Last night Genia and I had the pleasure of seeing Randy Chester, our friend Michial's band The Shots of Perspective, and the rock band Canary in Lawrenceville. It was a great show. Randy opened with a short but sweet acoustic set, including a nice song by his girlfriend (?) Mackenzie, who has an incredible voice.

Michial's set was good and he opened with a special song he chose for me, a cover of U2's "The Playboy Mansion." Now covering a U2 song is a big task, especially considering my great love for their work, but he did a solid job. I enjoyed it quite a bit. He also sang some of my favorites of his tunes including "Iconoclast" and "Let it Be an End." I also got to show him a mock-up of the CD booklet that I just completed for his debut full-lenght. And, because I like both of my readers so much, here's a link to the Front Cover and the Back Cover. He was pleased with it, so that makes me happy. I've worked pretty hard on it!

Finishing out the show was Canary. I had never seen them live before, and had only heard a couple of their songs on their mp3.com page, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I certainly wasn't expecting them to be as amazing as they turned out to be. They brought the rock -- great songs played with incredible passion and energy. I loved it. I picked up their last cd, a split EP with a band called Under the Red. Great stuff. I hope to see this band live again... soon.