I’m not done with Woodstock yet!
The 1994 Woodstock was pretty tame in comparison to 1999. It was when being a mellow gen X slacker was big, and the angry, acne-scarred, backwards-retard-monster that was nu metal didn’t even exist. So nothing to the incite violence and rape that happened four years later.
Something else pretty cool/massively nerdy that was going on at Woodstock 94 was some early internet people were there, getting people to type in their thoughts on the festival and then putting it on the internet for the three of the other people who had the internet in 1994 to see.
The best thing about this otherwise quite dull fact, is that the website is still there in its 1994 glory, and still has all these brilliant photos of gen x’ers hanging out, not caring too much about stuff and waiting to see Blind Melon live.
It’s here and it’s pretty hard to believe this was an official website for such a big event (remember Angelfire sites? They were fun too), this bit is the ‘scrapbook’ with all the pictures and text and some weird noises, I love it because it serves as a great slacker style look book (albeit in low res and about 3 colours), and also a pretty great unedited window into the minds of ‘the kids’ back then. But it’s also funny to see how people who have never seen the internet before react to it (they react like idiots).
You should click through to look at this piece of alterna-history, but here a few of my faves…
Gregory Thomas Brown
“HI!!!! I’m here in woodstock having a great time-and you are most likely not so ha ha ha ha!! but any way. sorry your weren’t her (if you wern’t) to be here for peace love and profit$$!!!
c-ya bye-bye”
ALIEN FALCONI
“HI =
I REALLY DONT KNOW MUDH ABOUT COMPUTERS SO I REALLY DON TN KNOW WHAT TO DO
BUT I GUESS I DONT KNO2W PEPO0POLE IN TEH FUTURE ARE PROBALBLY GONNA THINK ISSOM EI KIND OF IDOITR OOPS IM SRORRY I DONT REALLY KNOW HOW TO TYPE F
EAITHER BUT R ID DO KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GODD TIME SO HERE IA M AT THIS
WOODSTOCK 19?4
YEAH”
Lane Andress & Jeffery Kleister
“THIS IS IT. This is For REAL. Make your world one you love living in.
This is NOT a dress rehearsal!!!!!! Experience gained is not innocence lost. There is world enough to heal and time enough for love.
Pick up a piece of garbage today and recycle it if you can.
The Stray Dogs of Western Spirituality of Binghamton NY Greet you!!!!!
NO FEAR!!!! Be not afraid of The Universe!!! Be You! Be alive!!
Be well and be Aware. . .”
katriel matisyahoo and congealing mad angry violent dog
“Avoid the colic the new aged world of our forefathers ignites large explosions of the deadly new strain called colic E. As in like. Curtail your erroneous contusions for they need no askance imolition, and touch not thy vestigial organs leave therm to thier sweet nothings.
GRRRRR said that angry mad dog who really isn’t all that angry but why not walk around and try on every face you can as long as you still know where all your grey matter is and you’ll always survive all those tortures of the big circle of life that we all travel and love and hate. Know thy watussi.”
Wait a minute… Katriel Matisyahoo? Matisyahu? WTF? It’s the fucking hasidic reggae guy!!!!! That guy on the right went on to get into being properly Jewish and now he’s the guy in the video below! I cannot believe I found this. That guy is such a faker.
