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...from becoming an American obsession. The theme song of the '90s seems to be The Anniversary Waltz. Thirty years pass since the Kennedy assassination; time for another round of J.F.K. reminiscences. D-day hits the / big five-oh; trot out the veterans and the homilies. We've commemorated the 25th anniversary of virtually every milestone of the '60s -- last month it was the moon landing; coming up next, Woodstock. Forrest Gump, the hit movie of the summer, leads baby boomers through a veritable highlight reel of their shared memories, from Elvis Presley to Vietnam...
Organizers of this month's Woodstock '94 and a competing quasi-reunion, "Bethel '94," are in the hole. A bad case of jitters caused by 100,000 unsold tickets led organizers of the 25th anniversary Woodstock to extend the sale period and loosen up on parking rules. And at Bethel -- planned for the same Aug. 13-14 weekend, but on the site of the original Woodstock -- the original organizer pulled out complaining the event was getting too commercial. He also left the show looking for a new angel. If Bethel's crew can land on their feet, the show will...
...sordidness with a plan by Penthouse magazine to reveal nude shots of the Olympic Bad Girl and ex-hubby Jeff Gillooly romping on their wedding night. Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione obtained a self-made videotape of the post-nuptials and intends to run stills in the magazine's 25th anniversary issue in September--plus sell copies of the tape...
...belief that the U.S. would never intervene in a Korean conflict. If the Americans would not help the Nationalist Chinese against Mao's forces, he argued, why would they come to the aid of Syngman Rhee? Kim won massive Soviet military assistance, inheriting all the weapons of the Soviet 25th Army, including those confiscated from Japan's defeated armies in the region...
...their raw three-chord rock is finding a wider audience (Dookie has sold 600,000 copies). This summer Green Day is set to pull off a cross- generational coup -- the group will not only tour with the hip annual Lollapalooza music festival, it will also play the nostalgia-laden 25th anniversary of Woodstock. So rock's torch is passed on. Look for Green Day to light some fires...