Monday, January 12, 2009

And a grande time was had by all

There's something really wrong about this. From the souvenir shop of the Woodstock Museum at Bethel Woods, the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival:
A "mini-latte make-love-not-war mug"
http://www.shopbethelwoods.com/store/product/17866/MUG---MINI-LATTE-MAKE-LOVE-NOT-WAR-PHOTO-MUG/

I grew up in the Sixties. I went to Woodstock - the original (who would have thought I'd have to clarify that.) Lattes? WTF? Next they'll be warning us about the bad brown antacid.

Just to be clear:
There was no merchandise for sale at Woodstock (or Coke or Pepsi for that matter.)
Few people even thought to bring a camera.
There was no valet parking.
No "seating".
Few porta-johns.
Plenty of trees.
No showers.
Plenty of rain (and lakes.)
No gourmet food.
No health food.
No food in general.
No bottled water.
Plenty of drugs.
A fair amount of people.
Some pretty spectacular bands.

That's about all I remember.

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