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The Great Whoring of Woodstock '09

FirecloudFirecloud Posts: 516
edited April 2009 in A Moving Train
Do we really need another Woodstock? Didn’t we do enough damage in ‘94 and ‘99? At this point, that question seems as obsolete as the movement that first birthed the festival four decades ago. There’s always a mint to be made on nostalgia, and with the advertising ninjas at the very peak of their whorish, pillaging game the iron is once again hot for the striking. In fact, there’s a perfect storm of profitability brewing, and you can bet your ass that the Woodstock ‘09 harvest will be massive.

Here's my take on the issue:
http://www.antiquiet.com/news/editorials/2009/03/woodstock-2009/
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    If you want to keep the damage to a minimum, all you have to do is invite Limp Bizkit and Creed. Then no one would be there to destroy anything.
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  • FirecloudFirecloud Posts: 516
    cropduster82 wrote:
    If you want to keep the damage to a minimum, all you have to do is invite Limp Bizkit and Creed. Then no one would be there to destroy anything.

    I'd love to agree with you, but a Creed reunion is almost a guaranteed smash. All the little Bible thumpers will come out of hiding again cause leather-clad God Rock is "cool" again.
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Is there one actually being planned? If so I missed hearing about it. Woodstock original was special because there wasn't much like it at the time. Now we have: Coachella, Sasquatch, Lollapalooza, Download, Bonnaroo, Warped, Bamboozle, Edgefest, to name a few. Woodstock would be one of many at this point.
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  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    You could say, sad as it is, that Woodstock '99 reflected the youth culture at that time just as accurately as Woodstock '69 did for it's time.

    I was at Woodstock '99 btw. I left early on Sunday because it had already gotten damn near hell-on-earth. Fortunately, it didn't ruin festivals, which have been thriving as of late.
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