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To me, the frustration of being a music fan, and specifically a metal or progressive music fan is that the vast majority of music comes from other countries and has to be sought out. Some of the biggest bands in the world are those that Americans may never know about, or very little certainly.Over the years, I've searched across the web, whether it's YouTube, or friends of friends bands, I've been able to uncover some amazing music that I would never know about... what's weird is discovering an act, then seeing that they are receiving international acclaim, or playing the biggest festivals, or both and wondering why they fell between the cracks, and then you remember.... "OH YEAH, I live in America." As a culture, if it's not easy to digest, chances are we aren't really listening or know very little, and it's MY job to change that.I heard Jamie's music through a friend in Belgium who's been on the show, one Mr Sander Rom. Now, because of another mutual connection in music producers, I was able to discover a furious band called BEAR (which has the greatest marketing material by the way) and fall in love with the very intense music they create.... then, as I dive deeper, I see that Jamie is the guitarist in Cobra, the Impaler, who's a huge act all over the EU, and I feel stupid... like, how weird is it that I just don't know any of this?I'm supposedly a metal listener, and for that matter, an influence in the PR space of hard and/or progressive music. How did I miss this? Well, today, you might learn why and more importantly, discover this great guy and his amazing music. So, here we go: Ladies and gentleman, the young legend that is.... James Falck, of Cobra the Impaler, and BEAR.----Time Codes:4:00 Something progressive with lots of notes10:00 This is James Falck of BEAR and Cobra the Impaler14:00 Pink Floyd's last show in 200520:00 Anticipointment 26:00 Nostradamus' skull and Hitler30:00 Disdain for organized religion35:00 Considering wellbeing and the mistakes that come41:00 Benefits of being human 47:00 Offering the podcast platform52:00 Demons and UFO's 58:00 The new L'itch record is phenomenal 1:03:00 Romanticizing the moment he learned the guitar1:09:00 When a band gets a lot of streams1:14:00 The linked Belgian music scene and Hippotraktor1:21:00 James' new project 1:26:00 Reaction to Frontierer's Glacial Plasma 1:32:00 Removing cancerous tumors from James' face1:38:00 Exercising gratitude and the pointlessness of complaint1:44:00 Rob's emotional response to James condition 1:48:00 BEAR is anger management 1011:56:00 The Ocean is death 2:02:00 The fallacy of work life balance2:07:00 Believing in an afterlife---- MONOLOGUE: Week's Events - Been trying to figure out the direction I want to take my career. Yes, I am doing this in front of you, just like the Foo Fighters. I'm imploding in front of you, but I have to because I want to get better, both for you and for me. I'd love some feedback. Send me an email at [email protected] THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Live 8, the sequel, was held on this day in 2005. The last time Pink Floyd played with the OG lineup intact. Richard would soon pass away. Did you watch this?BIRTHDAYS: Margot Robbie was born on this day in 1990, which angers me, because I was almost her age in 1990. Well, not really, but yeah... she's younger than my son! What a life so far.DEATHS: Nostradamus dies on this day in 1566. What's your take on prophecy?WEIRD NEWS OF THE WEEK: What is this shiny monolith thing that keeps happening all over the world? A conspiracy? Aliens? A demonic trick? This first started happening in 2020 during the pandemic, and a few were found in different countries, including the Utah and...
