Tag Archives: woodstock

be the guy with the bic.

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pandora cued up a classic ccr song for me on the way home

windows down sun shining warm spring air

 thinking of this quote that i just love:

“We were ready to rock out and we waited and waited and finally it was our turn … there were a half million people asleep. These people were out. It was sort of like a painting of a Dante scene, just bodies from hell, all intertwined and asleep, covered with mud. And this is the moment I will never forget as long as I live: A quarter mile away in the darkness, on the other edge of this bowl, there was some guy flicking his Bic, and in the night I hear, “Don’t worry about it, John. We’re with you.” I played the rest of the show for that guy.

—John Fogerty recalling Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 3:30 a.m. start time at Woodstock.” 

-hank bordowitz, bad moon rising: the unofficial history of credence clearwater revival

 

two in half a million.

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a woodstock moment – 40+ years later

on a whim, a young duo went to the legendary festival

only to be captured in a memorable image

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two in half a million:

bobbi kelly and nick ercoline greet the dawn

on august 17, 1969.


“this is the way to hear music, i think,

surrounded by rolling hills and farmlands, under a big sky.”

― uwe michael lang, The Road to Woodstock

credits: burk uzzle (photo), life magazine, tim dumas, smithsonian magazine

 

getting out of woodstock.

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it took

3 cars

2 buses

1 plane

and

a gaggle of

very friendly people

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like

blogger friend/ sports/movie/ music/life stories writer

syracuse mark

of

https://markbialczak.com

and

his lovely wife, karen

who met me along the way

to

share a lively dinner

and

a leg of the journey with me

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and

of course

my final psychedelic trip back through the airport 

to find my way home again

after woodstock.

“so it’s been kind of a long road,

but it was a good journey altogether.”

-sidney poitier

image credit: life magazine, beatnik highway

next morning.

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the house

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the pool

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the wheels

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the drinks

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the fire

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the tables

the quiet calm.

“the next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.”
― sarah addison allen, – Garden Spells

“to love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” ~ david viscott ~

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the bride comes in with a song
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the littlest wedding crasher

handsome in his checked shirt

grabs a bouquet from the bar

and jumps into the celebration

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bride and groom

join as one

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as they become a family

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and the celebration begins

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“love is not just looking at each other,

it’s looking in the same direction.”

~ antoine de saint-exupery 

 kennedy wedding, woodstock, ny – august 2016


 

getting to woodstock.

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Music Festivals Woodstock Music and Art Fair August 1969

left my house

yesterday morning at 5:15am

flew out at 7:15am

headed to woodstock

for my brother’s upcoming wedding

very excited and happy for them

and then

in the blink of an eye

and

without a flash of lightning

all forms of travel changed

and

got a little more complicated

i’m just saying

that i now

may

need a passport

but

i will find my way

to the big show

on time

no worries

who would expect

anything less 

from woodstock

after all?

1969

Arlo Guthrie: It’s incredible.

I heard the New York Thruway’s closed.

News Reporter: Closed?

This morning we heard that they were

backed down Route 17 with an eight hour delay.

Arlo Guthrie: Right. Well, the New York Thruway’s closed.

Isn’t that far out?

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“want to really get somewhere in life? just don’t follow the crowd.”

 -jeremy limn 

image credits: vintage woodstock 1969 google images