I hung out with Speedy Ortiz in the morning before their set to talk to them about the GOP debate, #penisgate, Drake vs. Meek, and a variety of other topics, and felt almost silly watching a band I’ve seen dozens of times in New York perform at a festival on the opposite side of the country. But I went, because somehow it felt important to watch the Boston-based band play after finding out their opinions on Lenny Kravitz’s dick. During the early moments of the set, some drunken asshole wearing an American flag bandana around his head, stunner shades, and a half-unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt (you can’t make this shit up) made a point to aggressively dance into me more than once, despite the abundance of empty space in his vicinity. Maybe he thought that it would be “fun” to “dance,” but I don’t fuck with that kind of behavior, whether I’m at a venue in New York or a massive festival in my hometown, so I called the dude a “fucking asshole,” and walked away, but not before he pushed me. Right after that, Sadie Dupuis launched into “Raising The Skate,” which if you’re unfamiliar with it, is basically a song about putting horrible, domineering men in their place. “I’m not bossy, I’m the boss/ Shooter, not the shot/ On the tip and fit to execute/ I’m chief, not the overthrown/ Captain, not a crony/ So if you wanna row, you better have an awfully big boat.” That moment was cosmically ironic, and seeing women like Dupuis front a band and talk shit right back at her oppressors while standing up straight is something that I’d like to see more of on festival stages.