Twittering Woodstock
The Woodstock Music and Art Festival is already rock music’s most legendary moment: the era-defining music, the unrivaled glow of harmony and optimism, the use of mud as formalwear. But one thing that is rarely mentioned is that some of the very first Twitter messages came pouring right out of Max Yasgur’s Farm. To celebrate Woodstock’s 40th anniversary, Rolling Stone has excavated some of these primitive tweets — the Rosetta Stone of aimless concert fidgeting! These notes from an enthusiastic attendee — known only as by his handle “CannedPete” — provide an inside look at the festival from the myopic, narcissistic viewpoint we desperately crave from people who enjoy concerts with their face buried in a phone. Instead of indulging in mind-blowing free sex or the phenomenal drugs, this young pioneer had his Woodstock mediated by technology — and we are all the better for it!
CannedPete
Heading down to the farm early. Don’t expect to hit too much traffic …
9:27 AM Aug 15th from TwitterFon
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OK, made it in. #crosstowntraffic #fail
4:50 PM Aug 15th from TwitterFon
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Richie Havens is playin 4ever. OK, I get it, war sucks, d00d. #woodstock
5:40 PM Aug 15th from TwitterFon
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Ravi Shankar better fuckin’ play “Raga Manj Khamaj.” Real talk.
10:05 PM Aug 15th from TwitterFon
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@m3rrypr4anksters @rokytweets @MC5in140 @smotherzbroz @chong #followfriday
11:07 PM Aug 15th from TwitterFon
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Joan Baez and palz dedicated “Drug Store Truck Driving Man” to Governor Raygun(?) of California.
1:05 AM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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RT @bobdylan @joanbaez OMG pregnant FML
2:37 AM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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Man… Quill is killing it right now! I’m predicting big things. People will remember this band forever! 😀 #A&R
12:27 PM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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RT @wavygravy Don’t take the brown acid.
12:40 PM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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It’s a free show, btw! The announcer said our welfare is more important than a dollar. Someone today has truly shown mastery of tickets.
1:15 PM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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Country Joe is on. Dude next to me was so baked he didn’t know F-U-C-K spelled “fuck” :/
1:27 PM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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@carlossantana You are killin it. But you guys will never go anywhere with all those drum solos, IMHO
2:37 PM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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Cute girl asked me if I had a “tab.” I gave her a soda. #fail
2:59 PM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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My onesquare account says I’m the mayor of this pile of pig shit by the medical tent. Schweet.
7:30 PM Aug 16th from TwitterFon
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Gr8ful Dead took forever, so CCR is on at 12:30 a.m… Too tired to choogle 🙁
12:32 AM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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Janis is so awesome… “LOL.” I just invented “LOL.” It stands for “lovin’ our lady”!
2:30 AM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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@slystone Sorry, I’m gonna miss you. I don’t know if you can take me any higher than I am right now.
2:49 AM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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@abbiehoffman Get off the stage, asshole, I want to watch the Who! Not saying “yippie” to yr shenanigans.
5:17 AM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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Whatever drugs Joe Cocker is taking that make him spasm and sweat like that, I’d like to take maybe half of them and lie down
2:17 PM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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Some of these ppl are pushing the boundaries of “skinny” dipping IMHO. #nudetweeting
3:37 PM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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It’s been storming for more than two hours. I’d complain, but this is clearly the first shower a lot of these ppl have had in months… #norain
5:31 PM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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@seanpenn Happy 9th birthday, champ!
5:39 PM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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“Ten Years After” describes when this set is probably over. Barf.
9:15 PM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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I want to avoid brown acid, but all of my acid is covered in mud! #youknowuahippie
9:57 PM Aug 17th from TwitterFon
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Sha Na Na sucks ucks ucks.
7:35 AM Aug 18th from TwitterFon
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RT @charliemanson Still lovin this Beatles album, guise! 😀 #musicmonday
9:35 AM Aug 18th from TwitterFon
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Finally @jimilixxx is taking us home! Star Spangled Banner is totes hilars.
10:38 AM Aug 18th from TwitterFon
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Sound fun … RT @hellsangels Party with us in California! We assure you the ’60s will last forever!
1:PM AM Aug 18th from TwitterFon
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