Collective Soul

Last night Richele and I got to attend the Novell Brainshare party at the Delta Center. Neither of us work at Novell, but thankfully we know people who do and who could get us tickets to this party. The opening act was Frank Caliendo, the comedian who does impersonations of the President, John Madden, Charles Barkley and Al Pacino. I've never seen his act before so I thought he was hysterical. But we were really there for the band that followed! Collective Soul!! They played for over an hour and were terrific! They are always great in concert and just look good doing it too! Most of their hair was a little long for my taste, but the tight pants made up for that!! I'm terrible, I know. They always seem so happy to be performing and are so energetic that you can't help but like them. Andy and I went to a John Mayer concert in New Jersey a few years back and you could just tell he didn't want to be there (it was the night of the Grammy's). It made the concert awful since the energy just wasn't there. I'd never go to a concert of his again because of that. I would, however, go to a Collective Soul concert any day of the week!!!
It was a great time with laughs and good music so thank you to Wendy for getting us the tickets. The best part of it all was that it was free!! Everything is better when it's free. And of course a big thank you to Kami for babysitting while I was gone. Samantha gave her a bit of trouble but Kami is a professional mom, so she handled it just lovely!