woodstock

Willy Williams (mutha_fucka@yahoo.com)
Sat, 14 Feb 1998 21:23:06 -0800 (PST) 

I live 5 miles from the original Woodstock site in Bethel,
NY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so ha!

John




---Jessica Lynn Becker <beckerj@uwec.edu> wrote:
>
> Okay, I have quite a few responses to tend to here, so bear with me:
> 
> #1-Mattis...thank you for the response.  Thank you also for the
Seymour and
> Sybil piece.  You'd be amazed as to how much of it actually made
sense (in
> an immediate fashion, as opposed to me thinking about it for a few
hours and
> finally getting it).  Bravo!  =)
> 
> #2-Helena...Join the club!  I feel your little birthday pains...I
myself
> entered the world only two weeks before you (18 December 1979).
> 
> #3-Hippies...I don't see the hippie movement as a bad thing...yeah,
it had
> it's problems with drugs and the concept of free love (which also
meant
> "Whoopee!" free diseases...).  And yes, many of them eventually
"sold out"
> or died off...but I look back at that movement and part of me wishes
I could
> have been there.  How often in History have you had a group of
people who
> have been able to change the country simply by their lifestyle?  How
easy is
> it to gather 500,000 people together over a 3 day period and not
have to
> worry about violence spoiling the fun?  (Woodstock)
> 
> My parents were too young for the Hippie movement, but they caught the
> evolved portion that was evident in the next generation (ever seen
Dazed and
> Confused?  It shocked me to see how much they could identify with that
> movie).  And while I don't agree with many of their parenting
methods or
> lifestyle choices, I don't believe that their tolerance of my
actions makes
> them bad parents.  On the contrary, by giving me the reigns (to some
degree)
> they have allowed me to discover who I am, what I want to be, and
how to
> control my actions and learn from my consequences.
> 
> I was raised in such a fashion that my friends often call me a
'reincarnated
> hippie.'  I see nothing bad about it.  While many people I know
would be
> compelled to act violently in a disagreement and have a hard time
accepting
> people for who they are, I have grown up to be a fairly
well-adusted, laid
> back person open to new experiences and ideas.  That was the gist of
the
> hippie movement.  How is that so hard to see?
> 
> #4-Bananafish Gathering...maybe Tim should take a little cross-country
> sweep?  Start in New York, take a short pilgrimage to the city
limits of
> Cornish (but turn back immediately!), swing across the mid-west, and
follow
> the open road to San Francisco.  (I'll go along for that leg of the
trip!)
> I realize that New York is a prime place for the gathering, but it
would be
> interesting to do regional meetings...get a feel for what the ultimate
> gathering would be like, one group at a time.  Then everyone would be
> represented...of course, to reach those of you in Europe...how about
an air
> baloon trip around the world?  =)  (Pardon my imagination, it gets a
bit
> out of control at times)
> 
> jessica =)
> 
> 
> 

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