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Polar Goldie Cats, They Only Put Out at Night

CARLA BOZULICH: Who is the Persephone you thank on Polar Panty Ass? I had a cat that died named Persephone.

RINCY SAMUCAKE: We thanked your cat on the CD.

CARLA: You thanked my cat?

RINCY: We listed the name of any cat we could remember anyone telling us about. We tried to thank all the cats that we felt we had made contact with.

CARLA: I was really young when she died. It was my mom not knowing how to use flea shampoo that did it.

NELS CLINE: The cat died from flea shampoo? What did she do - feed it to her?

CARLA: She didn't read the directions. It's supposed to be diluted with three gallons of water for each capful, but she poured it directly on the cat. It'd be like sticking your hand in strychnine. My mom killed another cat by doing something wrong. I forget what, though. I'm blocking. What were your impressions of each other when you first met?

CUPPA: There were all wearing sweaters in the summer and being incredibly polite. They'd all look at each other and give each other these little smiles. I thought everyone in the band was gay.

RINCY: I assume that about almost everyone when I first meet them, but that's just how I am. It's not that I'm not, or that I am.

CUPPA: When I notice an absence of testosterone, I always assume gayness. It wasn't a bad thing.

RAFE MANDEL: I still have this note that Cuppa gave me. It had "I'm gay" written on it over and over. He was thanking me for speaking to him. I forget the exact wording of most of it, at the bottom I remember it said, "Hope not a pest."

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