i heart xpn

sooooo this weekend was the xpn xponential music festival, held on the camden waterfront (con: it's camden. pro: beautiful views of philadelphia from across the river! especially at night when it's all lit up. makes me forget ever diaper i've seen in a bush or smashed forty on the street. so beautiful.) the three day festival included performances by grace potter and the nocturnals, big head todd and the monsters, dr. dog, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeroes, the felice brothers, yo la tengo, the walkmen, free energy, bobby long, and a whole bunch more. and since i'm interning with the lovely folks at xpn this summer, i got to help out with the festival. my job was pretty much to babysit bands- to pick them up at one end of the festival, walk them to their green rooms, the stage, their vans, back and forth, etc, etc- just being a task master basically and giving them time checks/being all up in their grills every five minutes. the whole event was broadcast live on the radio so the time element was really important. and while it could have been considered a really stressful event (some of the bands had 80904239048 members not to mention all the people on their guest list we had to keep track of!) but i had a blast. i love being busy and we all got sweeetttt walkie talkies (plus training on walkie etiquette) and all access badges. which reminds me of those sweepstakes where you would get all all access pass to some cool kids award show or slime filled amusement park. it was exciting to actually have one in real life and be able to literally have access to everything. i got to watch the bands from the side of the stage and hang out with them before/after. plus i got to spend some quality time with my fellow interns and internship boss lady all of whom i love. and a bunch of my friends were there volunteering of just enjoying the music (i even used my all access intern power to get my friend on a guest list- sayyy whhaattt). overall, glorious weekend. best internship ever.

(ps- if you don't know what xpn is/listen to it already- you totally should! it's a great public radio station that plays "adult alternative". seriously- it's really baller.)