Woodstock 99

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Rome, NY will always have a special place in my heart. Even though I was only there for 3 days, it was 3 days that I will always remember. During that time I experienced a wide variety of things and was exposed to a wide variety of people and influences. Rome, NY was a completely different then any other place on earth for those 3 days. Once you walked though the main gates to the Griffis Air Force Base it was like there we're no laws and everything that was "socially accepted" we're no longer the norm. Public nudity was not frowned upon, but it was cheered for, people did not have to hide drug use, for where ever you looked there was someone using, selling or distributing drugs for free and amongst all of this there is the sound of live performances by some of today's most well known musical acts, such as The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Offspring, Dave Matthews Band and even some acts to pass the generations like Willie Nelson and Elvis Costello.

Upon reaching the complex you cannot miss the 10' high wall, painted into a giant mural surrounding the entire grounds. The mural portrays everything in our generation from the Coco Cola Polar Bear to Austin Powers. And from generations past things as The Who's


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mon referred to as the mosh pit, which is where fans pushing, shoving and almost to the brink of all out fighting with each other. But it's all in fun and there is no real attempt by anyone to hurt another person. Then you move to the area of the crowd closest to the stage where there is nothing but people packed in next to people with no room at all to move but the fans still scream for the artist on stage and enjoy the show. And now after hours of watching all the different artist perform its time to make the 10 minutes walk back to the camping area and wonder through the dark trying to find your tent while trying to ignore the awful stench of the Porto potties located only a couple yards from the camping areas. And then you retired to the comforts and luxuries of your tent and rest up for you still had 2 days left.

Tommy and performers at the original Woodstock in 1969 like Crosby, Stills Nash and Young. As you walked though the main gates of complex the first thing you saw was a line of Porto potties over a mile long. Then as you walked past there you would come too the main camping area. This area was a wide open area full of freshly cut green grass with trees growing sporadically around in the

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