My thoughts on Columbus

After having a full day to digest the Hans Zimmer concert, two moments stand out to me.

Interstellar to me is one of the greatest scores of all time and seeing it live is an experience I'll never forget. During the suite, in which I'm constantly forgetting to breathe, my wife put her head on my shoulder, creating a new core memory. At the end of the performance, after about 3 seconds of silence, someone in the audience yelled "f**k yeah" and it was absolutely perfect. The whole crowd agreed.

The end of Time (from Inception) features about 8 piano notes about 6 seconds apart. The last notes there was absolutely no noise in Nationwide Arena. The phrase you could hear a pen drop has a whole new meaning. 16,000 people, all mesmerized after an absolutely mind-blowing performance of music featuring every instrument you can think of, ending on a piano by itself being played by Hans I literally heard the air conditioning running. It was so silent.

Then the totem vanished off the screen and the violin hit the last note. About 3 seconds of silence, and then applause.

Last night was a perfect night. You don't get many of those, but last night was one of them.