At first, I was a little apprehensive because I wasn’t sure what message they were going to be sending out.  I bought their latest record Back Spacer right before the concert and the first song was basically an all out rant about escapism from pain.  I was a little dissappointed that the self absorbed angst was still front and center in their songs, but now that I have been able to listen to the record a few times around, and I have found more depth and deeper levels than those initially expressed.  I heard about love, family, and hope mixed with dispair and mortality.

I can accept that life is a broad spectrum of both good and bad, and where better to express that than in your music?  That’s when one can battle it out in constructive dialouge.  No winner has been named , the fight still goes on, it’s yet to be determined, but I think in the end the winner will always be the side you choose to take.

At the end of the day, the show was AMAZING! Solid, fun and a fan’s dream come true.  Thank you to my good friend Leona for celebrating my birthday in that way!