Barely Legal Podcast

Attention Musician Friends!!!!!  Colleague, Musician, Talent Manager and Entertainment Lawyer Randy Ojeda stopped by the podcast today.  I am super jelly of Randy because he has the temerity to be a talent manager/entertainment lawyer outside of LA, New York, Nashville...but that's because he loves and believes in the deep and rich stable of amazing musicians in our fair city.  After doing it for 10 years after law school Chicago he moved back hone to Tampa, got his bar license and started his law practice Randy Ojeda Law helping local and national artists with management, Intellectual Property and anything else our music community. Trust me when I say he's the real deal.  He's a music nerd, an honest person who loves music and brilliant attorney.  I highly recommend Randy to anyone looking for help in entertainment law or management.  

On today's show we switch it up...guest host Michael M. Sinclair interviewed me!  Normally I try to write some eloquent, celebratory and heartfelt thing about the guest(s)...but it's me, so fuck that guy.  Anyway, it was nice to be in the hot seat and get a sense of what it's like for the guests.  We talk about music throughout my life, how I ended up in law, anxiety & depression, my family, how the podcast came about and what song would play over the credits of a hypothetical biopic about my life!

Excited to have behavioral psychologist, Dr. Joseph Saturley back on Barely Legal Podcast today to discuss House Bill 1557 which "prohibits classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels".

If you have any questions you'd like me to ask him, message me and I'll do my best.  Happy to keep them anonymous.

https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/.../Bills/billsdetail.aspx...

Honored to have Shae & Derek from Navin Avenue on the show today.  Such sweet, gracious and talented people....not to mention how they met might be the coolest story I have ever heard.  We talk about Country music, the songwriting process, concept albums and whether you're more likely to be murdered by Jandek or Adele.  

Big day on the pod, we had Mike and John from Pet Rock on the show. We discuss the meaning of pop punk, 7th chords and literally and figuratively "finding your voice".  John Looz is a dynamo and Mike Raimondi is the only guy who loves John Frusciante more than I do.  Check out their new track 'Come Around' on this episode!  

If you know who he is, you know what an act of God it  is to get him to talk, much less talk about himself.  Will Quinlan is brilliant, he's thoughtful, soft spoken, he's heavy hearted...I'm not sure I've ever met someone quite like him.  We talk about family, Irish Weather, Jackson Browne and learning to forgive ourselves.  This was a quiet and introspective one but I suspect anyone who knows Will or is a fan will find it riveting.  We transcended time and space on this one and made it to the 4th corner of the triangle.  Stay tuned!

Pretty excited to break in new studio with Matt, Dan & Scott from HGWT tonight.  We'll be discussing their new album, Neil Young, Spotify, gear and whether Pink Flag or Marquee Moon is the better album. 
We may have even had a kick flip session in the parking lot...stay tuned!

Friend of the show, thinker, writer, bartender, owner of Gracie Trinity and rea life Patrick Swayze, Kevin Gallagher stopped by the studios today to talk about getting older, fighting city hall, the powers that be and how he keeps Jiu Jitsu interesting while pushing 50.  Kevin always has something to say and  I'll always be here for it.  Stay tuned!

It's been a minute since I did a show, but what a way to start 2022!  Got to talk to Rena Upshaw Frazier from the hit Netflix show "Selling Tampa" today and it was a blast.  As fellow Stetson College of Law and Stetson Trial Team alumni, we discussed our time in the trenches and where it led us, Rena on national TV and me finishing off a bag of Cheetos while I try look for my car keys (I kid I kid).  Anyway, we talked about her history, politics, the TV show and the current market in the Tampa Bay Area.  Great talk!

F Dos Equis!  This is The Most Interesting Man In The World, Dan Zalewski. Making a pit stop back in Tampa on his way from Thailand to Kenya, my old Khanomtom Tampa Muay Thai buddy stopped by to talk about growing up in the Netherlands, dropping out of high school only to join the air force and obtaining 2 graduate and a Masters Degree.  We talk about Ethical Finance, aging gracefully in Combat Sports, Black Swan Events, his path to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and learning Swahili.  He and I have chosen very different life paths but I've always enjoyed following his adventures.  This is just a good conversation between yours truly and an honest to goodness superhero.