Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 (Netflix)

[OAITW r.2.0]

Watched this limited series last night. Literally, a shit show. I hardly remembered this event. Maybe because I was too busy building my home after a catastrophic fire back in 1999.

Compared with 1969 Woodstock, this was like totally opposite-world. The organizers were in total denial of what was happening. No real security, ridiculous price gouging ($4.00 bottled water -> $12, during the last day), general water contamination with fecal matter. and music designed to incite the crowd. What a mess.

[3Hotdogs]

1. More fucked up than Fire Festival.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

2. The series is very good.

They really focus on the cause of this disaster, GREED.

I grew up in Rome, NY. I had already left the area many years before, thank goodness.

I only wish they had a little more input from the locals in this documentary. The mayor is really the only one they interviewed. He was considered a stooge by most of the locals.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. It's not just greed.

Bottles of water could have been $2.00 and I think the outcome would have been the same. When your music is anarchy, are you surprised that anarchists are attracted?

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4. You know, Lang and his partner tried.

They wanted to recreate the '69 experience....but the music and attitudes had morphed. Music begot anarchy.