Next, stir in some rock music acts like Limp Bizkit that specialize in enflaming the aggressive passions of young males juiced up on testosterone, alcohol, and drugs. Let’s not wait, like the leaders of Woodstock ’99, for the fires to burn out of control, and consume all that we love and hold dear. Add one heaping tablespoon of mind-altering chemicals and a few billion gallons of alcohol. Hire a bunch of inexperienced kids to do security. Make sure the toilets don’t work properly. Make sure to do this in the middle of a scorching hot July heat wave.įarm out essential services to the lowest bidders, and gouge concert-goers for staples like water and food. Here’s the recipe to make a Woodstock ’99.īring together 250,000 young adults and stuff them into a dystopian, shade-starved, asphalt-laden, former Air Force Base in Rome, NY. The series reveals the vision dreamed up at the close of the 20th century by the baby-boomer promoters who wanted to recreate the iconic Woodstock 1969 experience, only to see it end in apocalyptic disaster. Using archival footage and interviews with organizers, musicians, support staff, and participants, each episode presents a day in the life of Woodstock ’99. The Netflix mini-series Woodstock ’99 is a compelling, skillfully produced and edited presentation about a massive music festival in July 1999.
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