Episode 314 – Neo Organic Water Colors

We start the week with a discussion of local news, featuring Bryan Brandenburg, co-founder of FanX, being arrested. This leads us to a bit of discussion on the convention itself and how we all feel about it several years in.

But that conversation gives way to our guest of the week. Patrick Cat of Patrick Cat Tattoo. He is an incredibly tattoo artist, based right here out of Utah. He brings and amazing amount of color and unique imagery to his tattoos. You can find him at Misery and Co. Tattoo Collective, but you have to message him first as he doesn’t do walk ins.

Patrick was born in New York City to parents from near the Mexico City area. We got to talk a lot to Patrick about his influences, and how moving back and forth from Mexico City to the United States during his early years impacted his education and life. It’s a fairly unique and very interesting story.

When it was time for college, a hard decision had to be made; Go to school in New York or stay in Mexico and pursue his artwork that he loved. He decided to stay in Mexico, where he started to tattoo to support his other art work. After gaining experience in Mexico, he tattoo’d in parts of the US and even moved to France for 2 years to tattoo.

Now he calls Salt Lake City his home, with his lovely wife, who he met in Mexico, and has a thriving tattoo business. He does guest spots around the world, and its no wonder based on the amazing artwork. We spend a lot of time talking about his style, and how he makes Neo Organic Watercolor come to life on human skin.

He gives all his customers their own artwork, sculpture or otherwise, that is the inspiration for the final tattoo. His consultations are selective, and he won’t do tattoos he doesn’t think will work or look good. And he charges by the project, not by the hour. We really loved our chat with Patrick, and hope you enjoy it as well.

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Episode 310 – Cockblaster 9000

This episode we talk about the passing of a true Utah activist to start the show. A former guest, Psarah Johnson, was a true social warrior. She was almost always found at the center of any social justice movement for women, the LGBTQ+ community and people with disabilities. If you ever had the pleasure of meeting her or working with her, you knew she believed in what she fought for, and never let anything get her down without a damn good reason.

We also find out Bre has yet another sister out in the world. A very different store with this one and for now, we aren’t giving too many details, but suffice to say, we question how many more there may be for sure.

We also talk a lot about the existing Utah drought, and the levels of the reservoirs around the west. Lake Mead in particular has been so low, that all manner of things are being found, including bodies inside of barrels from the 70s and 80s. We urge everyone to cut back on their watering this year, and talk about how dead our lawns will be too. Plus we get a bee update from Jeremy.

The heart of the episode though is spent talking with Valerie Trujillo, the owner and creator of Tru Creations Crochet, a local crochet artist that makes clothes and all manner of fun crochet oddities. Her instagram is full of all the things she makes. She was even outside the studio, finishing the top she wore in studio.

While her clothes are fantastic, I can’t get over all the other stuff she makes personally. From butts, to penises, to baby Gorgus, she is extremely talented. She does it all as a hobby, when she is just sitting around. She takes custom orders, and clearly nothing is off the table. We really enjoyed talking to her and hope you enjoy listening.

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Episode 273 – Wackus Lockus Pockus

While the show this week starts with complaints about the heat in Vegas and a full on lack of potatoes under the potato plants in Chris’ garden. It quickly moves into discussions about Drought, Bear Lake, Air Quality and travel during Covid. But then Chris has an epiphany about swearing that he wants to share, prior to our guest joining the show. Mandee (Madge) Gillen joins the gang to talk about about Foot Zone Therapy.

We start our conversation by having her draw our tarot card of the week, which happens to be the Seven of Wands. Of course Jeremy has never seen Harry Potter so tangent land here we come, since clearly the only Harry Potter he’s ever seen is a seriously poor knock off version.

Being born and raised in Utah County, Madge still calls it home. Lehi High is where she went to school and she lives in Saratoga Springs, or West Lehi as we know it. Madge was a happy mom for years of her life. Dedicating her time to her family, until she finally had a day where she wanted something else, maybe something more. After embarking on a serious weight loss journey with her husband, they noticed something wasn’t quite right with her husband. He was getting really sick and not able to actually eat. The doctors couldn’t figure it out, and so they tried doing some more holistic medicine.

A solid foot rub later, and her husband was doing better, some what miraculously. It was Foot Zone Therapy that did the trick. Convinced she could do it for her husband, Madge went to school to learn what was happening. She tells us about her “Ah-Ha” moment and what it was like to learn. She also talks in detail about the differences between reflexology and the Foot Zone Therapy she does. (Yes they are quite different) We also get a low down on what Foot Zone Therapy really is and why she thinks it works.

Today Madge runs her own business, Pixie Feet Foot Zone Therapy out of her studio in American Fork and at home. She helps people deal with the issues they carry in their feet. She also offers classes to those interested in learning the same healing practice she has come to love.

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Episode 270 – The Death Card

Hey kids, this is Jeremy again and guess what?… It’s the last week of July and that means it’s time for our ‘Historically Significant Utah Week’. Being that we just celebrated the 24^th of July (Utah’s birthday) aka Pioneer Day, aka Pie and beer day, we thought it would be fitting to highlight the ‘This is The Place Monument’ and Heritage Park.

The location of the park is where, on July 24, 1847 Brigham Young first saw the Salt Lake Valley, which would soon become the new home for the Mormon Pioneers. Members of the LDS Church believe Young had vision shortly after they were exiled from Navoo, Illinois. In this vision he saw the place where the church would settle and “make the desert blossom like a rose”

This mass religion exodus is generally defined as taking place between 1847 and 1868. That is when organized companies traveled to Utah by wagon or handcart. After the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 LDS emigrants generally traveled by train.

From 1847 to 1868 an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 pioneers traveled to Utah. Hundreds of thousands of other emigrants passed through Utah on their way (primarily to California).

Despite the romanticized idea of worn and weary pioneers traveling by handcart only about 3,000 people total, were in hand cart companies. Five hand cart companies came to Utah in 1856, two in 1857 one in 1859 and two in 1860. Each of these companies had accompanying supply wagons to carry food, tents, and other supplies…one wagon per 100 people.

In 1917 B.H. Roberts and a boy scout troop built a wooden marker identifying the spot where the first wagon party entered the Salt Lake Valley. In 1921 it was replaced by a white stone Obelisk that still stands today.

Development of the monument began in 1937 with sculptor Mahonri M Young, a grandson of Brigham Young, was commissioned to design and create a larger monument. In 1947, on the 100^th anniversary of the entrance into the valley, This Is The Place Monument was dedicated and attended by nearly 50,000 people.

The current location of the monument is now a living heritage museum. There is a village with actual pioneer homes, a blacksmith, tinsmith, and saddle maker. A visitor center with ice cream shop, grill and donuts. You can milk a cow, ride a train even have your wedding reception in the main building.

Find out more information by checking out the following:

This Is The Place Heritage Park
2601 Sunnyside Ave S, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 582-1847

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