My Woodstock at the Shore Aug 20, 2009
All the attention to the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival makes me feel like it was the party of a lifetime -- and my invitation got lost in the mail. More accurately, my RSVP would have read, "Jim Castagnera regrets that he cannot attend your weekend of love and peace, because he has a previous engagement." In fact, I had chosen to spend my summer at the Jersey shore, a paid vacation compliments of my uncle, every American's uncle -- Uncle Sam. (NJ.com -- Times)
VIDEO EXTRA: Forty years later, local residents recall their memories of Woodstock festival Aug 18, 2009
Enterprise page design/illustration by Francisco Jurado-Emery. By Maria Papadopoulos. (Easton Journal, MA)
'Taking Woodstock' Aug 18, 2009
The film tells the story of how Woodstock festival came to fruition. The actors said election of Barack Obama shares similiarities with Woodstock. (CNN -- US)
More of this story Aug 18, 2009
What is the legacy of the Woodstock Festival. What is the legacy of the storied Woodstock Festival ... unclesmedley wrote on Aug 17, 2009 4:25 PM:" Just as the pollyannaish vision that inspired the hoedown at Yasgur's Farm endures to this very day--as does the curmudgeonly cavils of the Archie Bunker mentality that bemoaned the end of civilization, then and now Dr. Samuel Johnson said it best 200 years before the Woodstock Festival: "Man needs more to be reminded than instructed. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Then and now Aug 17, 2009
The Woodstock festival took place over August 15, 16 and 17, 1969. Some acts shot to stardom after playing Woodstock. (CNN)
Woodstock reunion fades to grey Aug 17, 2009
Ang Lee talks to Giles Hardy about his timely comedy set at the original Woodstock Festival ... John Westbrook, 61, came to the first Woodstock festival when he happened to be home on a break from the navy in Vietnam. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Back to the farm as Woodstock fades to grey Aug 17, 2009
John Westbrook, 61, came to the first Woodstock festival when he happened to be home on a break from the navy in Vietnam. I was stoned when I got here, stoned when I left and stoned for many years after,'' said Westbrook, wearing a tie-dyed sleeveless T-shirt, loose-fitting tie-dyed trousers and a matching headband over his greying hair. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Best from Sunday Aug 17, 2009
The babies reportedly born at the Woodstock festival 40 years ago remain the most enduring mystery from that chaotic weekend that defined a generation. NEW YORK - James Patterson's latest best-seller, "The Angel Experiment," is a little different from his usual hits. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Happy 40th Woodstock babies ... well if you exist Aug 16, 2009
The babies reportedly born at the Woodstock festival 40 years ago remain the most enduring mystery from that chaotic weekend that defined a generation ... The babies reportedly born at the Woodstock festival 40 years ago remain the most enduring mystery from that chaotic weekend that defined a generation. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Celebrate All Things Woodstock at Woodstock.com, A Revolutionary Destination Site For The Music Community Aug 15, 2009
com offers a platform where fans can share their experiences from all of the Woodstock Festivals ('69,'94 & '99) in addition to other live concert events ... com is also premiering WikiStock, an interactive wiki-style encyclopedia of all things Woodstock, which will accept and incorporate contributions about the individual experiences visitors have had at Woodstock festivals over the years ... com has been created under the auspices of Michael Lang and Joel Rosenman, two of the founders of the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Inside Woodstock - Friday, Aug. 14, 4:45 p.m. Aug 15, 2009
Daily American - Inside Woodstock Friday, Aug. 14, 4:45 p.m.. We left at 7 this morning and arrived in Bethel around 2 o clock. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
UNSEEN PHOTOS: 17-year-old high schooler had fresh perspective Aug 15, 2009
40 years later, a fresh eye is cast on Woodstock festival - USATODAY.com ... 40 years later, a fresh eye is cast on Woodstock festival. (USA Today)
1969 remembered Aug 14, 2009
The magical, mystical Sixties pretty much ended ended on Aug. 18, 1969, at the close of the Woodstock Festival, although no one knew it at the time. A few days earlier, Charles Manson had directed his family to commit the Tate-LaBianca murders. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
Tom Constanten Aug 14, 2009
Its specifically a tribute to the music we did at the Woodstock festival. They will play Jefferson Airplane music, and they will back me up for some Grateful Dead music. (Albany Times Union)
Havens: Woodstock, world's biggest family reunion Aug 13, 2009
Folk singer Richie Havens gave the opening performance at the Woodstock Festival 40 years ago in August 1969. (CNN) -- Forty years ago this summer I wound up opening the Woodstock festival when the four acts scheduled before me were stuck in massive traffic jams and delayed in getting to the concert site in Bethel, New York. (CNN -- US)
Woodstock Turns 40, Returns to Its Roots Aug 12, 2009
The next day, photographer Barry Levine, historian John Conway, author Jan Cherpiko and Sam Yasgur, whose father owned the dairy farm on which the Woodstock festival took place, will reflect on their memories at a panel titled "Woodstock Remembered." The panel is free and open to the public, and tickets are available online at. Bethel is the original site of the 1969 festival, which was billed as "Three Days of Music and Peace." More than 400,000 people attended over the course of the three-day... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Remembering Woodstock - sorta Aug 11, 2009
These veterans of the historic 1969 Woodstock Festival in Bethel, N.Y., shared a table recently outside Caffe Trieste in North Beach, across the street from where Kantner lives. Forty years later, like old soldiers recalling their time in the French Foreign Legion, they start reminiscing without cue. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Woodstock celebrates 40 online Aug 10, 2009
"Good morning. What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000." With that audio clip, you're off to explore the sounds and sights of the 1969 Woodstock Festival and Art Fair ... A good compilation site that highlights the history of the Woodstock festival and related events years after the 1969 event ... But there is a page with links to numerous articles online related to the 1969 Woodstock festival. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Woodstock Thirty Years After Woodst... Aug 10, 2009
The land in Bethel is still preserved and in 2006, The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts was opened, with a performance by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young who preformed at the original Woodstock Festival. Because Woodstock, which was the only other town near Bethel, NY of any size, had such a rich arts history, giving the festival its name seemed only appropriate. (Suite101.com)
BACK TO WOODSTOCK Aug 10, 2009
WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL CREATER MICHAEL LANG REVISITS EPIC CONCERT 40 YEARS LATER - New York Post. Loading. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Quill founders recall the band’s Woodstock set Aug 9, 2009
Quill founders recall the band s Woodstock set - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
* The enduring appeal of Woodstock Aug 9, 2009
Baby boomers wont let go of the Woodstock Festival ... Theres a Woodstock Festival museum now at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and a recently built concert hall at what was the concert site, Max Yasgurs farm (though the original Woodstock hillside has been left undeveloped). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
SELLING THE SCENE Aug 9, 2009
Available in five two-disc packages that feature remastered studio albums and live Woodstock festival recordings by Jefferson Airplane ("Volunteers"), Sly & the Family Stone ("Stand!"), Janice Joplin ("I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!") and more. FILM/VIDEO. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Woodstock and the death of fashion Aug 6, 2009
As my friends are busy glamorizing their cartoon doppelgangers with martini glasses and elbow-length cocktail gloves, they re ignoring a touchstone event that took place 40 years ago, coincidently also on Aug. 16 - the Woodstock festival. Mad Men and Woodstock represent polar opposites of the 1960s. (Boston Globe)
Did you go to Woodstock in 1969? Aug 6, 2009
On Aug.15, music lovers and former hippies will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock festival. Will you be trekking back to Bethel, N.Y.. (ABC News)
Revellers play in mud during 15th Woodstock Festival Aug 2, 2009
Revellers play in the mud during the 15th Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra River, close to the Polish and German border, August 1, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Rolling out the red carpet for local premiere of Taking Woodstock Aug 2, 2009
This is what the Woodstock Festival was all about, Knakal said. To have the premier here is so fabulous. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Freedom's just another word for Woodstock Jul 29, 2009
(One oddity of the Woodstock festival was that it was not held in Woodstock but in Bethel, N.Y., but, hey, they were hippies, not geographers. . (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Lemonade Stands, Business Instincts, and Surviving the Recession Jul 29, 2009
The most authoritative estimates of the number of murder victims suggest 500,000 in the years 1966-69 alone --- a total collection of corpses easily exceeding in number the well publicized hordes who simultaneously partied at the Woodstock Festival. Nevertheless, a quarter century later the Chinese regime not only tolerated but celebrated the same business values and pursuit of profit that had formerly provoked unspeakable persecution and even mass cannibalism. (Townhall.com)
Museum offers 'trip back to Woodstock' Jul 26, 2009
AP Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York, August 1969. BETHEL, N.Y. -- With a psychedelic Chevy bus as a backdrop, Wade Lawrence is trying to talk the shirt off a man's back. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Woodstock revisited ... 40 years later Jul 26, 2009
AP Musician Joe Cocker performs for the thousands of people attending the Woodstock Festival of Arts and Music at Bethel, New York August 1969. Ed Chavern of West Mifflin was only 14 when he made the pilgrimage to Bethel, N.Y., 40 years ago for a weekend music festival that was creating a bit of a national buzz. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Brockton area residents recall first landing on the moon Jul 22, 2009
Aug. 15: The Woodstock Festival began. Oct. 16: New York Mets won the World Series. (Canton Journal, MA)
In Depth: The Summer of 1969 Jul 21, 2009
Summer of 1969 1969 saw the Manson murders, the Stonewall riots, the Woodstock festival and man landing on the moon. CNN examines how events of 40 years ago still resonate with the world today and looks ahead at how the key moments will shape the future. (CNN)
Answer Girl: Jul 21, 2009
-- August: Woodstock festival begins in Bethel, N.Y.. -- September: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is released. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Celebrate Woodstock with new treasures Jul 21, 2009
The Woodstock festival wasn't just the lead story for a day or two. Captured first note to last by sound engineer Eddie Kramer, and visually (pristine fields to muddy mess) by a camera crew led by Michael Wadleigh, the epic event would soar to legendary stature, dwarfing that other historic '69 summer happening, man's first walk on the moon. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Back to Yasgur’s farm Jul 19, 2009
He coauthored a mostly pictorial book, Woodstock Festival Remembered, for the event s 10th anniversary, but this is his most extensive analysis. He s a charming character - so much so that he once convinced his parents that smoking pot was fine, after his mother found a stash in his bedroom closet in Brooklyn. (Boston Globe)
Happy 40th, Woodstock Baby Jul 18, 2009
The babies reportedly born at the Woodstock festival 40 years ago remain the most enduring mystery from that chaotic weekend that defined a generation. Depending on the source, there was one birth on that patch of upstate New York farmland between Aug. 15-17, 1969. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Bookish about Woodstock memoir, Carter thriller, McGovern history Jul 14, 2009
The legendary Woodstock festival of 1969 was three days of peace, love, and music. It was also three days of havoc, overcrowding, and mud. (Boston Globe)
Recycled Records Live to Rock Anoth... Jul 9, 2009
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival, they are also producing 25,000 custom coasters for Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Putting Vinyl Records Back Into Your Home. (Suite101.com)
Uncovering the story behind the art Jul 1, 2009
I went to the Woodstock Festival looking like my image in this self-portrait trying to retrieve 18 of my paintings that I believed had been stolen, he writes. That is probably why I was accused of being a F.B.I. Agent trying to set up a sting operation at the festival about drugs. (Boston Globe)
This time, Newsom plays it straight May 27, 2009
Michael Lang, co-creator of the original 1969 Woodstock Festival, claims exclusive control over the Woodstock trademark and has sicced the lawyers on Boots. Lang tells us he would allow the show to go on under the name "WestFest - A Celebration of Woodstock's 40th Anniversary.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Hippy bootcamp May 17, 2009
His story operates as the film's focal point, while the actual Woodstock Festival provides the backdrop. But Lee insists that, unlike his award-winning drama Brokeback Mountain, this is not another film about homosexuality. (BBC News)
Report from Cannes: Ang Lee's Woodstock Aberration May 17, 2009
But when he reads that the Woodstock festival planned for that August has been denied a permit in a nearby town, he calls the promoters and invites them to White Lake and its neighboring town Bethel, where farmer Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy) might be willing to rent it to them for $5,000. Make that $75,000, when he learns how desperate they are. (Time.com)
Cannes race gets serious as heavyweights step up May 16, 2009
The cheering hippie film by the maker of "Brokeback Mountain" is a hilariously funny and moving take on how a family running a rundown motel get involved with the promoters of the 1969 Woodstock festival attended by half a million people. Campion's "Bright Star" drew a mixed response from critics. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Big talent booked for Myrna concerts May 16, 2009
Havens, whose career dates back to the mid-1960s and who famously played the opening show at the Woodstock festival in 1969, plays Aug. 9. Shocked, touring in support of her 13th album, Soul of My Soul, will play a June 15 show. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Sun rises on Cannes 2009 May 14, 2009
Lee takes a humorous look at the 1960s Woodstock festival, Suleiman offers a Palestinian family saga, while in an out-of-competition movie, Anne Aghion's 'My Neighbour, My Killer' recounts the chilling aftermath of the Rwanda genocide. The late Heath Ledger's unfinished stint in Terry Gilliam's 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus', being screened out of competition, is also guranteed to create a buzz at the festival which ends on 24 May. (iAfrica.com)
Taos events mark 'Easy Rider' anniversary, '60s May 5, 2009
Country Joe McDonald will recreate his performance from 1969's Woodstock festival at a June 6 concert. "Our approach to the whole thing was to really have fun with it," said the town's public relations director, Cathy Connelly. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
The Woodstock Festival Builds an Online Community for the 21st Century Apr 17, 2009
com will also offer a platform where fans can share their experiences from all of the Woodstock Festivals ('69,'94 & '99) as well as other live concert events ... com will also premiere WikiStock, an interactive wiki-style encyclopedia of all things Woodstock, which will accept and incorporate contributions about the individual experiences visitors have had at Woodstock festivals over the years ... com is being created under the auspices of Michael Lang and Joel Rosenman, two of the founders of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Woodstock founder plans 'sequel' Mar 25, 2009
Michael Lang, the co-founder of the legendary 1969 Woodstock festival, is reportedly seeking sponsors for a 40th anniversary reprise in New York City. "The chances that something will happen are probable," he told the Times. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Hollywood Undead: The New 'Nookie' Monsters Of Rock Mar 12, 2009
NEWS : STOR 00003CDB IES. Is it time for a nu-metal/ rap-rock revival. (VHI.com -- Music News)
A Gift of Music: Michael Grande presents a concert for Valentine's Day (4) Feb 16, 2009
Beginning his career at the original Woodstock Festival, Grande was picked up by Richie Havens, then traveled the world with him for the next three years, playing both with Havens band and solo, in the great opera houses of Europe. (Use arrows above to view more photos). (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
29 places to go in 2009 Feb 7, 2009
Why go in 2009: The 40th anniversary of the momentous Woodstock Festival will draw visitors to explore both the festivals artsy namesake town and the site of the original 1969 event at the modern-day Bethel Woods Arts Center, where visitors today can catch al fresco concerts and peep into the newly dedicated Woodstock Museum, which masterly documents the festival and its surrounding 1960s social and political movements. Meanwhile, the magnificent Mohonk Mountain House (www. (MSNBC -- Travel)
