...hooked up with "Talent" badges that gave us all access to EVERYWHERE! (As much as I love the band Lifetime, looking back on this day now, I'm amazed that I didn't end up trading in that badge for a three-way bee-jay from some Jersey-teen-emo superfans. Hahaha.) What are the perks of an all-access badge you ask?
So on Sunday afternoon, I meet up with Gurj and we head to the Port Authority to catch a bus out to the Meadowlands. On the bus ride over, I find out from Gurj that Matt's band is huge (Hi, I'm old!) and that they were the band that was headlining the entire festival! (This was right around the time that their Louder Now record had debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Charts). We got to the gate at the Meadowlands, told them we were on Matt's list and we got...
When I got back to my apartment, Meredith was there and I bragged to her about how Matt was a huge rock star (who knew?) and how he hooked me up with a fancy badge, and how I got free drinks and how there were slutty Jersey bartenders and how I got to stand backstage...and on and on like a twelve year-old girl. Meredith was a good sport, but eventually told me to...
