Leave Work Now! with Rick Koster

Thoughts while ironing a suit for a funeral

In this edition of Leave Work NOW, Koster does just that and ruminates whilst ironing a suit to wear to the funeral of Dave Schulz - as fine a chum as a fella could hope for.

Pocket Vinyl celebrate their album release (one year late)

The piano/painting duo Pocket Vinyl released their latest album "Winter Person" in 2020, but but are just now getting to celebrate with an album release party. We talk with Eric Stevenson about songwriting, recording, and the companion book and ambient album that accompany "Winter Person." https://pocketvinyl.com/ [https://pocketvinyl.com/] Pocket Vinyl on Bandcamp [https://pocketvinyl.bandcamp.com/] The Touring Test web comic [https://thetouringtest.com/] Lucifer and the Predetermined Timeline [https://thetouringtest.com/comic/lucifer-and-the-predetermined-timeline-page-1/?sid=95]

How hard is it to hit a 95 mph fastball?

Rick and Peter talk with local radio host Lee Elci, a former minor league baseball player, about what it takes to face professional pitchers. Rick, Peter and Lee took some swings in the cages against mid-90s fastballs from a pitching machine, and Rick was about as successful as you would imagine he was. Video of Rick trying to hit in the cage [https://youtu.be/tv3My7ngyaE]

James R. Benn on his new novel "Road of Bones"

"Road of Bones" is the 16th book in James R. Benn [https://www.jamesrbenn.com/]'s series of Billy Boyle World War II mystery novels. Benn talks with Rick Koster about the historical backdrop for the novel, writing during the solitude of the pandemic, and the dark history of Russia's real life Road of Bones. "Road of Bones" will be released on September 7, 2021 with a book signing at Bank Square Books [https://www.banksquarebooks.com/james-benn] in Mystic, CT.

Remembering Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts

An appreciation of an all-time great rock and roll drummer.