Yesterday I think I saw more performances than any one person should be allow in one day. The day started meeting up with Phil and hanging out with him and his brother.  After a while Phil needed to sound check so I left and wandered around until I found myself at the venue where Jars, Third Day and Switchfoot were going to play later in the night.  I said hi, sat there a while watching my phone battery die and then left.  

INO Records was hosting (I don’t know if that is what it’s called but it sounds good) a showcase with a handful of their artists, including Phil so I went that way to catch that.  I think these little showcase things are fun simply because the artists played two or three songs each and then there was another one.  Addison Road, Phil, Sara Groves, Caedmon’s Call, Derek Webb, and The Afters.  It was awesome to see some of those folks play and hang out a bit.  

After that ended Wes and I walked a few blocks over just in time to catch the beginning of Swithfoot’s set.  Now I have see a lot of shows in my day, and I have even seen Switchfoot a few times, but last night they put on, what could quite possibly be, the best live rock show I have ever seen.  They blew me away.  They have come a long way from Chem 6A that’s for sure.  Unbelievable entertainers and if you haven’t seen them, now is the time.  They are about to head out on tour with Jars, and Third Day and the show is pretty amazing.  

It had also been a while since I had seen Third Day so it was cool to see them play some new stuff.  And by the way, Mr. Mark Lee, brought his “A-Game” last night.  A genuine rock and roller that guy is.  There were even some new things he was doing on old songs that blew me away.  They put on a great show as always.

About half-way through Third Days set I walked back out to the back of the room and saw a group of the cool-kid bloggers.  Randy and his wife were there, along with Anne and her husband, Chris and Heather but no Carlos.  They had all come over from the Compassion Dinner and stopped in to see the show.  I felt like the geek in high school that was waved over to the nice popular kids table.  Come on, we all know the feeling.  It was cool to hang out with them for a bit and talk loudly about blogs.  All very, very cool folks.  When that ended it was about time to head home, but I ended up talking to Anne and Chris in street about blogs, and “the industry”, and books and critics.  We talked way past our bed times and then I headed home, but it was cool to get to know them a little better.

All in all, a good day.  Today I’m not sure what the plan is yet, but I’ve got some diapers to change, I do know that.