Lines & Laminates
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Narrative & Festival Context
Festival Program Note
Song still being developed
Lead Puppet Producer
– Song still being developed
Track Dedication
Dedicated to the ticketing crews, credentialing teams, wristband wranglers, box-office veterans, and gate staff working the one form of gatekeeping the festival actually cannot live without. You’re the acceptable gatekeepers—the ones with scanners, guest lists, laminates, backups, reprints, sharp eyes, and just enough tyranny to keep the whole thing from dissolving into “but they said I was on the list.” Somewhere between policy enforcement and crowd psychology, you’re the ones deciding who gets in, who waits, who needs help, and who is absolutely trying something.
And no job on site deals with more creative half-truths, selective memory, screenshot mythology, and last-minute “my manager totally fixed this” energy—except maybe VIP relations or artist relations, and even that’s a photo finish. You hear every version of the story, most of them missing a few important details, and still keep the line moving without letting the whole entrance turn feral. This track is for the people guarding the first threshold with patience, suspicion, speed, and a tiny bit of deserved menace. Long live the scanners.
Lyrics – “Lines & Laminates (Access Denied)”
Lyrics coming soon.