The Final Patio Hurrah for Big Trouble this Season and Awesome Podcasts
A Big Trouble Flyer
You could be forgiven for thinking that the world is perfect at the end of August when you have some time off from your job and you go camping with your kids. I certainly briefly thought that when I was camping at Afton State Park last weekend. Of course the world is not perfect. Shit, the camping wasn’t even perfect. But it’s a good time of year to clock in a little extra R&R.
I’m writing you while watching the White Sox ground the Twins into a powder at Target Field. I took the bus to the State Fair today and made content with the team from City Cast Twin Cities. I like making content. I hate saying the words “making content”. I also miss the quiet dignity of hosting radio at the State Fair. Pressing play on CDJs feels a little better than asking a sweaty kid from Hastings to write you out a paper receipt for a $13 container of fried pickles and then neither of you can remember today’s date. But also, I walked around and asked people questions in exchange for a cookie and I drank the best lemonade on planet earth with my buddy Sam Choo before he returned back to his house.
Mediterranean Lemonade from Holy Land (City Cast)
It was a beautiful day, wonderful weather, wonderful people. And tomorrow I get to play music with Big Trouble. It’ll be the last gig on the patio for the year. We’ll be out tomorrow in the mid 70s playing from 6-8 at the White Squirrel. And we’re playing Jolene by Dolly Parton to honor her beautiful legacy.
We’ve been having fun and the opposite of fun at City Cast Twin Cities. It’s the State Fair. It’s back to school. That’s fun. We also marked one year since the Annunciation shooting. That’s not fun. That’s tragic. But we’ve been covering it all and I think we’re doing great work. I’ve fielded some compliments from some tough customers lately. I’ve fielded compliments on City Cast from people who have given me under five compliments in over twenty years of friendship. If you haven’t given City Cast Twin Cities a try toss us a subscribe and check out some of the episodes. Hear some episodes and see if you connect with it. Stop going to the same restaurants and reading the same four paragraph stories about local politics. Branch out and dig in.
Jen Wittes
Josh ‘Jellyfish’ Williams
Why would I limit myself to just one podcast? NO REASON FOR THAT. Trivia Mafia is going ham once a week with new episodes and we’ve had some awesome guests on as of late. We had Jen Wittes on last week. This week, we’re dropping a podcast features Josh ‘Jellyfish’ Williams. Do you like trivia? Do you like hanging out. This is your reminder that there’s a podcast for you.
Sean on the porch with a CCCC Vol. 3
Writer Sam Homan who contributed to CCCC Vol. 3 and is also a fly-fisherman
I should also urge you to buy a copy of the Country Cabin Crapper Companion Volume 4. It’s a tour-de-force of cabin writing and you can order it online or buy it at this weekend’s Big Trouble show (that’s Saturday August 29 at 6pm at White Squirrel). Grab a CCCC Vol. 3 to elevate that final cabin hang of the season.