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MBJ Enterprises LLC is the umbrella brand behind our growing network of podcasts, media clips, and original content. We produce, document, and distribute stories rooted in live music history, show business, and real behind-the-scenes experiences. From archived concert memories to new digital media projects, MBJ Enterprises brings multiple creative ventures together under one banner. This is where storytelling, production, and legacy content connect and continue to grow. 

  1. 14h ago

    Summer Concerts with RATT, Better Than Ezra, Matchbox 20, Suicidal Tendencies & More

    The summer of 1997 had a little bit of everything. May 21st, Better Than Ezra played the Diamond Ballroom with The Boo Radleys. At that time, Better Than Ezra was riding high, and The Boo Radleys were a solid name on the bill too. Then June rolled in with a strange mix of shows. John Tesh at the Civic Center.  Reel Big Fish at Bricktown Live.  RATT at In Cahoots. Then came June 22nd. Matchbox 20 at The Boar’s Head. Five dollars. That is the kind of ticket price that sounds unreal now. A 95X show, Matchbox 20 coming through before they became a much bigger name, and a cool pass designed like an actual matchbox. That is the fun part about looking back at these old calendars. Some shows were already big at the time. Some were club dates before the band exploded. Some were just wild bookings that only make sense when you remember how different the scene was back then. Better Than Ezra at the Diamond. RATT at In Cahoots. Matchbox 20 at The Boar’s Head for five bucks. That was summer concert season in Oklahoma. Different rooms. Different crowds. Same nonstop calendar. Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #RATT #BetterThanEzra #Matchbox20 #ReelBigFish #JohnTesh #TheBooRadleys  #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    Summer Concerts with RATT, Better Than Ezra, Matchbox 20, Suicidal Tendencies & More

  2. 1d ago

    It Took 20 Years To Get 2 KISS Pinball Machines Autographed

    Max had two KISS pinball machine glasses he wanted signed by the original members. Ace Frehley signed them at the Diamond Ballroom, then years later Max got Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons to sign Robin’s glass at Choctaw Casino. But Peter Criss was still the missing piece. Then Max found out Peter was appearing at Comic-Con, and his friend Danny Stanton was working as Peter’s manager and handler. The line was six hours long, but when Max told security his name, they said, “They’ve been expecting you. You’re family.” Max was taken straight in to meet Peter. Peter signed both pinball glasses, heard the story, and Max finally completed a 20-year KISS autograph mission. When Max tried to pay, Peter’s wife said no. If Danny said he was golden, he was golden. And just like that, it took Max longer to park than it did to finish the whole thing.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #KISS #PeterCriss #AceFrehley #GeneSimmons #PaulStanley #KISSPinball #KISSArmy #AutographStories #ComicCon #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Links:  Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    It Took 20 Years To Get 2 KISS Pinball Machines Autographed

  3. 2d ago

    Juggalos & Death Metal In Downtown Springfield

    December 2003 had two wild shows just a few days apart. First, the show that did not happen on September 30th got rescheduled for December 6th at the Diamond Ballroom. Hatebreed.  Agnostic Front.  The Unseen.  Ringworm. 429 people in the room. $16 tickets. On a Saturday night. That is a heavy lineup. Hardcore, punk, metal, and a crowd ready to move. Looking back, it is wild to think about shows like that happening right in the middle of downtown. Then six days later, December 12th, the scene shifts to The Rockwell in Springfield, Missouri. Twiztid.  The ROC.  Society 1. Springfield was a huge Juggalo town. ICP, Twiztid, bootleg CDs, videos, underground fan culture, and that whole world had a real following there. And apparently, Max was close to doing ICP in Branson. That sounds almost impossible, but it was right there on the edge of happening. That is what made this era so strange. One week it is Hatebreed and Agnostic Front at the Diamond. The next week it is Twiztid in Springfield. Death metal. Hardcore. Juggalos. Downtown venues. Regional promoters. Wild routing. All part of the same concert calendar.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #Twiztid #Hatebreed #AgnosticFront #TheUnseen #Ringworm #Society1 #TheRockwell #DiamondBallroom #Juggalos #DeathMetal #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen   Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    Juggalos & Death Metal In Downtown Springfield

  4. 3d ago

    Arrested For Selling Bootleg Rolling Stones Shirts

    Being deep in the Rolling Stones world opened a lot of doors. Max had the record store, he was plugged into the Stones network, and when big shows came through, people would show up. Collectors. Fans. Hustlers. Road people. Everybody had something. One day, these guys came into the store with bootleg Rolling Stones shirts. And they were badass. White long sleeve shirts, nothing like Max had seen before. They even had a phone card promotion tied to them, with the Stones tongue on the card. You bought the shirt, got a $5 phone card, scratched it off, called the number, and used it like people did back then. It was very 90s. But Max knew Norman was going to be hot. When a huge concert rolled into town, they were already watching for people scalping tickets, selling bootleg merch, or trying to hustle outside the show. Those guys went to Norman anyway. And as Max was walking in, he saw them get arrested. For shirts. They were from Canada, following the tour, moving city to city, trying to make money on the road. That was part of the old concert economy too. Official merch inside.  Bootleg shirts outside.  Ticket hustlers in the parking lot.  Police watching all of it. And sometimes, the hustle ended before the show even started. Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #BootlegMerch #ConcertMerch #TourLife #ConcertStories #NormanOK #StonesFans #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    Arrested For Selling Bootleg Rolling Stones Shirts

  5. 4d ago

    Staind & MXPX Shows At The Diamond Ballroom

    MXPX, The Hippos, and Ghoti Hook at the Diamond Ballroom. That was a Tooth & Nail tour with a $12 ticket, and for that era, that lineup made perfect sense. Punk rock, ska-punk, Christian punk, and that late-90s scene all packed into one night. The Hippos were on the bill.  Ghoti Hook was on the bill.  MXPX was leading the charge. And somehow, the date almost slipped through the cracks. That is what makes these old show calendars so fun. One band name leads to another, one poster brings back a memory, and suddenly everybody realizes there was another Diamond Ballroom show hiding in the timeline. Staind had their moment. MXPX had theirs too. And Cinco de Mayo at the Diamond had a $12 ticket with a lineup people still remember.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #Staind #MXPX #TheHippos #GhotiHook #DiamondBallroom #ToothAndNailRecords #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen  Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    Staind & MXPX Shows At The Diamond Ballroom

  6. 5d ago

    Baby Bash Hates His Limo, Borrows Some Guy’s Limo

    Baby Bash Hates His Limo, Borrows Some Guy’s Limo Some runner stories go sideways before the artist even gets to the venue. This one started at the Sheraton by Bricktown Event Center. Baby Bash wanted a stretch limo. Not a regular runner vehicle.  Not a normal ride.  A stretch limo. So Max gets sent over there with a long stretch Jeep limo, thinking that should handle it. It did not. Baby Bash came out with the entourage, took one look at it, and said no. From there, it turned into Max against the whole group. Fingers in his chest. Everybody telling him what he was going to do. And he was standing there by himself trying to solve a transportation problem that was getting worse by the second. He called the limo company. Nothing available. Every limo was already being used. Then out of nowhere, some guy who had been watching the whole thing stepped up and gave up his limousine. He and his girlfriend were going to the show, and when he saw what was happening, he let Baby Bash use their ride instead. Come to find out, the guy was a professional minor league baseball player. That is a wild save. Max got the limo switched, got the entourage over to the venue, and somehow the night started to settle down. They were still ugly about it. But the job got done. That is concert business in one story. Wrong limo.  Angry entourage.  No backup cars.  And one random guy saving the whole night by handing over his ride.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #BabyBash #BricktownEventCenter #ConcertStories #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    Baby Bash Hates His Limo, Borrows Some Guy’s Limo

  7. 6d ago

    Met Jacob Dylan After The Wallflowers Show

    The Wallflowers were huge at this time. Jacob Dylan had his own thing going, the songs were strong, and for Max and Jeff, there was another layer to it. They both loved Bob Dylan, so getting the chance to meet Jacob Dylan after the show became a mission. But they still had to be professional. No fanboy stuff.  No crossing lines.  No making it weird. Jerry Bachman was running the show, Jerry Lewis worked it, and after everything was over, Max and Jeff waited it out. The show was done.  Load out was done.  Security had left.  Stagehands were gone.  Semis were pulling away. At that point, if it had not been for Jacob Dylan still being there, everybody would have already been out the door. Max and Jeff knew where his dressing room was, so they sat on a road case and waited. And waited. Finally, Jacob came out.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #JacobDylan #TheWallflowers #BobDylan #StillwaterOK  #OklahomaMusicHistory #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    Met Jacob Dylan After The Wallflowers Show

  8. Jul 13

    Slipknot & Misfits Shows

    The legendary Slipknot show at the Tower Theatre on January 11, 2000.  Next on the calendar was The Misfits with Speed Dealer and Element on January 14th, and that show was originally booked for the Tower Theatre too. But it could not happen there. So the show had to be moved to the Diamond Ballroom. That kind of move is never easy. When you change venues, you almost always lose ticket sales. People miss the update. Plans change. The momentum gets harder to keep. But even with the switch, they still pulled 621 people. For The Misfits at that time, and with only a three-day promotion after the move, that was a strong turnout. Slipknot had just left its mark at the Tower Theatre, and now The Misfits, Speed Dealer, and Element were keeping the heavy music calendar moving at the Diamond. Different room. Same Oklahoma concert chaos.  #HeresTheDealPodcast #Slipknot #TheMisfits #SpeedDealer #Element #TowerTheatre #DiamondBallroom #MaxBakerJr #JeffBrownen #oklahoma #oklahomacity   Like, share, and follow so these stories keep getting told. Follow & Connect:  Max Baker Jr. Instagram @bmaddmaxx | Facebook @bmaddmaxx   Jeff Brownen Facebook @jeff.brownen Here’s The Deal YouTube Channel  https://www.youtube.com/@heresthedealok Here’s The Deal Podcast Website  https://heresthedealok.com Buy Here’s The Deal Vintage & Collectables  https://heresthedealvintagecollectables.com Get an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Card  https://medcardsmadeeasy.net Concert & Event Production Services  https://bakerboyspro.com Buy Roadie CBD Balm & Oil  https://bakersremedycbd.com

    Slipknot & Misfits Shows
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MBJ Enterprises LLC is the umbrella brand behind our growing network of podcasts, media clips, and original content. We produce, document, and distribute stories rooted in live music history, show business, and real behind-the-scenes experiences. From archived concert memories to new digital media projects, MBJ Enterprises brings multiple creative ventures together under one banner. This is where storytelling, production, and legacy content connect and continue to grow. 

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  • Creator
    Max Baker Jr.
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    151
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 MBJ Enterprises LLC
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    MBJ Enterprises LLC