what are the record store cats?

the record store cats are a series of gifs that were originally posted here 2006. they depict photos of cats that were edited to wear headphones and dance around in a record store.

what are they used for?

in the mid-to-late 2000s, people would put the gifs together and create videos of these cats dancing to their favorite songs and/or the songs they felt would match each cat's personality and dancing style.

my connection with them

when i was very young i spent a lot of time watching cat videos on youtube, and there were a lot of these guys. they are very special to me and remind me of my childhood. i discovered a lot of songs through these videos that i still listen to today.

meet the gang!

example videos

rambling

the names are taken right from the website but some of them arent really names. like "bobbing cat" in my eyes is named curtis. also dont like how all of the named ones have guy names. as a kid i remember seeing some of these as girls and im their biggest fan so what i say goes

for real i was very young when i watched these. like 3 or 4. looking at them fills me with so much nostalgia but also makes me feel like my brain is the size of a peanut.

i also distinctly remember sometimes getting scared and hiding under my desk when theyd look me in the eyes. specifically the house cats. and nobody knew i had autism

idk who the hell jackie wilson is...

if you click an individual cat on the website you can see comments on it from 2006/2007 :) pretty rad