Money Can't Buy You Love...from Aspen the police

This is John Legend.

At JAS Aspen Snowmass last month a client gave us VIP tickets to this show. I sat in the 3rd row in VIP and I was so close I could see the beads of sweat runnin' off his brown-suga forehead. Pissy part is, you can't take pictures. As John Legend is one of my faves, I had to surreptitiously sneak a couple photos while the many many many guards and sheriff and police personnel looked on with disapproving glares. I mean, say that I had actually paid for my ticket to be there...it would have been around $750 or so...doesn't that buy you the right to gawk a bit, dance, stand up in your seat (also not allowed) and maybe take one photo? Apparently not as this nazi-esque police-woman grabbed my camera and gave me a good scolding. She actually also yelled at this old couple who were feelin' the music enough to get up out of their stodgy VIP seating and dance a little in the aisle...apparently that's a fire hazard and not to be tolerated...even though the concert is outside in an open air venue. The whole time you are trying to enjoy the music, free booze and food, the guards are looking at you like you just stole something...I mean doesn't money at least buy you respect anymore? Meanwhile, in the "regular" seating, people were boozing and carousing appropriately with not a sideways glance from the many uniformed personnel. Not to be a twit but is that not a bit ass backwards? I mean, if I had paid for those tickets I would think it came with a bit more freedom to, I don't know, enjoy the show without feeling like I am in a prison camp? What CAN money buy you these days? Cause it sure doesn't pay for much here in Aspen...