Taking Woodstock

Woodstock Festival The Woodstock Festival begun as a small local fun time event that exploded into a 3 day rock and roll phenomenon. For some this event was a decent way to get out of the house, but for most this was a way for them to forget about the Vietnam war. The Woodstock Festival a time for America to let loose and forget about every care in the world. A weekend full of 32 rock bands, 400,000 people, drugs, and a bunch of alcohol, the world actually forgot about their pitiful little life for a bit. The original goal for the Woodstock Festivals goal was to raise money for a recording studio. Two guys named named Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld joined 2 other guys named John Roberts and Joel Rosenman. Those two were budding…

Woodstock 1969 During the ‘60s, it was the time of drugs, love, hippies, and the Vietnam War. People were being sent to war while hippies just wanted peace. Woodstock was thought up and provided peace just for them. Before Woodstock happened in the ‘60s, there were many hippies everywhere. Hippies were involved in music, drugs, peace, and love. During this time, there were four young men, the oldest being 27, that had ideas to build a recording studio so they made up this concert to raise…

Woodstock The 1960’s marked a huge turning point in American history. Music continued to become more and more influential in everyday life. By the mid 1960’s, young Americans began to feel progressively more frustrated by the society they were being brought up in. The youth had to witness women be suppressed and discredited strictly based on gender. Many women revolted against the traditional housewife position that men felt the need to impose on their wives. The youth had to watch colored men…

Listening and Note-Taking Listening and Note-Taking is essential in order to be successful in all aspects of college. When an individual listens and takes quality notes they retain the information being presented a lot better than if the person did not take notes or listen to what was being lectured. When a student pays attention to detail in a lecture and records quality, organized, and precise notes the student has a better understanding of the subject being taught. There are a few…

California in the 1960’s. I would like to focus this essay on the music and culture, as I personally enjoy these things and the music to this very day. No other music could make you feel the way psychedelic rock can. It’s as if the music just flows right through your body, taking you to places you’ve never been to inside your mind, and expanding your thoughts. Psychedelic rock had a lot of effect during its…

Whether it is writing, typing, highlighting, or underlining; note taking has many different methods and different process that may be helpful. Out of all the different methods of note taking out there in this world and in many schools, students usually learn and use the “Cornell Note” method as to taking notes. This method is different than any other not taking method and is very useful for studying or reviewing. This will also help students improve the skill of note taking. The Cornell note…

pop love songs once dominating on the charts, and rock and roll artists began writing about social consciousness and political statements while the latter half of the decade showed a development in psychedelic music as the hippie culture began to blossom (“Rock”). As a result, arguably one of the most important and iconic music festivals of rock and roll history took place in mid-August 1969: Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. The three day event at the Max Yasgur farm in New York hosted the top…

Stones, and many more iconic bands. Richardson’s research also highlights designer Mary Quant. Quant created the ever-so-fashionable miniskirt and it began to spread throughout all of America. Research indicates that during the late 60s, artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin sparked a “hippie” movement that stemmed from The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. “The prevalence of free love, recreational drugs and psychedelic music became apparent in fashion. Clothes for men and women became…

not allow their kids to watch performances, listen, or even associate with that type of music. Many catholics believed it was work that came from the devil. Much of the hate of the counterculture came from those who believed in the strict values that every American citizen should have. This is why Rock n Roll had drawn so much attention because it encouraged rebellion and freedom, while including the so called “inappropriate” dancing which was highly denounced. “Rock’n’Roll was one of the most…

It’s a rainy cold New England day in the beginning of March. Common in New England the weather is unpredictable and often a logistical consideration for the Co- Operative I was interviewing today. Rain snow, or ice Pedal People an eighteen person Cooperative based out of Northampton Ma collects and transfers trash to local facilities. Today I sat down with fellow Pedal People staff Clarissa Lyon to talk about the mission statement and goal Pedal People operates under. The topic was operations…