{"id":4909,"date":"2021-01-08T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2021-01-08T12:44:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T19:44:39","slug":"cobra-kai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/2021\/01\/08\/cobra-kai\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobra Kai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long ago, in the year 2007, I wrote a mailer that could not be more relevant to current proto-events. I could paraphrase it here or recount it verbatim, but luckily it\u2019s still on our news page for you to read. So just go take a gander here<\/a> before continuing on. And be warned\u2026 I really loved ellipses\u2026 even more than I do now\u2026 \u2026\u2026 …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All caught up? Good, lets continue\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, it\u2019s been 13 years and it\u2019s clear that I didn\u2019t win the presidency, because Kreese is still causing mayhem and Will Smith DID, in fact, remake Karate Kid. And while I still can\u2019t bring myself to watch that movie (even though I love Will Smith and Jackie Chan), since it was clearly kung fu and not karate, Will Smith made good by helping produce the Cobra Kai series. So, in the end, I was wrong to try to stifle Mr. Smith and his Karate Kid remake dreams, because the long road led us here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So. What does all of this mean? A lot of you already found it over this past week, but in case you haven\u2019t yet\u2026 you might want to check out Cobra Kai on Netflix. They used our cover of \u201cIn The Air Tonight\u201d in one of the episodes of Season 3!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now don\u2019t go skipping around trying to find the scene, because it won’t make any sense out of context. Watch it from the beginning. And by that, I mean, watch the first three Karate Kid movies, and then start the Cobra Kai show. It\u2019s wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To commemorate, we got the ever-amazing John DeLucca<\/a> to do the above variant cover for an \u201cIn The Air Tonight\u201d single (that doesn\u2019t actually exist). Johnny Lawbot? or Robot Lawrence? Mr. Robot? Sorry, I can\u2019t seem to really make a good protomanteau out of it. <\u2014\u2014 See what I did there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVER UP VINYL RETURNS<\/strong>
And if all that weren\u2019t exciting enough, we\u2019re finally repressing The Cover Up record on Red 180g vinyl! Pre-sale starts at this very instant<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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**as with all vinyl, we don\u2019t exactly know when it will be ready to ship because of varying vinyl production times, but it\u2019s been in the process for a bit now, so hopefully it\u2019s not a horrible wait. Either way, the pre-order comes with an instant download of the album, so you can get straight to hearing stuff with your ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re bringing back The Cover Up shirt, too. But changing it up a bit by putting it on a black shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And we also went ahead and reworked the \u201cIn The Air Tonight\u201d single cover into a shirt, too! This one is gonna be suuuuuuuuuuuuuper limited, so get your pre-order in quick to secure one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LIVE IN NASHVILLE… IN EUROPE <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Live In Nashville<\/em> is now available in our KingsRoad Europe store<\/a>, so give it a gander if you haven’t already! And spread the word over there. The more stuff we get selling, the more new things we can put in that store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now get to it, you’ve got stuff to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Commander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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