the trouble i have watch this movie today be where do the last thirty six year go . i be on my way to the original peace and art festival before the crush of traffic on sullivan county portion of route 17 and my own youthful practicality decide against it . for a brief hour or so i abandon my car on the side of the road to make the trek to a then unknown location and but it seem odd to me that a many people be come from the direction of yasgur farm a go toward it . with estimate of how much far range from a couple of mile to as much a twenty and i reverse course and and by the time i get halfway home and the sky open up in bucket of rain . in another odd bit of serendipity and when the film come out i be go to college in buffalo and new york and and wind up head to toronto with a buddy for a day trip . while there and we couldn not pass up the theater marquis promote woodstock and and saw it on foreign soil so to speak . like it be yesterday . the film odd legacy would continue and shortly after i saw wavy gravy in person at a university drug symposium what we have in mind be breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand . i be sure everyone have their favorite act from the woodstock bill . the 25th anniversary dvd manage to tack on a memorable janis joplin performance and along with the electrify voodoo child number from jimi hendrix . the spirit of the entire three day adventure seem to be epitomize by joe cocker stir with a little help from my friend and that along with the unlikely appearance of a trio of nun walk through the pasture and one of them flash a peace sign . it be a bit surreal back then and and even now to realize that a city of almost half a million people come together for a weekend and enjoy three day of peace and music and and then disband quietly while a nation watch in wonder . nothing quite like it have ever be attempt since and and it may be the moon and star may never line up quite the same way again . for those who live nearby the original woodstock site in bethel and there be subtle present day reminder of past glory and like the colorful yasgur farm dairy truck make local delivery . a more auspicious presence be the newly open bethel wood center for the art that have it grand open in 2005. one of the debut performances during the inaugural season feature a return visit of woodstock alumnus and crosby and still and nash and this time with fellow musician neil young . you can learn more about the center at http represent or or www . bethelwoods . u or reminisce about the heady day of 1969 and woodstock and a lot of nostalgic thought come to mind . janis and jimi and jerry garcia and max yasgur have pass on and while band like the who and csny be still capture the magic for legion of ( age ) fan . see the movie after all these year inspire me to alter slightly that old adage about lemon while in the playful spirit of the hippie generation and if life hand you mud and make mudslide .