Last night. 7/24/09 in Spokane, Washington. Stunning, mindblowing. Space to a punk beat for hrs. Still high on the show.

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
William Blake

It was my 16 year old son's turn to choose a concert after I had "dragged" him to see Phil, ABB and the Dead.

So we went to see a progressive metal band called Dream Theatre at the Beacon Theatre last week. Now, this old deadhead ain't exactly into anything metal, but I was very pleasantly surprised by the energy and the talent of these guys. The drummer, a New york guy named Mike Portnoy was absolutely amazing and I really enjoyed the show.

One of the opening acts was Zappa Plays Zappa. Dweisel (I hope I spelled it right) Zappa is a pretty damn talented guitar player and I enjoyed hearing some of Frank Zappa's classics like Moving to Montana.

I think the highlight was when Zappa came out to jam with Dream Theatre during Dream Theatre's encore. Real high energy stuff.

All in all, I was very pleasantly surprised by the show, and was proud of my son for choosing this show to drag his old man along.

"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."
Albert Einstein