I met Jon when I interviewed him years ago for an old band that has since gone defunct, ... it just is what it is... it happens to the best of them.

You may remember when I was talking to producer Jonathan Plum back in 2016 on Rockstar Superhero Episode #5, (Alice in Chains, and Blind Melon (he did the finger snaps too!)), we talked about this very subject at length, when we talked about my old band and how close we came to the big deal but life intruded and we fell apart, to put it as plainly as Jonathan did.... SO MANY BANDS. So many bands of massive talent, etc. Well,

Jon had that happen to him because sometimes life intrudes in awful ways, as was the case here. I doubt we'll talk about that today, but maybe I can convince Jon to talk if I get him drunk on emotion? I guess that's not funny to say. That said, no fancy intro here... we are diving straight into the dark and deep waters of this shared experience....here he is... my buddy from across the Atlantic. My man, Jon Charles!

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Time Codes:

5:00 Introducing one of my favorite singers, Jon Charles of EXOVAL.
7:45 Suffering with allergies
9:00 Prince released Purple Rain 40 years ago today! 
12:00 Michael Jackson died when I was in Niagara Falls

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12:30 Self Diagnosis time! 
16:00 Trying to figure out friendships 
19:00 The 'Learning Journey' 
20:00 What parts of your life hold you back?
24:00 What is Jon here to do? 
28:00 Subjected to false narratives 
30:00 What happens in the public eye? 
33:00 The sum of 5 people
35:00 Jon is still here and we are fortunate for that 

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MONOLOGUE: I'm so SICK! Cleaned Garage out.... have you ever done this? How is it possible it ends up like this? Wife is a packrat. Will never admit it, but she is. Stopped and looked at pictures... that's the pieces of paper with old versions of yourself on it.

It reminded me how young I was and how hot my wife was (and still is?) Had a come to Jesus moment with a family member recently which worked out really well, which basically means that as hard as it is to ask the big questions OR TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING HARD, well.. it's hard. Life is full of moments that change everything if we're willing to bare our souls.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Prince released Purple Rain... he was 25 years old... 25, dude. Tell me a Prince story.

BIRTHDAYS: George Orwell, born on this day in 1903. Did you know he was only 46 years old when he passed, and even though he was on the BBC a number of times, there are NO recordings of his voice in existence?

DEATHS: On this day in 2009, I was at Niagara Falls for a work trip. My wife and I had just checked into our hotel, when we heard the news that well known actress Farrah Fawcett had died of cancer, then a few moments later, we heard about Michael Jackson and his death from drug overdose. Any influence there?

WEIRD TRIVIA 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.

SONG OF THE WEEK: If you subscribe to our Patreon, you get the reactions free! Links below! There's a great band from New Jersey called Float Omen that recently released a new song called Above the Waves and I can't get enough of it. So many influences all balled up into one sexy metalcore package. We LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!

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