A Pickle Home Companion

This week we dive into another stack of outtakes and untold stories from past episodes. Topics include hot sauce, ranking albums, the sad tale of the last beer in the fridge, Muppets, Record Store Guy, learning to drive, and more nonsense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a busy week here in Lake Skabegon, so this week we present additional conversations from the marathon podcast session with the one and only Dana Fuggin' B of Two Week Notice and Live Free Or D.I.Y. podcast from March of 2025. Topics include Furnace Fest, Ten Yard Fight, cowbell playing, the stress of driving a truck, community in the music scene, Koyo, Hot Mulligan, a game, the new Pieba...

This week The Squids sit down for a conversation in the Big House in Lake Skabegon with Ben Cissell of Audio Adrenaline. They Get Down to all the important topics you want to hear about like car racing, movie premieres, Festival Con Dios, the legacy of Drum Machine (R.I.P.), Carman, enhanced CDs, first cars, and back by popular demand... Lawn maintenance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

This week Jared, Pete, & Brock sit down with the internet's youth pastor Mason Mennenga. They discuss the culture of 90's Christian music, his podcast BlackSheep, collegiate athletics, trash TV, and the most important of all topics... lawn care. ⁠Mason Mennenga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a super-sized voicemail episode this week! The Squids tackle their inbox and somehow manage to get through it all! Topics include resurrecting bands, games, transporting food safely, concert recaps, and so much more. Grab a snack and your favorite beverage and enjoy the ride! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week The Squids dive into the Northwest music scene with Todd Fadel. They talk about putting on shows, touring with Sappo, creating songs for a house church, the origins of Twin Sister, dabble in some TomFest talk, the Meow Meow, Agents of Future, teaching music, virtual reality, and get Todd's side of the infamous Milk Truck story. All this and more on A Pickle Home Companion! Todd Fadel's V...

Enjoy some unreleased moments from an evening in May of 2025 that they irresponsibly podcasted three episodes. I guess this makes it four. Topics include the gathering of The Squids, a voicemail/promo for a show, and speedo stories. #SquadFiveO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week The Squids and Mr. Kyle talk with Mitchell Layton of the band Pipe Bomb. They discuss becoming a content creator, the bands Church Girls and Plead The Widows Cause, writing and recording music for Pipe Bomb, the origin story of the band, play a game, music festivals, and more. ⁠Pipe Bomb (Bandcamp)⁠ ⁠Pipe Bomb (Instagram)⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week The Squids are joined by Loyd Harp for discussions around the upcoming Carman movie, Audiofeed, selling records, music, mayhem, and more. Audiofeed Call And Response Records APHC Merch Shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a Squad Five-O Sunday bonus episode! Jeff & John sit down to talk about the upcoming show in Savannah, GA while everyone tries Jared's patience by talking about Star Wars. Other topics include fashion tips with Jefe, shirt shopping, voicemail, Gasoline Heart, the Tooth & Nail News post, and why this is all Jared's fault. Get tickets to the final show Gasoline Heart Mark Lowry's Closet Learn m...

In this week's compilation of untold stories discussions ensue regarding guilty pleasure bands, trivia, camels, Weird Al, Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the mewithoutYou smelly CD sale, and other nonsense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Bret, Todd, & Valentine of The W's join the The Squids in Lake Skabegon for an episode filled with laughter. Pete has a new bottle of Three Chord. There's listener voicemail, lots of Oregon talk, the challenge of naming all the drummers of The W's, Wikipedia Fact Check Corner, fluffernutters, Kevin shows why Jared normally runs the games, and other nonsense. APHC Merch Learn more about y...

Elizabeth Jancewicz stops by to talk about creating the Pilgrim the cat comics and the Kickstarter campaign along with Eric's Taskmaster birthday party, growing up with comics, Anniversary traditions, the Pocket Vinyl covers project, and more. Pilgrim: A Cat Comic Memoir Kickstarter⁠ ⁠The Touring Test⁠ ⁠Pocket Vinyl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric from Pocket Vinyl returns for another off the rails conversation with The Squids. They discuss the upcoming AudioFeed festival, Eric's love of the band Bleach, weird challenges, a guest hosted trivia game, Australia, and finally talk about Pilgrim the cat & the Kickstarter to chronical her story. ⁠Pilgrim: A Cat Comic Memoir Kickstarter⁠ ⁠The Touring Test⁠ ⁠Pocket Vinyl Learn more about your...

This week Jared Colinger of The Enigmatic Foe stops by Lake Skabegon for a conversation about the origins of his music project, working with the Frank Lenz, singing at Ronnie Martin, Blockbuster, getting comfortable singing about personal things, and his new album Like An Ocean. The Enigmatic Foe Autopilot (Music Video) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a jam-packed bonus episode of voicemails as The Squids hear what listeners have to say. Stories of choirs, mysterious bands, the less mysterious Herb Alpert, secret mission updates, household maintenace, stylistic changes in bands, and all sorts of nonsense. Call in at 985-28-SQUID! (985-287-7843) #voicemail #listenerquestions #nobodyreadsthesehashtags Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

This week Brock, Pete, & guest Squid Scott Teece sit down with Owen Thomas of The Elms to talk about the vinyl box set, reunion shows, the value of interacting with fans, music after The Elms, starting Absorb., looking to the future, and more. The Elms Absorb. APHC Merch Shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Peter Stuart of the band Dog's Eye View and Jason from Unoriginal Vinyl join the show to discuss the 30th Anniversary Record Store Day 2026 vinyl release of the album "Happy Nowhere" as well as connecting to music, appreciating the vinyl format, writing songs, and more. Unoriginal Vinyl Record Store Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week The Squids celebrate the one year anniversary of Tooth & Nail News by chatting with Cameron George! They agonize over making a Top 5 Albums list, dive into how he was introduced to the label, talk bucket list bands, and more of the usual nonsense of Lake Skabegon including turning the tables on their guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a busy week here in Lake Skabegon our home town. This week we take a look back at some untold stories from past episodes. Eric from Pocket Vinyl talks about vinyl collecting and teenagers. Dana Fuggin' B from Two Week Notice and Live Free or D.I.Y. podcasts talks about letting interviews flow naturally. Pocket Vinyl Two Week Notice Live Free or D.I.Y. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

This week The Squids listen to voicemail and are joined by Andy Atkins from A Plea For Purging and Bad Luck Burger Club. They talk about reunion shows, bringing a food truck to Furnace Fest, expanding the business, music videos, revisiting old songs, the challenge of writing new songs, ordering off-menu, service industry vices, and brainstorm ideas for the restaurant, and more! Bad Luck Burger Clu...

It's a celebration of The Dingees "Armageddon Massive" vinyl release in Lake Skabegon! Ethan Luck & Jeff Holmes stop by to discuss the remastered album on Unoriginal Vinyl. They talk about recording the album, rediscovering the original recordings years later, updating the artwork, and appreciating the effort that Unoriginal Vinyl puts into all their projects. Order your copy of Armageddon Massive...

It's part two of the Snow Day Sunday impromptu recording. The Squids pick up where they left off when Jason signed off and are joined by Maverick. Stories of Satellite Soul, Big Spankers, the Carman movie trailer, chip complaints, the CarmanBot, Geoff Moore, voicemail, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jared attempts to tell a story and the Squids are out-Carman’d by their guest Jimmy Brougher. They discuss why he wears white, his birthday party at Caffe Pacori, life in the Northwest music scene, discovering music, Theology Beer Camp, and more. Caffe Pacori Theology Beer Camp APHC Merch Shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week The Squids are joined by Scott Hatch of Burnt Toast Vinyl. They chat about his record label, Farquar Muckenfuss, Purple Door festival, Danielson, Stryper, bourbon, letterpress, extreme album releases, the vinyl creation process, and more! Burnt Toast Vinyl APHC Merch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices