We're listening to Nakedly Examined Music, a podcast about songs and songwriters. My name is Mark Linsonmeyer.

My guest for episode number 236 is T. Templeton. You're right now hearing a bit of the song

Chinese Lights from his 2004 album,

Mike Could Have. And we're recording this to promote his new album, Diner of Doubt. If you look on the

streaming services, you're right now only going to see those two albums. But he's been recording

for many, many years back into the 80s. We'll talk about that journey and about his reemergence

with a vengeance onto the music scene. We'll talk about that journey and about his re-emergence with a

vengeance onto the music scene. He's put a lot of resources into this new album. He's made

videos for I think every single song on it. We're going to talk about these songs, My Dead

Friend and I Have from that album and build another one from that might could have album again that's

2004 and we're going to hear one of many as yet unreleased songs odio-o that was recorded in

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I will have played a little bit of Chinese lights from Might Could Have 2004.

The earlier of the two albums that are currently posted on the streaming services

for you. Of course, that was after many, many years. You were already in your 40s at that point,

right? Yes. Do you have a round number? You were telling me before about how many albums

worth of stuff before we entered this period. It was never in any band bands.

And what that means is bands that did anything.

You know, it's like you always try, you never stop.

You record, we put out a seven-inch.

You get some gigs, then the band falls apart, and life continues continues but you keep writing and recording and thinking

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