Woodstock founder plans ’sequel’ .
I’ll just do this point by point so I can get to bed before TheBrit wakes up:
1. The 30 year anniversary concert was a mess, a disaster and a disgrace to the Woodstock mythos.
2. Live 8 was also a disaster — the concept of “free tickets” (as what Lang wants to do) backfired when they were being scalped. The charities did not get the monies promised, the so called “reduction of carbon footprinting” that Lang also claims he wants to make happen was also a huge disaster for Live8.
3. Which brings me to Live Earth. Someone please explain to me how flying from one far flung location to another somehow makes you globally conscious and environmentally aware? Someone also please explain to me how the so-called green intiative that LiveEarth promised were never followed through? Meaning that stories were cropping up that the waste and trash left behind, most of it was not recycled nor was it disposed of properly.
The Woodstock era is gone. I hate to break it to the Boomers, but it’s gone. Just let it go. This is not an era of free love, radical politics, and stopping a senseless war in Vietnam. This is an era of a senseless and POINTLESS war happening in the Middle East, our economy is starting to resemble that of the Depression era, we have people who are homeless, jobless and hungry. Unemployment continues to grow, companies are going under and you want to fucking fund a fucking “free” concert to help continue on the mythos of the Woodstock era using technologies and methods that have been tried before and failed? You want to waste more money and put stress on a city (NYC) that is barely keeping it together? Are you fucking kidding me? You, Mr. “clearly I’m not out to make a quick buck out of this somehow” Lang can go fuck yourself with piece of charred wood. Use that $10M dollars to fund worthwhile projects like music programs for underprivileged kids or start a foundation or give scholarship money to help for school. Help build community support for kids and teens to build into future musicians, artists and creative sorts. Don’t waggle “free concert” with additional bonuses under our noses — that’s just plain mean and downright rude.
And you can go fuck yourself, again.
hugs and kisses,
theyank
