Cole and Calhoun and Cannon doing a re-enactment of the Oswald Shooting

Bobby Cole and Kevin Calhoun have been friends for close to 20 years. They worked side by side during the entire run of Bobby's New Jersey famous restaurant Soda Pop Shop from 1999-2007. They worked on creating the unique menu filled with puns, some funny and some corny. Most of the art work that filled the entire place and even on the walls were hand drawn by Kevin. They were always redesigning the shop every other month.

Their friendship started before the birth of the Soda Pop Shop, but it was here that they knew that they had a many more things in common that was dear to their hearts. Kevin has been involved in theater much of his life in front of the camera as well as behind it. He began doing stand up comedy back in the early 1980's at the famous Rascals comedy club in West Orange, New Jersey. He went on to do voice over work and acting and appeared in many regional and national commercials on television. Kevin is a master artist and has amassed a huge portfolio. Look for his work on cafepress.com soon.

Kevin's Artwork:

http://www.cafepress.com/budsboy

Bobby's story a little different. He began playing keyboards at the age of three and believes music and comedy are the two main reasons why he is on the planet. Unfortunately for him he was so shy growing up that it prohibited him from playing in front of anyone.  It wasn't until he was in his late 20's that he finally got the nerve to play on stage with his first band the "Distractions".  He got married and settled on becoming a Newark Fireman. Completely unhappy from day one, he always looked for outside sources to keep him content.

In 1995 he helped form the Pop 60's cover band "Carnaby St.". This was a fun time since he was playing and singing so many songs that he loved so much and he was becoming very comfortable on stage. Following Carnaby St, he was in two more bands,' The Clark Bar 5".  another pop 60's quintet band and an original band called "The Scene". At the same time while he was recovering from a major injury from the fire department he decided to change his life all together. He left the fire department and opened up the retro ice cream parlor/restaurant called the Soda Pop Shop.  As the business grew and became busy, he was forced to put his music away and concentrate on running the shop. So after 8 years and ready for his next challenge, he decided to sell his business get back into music and is in the process of forming his next original band called "The Spindles". He also has decided to team up with Kevin and they will be working on a variety of projects from comedy, writing, film, parodies, and much more which will be discussed as they move along in their new venture. You can see some of their work on YouTube.com

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