If there is anything we love more than seltzer (and hockey), its music! We decided to do an episode talking about out top 5 favorite albums each and threw in a couple of honorable mentions at the end in place of "stokes and pokes". Have you listened to these? Do they mean anything to you?

Travis:

Rage Against The Machine: Evil Empire

Green Day: Dookie

Whole Wheat Bread: Minority Rules

Aesop Rock: Labordays

Converge: Jane Doe

Ricky:

Maroon 5: Songs About Jane

Jay Z: The Black Album

MeatLoaf: Bat Out Of Hell

INXS: Kick

The Wallflowers: Bringing Down The Horse

Woodrow Adams Jr is a true leader in the city of Worcester. As the founder of 508 Forever Young, Woody has dedicated most of his time to supporting the youth. His annual backpack drive, stop the violence event, and coaching multiple basketball teams throughout the city, are all making a huge impact on the future queens and kings of the city. We talk about his from-the-heart speech at last weeks Black Lives Matter protest, as well as his career as a court officer at the Worcester City Courthouse. Give this a listen and help raise awareness for 508 Forever Young in any way you can!

Soma79 is an artist, in the truest sense of the word. We go talk about his work designing masks to help raise money for local charities, as well as his music career and designing beer labels for Hudson craft brewery Ground Effect Brewing. Subscribe, leave a review, give it a share. Thank you.

During quarantine, both Travis and Ricky have started up new projects! Travis is a part of the group that started "Worcester Quaranzine", a collection of stories, art, poetry, and cartoons from a bunch of local artists all put together in one digital zine! Ricky has tapped into his love of music and started a youtube show called "Stub Stories", where he dives into his ticket stub collection to tell the stories that accompany the shows he has attended. Give this episode a listen for more information on both projects as well as their weekly Stokes And Pokes, the story behind #boybandsummer and a little bandana talk! please Like, subscribe, share, or tell a friend!

We talk with J.E. Rome, author of "Tapped Yet Unrooted: Poetic Word Slaughter" on this weeks show. Rome has spent the last nine years putting the pen to paper to bring his story out. We get a look into his beginning as a poet, the ups and downs of telling your story through your own words, and the process of becoming first-time published author. "Tapped Yet Unrooted" is available everywhere books are sold this Friday, May 15th! Like, Subscribe, Share, and leave a review.

Kate Rath, the creator of one of our favorite Instagram accounts, @seltzerflavors , joins us this week! With flavors like Bernie Sanders, Thelma And Louise, Snail Mail, and Sporty Spice, @seltzerflavors has taken the classic design of the polar seltzer can and added a splash of pop culture! Like, Subscribe, share, wash your hands!

We talk with Shon Rainford of The Worcester Regional Food Hub this week! The Food Hub is a incubator for local food businesses, as well as a distributor to the colleges in the city. Shon gives us some insight into how things have drastically changed for the food hub over the last six weeks. By going direct to consumer as a means to survival, the hub is now thriving and helping local farmers along the way. If you're looking for food pickups or have a business that you think would be a success in the local food scene, this episode is for you!

Mark Borenstein is not only a prominent Worcester Attorney, he's also one of our most trusted sources for where to get food and drink in the city! Looking for a place to pick up takeout from for next weeks "Worcester Takeout Day", listen to this episode for some of Marks favorite spots! Like, Subscribe, Tell a Friend, SeltzerTime!

Kevin Lyman is the man who brought your favorite band to a nearby parking lot every summer for 25 years. We were so excited to have him join us this week! Along with creating the Vans Warped Tour, Kevin is the founder of the Kevin Lyman Group, a live event production company. Lyman is also a professor at USC's Thornton School Of Music. We talk classic Warped Tour stories, how Covid 19 has effected festival season, and the importance of standing for something. Give it a spin, a share, a comment, and then go create something.

Timberyard Brewing has had to readjust their entire business plan (as has pretty much everybody) over the last month. We are joined this week by their taproom manager, Katie Ohanesian, about becoming a drive-thru taproom and what that means for their canning runs going forward. We also talk concert tickets and why we collect them, can design, and owls (if you know, you know). Give it a spin, tell a friend, drink timberyard beer, and wash your hands!