woodstock.21: If Only Everyone At Woodstock Had One Neck...And I Had My Hands On It!woodstock.21.0: My free and simple demeanor set everybody at ease. (pdl) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:34 C'mon you yammerheads! Let's see some bile!! Vent some spleen!!! Let's hotwire that bummermobile and joyride down the crack expressway to Richard Nixon's grave, where we'll burn effigies of Barney and dance naked to the Rwandan national anthem!!!! What did you hate about the first Woodstock? What do you hate about the second Woodstock? What will you do to ensure that this is the LAST Woodstock? woodstock.21.1: My free and simple demeanor set everybody at ease. (pdl) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:36 Well, I've always hated that horrible Joni Mitchell song about Woodstock. Both her version and the CSN version. Of course, I could go on, in fact, I will go on, but I wanted to get this baby goin'... woodstock.21.2: The Next Generation (mglito) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:37 Um, excuse me? woodstock.21.3: The Next Generation (mglito) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:37 #1 slipped in... Should we rename this "The Sarcastic Topic"? woodstock.21.4: fergive meeee (wstock1) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:40 Sour grapes topic. woodstock.21.5: (ernie) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:43 Dammit, pdl's right. Ever since CSN was on TV last night, that DAMN SONG has been running through my mind and I can't figure out how fighters can "ride shotgun" in the sky, and it was 25 years ago which means I'm 25 years older and the only thing to look forward to is the Woodstock exhibit at the new Disney American Heritage theme park in Virginia, feh! woodstock.21.6: Gary Pattillo (gary) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:45 Right on topic! woodstock.21.7: The Next Generation (mglito) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:50 d-: or, inversely, :-p woodstock.21.8: David Gans (tnf) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:51 >riding shotgun in the sky It's a figure of speech. Sheesh! :^) woodstock.21.9: My free and simple demeanor set everybody at ease. (pdl) Thu 11 Aug 94 14:58 I do admire joni's ability to pen that ditty pronto in order to reach such a large target audience, an audience ready and eager to part with cold hard cash! That's the sixties spirit I admire the most! Let's see, how should the song about Woodstock II go, "By the time I got to Woodstock, my wallet was half again as strong..." woodstock.21.10: (ernie) Thu 11 Aug 94 15:00 Oh yeah, mister smarty-pants-nationally-syndicated-radio-producer, what does it mean then? woodstock.21.11: David Gans (tnf) Thu 11 Aug 94 15:27 It means Pat has a Bad Attitude! woodstock.21.12: The Next Generation (mglito) Thu 11 Aug 94 15:50 %^) woodstock.21.13: Much 2 young for Woodstock 1 (isaac) Thu 11 Aug 94 16:06 I could post a barney effigy here, and you could print it out and set it on fire, if it would help....=8-) woodstock.21.14: My free and simple demeanor set everybody at ease. (pdl) Thu 11 Aug 94 16:09 I've always thought that that line in the song, 'we are stardust,' was a reference to death, 'we are dust,' either physical or psychological death, and that joni was either consciously or subconsciously saying, 'we are the death generation, we are dead, groove on the deathconcert deadios.' I think that the following line in the song supports this interpretation, 'we are golden,' we are not organic, but precious metal, 'we are stasis, we are mortification, we are dead.' woodstock.21.15: The Next Generation (mglito) Thu 11 Aug 94 16:19 Maybe for some... To me, it always meant that we are the stuff that dreams are made on. YMMV (and seemingly, it does) woodstock.21.16: Texas Chainsaw Jazz and Blues (cooljazz) Thu 11 Aug 94 16:27 OK you namby pamby yak drinking bottom dwelling scumsuckers. Woodstock! I wasn't there. WEIRDSTOCK is where the action is. Count Vlad and the impalers headlining Where weirdness, prophecy and all around strangeness are in order. where people can be named Dave or Jim or Bob and still get their posts read for 24 hours. BUT IF I HAVE TO HEAR JUDY COLLINS ONE MORE TIME I'M GONNA PUKE. AND IF ARLO GUTHRIE GETS INTERVIEWED ONE MORE TIME, I'M GONNA TAKE UP A COLLECTION FOR GRECIAN FORMULA AND MAKE HIM USE IT!!!! AND IF JANE PAULEY SINGS THE WOODSTOCK SONG WE'RE GONNA START A RIOT. Now, time for a message from our sponsors. woodstock.21.17: Much 2 young for Woodstock 1 (isaac) Thu 11 Aug 94 16:31 woodstock.16: Weirdstock - The Parody woodstock.16.0: somebody started it... (gail) Thu 11 Aug 94 11:38 Welcome to Weirdstock II woodstock.16.1: Revolutionary Pit-Woofies (cynsa) Thu 11 Aug 94 11:46 head for the crapperz! woodstock.16.2: Half a million headstrong (mcow) Thu 11 Aug 94 11:54 Don't take the brown antacid! it exsists. woodstock.21.18: The Next Generation (mglito) Thu 11 Aug 94 16:37 And boy, is it fun!!! woodstock.21.19: Michael Newman (jstraw) Thu 11 Aug 94 17:04 I'm pretty sure that if the ground doesn't open up and swallow Saugerties, NY by noon, Sunday, it means that the universe is broken. !nn alt.woodstock.pepsi.drown.die.die woodstock.21.20: bloody rag with cramps (humdog) Thu 11 Aug 94 17:16 i am assuming that most of the people who are excited about woodstock were not even born when it happened, let alone eligible for the draft... christ woodstock.21.21: Bryan Higgins (bryan) Thu 11 Aug 94 17:45 Hey, everybody, it's Christ! woodstock.21.22: Texas Chainsaw Jazz and Blues (cooljazz) Thu 11 Aug 94 17:48 Even if we weren't eligible for the draft, we're eligible for topic drift. woodstock.21.23: Jennifer Powell (jnfr) Thu 11 Aug 94 18:01 Hey, isaac...load the barney! do it!!! woodstock.21.24: Michael Newman (jstraw) Thu 11 Aug 94 18:36 Where's the Spam? woodstock.21.25: Much 2 young for Woodstock 1 (isaac) Thu 11 Aug 94 20:00 woodstock.21.26: Much 2 young for Woodstock 1 (isaac) Thu 11 Aug 94 20:03 woodstock.21.27: [31m[5mTragically Hip[0m (brenner) Thu 11 Aug 94 20:12 $$$$$$$^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$^ ~^ $ $$ $ $ $ I ~^$$$$$$ $$$$$ ~ ~~ ~I $$$$$ $$$$' ' _,w$< $$$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$w___,w$$$$$$$$ $ $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$*$[ i $$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$[][ | ]$$$ $$$$ ~_,,_ ~$$$$$$$~ ____~ $ $$$ $$$$ _~ , , `$$$~ _ _`$ ]L J$$$ $$$$ , $$w$ww+ $$$ww``,,$w$ ][ $$$$ $$$$, $$$$www$$$ $$$$$$$ww$$$$$[ $$$$ $$$$$_|| $$$$$$P' $$P$$$$$$$$$$$[|c$$$$ $$$$$$w| '$$P~ P]$$$-~, ~Y$$^'],$$$$$$ $$$$$$$[ _ _J$$Tk ]]$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$,$ $$, c,,,,,,,y ,w$$[ ,$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ i $w ====--_$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$`,P~ _ ~^^^^Y$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$^^=^$$^ ^' ,ww,w$$$$$ _$$$$$$$$$$ $$$_xJ~ ~ , $$$$$$$P~_$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$ $, ,$$$,_____ _,J$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$L `' ,$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ woodstock.21.28: Jennifer Powell (jnfr) Thu 11 Aug 94 20:50 ah, perfect!! woodstock.21.29: yo dude (wstock1) Fri 12 Aug 94 09:38 if I hear one more deragatory remark peratianing to woodatock I will throw up all over your joint woodstock.21.30: (ernie) Fri 12 Aug 94 09:57 I'm from San Francisco, dude, ok? woodstock.21.31: gimme an "F"! (reva) Fri 12 Aug 94 10:21 Cool it, dude; weird happens. woodstock.21.32: My free and simple demeanor set everybody at ease. (pdl) Fri 12 Aug 94 11:25 Wasn't Charles Manson the official mascot of the first Woodstock....I guess the official mascot of this Woodstock would have to be..... OJ Simpson!!! woodstock.21.33: yo dude (wstock1) Fri 12 Aug 94 16:36 To all who attended W II '94----------- don't forget that Saugerties, in the fabulous county of Ulster played host to the most awesome concert this decade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woodstock.21.34: Bamm Bamm (wstock5) Sat 13 Aug 94 10:31 O.K. Too many people, not enough (Brown Acid) space. Everyone is stinky, sticky, exhausted from the damm lines. Some people waited up to 8 hours to ghet on the bus after parking there car. Just get to this godforsaken mud pit with a 12 foot bridge for 250,000 people to get across. What a fuckin joke. People are in such a hurry to get nowhere that theytrample your tents. In my oppinion the promoters of this festival should give us there good drugs and come out from backstage and see this shit from our overpriced point of view. . woodstock.21.35: Gary Pattillo (gary) Sat 13 Aug 94 11:41 Wasn't that easy enough to predict *before* you even left the comfort of your own home? woodstock.21.36: home in peaceful San Francisco (tigereye) Sat 13 Aug 94 13:07 It wouldn't be in the Woodstock tradition if it weren't a mess there! woodstock.21.37: You let me get lucky with you (virginia) Sat 13 Aug 94 13:33 this is all the more reason why the promoters should be providing booze and drugs. Opiate for the teeming masses. High is the only way I could get through this. woodstock.21.38: Jennifer Powell (jnfr) Sat 13 Aug 94 16:40 Sitting at home comfortably, music on the tube, people on line, beer in hand...Woodstock looks good to me :) woodstock.21.39: joycesecurity (wstock3) Sat 13 Aug 94 20:46 what a sorry mess........security is seriously strained........most walked off the last 2 days......mud and total confusion.......real poor planning. woodstock.21.40: home in peaceful San Francisco (tigereye) Sun 14 Aug 94 02:36 >this is all the more reason why the promoters should be providing booze and drugs. Now that would be a sign of real progress in the last 25 years! woodstock.21.41: aud (dam) Sun 14 Aug 94 10:11 well, they wanted it to be "authentic". woodstock.21.42: we (justride) Mon 15 Aug 94 09:09 It puts me off a bit to hear all these reports, and then see the promoters patting themselves on the back on tv. woodstock.21.43: Gary Pattillo (gary) Mon 15 Aug 94 13:41 They're patting themselves on the back all the way to the bank. woodstock.21.44: we (justride) Mon 15 Aug 94 13:53 Well, not yet. Not what I meant, anyway. woodstock.21.45: otis (nycjag) Tue 16 Aug 94 09:22 i think the event was more a less a success, depending on your standards. i was pleasantly surprised anyway
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