visitors arrive, she scurries for cover. Her owner, 86, can’t take care of herself or her pet like she used to. When her daughter, Beth Dann, who lives nearby in Detroit, saw a

Black cat burnouts progress
Missoulian – FRENCHTOWN – Burnout operations that were started Thursday on the north end of the Black cat fire near Missoula progressed as planned. The second phase of the burn will continue Friday, weather permitting. Smoke will be evident from these burnouts

Read Animal Stories Again, Again for Children
The Ledger – Fabian is a cat with wonderfully short legs and a little smile; Hondo is a dog with a worried look and tiny, deep-set eyes, like currants in bread dough. One of the book’s best pictures shows Hondo’s back half as he’s going into the house. The author

The cat‘s meow
Aspen Times – Why settle for a hog when you can ride a tiger? The fellas at Bare Bonz Choppers in El Jebel designed a bizarre-looking bike that incoroprates the skull and bones of a saber-tooth tiger into its design. The lethal cat was good enough to take second

cat Has Cross-Country Adventure
CBS News – (AP) A cat snuck into a moving van, traveled 1,000 miles over three days and then roamed in some woods for 18 more days before being found. “She’s definitely a pretty darn independent cat,” 10-year-old Annie’s owner Ann Roskam said. “She likes to be

Afternoon heat, winds kick up activity on Black cat fire
Missoulian – This afternoon, high winds and lower humidity have increased fire activity. Crews are monitoring and holding containment lines on all sides of the fire perimeter. One spot fire has crossed the fireline on the north end of the fire, and firefighters

Fall preview: New books from Sebold, Junot Diaz, Roth
San Francisco Gate – Davis artist Spring Warren’s first novel, Turpentine (Black cat/Grove); Berkeley writer Don Waters’ story collection, Desert Gothic (University of Iowa Press), Robert Alter’s translation of The Book of Psalms (Norton); and Garrison Keillor’s first Lake

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