Taylor Swift

The lovefest between Taylor Swift and local author John Green.

Entourages rush Lower Broadway ’til the wee hours in designer cowgirl boots and matching tiaras and sashes, hustling veiled brides-to-be in and out of honky-tonks. The walkable strip is boisterous yet safe—Vegas without the sleaze.

Live tweets from the GOP debate on Wednesday night competed with some of the Taylor Swift Twitter chatter, both brought out the pre-teen in all of us.

Getting on stage during Swift’s 1989 tour is an A-List badge of honor. Who will get the invite in Indy?

She could be related to John Mellencamp.

“I’d love to get Taylor Swift on our stage, which would endear me to my daughter. We’d sit Taylor down with a guitar and have her sing some old country songs.”

HS: I remember you shouting out some “Blank Space” lyrics.
JG: I’m not afraid to say “boys only want love if it’s torture.”

With her red microphone, red shoes, red guitar, red outfits, bright red lipstick, and red stage lights, fans were forced to see the color that Swift touted as being the key element combining all her feelings, feelings about which she’s obviously quite open. As gallons of confetti fell and the band waved goodbye, I realized Swift isn’t the girl you read about in the gossip magazines.