Inside Woodstock with organizer Michael Lang

January 12, 2015 6:00 PM

An interview with Michael Lang, organizer of the 1969 Woodstock festival.
posted by paleyellowwithorange (5 comments total)

I was born six months after Woodstock, but for some reason lately I've been feeling intense nostalgia and a sense of loss for that whole period of rock n roll -- that there were heroes then, blah blah. It's silly and indefensible, but there it is. I wonder how much the movie and triple album, both of which I remember from my childhood, had to do with that.
posted by argybarg at 10:15 PM on January 12, 2015

My father in law gave me a book about Woodstock. I'm not sure why he did that since he was too old for it and I was too young, but it's a pretty good read. It's just stories of people who went there without the hype.

I'm sure it was a good time for most people, but the lack of drinking water and toilets would not have been fun.

Woodstock Revisited
posted by freakazoid at 8:56 AM on January 13, 2015

If I were going to do a double-feature about Woodstock, I would show Taking Woodstock first, and then the concert film

I did exactly that when Taking Woodstock was released on video. My wife had never seen the concert film so it was a real revelation for her.
And we both noted how bang-on they portrayed Lang in Taking Woodstock, in both look and mannerisms.
posted by rocket88 at 11:30 AM on January 13, 2015

Anybody notice that Lang mentioned asking the Army Corps of Engineers for advice, but they turned him down?
posted by jonp72 at 7:17 AM on January 14, 2015

Taking Woodstock was delightful. Thanks for the tip, hippybear.
posted by paleyellowwithorange at 2:58 PM on January 17, 2015