Word: woodstock
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Clinton compounded his problems at the infamous memorial service for Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone. There he was, his face blown up on the Jumbotron, cheering and swaying as if he were at Woodstock IV, showing no disapproval then or later over the booing of Republican Senator Trent Lott, who had come to pay his respects. If Jesse Ventura, the ex-wrestler, can credibly take offense and, with impunity, order flags flying at half-mast to be raised early, you know it was unsavory. Here's how Congressman Tom Davis, chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee, summed it up: "Nothing gets...
...photos, class photos, snapshots from the days before Hendrix became a rock god. Surprisingly good drawings and watercolors by the teenage Hendrix include witty sketches of Elvis Presley. In the next gallery, video screens, earphones, photographs, posters, costumes and guitars document the Big Four of Hendrix concerts: London, Monterey, Woodstock and the Isle of Wight. A soundproof room offers a full-volume eight-minute extract from a Berkeley concert that includes Voodoo Chile and Johnny B. Goode. And starting Nov. 27, you can see the ultimate Hendrix icon: what's left of the Fender Stratocaster that he famously burned...
...last century, it has grown to include over 500 million devoted followers in Asia, Africa, and South America. From the 800,000 weekly participants of the Yoido Full Gospel church in Seoul, to a weekend revival in Nigeria with over three million attendees, Pentecostalism is like a global Woodstock with Jesus playing on the bongos...
...with a mixed reaction. Complained a Rhode Islander: "It looks like a freshman design project; all its bits and pieces make no impact." A Californian winced at perceiving a certain countercultural element: "You should be ashamed of portraying the biggest tragedy in American history as a feel-good 1960s Woodstock party." But closer to ground zero, a New Jersey librarian welcomed Rauschenberg's gentle memorial: "I saw so many horrible pictures last September and will probably see many more. Thank you for not putting on your cover a horrific picture of the Twin Towers burning or collapsing...
When a local group in Santa Cruz, Calif., distributed medical marijuana to sick patients in front of city hall two weeks ago as the mayor looked on, it conjured up images of Woodstock, not of present-day America. But the event, to protest the federal government’s arrest of two local cannabis growers, is an encouraging sign of marijuana’s growing acceptance. The federal government ought to respect states’ decisions about marijuana, rather than blindly enforcing federal statutes...