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  Woodstock 1999 - Uncyclopedia
Woodstock 1999 was the image of Peace and Love that had originally been invisioned by its creator, Gatsby.
This was due to the riots of the 1969 Woodstock.
Woodstock was not only enjoyed by the people who attended it, but by the general public because of MTV's quality coverage of the event (MTV's coverage of the 1969 Woodstock had to be cut short due to violent riots of the third kind).
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Woodstock_1999   (489 words)

  
 Woodstock Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The festival bears the name "Woodstock", because it was originally scheduled to take place in the town of Woodstock, in Ulster County; however, the town offered no appropriate site to host such a large event due to their belief that over a million people would attend.
Woodstock did have some amount of crime and other misbehavior, as well as a fatality from drug overdoses, an accidental death caused by an occupied sleeping bag being run over by a tractor, and one participant died from falling off a scaffold.
Woodstock began as a profit-making venture; it only became a free festival after it became obvious that the concert was drawing hundreds of thousands more people than the organizers had prepared for, and that the entry gates erected had been torn down by eager arrivals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woodstock_Festival   (2586 words)

  
 Woodstock 1999 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woodstock 1999, held July 23-25, 1999 was the second rock concert (after Woodstock '94) that attempted to emulate the success of the original Woodstock concert of 1969.
Though many concertgoers reported enjoying the event, the consensus was that it failed to emulate the "peace and love" environment of 1969, and it was also economically unprofitable.
Rage Against the Machine: Burning the American flag onstage during Woodstock '99.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woodstock_1999   (984 words)

  
 The Declaration | 16 September 1999 | Woodstock is Burning
The fires which concluded the Woodstock Music and Art Festival on Sunday night, July 25, were not any more about destruction than the overflowing of the gates at the original Woodstock was about chaos.
But, once again, the spirited youth are berated from all sides by a unified mass of the uninformed and judgmental for being out of control and out of line because, once again, everybody from the media to their elders to their peers missed the point.
Woodstock '99 mocked our culture, mocked our parents' culture and everything they stood for by simultaneously controlling us -- telling us exactly what to do and how to act -- while telling us that we were being rebellious.
www.the-declaration.com /1999/09_16/features/woodstock.shtml   (1553 words)

  
 Ape Culture - Woodstock 1999
We stopped in the actual town of Woodstock to borrow a kick-ass six-man tent from crunchy granola friends who actually camp by choice and for fun.
He was shirtless by the end of their set, as were many Woodstockers, male and female.
Woodstock promoters had an uncanny ability to schedule acts that would appeal to the same audience--like DMX and the Roots, and later Megadeth and Red Hot Chili Peppers--at the same time on the two stages which were a good half hour walk apart.
www.apeculture.com /music/woodstock1.htm   (1598 words)

  
 Why Things Went Wrong at Woodstock
Of course, any connection between the original Woodstock and the violence at Woodstock ’99 directly contradicts what is possibly the most deeply held conviction of my generation: the Myth of Woodstock.
Borrowing a page—heck, the whole book—from French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Woodstock generation concluded that it was institutions such as the church, the government and the family that had led us astray.
The miscreants at Woodstock ’99 were acting the way you might expect kids to act when adults haven’t taken the time to teach them clear notions of right and wrong.
www.boundless.org /1999/features/a0000155.html   (1734 words)

  
 CNN - 'Not the real Woodstock; they messed up' - July 26, 1999
Tents and booths were destroyed, concert light stands and a speaker tower were toppled and a mob tried to destroy a radio station truck during several chaotic hours beginning late Sunday.
The violence that erupted at the end of the three-day Woodstock '99 came as the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in the midst of their festival-closing set and a group named Pax handed out candles to the audience.
County deputies and city police rushed to protect other areas of the former Griffiss Air Force Base, where Woodstock '99 was held, as the festival became a scene of blazing chaos.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Music/9907/26/woodstock.04   (768 words)

  
 Woodstock
In the spring of 1969, Lucy heard of the Woodstock festival, and thought it would be something that she and Chuck would enjoy.
For example, Woodstock 1999 was a valid attempt for a peaceful gathering and a good concert.
Woodstock 1999 was a good effort, but you can't bring back the past.
www.msu.edu /user/purcel15/atlpaper.html   (3308 words)

  
 Woodstock - Colorado Ghost Town
From the sign, "The white death - an avalanche - struck the town of Woodstock on March 10,1884.
Woodstock water tanks was destroyed in the avalanche.
Woodstock - Sign reads "The white death - an avalanche - struck the town of Woodstock on March 10,1884.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/co/woodstock.html   (165 words)

  
 Molly.com - Articles > Web thoughts > Woodstock 99
Woodstock 99 will not only wow music fans with its awesome lineup of musical acts, but its Web site serves up some of the finest in design and technology that the '90s has to offer.
There's information about how to get the Woodstock Pay-Per-View simulcast via cable, how to sign up for the live Webcast (which will be available via streaming media), and where to sign up for a free email account.
Up to this point, the photos are all retrospectives of the 1969 Woodstock concert, but that will change after the 1999 event, no doubt.
www.molly.com /articles/webthoughts/1999-07-woodstock.php   (2195 words)

  
 Woodstock 1999
"Woodstock 99", that ironic and ultimately tragic attempt to cash in on a counter-culture brand (think John Lennon in a Nike ad), sent out the 90's in a literal blaze of anger, rape and profiteering.
the first woodstock is thought to have been the biggest peace demistration of all time that helped bring a end to the war in 'nam, and it was this disgrace that changed that !
Comment: Woodstock is a pretty much big festival and it was obvious that Megadeth made it big with its "a secret place" song...Megadeth rules the world...
www.fungames.com.au /product-detail/9/dvd/B000028U0I   (826 words)

  
 RRC: Archives
Yet once they got to "Woodstock" (which was actually in Rome, NY a couple hundred miles from Yasgur's farm) fans discovered that they had slipped from frying pan to fire.
Woodstock became legendary because half-a-million people showed up-- most of them getting in free--and because despite rain, lack of sanitation, and essential resources stressed past the breaking point, no one died.
Woodstock 1999 makes it clear that we have not gotten back to the garden.
www.rockrap.com /archive/archi165.html   (683 words)

  
 Responses to Greedstock 99: Why We Rioted   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I am glad that I did not go to Woodstock now, I think I would have been a little pissed to be treated like a dog for three days.
I truly enjoyed what you had to say, thanks on behalf of all the woodstockers who felt they were raped by corporate america for 4 days.
I've been covering Woodstock '99 since July, and I'm in the process of putting together several in-depth investigative articles on the festival's flaws.
www.geocities.com /fallenempire2000/lastword/woodstock1.html   (1858 words)

  
 Woodstock 1999 : DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The title of this DVD should be ´Woodstock: 3 days of mosh pits, molestation, and useless expendable garbage that some call music.´ Half the crowd at this piece of corporate filth consisted of white, beer-guzzling jock college students, ravers, and teeny boppers just PRAYING that by some miracle the Backstreet Boys show up.
So to sum up, dear reader, woodstock ´99 showcased all of the reasons why music can never again be what it was in the age of woodstock ´69.
For all but the most apathetic viewers, this concert souvenir is enjoyable in inverse proportion to familiarity with the real-life Woodstock ´99 festival: the less you know about the hour-to-hour experiences of the audience and the event´s violent denouement, the more you can enjoy the show.
www.pagenation.com /an/6305785309.html   (1360 words)

  
 Just Plain Harris: Woodstock Then And Now
Last month's concert was billed as "another three days of peace and love." Even before the arson, rapes, and looting that ruined the end of the concert, it was easy to see that the three intervening decades have diminished the value of the original event while desperately trying to exploit its myth.
At Woodstock 1999, there were tents torn down by people unwilling to pay $14 for a bottle of water.
At Woodstock 1999, several cable channels base their programming entirely on the F word.
www.harrisonline.com /plain/1999/08/woodstock-then-and-now.html   (707 words)

  
 uExpress.com: Richard Reeves by Richard Reeves -- (08/04/1999) WOODSTOCK: THEN AND NOW
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. -- We are between Woodstock revivals at the moment.
I was covering the mayor of New York, John V. Lindsay, who was campaigning for re-election among the New Yorkers at Grossingers, the Concord and other Jewish resorts of the time in the Catskill Mountains, when we ran into the densest traffic jams I had ever seen.
We are all creatures of "the market," and a lot of young people think they're entitled and can get away with being as hostile, self-centered and greedy as some '60s rock stars were offstage.
www.uexpress.com /richardreeves/?uc_full_date=19990804   (732 words)

  
 WRCK On-Line Woodstock III
Woodstock 1999 will take place on July 23-25 at Griffiss Park in Rome, New York, 200 miles from the Bethel site of the original Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969.
The acts span the various musical genres: rappers DMX and Ice Cube; British DJs the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim; the traditional roots of Los Lobos and Willie Nelson; the hard rock of the Offspring, Korn and Limp Bizkit; the mainstream pop of Jewel and Alanis Morissette; and the swing of the Brian Setzer Orchestra.
Other performers set for Woodstock 1999 are Bush, George Clinton, Collective Soul, Counting Crows, Creed, Everlast, Foo Fighters, Guster, Live, Dave Matthews Band, Moe, Rage Against the Machine, Sugar Ray, Rusted Root and the Tragically Hip.
www.angelfire.com /nj/superock/bentz19990301.html   (531 words)

  
 R.I.P. Woodstock - Pop Culture author, James Campion slams Woodstock 1999.
Whatever those who put together Woodstock ’99 might have thought—or offered up as an excuse, following three days of disgusting accommodations, ridiculous overpricing, lewd and abusive behavior, blatant acts of violence, looting, and arson—it can simply be summed up as the day the piper came looking for his check.
The small town known as Woodstock, nestled in the mountains of Sullivan County, New York seemed as good a place as any to have what was fast being known as a music festival.
The Woodstock Music and Art Festival didn’t turn out like the rich kids planned (Actually, it didn’t even take place in Woodstock, NY, but in nearby Bethel), but it could’ve been a whole hell of a lot worse.
www.jamescampion.com /chekwood.html   (1163 words)

  
 Woodstock 1999--Syracuse in focus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Despite unusually oppressive Upstate heat, organizers estimated that 225,000 souls descended upon the former grounds of Rome's Griffiss Airbase to participate in Woodstock ’99.
What made this one different were modern hallmarks such as exhaustive MTV coverage, four-dollar bottled water, crowd surfing, an Extreme-sports Park and body painting.
I soaked up some of the culture on Saturday, July 24, 1999 (Day two) during a period that included music by Kid Rock, Wyclef Jean and Everclear.
www.sif.net /wstock99.htm   (94 words)

  
 Nexus MP3 Hardware :: Woodstock 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I could go on, calling the youth of the 90's, or at least the youth in attendance at woodstock 99, apathetic, selfish and irresponsible, but you want know what the truth is? It's the promoters fault.
If you want to have a festival that is about peace and love, don't hire a bunch of violent heavy metal bands to play there.
For everybody else, I recommend any of the records from the original 1969 Woodstock festival.
www.bigg.net /mp3/hardware/B000028U0I/Woodstock_1999.html   (924 words)

  
 Max Yasgur's Farm - 1969 Woodstock Festival Site
The festival was just an extraordinary event that widened his experience in life because of his contact with these people." -Mrs.
(originally published for the Bethel '99 Rally flyer) by Jeryl Abramson: a complete, concise description of the legal and political struggle at Bethel, NY through the 90's as it stood in August, 1999.
The show features interviews with Jeryl Abramson, Eric Sundstad, Elliot Tiber, and many of those responsible for Woodstock '69 and beyond.
www.yasgurroad.com /history.html   (308 words)

  
 Enjoy the Music Woodstock '99
Don't forget to tell your friends about us as we are independent media and refuse to allow the "spin doctors" their way.
In fact the promoters still allowed the laser light show tribute to Jimi Hendrix to go on, though it was very short and did not include and live performances as was planned.
Click here for our full coverage of the Woodstock '99 show including backstage photos and much more.
www.enjoythemusic.com /woodstock   (373 words)

  
 Nude as the News: Jimi Hendrix: Live At Woodstock
The family-owned label put out this double-disc set of live Jimi Hendrix material in 1999, the second such release that year.
The bad news is that the performance itself, at least aesthetically speaking, is not one of Jimi's greatest and not nearly enjoyable as the Hendrix At The Fillmore East collection put out this spring.
But then again, the entire concept of Woodstock was pretty much burnt to the ground in the mid-90s.
www.nudeasthenews.com /reviews/16   (530 words)

  
 What's New on the Woodstock Site?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A Woodstock Forum examined the values behind the issues in the 2000 Presidential election, with panelists E.J. Dionne, Jr., Mary McGrory, and Peter Robinson.
Woodstock Business Conference Report, August 1999, including the Executive Director's Report and articles on Moral Decision-Making, Pursuing Value in Business Decisions, Parables, A Blessing Upon Work, and The Marketplace.
The Woodstock Web has grown to the point that it was necessary to organize its files into directories.
guweb.georgetown.edu /centers/woodstock/new.htm   (1117 words)

  
 Woodstock 99 in Rome, NY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
July 22, 2000: As Woodstock 99 approaches it's year anniversary, an online music news website Sonicnet blasts the festival in it's series Woodstock 99: The Untold Story.
Woodstock organizers defend the festival in this article at CDNow.com.
The Woodstock 99 video was released in DVD format on March 5.
members.aol.com /Mary1NYS/Woodstock.html   (1170 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Woodstock 1999: DVD: Woodstock '99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For all but the most apathetic viewers, this concert souvenir is enjoyable in inverse proportion to familiarity with the real-life Woodstock '99 festival: the less you know about the hour-to-hour experiences of the audience and the event's violent denouement, the more you can enjoy the show.
Given that the program's executive producers were the event's promoters, no one would reasonably expect them to 'fess up to deteriorating site sanitation or the eventual rape and riot that cast a dark shadow over the event.
The quality of the musical acts is much more even than those found in the original '69 Woodstock documentary (which, let's face it, had some pretty low lowpoints).
www.amazon.com /Woodstock-1999-99/dp/6305785309   (2197 words)

  
 Euregio.Net - - Euro Woodstock'99 in VIENNA, Austria
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Woodstock 1999 should have been held in Neustadt nearby VIENNA from July 16.-18 1999 !
Woodstock Revisited 1999 in New York ends in violence...
www.euregio.net /woodstock99/index.html   (141 words)

  
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