I love rock and roll and I love writing rock and roll songs

Brandon Semler lives in Austin, but originally hails from Greene County, right here in Ohio.  We met in 2019 at the CD Baby DIY Musician Conference.  We'll be headed back there again this weekend, and in fact, this episode is being posted on the morning of the conference's first day.  What kind of things is Brandon up to musically with his band, Westerly Station?  What's his new business all about?  What's the first song he can remember ever…

Mike Thome is still tastefully named, and becomes my first three time guest with this episode.  Why is he here?  Well, we're a bit past halfway through the baseball season.  We talk about his beloved Minnesota Twins.  Will they be able to win the AL Central?  We talk about my beloved Atlanta National League Baseball Club.  Will they be able to win the NL East?  Will the Mets continue to make us all say "lolMets"?  (#lolmets)   Mike brings up the bigger gap between the elite power hitters and everyone…

My tastefully named friend Mike Thome is back to talk about baseball.  You can hear the happiness in his voice as we discuss the success found by the Minnesota Twins thus far. I am somewhat less enthusiastic about the Atlanta National League Baseball Club. We talk about offense being down this year, a few rookies of interest, the misery of the Cincinnati Reds, and kick around the idea of a trade in our fantasy league.

My tastefully named friend Mike Thome joins me on this episode where we talk about the 2022 baseball season.  You'll hear about our respective favorite teams, baseball stadiums we have visited, our deep and difficult fantasy league, and our predictions for the upcoming season. 

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Just when you thought I might make it through an episode without talking about music, I am here to tell you that this is not that episode. Franklin Rabon is from Georgia. He used to write for a sabermetric baseball blog, and as you can see from the picture, he is also a fan of The Atlanta National League Baseball Club. (Note that we recorded this conversation before the baseball lockout ended.) Franklin is an intelligent and thoughtful individual with an impressive array of interesting life…