Punk Chores

Cat & Septic are in Pittsburgh chatting about coming from a long line of rascals and sons of guns, nearly getting sucked into a wood chipper as a small boy, tagging the chimney, falling out of trees, off of trucks, and out of windows, being okay with not making the bicycle look like the bicycle, falling in love with spray paint, saying no to the square world, hearing road ghost stories, spotting UFOS, putting yourself where you shouldn't be and seein' what happens, meeting creepy strangers in the woods, causing chaos in China, using your noodle instead of your back, painting a haunted prison schoolbus, being an art handler, and finding the only song you wanna sing. 

Intro Nature Boys 

Outro Zombiewolf

Cat & Chilly are chillin on the Minnie Pearl in Pittsburgh at Diamond Beach chatting about the trappings of punkdom, working at a living history museum, exotic dancing, two stepping in circles, Texians and imaginal realms, moving into a ballpit full of cans, living with mystery dancing lights, learning that community is a long con, creating a road side attraction, the importance of different hats, selling tumbleweeds, being a train friend, learning softness and being down to clown till you're dead in the ground.

Intro Nature Boys

Outro Dusty Joy

Due to some health stuff this week's pod is moved to Thursday.

Tune in Thursday!

<3 Cat

Cat & Jonah are in the boat office at Diamond Beach chatting about growing up with a history buff father, going to arts highschool, the good old pager days, being a ninja juice commando, being a noisy night owl paper boy, being a suit kid, running away to Europe to escape a charge, creating a funky odd family as an 18 year old in Amsterdam, moving kids summer camp luggage for money, living in Thailand, returning to your root system, becoming engrossed in art and fabrication world, being in the rave scene, making a giant portrait out of used whip-its, partying with endangered cockroaches, becoming a literal tarot wizard, shedding the identity of drug and alcohol use, learning astrology and plugging into our collective story through therapy and astrology work. 

Intro Nature Boys 

Outro Matrix 

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Cat & Gerty are on the Mississippi River chatting about being the straight edge roadie in Japan, running away to the big apple with yr skateboard, living under the radar, losing all your filters, going to carpentry school with dumpstered wood, barfing on villagers sandals in southeast Asia, having your motor problems solved through the power of flavor crystals, getting the boathouse for a $2 bill, and being forever grounded by living on the river.

Intro Nature Boys

Outro Uke of Phillips 

Cat & Jess are in South Minneapolis chatting about playing footsie with Mormon alt boys, discovering punk through Alkaline Trio, being a fellow myspace LoVeR, being an oldies radio dj and xeroxing their boobs, running away to Minneapolis to be a musician, writing a song for Red Bull, going on tour, making top dollar off poppers, accidentally cock blocking, eating too many everclear cherries, moving to LA, doggy daycaring, being an extra in porn, wiping butts and caring for people, being an incredible schmoozer and only indulging in the right kind of cringe.

Intro Nature Boys

Outro Yoni Yum

Cat and Bruce sit in camping chairs next to the mighty Mississippi River with the roaring cicadas for company and chat about being Pre-punk, marching in the '83 Mayday parade, apple harvest, dumpster diving, working with refugee populations in Thailand, moving to Laos, penpalling with Train Doc while helping formulate the most precious and coveted & Iconic CrEw ChAnGe, fighting against big hydropower in Southeast Asia, starting Black Butte Center for Railroad Culture from just a caboose in the woods, handling "right off the hill" trim scene oogle vibes, going on wacky river trips from the Mekong to the Mississippi for decades, and being as free range a punk as one can get. 

Intro Nature Boys 

Outro Charlie Parr 

Cat and Sandy are in North Minneapolis chatting about meeting on Earth day at age 17 in the suburbs outside Minneapolis, being a cool arts high school kid, working at the laundromat, being embarrassed by Dad's anniversary convertible, getting your mohawk revoked, finding nirvana fans on myspace, being a scenester, taking the census,  having every classic millennial job, the apple store, American apparel, garage rock photographer, and frozen yogurt , bouncing between LA, SF, and MN, being in a punk band, getting gigs off craigslist, and finally taking screen printing serious becoming a truth lizard. 

Intro Nature Boys

Outro Mika Miko

Cat and Amanda are on the Mississippi River on a mosquito ridden sand dune chatting about growin up as a little weirdo near D.C., dodging lava cheese at Starbux, getting into trouble as a teen, becoming a wilderness therapy guide, making  myspace friends, discovering the lesbian paradise of Kansas City, working at a Korean title firm, BEETS, being an underage bartender on probation, van/trailer/bus/truck life on the road for a decade, skiing accidents in Montana, buying a house, being too short for corn and too tall for blueberries, becoming a professional academic craftsperson without a bachelors degree, and having the courage to walk into the dark with your friends, knowing the end of the tunnel is always there.

Intro Nature Boys

Outro field recording of buds at beet harvest in 2018 

Cat and Nope are in the Bronx in New York City chatting about being an incubator baby, discovering DIY through dirt jumps in the woods, growing up as their mother's favorite person, being a sponsored child at riding on boards sideways, realizing there is money in dumpsters, painting houses, working at Pendleton, never trusting a lurker, working beets, becoming an old timey gutter yuppy, learning earth skills in the desert, riding TRAINS (duh), getting a Jetta off of Scruff, working for Big Motor, learning survival astrology, navigating the nuances of good old boy work places, workin' on trash trucks, becoming a marine mechanic, and living the boat dreams one hole in the hull at a time. 

Intro Nature Boys

Outro Cloud Rat