A cop was next to my car directing traffic and began beating on my car, yelling at me for running the light, telling me that I was "going to jail and would be locked up forever," (i have no idea what for because everyone at the intersection was going to the show, and thus not moving very fast).  So, meanwhile i'm worried because the cop won't stop beating my car with his baton and yelling. Meanwhile, I can't very well speed up and drive away because i'm in the middle of traffic. Well, after my nerves settled and Jenn and I were back to blasting Phish almost into the venue, someone drives by and goes, "hey, the band is behind you."

Well, we turn around and see very well that I had accidentally cut off the tour bus during the police mishap, and there was Page standing there at the front of the bus, waving. Jenn gets half way out of my car window waving back at Page. A few minutes later, a man exits the bus to come ask us ladies if we have tickets to the show. "Of course," i said, thinking he might be getting angry at us for cutting them off. Then he says, "well, Page wants to invite you two back stage as his special guests after the show." 

We were thrilled, and so he told me to make sure to ask for "Bart (Phish's head of security)."  I knew that he wasn't Bart, though, so I yelled back, "Hey, we are the Bacon girls." He hadn't given us any passes, nor did I know who he was, so I knew it would be hard to get backstage without the passes.

After a fun show, we go to wait where everyone else was waiting to go backstage. Meanwhile, MTSU's security woman was a major bitch and was telling me i was nuts to try and get to see Bart at a time like this and that "yeah sure, everyone is a special guest of the band." well, i was pissed and refused to leave until I could talk to Bart. She kept trying to make us exit because we didn't have the passes on. Finally we walked away.

SO, a few minutes later Bart comes up, and in front of everyone is like, "Hey, where are the Bacon girls??" Well, we were half way out of the arena at this point when i hear him, so we start running full force and see Bart taking away a couple of girls. So we start screaming at him," Bart we are the Bacon girls!" and then I shoved the security woman out of the way. Bart looked at the two girls like, "who are y'all?" and escorts us back.

Every time i'd been backstage before it's usually pretty crowded, and your chances of having a conversation with the band are slim to none... other than a quick hello, as you exchange glances in line for a beer. Well, this time we get back there, and we are the first ones in the room, where Mike and Page are sitting at the tables eating Chips and Salsa. 

Then Bart goes, "Page, your guests are here."  it was awesome. we talked to both of them for a long while and got hooked up with backstage to the next show, which was in my hometown of Greenville, SC, where mike remembered me the next night.  Definitely a rewarding experience for breaking a traffic law!!

Bacon