When we got to the entrance, we were directed to guest services where we got hooked up with free tickets and backstage passes. Matt, thanks again for hooking us all up. Being a "Great Adventure VIP" has been a dream of mine since Chris Toscano had his birthday party there back in '87. (Too bad you think I'm kidding).
...gone. (Can you see the sunset from the Southside?) Afterwards, I watch Matt's band for the first time, but it was pitch dark by then and all the pics I took on my tiny camera didn't come out very goood).
Back in their original hey-day, Lifetime was (in)famous for playing sets that were only 15-minutes long. This time around, they had a whole new record of material and played for almost a half-hour!
Here's Matt, (the magic man that made this whole incredible day possible!) seen here showing off the cut forehead and bruised eye that he got when his band's singer was whipping a microphone around his head on stage and Matt caught it with his face! Oooof!
How about getting to stand ON the stage to watch your favorite band of all time perform for one of the first times in over 10 years? After hiding out under the stadium and getting (pretty, pretty, pret-ty) drunk, we ran over to the back of the main stage. I got up there all out of breath, and was frantically asking people "Did Lifetime play yet? Did Lifetime play yet?" Then I turned around and...
...and started to ask these two "Did Lifetime pla...." and then abruptly stopped when I realized that it was Ari Katz and Dan Yemem (the singer and guitar player from Lifetime respectively) and immediately felt like a HUGE JACKASS. Hahahah.
