After a huge mix up involving who was giving who a ride where, my friends and I safely made it to the Common Children concert. What a show!! The band played their entire Skywire album minus only one song ("Broken Smile", which was probably omitted for lack of female backing vocals. Man, I would've been onstage in a second had they asked!!) and they also played two new songs. They have a passionate edge when they're live---- a bit of a rough sound that makes them all the more enjoyable. The only weak song was, surprisingly enough, "Wishing Well", the rest of the songs had a new life brought to them. I was particularly happy when they played "Drown" (Number 10 on the CD), which had a very other-worldly feel. Marc (guitars, lead vocals) was not shy about sharing some personal information, such as his family problems (the inspiration for "Domesticity") and the recent death of Hampton's (drums, vocals) father. Please pray for Hampton. Following Marc's words, "Last Time Out", their closing song, had a powerful effect on me, hopefully I will keep the serious words in mind. Keep an eye out for their "Drought" video, soon to be released and produced by the same people who worked on Johnny Q. Public's "Body Be" video. (Which, by the way, I STILL have not seen :( The band was very sweet and willing to talk afterwards. All waited to sign autographs---- they weren't normal autographs, either, they actually took the time to write stuff. I'll leave you with what Hampton wrote on my CD liner notes: "Let your child shine." Keep your faith simple, trusting, and pure, and look out for each other, we are, after all, common children.