Rich Marks the Spot

23/10/2025

He built a room specifically to play loud rock music while his children sleep upstairs. Sharing passions with your kids deeply affects them. If you love music, keep playing—something inside dies if you stop. Hobbies are key to a healthy mental state, even with stress.

23/10/2025

Mad Season? It's basically Pearl Jam meets Alice in Chains—a true supergroup. You've definitely heard "River of Deceit" or "I Don't Know Anything." Those songs are total classics now. The 90s are classic rock now—crazy!

21/10/2025

Should We Be Treating Kids Like Adults?

20/10/2025

Purchasing A Roland SPD-SX PRO Was My Best Life Decision. They are not cheap.

20/10/2025

Mikes bandmate got sick before preforming or got stage fright but he took over the sticks!

18/10/2025

A behind-the-scenes look at the tribute band world. Discover what it's really like to perform as Taylor! I'm disappointed Mike isnt singing in falseto.

17/10/2025

Rich & Mike explore the ever-shifting definition of classic rock. 90's Is Now Classic Rock. Can you relate?

17/10/2025

They brought back 3D Doritos! It happened organically; it manifested into reality. Mike even made a song about it before they came back! Are they even good?

16/10/2025

🎙️Taylor Swift Tribute Band, Catholic School & 3D Doritos | 20-Year Timeout EP 3 is Live!

I talk with guest Mike Harnois — a Worcester native, full-time musician, and longtime friend from Catholic school (He used to pick me up over his head and put me in jail)

After decades apart, we finally reconnect to talk about:

🎸 Forming a Taylor Swift tribute band
🎤 Playing full album tributes (System of a Down, Paramore, Faith No More, and more)
👨‍👧‍👦 How parenting changed our creativity
🕹️ Growing up on AOL, chat rooms, and Nintendo
🤝 Why community, connection, and humor still matter

From snack-food rap songs (3D Doritos!) to soulful reflections on raising kids in a digital world — this one’s packed with nostalgia, laughs, and deep conversation.

🎧 I even mess around with his drum set at the end. (No balls involved...)

▶️ New episodes drop regularly!
Follow my journey as I track down people I haven’t spoken to in 20+ years and hit “unpause” on the past.

15/10/2025

How the time flys! Already in production of EP 4 of 🎙🎥

06/09/2025

This is what happens when you hit “unpause”



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🟢 20-Year Timeout is a podcast where we reconnect with people we haven’t seen or spoken to in 20+ years. In this episode, host Rich Marks sits down with Fat...

06/09/2025

🟢 20-Year Timeout is a podcast where we reconnect with people we haven’t seen or spoken to in 20+ years. In this episode, host Rich Marks sits down with Fr. Jonathan Slavinskas aka “The Priest,” on his church porch in Worcester, MA, for an unfiltered, real-time reunion.

From childhood memories and keg parties to seminary, street ministry, addiction recovery, gym classes, and balancing a priest’s life with personal growth—this conversation is raw, funny, deeply personal, and full of surprises.

🎙️ We talk about:
🟢 Becoming a priest in the modern world
🟢 Growing up Catholic in Worcester
🟢 Church in the age of technology
🟢 Health, addiction, grief, service, and spirituality
🟢 Finding purpose while helping others

This is what happens when you hit “unpause” on the past.
📍 Episode 2 was recorded at St. Bernard’s Church on Lincoln Street in Worcester, MA.

🕊️ Stay tuned for more powerful reconnections in future episodes of 20-Year Timeout. Subscribe and follow the journey!

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro & Setting the Scene
03:12 - Reconnecting After 20 Years
06:40 - Becoming a Priest
12:50 - Seminary Life & Mental Health
21:20 - Life as a Community Leader
31:00 - Stories from the Church
39:30 - The Gym, Health, & Discipline
45:20 - Va**ng, Youth, and Social Pressures
53:00 - Faith, Service, & Calling
1:04:00 - Addiction, Escapism & Jesus
1:14:00 - Bringing Joy to the Community
1:26:00 - The Future of the Church
1:31:20 - Reflections & Farewell

🧠 Related Topics

🟢 Catholic priesthood in modern society
🟢 Reconnecting with people from your past
🟢 Faith, mental health, and healing
🟢 Community service and outreach
🟢 Personal growth through reflection

FOLLOW Father Jonathan:
https://www.instagram.com/jjslavs
https://www.facebook.com/jjslavs
https://www.youtube.com/.jonathanslavinskas2464

REACH OUT:
[email protected]
https://www.olpworcester.org/