What did it mean to grow up in 'the real' Woodstock?

I grew up with the children of the musicians who were the gods of folk and Rock history , and it was incredibly typical to be surrounded by music and musicians in jam sessions that people would typically pay thousand of dollars to see . read more

But, in fact, Woodstock does not stand for peace and love, or any other positive value. Instead, it represents the climax of the counter-culture’s frenzy of destruction. It is no accident that the hippies at Woodstock called their philosophy the “counter-culture.” It was a culture defined in terms of what it was against. read more

For some—maybe quite a few of us—who made the journey, Woodstock was, if not a nightmare, then a massive, teeming, squalid mess. If you like colossal traffic jams, torrential rain, reeking portable johns, barely edible food, and sprawling, disorganized crowds, then you would have found Woodstock a treat. read more