Collective Soul

A couple weeks ago my friend Bryce called and asked what I was doing right then.

"Well, I should be doing homework, but what did you have in mind?"

A concert he said. Did I want to go to the Collective Soul show at the Energy Sollutions Arena in about 30 minutes? How could I refuse?

It was a corporate event for Novell. I guess they do this every year, with a band and their customers from all over. It was great. I would have been the coolest guy at school if this show were in 1994. He said a comedian was opening, he didn't remember who. Turns out it was Frank Caliendo, the recently famed impersonator of Frank TV. He was hysterical. Through his set, he impersonated President Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, Charles Barkley, Bill Walton, Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Kermit, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, and others (I can't remember them all. My favorite part was when he layed down on the stage and did his stand up...laying down. He held up his hand and did his comedy with his hand like a puppet, for much longer than anyone expected him to.


Then the main show. Collective Soul still rocks like their first hit album debuted yesterday. I felt old, because at least one of the girls there had hardly heard of them, much less was she familiar with their music. I, on the other hand, was singing along to every song. They probably thought I was a die-hard fan, because I looked up some the Wikipedia entry on Collective Soul from my phone, and spouted off a few facts. It's cheating, I know, but I wasn't doing to to try to look like a know-it-all fan. I just genuinely wanted to know more about the guys we were watching.

As you may have noticed, I compulsively try to record everything in my life. I hadn't brought a camera of my own, so I borrowed Bryce's. Hope you like what we got.