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.

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Time Codes:

4:00 Something progressive with lots of notes
10:00 This is James Falck of BEAR and Cobra the Impaler
14:00 Pink Floyd's last show in 2005
20:00 Anticipointment 
26:00 Nostradamus' skull and Hitler
30:00 Disdain for organized religion
35:00 Considering wellbeing and the mistakes that come
41:00 Benefits of being human 
47:00 Offering the podcast platform
52:00 Demons and UFO's 
58:00 The new L'itch record is phenomenal 
1:03:00 Romanticizing the moment he learned the guitar
1:09:00 When a band gets a lot of streams
1:14:00 The linked Belgian music scene and Hippotraktor
1:21:00 James' new project 
1:26:00 Reaction to Frontierer's Glacial Plasma 
1:32:00 Removing cancerous tumors from James' face
1:38:00 Exercising gratitude and the pointlessness of complaint
1:44:00 Rob's emotional response to James condition 
1:48:00 BEAR is anger management 101
1:56:00 The Ocean is death 
2:02:00 The fallacy of work life balance
2:07:00 Believing in an afterlife

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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 rob@rockstarsuperhero.com

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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 California in the US and weirdly, another in Romania of all places.

If you subscribe to our show on Patreon, you would have heard us react to the SONG OF THE WEEK: This week, our song of choice is by the utterly pop friendly slightly metal UK act, UNPEOPLE, and a song called WASTE, which is a LIVE version. They are currently on Sharptone Records, which means they are good because that label rules. Listen to how good they are. They are touring the United Kingdom the entire month of August, doing clubs and big festivals, so listeners in the UK and EU should check them out. If you like what you hear, follow the band, buy their merch, etc. Do it, because it's good.

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