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Justin A. Guy
What? Did you really think I could leave this one alone?
Let's get the facts out of the way: One, I was never at the original
Woodstock, neither were my parents. Two, I was no where near the second
"Woodstock" as the entire concept was so ridiculous that it hurt me just to
be in the same hemisphere as the event. Three, I couldn't be bothered with
this 30th anniversary job at all, other than to bad mouth it after it was all
over.
The obvious points are the only ones I'm going to ramble about today. I'm not going pretend there is anything deeper to discuss. I just have to let it out.
I caught a sound bite of "one of the organizers" trying to explain to the press just what could have possibly gone wrong at this year's event. For
those of you living in a box or on the other side of the world, or simply too
intelligent to waste any time or money on the subject; this year's Woodstock
ended with massive rioting and numerous out of control fires.
So this "organizer"/promoter/capitalist was stumped. "I don't' know," he
said, (I'm paraphrasing here so don't start with me) "I guess some kids just
wanted to get some angst out."
Oh, was that it? Well I went to a few concerts in my day and I never felt so angst ridden at the end of it that I felt the need to trash the place.
Hm, maybe this is a more likely explanation: Three hundred thousand sex
crazed people, three days of sleep and cleanliness depravation, profuse
amounts of alcohol and drugs, malnutrition and dehydration due to food priced
at 12$ for a slice of pizza topped off by the fact that you're in the middle
of nowhere. Hey, I'd say it's time to get a little Waco.
As I mentioned, I was nowhere near the joint, so there you have it my
relatively uneducated observations. Most mobs consist of a handful of nuts
and a crowd of followers. I'm sure there were a good deal of well behaved
people at Woodstock '99. But please, please don't give me this peace and love
number in the same breath as the word Woodstock. The original Woodstock was
full of shit as far as I'm concerned anyway, so don't go painting peace
symbols on your nipples at the thirtieth anniversary.
What's that? Did he just say the original Woodstock was full of shit? Yeah that's right. I grew up watching footage and documentaries on Woodstock and it looked like a beautiful thing. The musical part seemed that way, as far as I'm concerned. But don't tell me it was anything more than Woodstock '99 on
the peace and love issue. Drugs and orgiastic sex, that's Woodstock, thirty
years ago or today. What good is peace and love in the middle of some
farmer's field in upstate New York? What good is it unless you bring it home
with you and live it everyday of your life and teach others to do the same?
It's full of shit otherwise - and that's all I see now; a T&A fest on
Pay-per-View.
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