About eight or nine years ago, the band Collective Soul saved my life. I'm not talking spiritually or anything like that -- they literally saved my life. I was taking one of my usual long late-night roadtrips and was about 10 minutes away from my destination... needless to say, I was pretty damn tired. And, despite the fact that it's the only time it's ever happened, I fell asleep at the wheel. Luckily for me, the radio was on (as usual), and the station I was listening to happened to be playing Collective Soul's "Shine." The guitar riff just before the chorus hit, and my eyes flew open -- and if they hadn't and I had continued on my course, I wouldn't have followed the curve in the road and I would've impacted on a concrete beam holding up an overpass while going around 70 mph. Tonight, I got to tell that story to the band's lead singer, who wrote the song, and then hear them perform it live.