May
15Woodstock’s Time Warp
Will the summer of angst show any appreciation for the summer of love?Joel Rosenman and Michael Lang were two klutzy young men who stumbled into the “summer of love” in Woodstock, New York in 1969. Woodstock seemed at the time like a non-event, but for the more than 450,000 folks attending the four-day drugged-out, mud-splattered festival it was a life-changing experience. The New York press didn’t even report on Woodstock until a couple of days later, when word began seeping into the mainstream. Ultimately, Woodstock became a movie, an album and a mini-legend.
The 40th anniversary this year will also be marked by a movie, “Taking Woodstock,” directed by Ang Lee and making its bow in, of all places, Cannes. Several books also will mark the anniversary, but what will not take place will be an anniversary concert produced by the two klutzy founders, Rosenman and Lang. It seems they couldn’t come up with sponsors. Also, they kept bickering.
Besides, in summer ’09 the summer of angst, folks are too worried about their jobs to party in the mud.
According to the New York Times, the name “summer of love” has been conscripted by Target, which is coming out with a beach towel featuring a symbolic white dove perched on a guitar.
Far out, man.
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