The Bullpen

Episode 46 - The Fine City of Pittsburgh w/ Shane Cepull

Hello lovers. Our special guest here is Shane Cepull, a super cool musician from Pittsburgh. We got to chat with Shane about his introduction to being a musician, learning to play bass and playing with his current band Main Street Detour. Shane also discussed the struggles of being in a band during the pandemic and the excitement of playing a show with The Dangerous Summer. Shane introduced us (well mostly David) to a sport called Ultimate Frisbee. He spoke to us about playing the sport and the general development of the sport across America. We talk about how cool it is that the Dark Knight Rises was shot in Pittsburgh. Check out Main Street Detour here - https://linktr.ee/MainStreetDetour Follow us on Twitter  @BullpenPod @davidrdring @famousstrauss Please share, like and retweet as much as you can! Thank you so much for listening. We love you! Intro/outro music is by BenMusic. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 45 - GLOP (Gorgeous Lads of Podcasting)

Hello and welcome to the sexiest podcast currently on the market. David briefly reviews The Loneliest Time by Carly Rae Jepsen. Also, are Nickelback given a bum deal by how much they get ridiculed? We both discuss the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Jamie discusses the cricket T20 World Cup currently taking place in Australia. We also discuss the plight of Wasps rugby team. Jamie talks about his recent love of Rizzoli & Isles and Star Trek: Lower Decks. Jamie also really hates Game of Thrones, it is important that you all know that! David talks about his current deep dive into Seinfeld, aka the greatest sitcom ever made. Follow us on Twitter  @BullpenPod @davidrdring @famousstrauss Please share, like and retweet as much as you can! Thank you so much for listening. We love you! Intro/outro music is by BenMusic. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 44 - Hawaii Food Tours w/ Matthew Gray

Aloha! Our special guest in this episode is the fantastic Matthew Gray! Matthew is a professionally trained chef who spent the 80s touring with some of the biggest bands, including Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles. He then became a radio DJ in Los Angeles, before moving to Honolulu, Hawaii, and eventually founding his own company 'Hawaii Food Tours'. You can find out more at www.HawaiiFoodTours.com [http://www.hawaiifoodtours.com/] Aside from chatting about Matthew's pretty eventful life, we also got the chance to talk about baseball, the effects of the pandemic and how spam is seen by many as a Hawaiian delicacy. Follow us on Twitter  @BullpenPod @davidrdring @famousstrauss Please share, like and retweet as much as you can! Thank you so much for listening. We love you! Intro/outro music is by BenMusic. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 43 - Hallelujah (Cover of a Cover of a Cover of a Cover)

Hi! David discusses his excitement at San Diego Padres, Loyal and Wave all reaching the post season. There's a quick chat about the recently announced Community movie. The big feature in this episode is our countdown of the 50 greatest cover songs as voted by readers of the Guardian. Follow us on Twitter  @BullpenPod @davidrdring @famousstrauss Please share, like and retweet as much as you can! Thank you so much for listening. We love you! Intro/outro music is by BenMusic. Additional Music is by malictusmusic https://pixabay.com/users/malictusmusic-28102724/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=113486 from https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=113486 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 42 - Samantha Mumba's Enticing Nuggets

Welcome back everybody! We are back from our creative hiatus and ready to glisten our delicious content all over your ears and brain. Jamie reviews his time as a volunteer correspondent at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. David reviews the Lonely the Brave / VLMV / Wilted Flower gig at Nottingham Rescue Rooms. There's a big roundup of the movie Heat as well as Gone Fishing with Bob & Paul, the final season of Better Call Saul and the current season of Cobra Kai. David highlights his two favourite albums of 2022 thus far - Deaf Havana's "The Present is a Foreign Land" and Pale Waves's "Unwanted". There's a quick chat about a great podcast called Smartless, and then a mini-dive into the San Diego Loyal soccer team. Follow us on Twitter  @BullpenPod @davidrdring @famousstrauss Please share, like and retweet as much as you can! Thank you so much for listening. We love you! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.