Were those the days?

Interesting “what are they doing today” piece on the promoters of the original Woodstock, and the 1994 & 1999 commemorative events, in the New York Times today.

Excerpt:

“The word ‘Woodstock’ means something — it’s hard to pin down sometimes,” Mr. Rosenman said. “We’re brainstorming about how to take something that was kind of a beacon to the world about counterculture and music and community in 1969 and transforming it into a 21st century phenomenon that has an Internet platform instead of a live one.”

Forty[-two] years gone since the Summer of Love.

Open thread.

Source: The New York Times, Peace and Love, Yes. But Understanding? by Allen Salkin May 8, 2009.

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  • Anonymous

    The summer of love was 1967.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love

  • Barnstorm

    Very true #1, but it took 2 years for the purple haze to wear off and realize that.

    Good thing people remember Woodstock as the “beacon” of counterculture/music & community rather than the concert that took place a few weeks later….Altamont.

  • Steward

    Barnstorm: Heavy! I haven’t thought about Altamont for uh, for uh, for uh…

  • Secondhand Rose

    I was too young for Woodstock. My “summer of love” didn’t take place until 1978, LOL.

  • Anonymous

    Too much information, Rose.