Yeah, so last night was freaking awesome. 

I went to a concert featuring Shinedown and Seether, two bands that I've grown to have a preference for in the last several months.  This is probably because they are similar to the music that I liked in middle school and high school- Nirvana, Alice in chains, STP, basically the "grunge" sound-- mixed up with some more hardcore stuff that sounds Pantera-like.  Basically its hard downer music, which is the essence of what I love musically. 

Anyways, the Shinedown concert was worth the ticket price, and then Seether was ridiculously awesome...even playing some tribute songs ; part of "Walk" for Dime Darrel (late guitarist of Pantera) and then ALL of "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana.  Let me just explain something here...I was OBSESSED with Nirvana in High School, and the closest thing I would ever have to seeing them play live happened last night.  Seether's vocalist sounds nearly identical to Kurt Cobain (late Nirvana frontman/songwriter) at times, it was like a dream come true for me.  During the show I managed to work my way to the front of the crowd for half of Shinedown, and two people away from the front rail during Seether.  I don't think I could have realistically imagined the experience being better than it was.   I've been to a lot of concerts, good ones, and this is right up there with the best of them. 

Thanks Clear Channel...thanks alot.  Yesterday I'm driving home from OC to Tulsa, and here in Tulsa my favorite radio station is Rock 102.3, which I've come to depend on more and more when I'm here since the other rock station has blurred their identity to involve most forms of "modern music".  102.3 played a lot of what I consider to be good 80s and 90s rock, Metallica, Pantera, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and plenty of brand new stuff as well.  Until today.  Today is the day that out of nowhere the station changed to "Spirit 102.3, Chrisitan Contemporary".  I first saw it on the news, which just happened to be on TV when I was in the room, and later experienced it in the car.  I. Was. Shocked.  It had become quite the popular station in the last 5 or 6 years, even carrying a national morning show.  It was the best station around for anyone interested in the harder side of rock music, and it didn't fail to include more mellow stuff from time to time either, and 70s music, it was actually very catered to my preferences.  Apparently they have been planning this for several months, but kept it a secret, probably to keep the number of angry phone calls down until the station changed. 

Fortunately in good ole OKC we have TWO good stations, both very similar to what 102.3 has been- not hesitant to play the old stuff, but still keeping up with new rock bands.  I hate to be so against a Christian thing, but Christian contempo is not my cup of tea.  To quote Bart Simpson "all good bands are affiliated with satan."  Though I laugh at this, I guess for those of us who are more interested in the music than the message much of the time, it is somewhat true.  Where would rock music be without bands like The Beatles, Black Sabbath, KISS, The Rolling Stones, Elvis, and all those others who dared to forge the barrier of what was considered "acceptable"?  Disagree if you must, but everyone out there enjoys at least one song that doesn't uphold his or her moral values.  I'm sad to see the head of The Rock Army die, but that's business, and "inspirational music" is the fastest growing genre out there right now, so we know what the motivation was.

So, since I actually got a request I will review this week's episode of PRISONBREAK. 

For those of you who haven't heard of this show yet, I suggest you scroll down and read the original entry about how awesome it is.  This week, here is what happened (though I was a little behind due to missing most of the previous one).  To bring you up to speed, Michael Scofield (guy who had himself incarcerated to try and break his innocent brother out before he is put to death) has managed to carve a hole in his cell behind the sink, allowing him access to the piping hallways (and the roof).  Oh, by the way, the intricate breakout plan and use of available tools (bed bolts, attainable chemicals) is tattooed on his body...a nice plot element if you ask my opinion.  Anyways, this week he crawled out the hole and short-circuited the fan/Air conditioning system, which eventually causes a riot in his cell block.  Apparently prisoners get even angrier when they are trapped inside a giant oven.  The "bad guy" officer taunts the most dominant prisoner to such anger that he gets fellow inmates to tear down the cage-style wall, allowing them to riot the prison...yeah the cops are about screwed at this point.  The big climactic part of this week's episode has to do with the infirmary (prison hospital).  The governor's daughter works in there, and those prisoners catch wind of riot, and start their own mini-riot, trying to attack her.  They are close to breaking the wire-security windows out of her office towards the end, and good ole Michael Scofield is on the roof (where he has gone for planning purposes before) and sees this through the window.  And then came the dreaded words "To be continued..."  DAHH, another week. 

It's hard to summarize all of the suspenseful details and do this show any justice without making a ridiculously long entry, but if you find any interest at all from this I suggest you clear a time Monday at 8 and give it a shot.