Snap Studios

Okay, so a little while ago,

San Francisco, I could just speak at the huge music festival

outside lands with the Ear Hustle crew.

We talk about storytelling on stage, a bunch of amazing listeners come out and it's all good.

It's awesome actually. But then, our part's over.

And it's still fairly early in the day, so we wander.

And security is tight, tight, tight, tight, tight, tight, you're not allowed here or there, over there.

But we realize we've got the holy grail.

We're wearing artists past wristbands.

So tentatively, I wander up to the big-looking bouncer guy in front of the velvet rope area.

Can I help you?

So I hold up my arm for his scanning machine, half expecting a beat down, and his light turns green. This giant, he steps aside, waves us through, backstage area access, where it's got the good stuff.

The bruise on tap, the chef prepared meal for champagne on ice, baby.

But I see some smartly dressed people on a platform.

The cool kids.

Over there, I try to join them.

But another security guard stops me.

I hold up my arm again to his machine. The light goes green.

He steps aside.

I strolled over to the special platform like I'm supposed to be there.

How you doing?

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