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
Cat & Laurel discuss working on the oldest short line train in the U.S., being destined to be a train guy by your ancestors, communicating with the dead , haunted bibles, partying in dream world, and alien forces in the desert. I want to believe!!!!
Intro: Nature Boys
Outro: Roots and Recognition
Cat & Matt & Jimmy who work at The Book House in Minneapolis talk about the Rare Books biz, being a poet in south Minneapolis, how the rare book business works, what to do when Grey's Anatomy implants itself in your psyche, and how poems translate into hardcore songs.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Texture Freq
Cat & Carhartt talk about hitchhiking, sleeping under bridges, being a little punker growing up in Wisconsin washing dishes, piling beets at the beet harvest, sending punk mail, etc etc. Please excuse my rude interrupting interview nerves, Carhartt was the second interview I ever did and was bumbling through it.
Collage by Carhartt
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Miracle Debt
Cat & Allie have an unhinged conversation about growing up a Quaker, puking corn chips off boats, getting your boat anchor back from a wing nut live aboard sailor, almost dying at sea, running away with a golf cart in Hawaii.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Yoni Bologna
Cat & Jessie sit on a wooden platform in North Carolina and talk about being a living statue for money, riding trains in Canada, hitchhiking in South America, getting sick in India, getting freaked out in the southern U.S.,
living the dream!
intro Nature Boys
outro Jessie and the Jinx
Cat & Butch talk about diaper police, a fake British lady with a rotting off foot, getting your shoe sole sawn off by a train, Hurricane Helene super hero efforts, punk rock & mutual aid in Asheville,
bears, alligators, rats, doggies, donkies, kitties, oh my!
GET A KITCHEN JOB, BE NORMAL!
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Swamp Ape
Cat & Meg sit in a garage and talk about working at girls rock camps, growing up in punk world in Tennessee, touring with no money, Iron Maiden in Costa Rica, the seasonal gig of "Cranberries", poison ivy on your junk, and becoming a law wizard when your former boss is trying to fuck you over.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Liar Mute
Emma, Gabriela, & Cat battle helicopters, car alarms, and dogs barking (why do i keep trying to record outside?!) while discussing Gabriela's time working as a welder for Burning Man, trimming weed, and becoming a bio designer working with mycelium in the Netherlands. Not to mention her bad things come in threes story about an angle grinder to the face, a kidney stone at the Burn, and a ripped up oil pan whilst hauling DJ gear...
Cat and Blake talk about what it's like to be the Original bequeather of the punk job "Ice Castles" to the Midwestern punks, working for friendly Mormons, fighting over Ice Logs, the tough job of being a friend boss over yr friends, med studies (yet again) & a lil cave talk.
I am soooooooorry about the weird AI voice editing I had to use to save this recording. I really hope it is tolerable.
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by Gran...
Rikki, Cat, and Colin chat about genital clams, noodle express, wild land firefighting, running away to a cult, lil' trimming weed, and some boat stuff!
Intro by Nature Boys
Outro by God Equals Genocide
Bryan May , Bryan's babbling baby, and Cat Raia ramble about the Portlandification of our country, grieving dead friends, whether the kids are indeed "alright", squats, punk houses, mutual aid, sleeping in closets, viral patches, drinking pee for fun and for survival, and the true story/ urban legend of the mouse in the lard jar.
First half of the episode has an awake baby, second half, white noise machine and a napping baby.
Intr...
APOLOGIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO DOWNLOADED MY JANKY ACCIDENTAL POD DRAFT & also apologies for some of the volume inconsistencies.
Listen to Cat & Flip discuss freight train riding, floating on the Mississippi on homemade rafts, oogle livin' and the most disgusting dump run ever.
intro by Nature Boys
outro by Mischief Brew
Fantasy author Emma Törzs is our first guest, sitting in the interviewer seat to ask host Cat Raia about her time doing pharmaceutical trials for money. Hijinks ensue.
Intro music by Nature Boys.
Punk Chores is an interview story podcast about DIY Punk culture hosted by Cat Raia. Punk Chores is all about our ridiculous roommates, preposterous jobs, frenetic hobbies and the beautiful wholesome friendships that make it all worthwhile.
Music by Breakaway
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