Punk Chores
While ”punk” is a lifestyle stemming from the wild ass music and mohawks from the early 1970s, in the last fifty odd years it has come to mean a lot more than describing a style of dress and music. Punk is an umbrella term for all of the growths sprouting out of ”do it yourself” outsider culture. House shows, stick and poke tattoos, riding freight trains, making zines, building boats to sail down the Mississippi, welding bike frames together, getting scabies from sleeping on a couch on tour. Our culture is kept alive by the myriad of hustles we’ve cobbled together to avoid commitment to careers allowing for giant swaths of time to travel, make art, fuck around, find out. Punk jobs exist in the yellowy amber goop Venn diagram of craigslist, word of mouth and sheer luck. Sometimes well paid, sometimes not. Disgusting, terrifying, monotonous, or mind boggling but above all, good for stories. So grab your lighter, re-associate with your cat you haven’t seen in 6 months since working on a weed farm and buckle up. It’s time for your punk chores.
Episodes
Regular programming back Jan 6. Enjoy this weird little episode, i hope it sits comfortably like a big ol' plate of rice pudding, fruit soup, meat fondue, lefsa and pretzel salad (yes, this is the stuff I ate every Christmas my mom was alive. She made some weird stuff but it was fun) Love yall, see ya soon. <3Cat
Cat & Katie sit in the squat palace and discuss being a god-squad ska keyboardist, living above a Pittsburgh pizza legend, becoming the accountant for the weird, learning about bolts and carpenter-ing, partyin' and falling through the sky in Europe, getting a stomach bug and floating down the Mississippi, denouncing college & christianity standing on a couch, taking your 8 month old baby on a crusty all-rain river trip, ea...
Cat & Alan are in Pittsburgh chatting about playing baseball, being Polish, figuring out that god is everywhere, being a crusty hippie, meeting your first PuNk, being a fruit & veggie co-op guy, moving to Albuquerque sleeping on the futon floor, house painting, getting cancer, and becoming totally dedicated to fighting death by incarceration & finding the humanity that's locked away.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Close Pris...
Cat & Wes hang in Brooklyn and chat about a wild ass drug and rock n' roll child hood, skate ramp bedroom, being a lifeguard, cat sitting, working for peanuts in Bolivia, being an absolutely horrible breakfast waiter, "book selling", living in a homeless encampment, squatting in Oakland, punk shows on your bed, fighting old guys, feeding spaghetti to your dog, riding trains, spending all your money on tacos for your friend, hav...
Cat & Paulie sit in a park in Bushwick & chat about growing up in New Jersey, squatting in Philly and NYC, dog walkin', dumpstering pizza, carpentry, snow birdin', train ridin', hitchhikin', playing in punk bands, getting into sailing and squatting in boats, and TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AND WHERE.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Sub Rosa
other music by Beer Garden & Crybaby MacArthur thx to Remote Outposts blog
Cat & Xristina are in Xristina's studio in Berlin chatting about doily jock straps, edible nipples, mycelium that eats plastic, clothing made out of mushrooms, larping, playforming, gaming, being an artist from a tiny Greek island, and figuring out how to outrun the plastic.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Lazaro
Cat & Brandon chat about being a CaLiFoRnIaN turned prairie punk, harvesting wild rice, living out of a backpack, tanning hides, becoming an ethical landlord on accident, turning your attic into a climbing gym, slinging gems at the rock and gem shows, becoming a welder and fabricator, discovering Minneapolis, Battle Train, snow removal, making traditional drums, protest marching band, and dabbling in every damn thing you could ...
Cat & Michael chat mostly about puppetry and making art and being a creative weirdo in South Minneapolis!
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Soundtrack to BAAL (1970)
Cat & Gina sit on the deck in Pittsburgh in July and chat about converting diesel buses to veggie oil, autonomous boat house community on the Mississippi, rescuing a famous painting from flood water, driving through a hurricane, controversial dog stories, working on the movies, boat robberies, intentional living on farmland, house painting, tour, and the hindsight to look back and see the special-ness of it all.
Intro by Natur...
Cat & Big Dawg talk stealing at Micheal's, vet tech, having your clothes covered in shit at Fecal Manor, having your eye obliterated by a rubber bullet at a protest, building Ice Castles, driving Zamboni, Haunted Houses and general punk low livin' turned sober animal healing.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Sneakin' Out
Cat & Andrés talk about sly pranks, industrial music, living in a legendary punk show venue, being a teen on yr own livin large, riding trains, bucking the doopers, and so much more.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Andrés instrument performing a Noothgrush cover
Cat & Nicole sit on Sandpiper and talk about art, plants, natural dyes, weaving, taking over a hotel when Minneapolis was on fire, getting Covid in Ireland, being "not NOT a punk" and trying to steal Puffins from a magical island.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Silver Rein
Cat & Emma talk about Cat's time doing death cleanup in the wilds of Florida. TW: contains mentions of suicide, violence, and general gore.
Intro: Nature Boys
Outro: Mansion
Cat & Devohn chat about being the French Toast Guy, roasting local politicians, being a comic in the midwest, working as a PCA, golf caddying, Booing at the Van Gogh interactive exhibit, protesting police brutality, and so much more!
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Wesley Willis
Cat & Shaun talk about imposter syndrome, falling into a career through being a volunteer, activism, code switching, art handling and coal mining.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Gay Witch Abortion
Cat & Suzanne chat about the old times at ye olde weed tree, playing in my favorite band ever, becoming a radio pro, being a bike mechanic, touring Japan, never quitting a job, staying at a restaurant for too long cuz the food's so good, and making a living doing what she loves in KCMO.
Intro Nature Boys
Outro Nature Boys!
Cat & Canadian Julien sit on the sailboat Sandpiper and talk about logging, cooking in restaurants, working in sugar shacks for the syrup lords, snowshoeing through the woods whilst dope sick in middle of nowhere, and meeting internet strangers for sailing trips.
intro by Nature Boys
outro by Cadmium
Cat & Cindy talk about realizing punk is actually cool, weaving for a world class weight lifter, sifting through plastic cocktail swords, playing pots and pans, messing up a PB&J, becoming a prolific zine maker, eventually a punk rock therapist, and being totally and completely unemployable!
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Astrid Oto
Other Music by the Suburbs, X-Ray Spex, Outcry, Seven Year Bitch, Operation Ivy, J.Wil...
Cat & Breakaway talk about growin' up in a small river town and making your own fun, working at Taco Johns, beets harvest, creating an empire of zines, converting a school bus to veggie oil, serving Thom Yorke ice cream, alternate universe lady president magazines, hustling in NYC & reminiscing about the hit film Rooster Rooster.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Breakaway
Cat & Caitlin reminisce about the ol' days in Minneapolis, being an underage bartender, battling falling knives and stolen tip jars at the collective cafe, obliterating wasps and wine jugs in the basement.
TW
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