Looking back at one groovy concert

When Rick and I started this blog last December, our goal was to...actually we really didn't have a reason for it. It was really a drunken, spur of the moment when blogs somehow entered a conversation we were having. But once it was created and we began posting frequently, we discovered the blog did hold some kind of purpose. The main goal is for us to share thoughts and pass along information and multimedia on things you might not otherwise know or care about. Because of this we feel the need to pass on an event that is often forgotten by my generation.




This past weekend marked the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, the festival that took place from August 15 to August 18, 1969 on a dairy farm in Bethel, NY. This morning marked the final day when Jimi Hendrix performed. What was described as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most pivotal moments in popular music history and was listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll. During the sometimes rainy weekend, thirty-two acts performed outdoors in front of an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 concert-goers. The entire three day festival was captured on film and turned into an award winning documentary. You can watch the documentary on Comcast On-Demand.

Forty years after Woodstock, Bobbi and Nick are still together, happily married

for 38 years with two children

When I think of Woodstock, I think of more than just a festival. That's because it was more than a music festival. It was one of those unique moments that changed history, one that we'll probably never see again. The festival itself has been replicated several times...but nothing has come close to the original. People think of Woodstock as just being three days filled with sex, drugs, and music...and it was, but that's not even close to being the half of it. It was about half a million young people; teenagers and young adults from all of the country and who all shared the same beliefs, coming together for 3 days. Sure, there were drugs...a lot of them. Of course, there was sex and what the counterculture called "free love". But that was the beauty of it. For three days, complete strangers came together to live in a field, love one another, and listen to music. They showed the world how the youth of America could unite in peace and music. No reports of violence, just peace and music. How did such a wonderful and historic event come about?

Woodstock showed that young people from all over the country could co-exist

1969 was a time of turmoil and in a way, had the perfect storm of elements to create an event such as Woodstock. With the Vietnam War, the draft, and the height of the counterculture, young people everywhere were searching for some form of solidarity. While protests and rallies were a normal process of the time, there weren't many demonstrations that influenced or captivated our nation. That is until July 20, 1969, when Max Yasgur gave Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld access to his 600 acre, Bethel, NY farm.

Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld all initiated the efforts of Woodstock. Lang and Kornfeld had the vision and put the show together, Roberts and Rosenman handled the finances. Before long, the concert was in place and the booking began. In April 1969, newly-minted superstars Creedence Clearwater Revival were the first act to sign a contract for the event, agreeing to play for ten thousand dollars. The promoters had experienced difficulty landing big-name groups prior to the Bay Area rockers committing to play. Creedence drummer Doug Clifford later commented "Once Creedence signed, everyone else jumped in line and all the other big acts came on."

Soon, the festival had landed one of the most star-studded lineups in music history with the Who, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and the Band among others. The Jimi Hendrix Experience were given the honor as the headlining act. Originally, the organizers told Bethel authorities they expected no more than 50,000 people. Once the word got around about who was playing at Woodstock, that number grew rapidly.

The stage and crowd of about 400,000 young people

Woodstock was designed as a profit-making venture, aptly titled "Woodstock Ventures." It famously became a "free concert" only after it became obvious that the event was drawing hundreds of thousands more people than the organizers had prepared for. Tickets for the event cost US$18 in advance (approximately US$106 today calculated for buying power, and approximately US$75 today adjusted for inflation) and $24 at the gate for all three days. Ticket sales were limited to record stores in the greater New York City area, or by mail via a post office box at the Radio City Station Post Office located in Midtown Manhattan. Around 186,000 tickets were sold beforehand and organizers anticipated approximately 200,000 festival-goers would turn up.

A naked girl addresses the crowd behind her

Free Concert!
When thousands of people began showing up at the site several days before the event even started, they soon realized their attendance expectations would be met and eventually doubled. Young people from all over the country had traveled to upstate New York to join the cause. The event poster read "3 Days of Peace and Music", everything that the 60's youth and counterculture stood for. The crowd arriving in greater number and earlier than anticipated made the decision for the organizers. The security fence that lined the field was eventually cut in part by UAW/MF Family. This prompted many more people to show up.

The faces in the crowd

The influx of attendees to the rural concert site in Bethel created a massive traffic jam. Fearing chaos as thousands began descending on the community, Bethel did not enforce its codes. Arlo Guthrie made an announcement that was included in the film saying that the New York State Thruway was closed. That's right, the traffic heading to the festival was so backed up...they shut down the New York State Thruway! To add to the problems and difficulty in dealing with the large crowds, recent rains had caused muddy roads and fields. The facilities were not equipped to provide sanitation or first aid for the number of people attending; hundreds of thousands found themselves in a struggle against bad weather, food shortages, and poor sanitation.

The traffic going to Woodstock backed up and ultimately closed the New York State Thruway





Despite the poor conditions, people used the festival's slogan to get through the weekend. Peace and music. Concert-goers went sliding in the mud, went skinny dipping, sang songs, and made new and sometimes life-long friends during the weekend. Here are some videos that show you the atmosphere that was at Woodstock.

John Sebastian performs in front of the crowd at Woodstock

Friday, August 15, 1969

The festival officially kicked off at 5:07 p.m. with an 8-song set from folk-artist, Richie Havens. The first day of the festival was dedicated to folk musicians.




The psychedelic/rock fusion band Sweetwater followed Havens, becoming the first band to play at Woodstock...performing "Crystal Spider" here.

Abbie Hoffman, a social and political activist in the United States who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") during the 60's, interrupted The Who's performance to attempt a protest speech against the jailing of John Sinclair of the White Panther Party. The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, was adjusting his amp between songs, turned and saw Hoffman over his right shoulder, proceeded to hit Hoffman in the back of the head with his guitar and sent Hoffman directly into the pit in front of the stage. The incident was not caught on film but there is an audio recording, so we'll give you that. The two songs here are the hits "Pinball Wizard" and "My Generation".




Abbie Hoffman Incident



Jefferson Airplane, originally scheduled to finish up on the second day, began their set at 7 AM on Sunday morning...following the Who. The band later recalled staying up the entire night before and being beyond tired when they took the stage. Regardless, they played one of the more memorable sets of Woodstock. They kicked off things off with their hit "Somebody to Love" and ended with "White Rabbit"

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Sunday, August 17, 1969

Although Saturday's acts went into Sunday morning, the scheduled lineup for Sunday didn't start until 2 PM when Joe Cocker took the stage.

Joe Cocker performs "With a Little Help From My Friends". Another one of the memorable performances from Woodstock.



After Cocker's set, a thunderstorm delayed the event for several hours. Here's what transpired in the crowd during that time:



Awesome, right?


The concert resumed when Country Joe came back out with his band, The Fish, at around 6 PM.


The Band took the stage around 10 PM and performed hits such as "Tears of Rage" and "The Weight"





Blood, Sweat & Tears ushered in the midnight hour with five songs, including "Spinning Wheel".




Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young) came on to perform around 3 AM. They claim that this was only the 2nd live performance they've done together. What a time to do it. Here's the hit "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes".




Monday, August 18, 1969

Jimi Hendrix, who was supposed to close the show on Sunday Night, didn't end up coming out until Monday morning for the defining set of the Woodstock Festival. The only bad part was that so many people had left the concert because it was a Monday (work, school, etc.), that only about 180,000 people of the once 500,000 got to see this performance. Luckily, the entire set was captured on film and people today get to enjoy it. Included here is my favorites, "Foxy Lady", "Fire", "Voodoo Child", Hendrix playing guitar with his teeth, the famous rendition of "Star Spangled Banner", "Purple Haze" and "Hey Joe". Enjoy.













The Encore




Woodstock Music & Art Fair- August 15, 1969 to August 18,1969

Woodstock

Woodstock was an incredible event. Myself, and I assume Conor, both stand for everything it originally stood for. Peace. Love. Anti-Establishment. Music that meant something, either artistically, politically, or socially. Notice how in there "commercially" doesn't appear. This is what made Woodstock 99 (Korn, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, and Insane Clowne Posse) the shitfest it was. Commercialism is all that is wrong with America, but I digress... This new Woodstock revival, the features on TV and the new movie with Dmetri Martin, Taking Woodstock, is commercially driven, and creating more of a black spot on the Woodstock name. How so? Well here we go...

This new Taking Woodstock movie is being distributed through Focus Features, a subsiderary company of Universal, who is owned by NBC. Subsiquesntly the reviews in the trailor are from Access Hollywood, a show on NBC.
All of these new Remembering Woodstock 40 years later specials have been shown primarily and increasingly on NBC. NBC had an hour special, they have been having features on the NBC nightly news.

So what, NBC saturates as many channels of its own media control as possible with Woodstock programming to make money in the midst of Woodstock's 40th anniversary. Who cares? Well guess who owns NBC and makes money when NBC makes money... GE. GE makes nuclear weapons. GE finances wars. GE are terrible, terrible people. GE, the establishment, has taken an anti-establishment event about peace and love and is selling it to you to fund thier weapons creation department. Sorry for the rant, but I really hate it when the man takes our counterculture, packages it, and sells it to the mainstream to finance things our counterculture is fighting against.

Masters Of War - Bob Dylan

Sir Paul McCartney at Fenway Park

As promised, here's a full report on Paul McCartney's two night stay at Fenway Park. I ended up going to both shows and Rick went to the Thursday show. Now that I've had a few days to collect my thoughts...

Best Show Ever
by Conor Levis

Incredible. Sensational. Out of this world. Surreal. These are only some of the words that come to mind when I think about Paul McCartney's two night stand at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday and Thursday night....only these words can't even begin do it justice. The consensus? Best show ever. So you can imagine how hard it is for a lifelong and die hard Beatles fan like myself to try and articulate what I experienced during those two nights. I'm going to try it anyway.


To many, if not all, the Beatles are considered the epitome of rock and popular music. You can certainly include me in that demographic. When I first heard that Paul McCartney was coming to Boston to play two shows at Fenway Park, I decided right then and there that I would be going at all costs. It doesn't even matter that I'm a student with bills and loans to pay who has been struggling financially all summer long. I was determined. I was going and I wanted the best seats in the house. About a week before the first concert, my best friend committed to go with me and we began the search for tickets...on EBay of course. I found two seats on the field at Fenway, 17 rows from the stage for $100 less than retail value on each ticket. I won't tell you how much we paid...but it was enough. Maybe they weren't the best seats in the house but they were pretty damn good and at a fairly reasonable price. Seventeen rows from the stage. I was on my way to see one of my heroes. That was enough.

There's always a certain something in the air before a big event in the city of Boston....whether it's a big game, a playoff game, or a big show. Maybe it was all the traffic on my way into the city or maybe it was seeing people in their Beatles gear, but I definitely felt it. I arrived at my best friend's, who lives only a few blocks from Fenway, about an hour before the show was set to start. MGMT was the opening act so we wanted to make sure we got there in time to see them. After some pre-show activities, we walked over to Fenway. I remember walking with an extra bounce in my step because I knew how promising this night was.

We got there just as MGMT was starting their set and took our seats down on the field. Walking on the Fenway outfield was very cool. I wouldn't have even realized I was on the field until I looked at the Green Monster and where I was in relation to home plate. Unfortunately, MGMT played to a relatively empty crowd because of the timing. 6:30 pm on a weekday...a lot of people were still arriving at the show at 8 pm. I really enjoyed MGMT though. "Electric Feel" sounded awesome live.

MGMT finished their set around 7:15 pm and the waiting game began. I figured McCartney would wait to come out so everyone could show up. I believe it was around ten of 8 when Paul finally appeared. The place went crazy as he walked onto the stage and a weird feeling came over me. I was now in the presence of one of the greatest musicians to ever live...a member of the greatest band of all-time. Paul played us his songs and everybody in Fenway Park sang and danced like they never had before. I know I did. I remember at one point everybody in my section sat down...but I remained standing. This was a once in a lifetime experience and I wasn't going to let it go to waste. It was the most fun I had ever had in my life. Just know that Paul McCartney played a two and a half hour set without taking a break once! This is a man who is almost 70 and he's still got it. The ovations and cheers Paul received throughout the show was unbelievable. I don't know if it had ever been louder in Fenway Park.


The concert was so good that I had to go again. I remember going home that night feeling as content as ever; but when the morning hit my tune suddenly changed. Thinking about how a few of my friends, including Rick, would be there at the Thursday show, and even though I had to work that night, I decided that I was going no matter what it took. All morning I searched for people and tickets to go with. My friend Phil finally agreed to go and the craigslist/ebay search began. Unfortunately it wasn't a successful one and I missed out on every opporunity that presented itself. Feeling defeated, I decided to go to work.

I was only there for about an hour when fate stepped in. My manager told me a co-worker of mine was looking for coverage on Saturday. I saw this as a chance to get out of tonight's work, so I called the guy and told him I would work for him all day Saturday if he covered my three hours tonight. He agreed and I immediately made a phone call to my friend Phil. "Still want to see Paul McCartney?", I asked. "Of course" he replied. "Meet me at my house in fifteen minutes". I rushed home, grabbed some clothes, and hopped into Phil's car when he arrived. We were on our way to Fenway to scalp tickets.

There was no guarrantee that we could even get tickets but I knew I just had to try. Plus, I wanted to be in the city just so I could hear Paul even. My friend told me the night before that you could hear the concert from blocks away. We left to go down around 7:00 pm, made it down, parked, and began walking at around 7:40 pm. I think I took speed walking to a whole 'nother level. We got within a block of Fenway when we heard a huge ovation from the crowd. We knew Paul had just come out. I began running at this point and made it to Fenway just as the 2nd song, "Jet", began. I started asking people if they had tickets but to no avail. We saw a line at the Fenway box office so we decided to stand in it. I didn't even know if they were selling tickets or if people were just picking them up. Then I heard somebody next to us say "2 tickets?". I turned and asked if he was selling. "Yeah. Great seats. 150 each.". Sold. I just wanted to get in there so I was taking the first offer that came my way. We got into our seats around the 4th song of the set which was "Flaming Pie". I had already seen the three previous songs the night before so I didn't mind. Our seats were right on the third base side, about 5 rows up. Not like the night before when we were on the field, but still great seats.

I noticed right away that we had a more lively crowd than the first night. People were screaming, dancing, and singing to every song. Unlike the night before, people were standing for the whole show. I know I did. McCartney proceeded to play his songs for us. Here is the setlist from the show:

Drive My Car
Jet
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got to Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll It/Foxy Lady
Highway
The Long and Winding Road
My Love
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Tonight
Calico Skies
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Eleanor Rigby
See the Changes
Band on the Run
Back in the U.S.S.R.
I'm Down
Something
I've Got a Feeling
Paperback Writer
A Day in the Life / Give Peace a Chance
Let It Be
Live and Let Die
Hey Jude
Day Tripper
Lady Madonna
I Saw Her Standing There
Yesterday
Helter Skelter
Get Back
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End

After another two and a half hour set, the show came to an end and once agan in spectacular fashion. I was left standing there, out of breathe and my voice almost completely shot, staring at the stage with admiration, thinking only one thing....best show ever. I called our friend Rick whom I had been texting all night during the show. "That was the greatest thing I've ever seen". I completely agreed. I sent a text to another friend of mine who was there (one that I told the night before was going to be the greatest show she's ever seen) that read "So how did you like the show?". "AMAZING! Best show I've ever seen!", is what she responded with. That seemed to be the consensus from everybody who was there. Don't believe me? Look no further than the comments in the videos I'm about to provide you with. They will pretty much reiterate what I already told you.

It's an unbelievable experience when you're in the presence of someone who is larger than life. There were times I couldn't help but stare off and think to myself, "I'm watching the greatest living member of the Beatles perform. THE BEATLES." It was the most surreal experience of my life. This summer hasn't been the greatest for me. I'm a struggling, broke college student in desperate need of work and with bills and loans to pay. It seems like every day brings something new to make my life hell. For the first time in my life, I'm legitimately stressed out. The thing is, spending those 2 nights at Fenway...I knew I wasn't alone. I'm not the only one feeling this way. For some of us, it wasn't just about going to see Paul McCartney perform for fun. We NEEDED a night like that. For those two and a half hours we spent at Fenway Park, we forgot about our problems. We forgot about the stress and monotony in our everyday lives that brings us down. We sang and we danced away to some of our favorite songs, some of the greatest and most famous songs of our lives. It was the most fun we have had in a long, long time, or in my case...ever. I saw people who had been waiting a lifetime to see this man. People who came to see the hero of their generation. To even say it was special would be the biggest understatement I could ever make. It was like nothing I've ever experienced before in my life. Life changing? Absolutely. Put simply, it was the greatest concert I've ever seen and probably will ever see. It just doesn't get better.

I found these videos on YouTube recorded by someone who was at both the Wednesday and Thursday show (like me). They are of high quality and it looks as though they're near the same section as me to give you an idea of my seats. I would post every video, but I'll save you some time and give you the important highlights in order.


MGMT performs "Electric Feel". Very cool, unfortunately nobody else there really knew who they were as they were only there for Paul. But there were a handful people who got up and danced. I would have if I wasn't alone lol.



MGMT performs "Time to Pretend"



McCartney came out around 8 PM and kicked things off with "Drive My Car" from the Beatles' Rubber Soul album.



He then followed up with one of his Wings hits, "Jet"



Paul McCartney - "Got to Get You into my Life" by the Beatles




Paul McCartney- "Foxey Lady" by Jimi Hendrix. McCartney plays a medley with the guitar from Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" as a tribute to the man himself. He then told us a story about how Jimi Hendrix opened one of his concerts with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" only 2 days after the album's release with McCartney and George Harrison in the crowd. Jimi had learned it in just 1 day. Paul said it was one of the greatest tributes he's ever recieved and now plays "Foxy Lady" at all his shows to show the same respect back to Hendrix. He also talked about their friendship and how Hendrix was a "very cool and humble guy".



Paul McCartney - "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles



Paul McCartney - "My Love" by Wings. A song that Paul wrote and recorded for his wife, Linda Eastman, while she was still alive. When he announced he was playing a song for his wife...I thought for sure it would be "Maybe I'm Amazed" but I always thought this song was fantastic as well.


Paul McCartney- "Blackbird" by the Beatles. Loved this performance. Just listen to the crowd sing along. The crowd sang along to every Beatles song but you can only hear it this well during the acoustic songs. It was incredible.




Paul McCartney- "Here Today", a song he wrote for John Lennon. Listen to the ovation that John Lennon got. This video doesn't do it justice, it was much louder actually being there. It gave me chills. I almost teared up a little for this one, I won't lie.




Paul McCartney- "Eleanor Rigby" by the Beatles



Paul McCartney- "Band on the Run" by Wings. One of the best performances of the night.





Paul McCartney- "Back in the U.S.S.R." by the Beatles


Paul McCartney- "Something" by the Beatles
This was Paul's tribute to George Harrison, performing the Harrison composed "Something" on the ukulele. The ovation for George was much louder in person than it was on this video. An incredible performance, another one where everyone sang along. Also couldn't help but get a little emotional for this one.



Paul McCartney - "Paperback Writer" by the Beatles



Paul McCartney- "A Day in the Life/Give Peace a Chance" by the Beatles
In my opinion, the BEST performance of the night. Not only is "A Day in the Life" arguably one of the greatest songs of all-time, but just listen to the transition into "Give Peace a Chance" in this video. If that doesn't give you chills...I don't know what will.


Paul McCartney- "Let It Be" by the Beatles





Paul McCartney- "Live and Let Die" by Wings. One of his most famous songs post-Beatles. This performance had it all...including fireworks!



Paul McCartney- "Hey Jude" by the Beatles
More performances that will give you chills. The na-na-na part was so fun to chant and sounded unbelievable in the stadium. Definitely the funnest part of the show. This was the final song of the original set. He left the stage after this song to the loudest encore applause I've ever heard. It was almost at deafening level.





Paul McCartney- "Day Tripper" by the Beatles
Of course, he came back out after probably a minute and a half of applause. This Beatles' classic was the first song of the first encore.




Paul McCartney- "Lady Madonna" by the Beatles



Paul McCartney- "I Saw Her Standing There" by the Beatles
A very fun performance. Nearlt everyone in the stadium was dancing for this one. This was the final song of the first encore. If I said the first encore applause was deafening, the second one put that one to shame. I think it was because we weren't sure if Paul was coming back for a 2nd time, so we wanted to make sure we screamed unti he did.



Paul McCartney- "Yesterday" by the Beatles
Paul came back out for a 2nd encore set and kicked it off with perhaps his best song, "Yesterday". This was another fun singalong.





Paul McCartney - "Helter Skelter" by the Beatles
"Helter Skelter" is one of my favorite Beatles' songs of all-time. I'm so happy he performed this.





Paul McCartney- "Get Back" by the Beatles
This was the second to last song he performed and then informed us the next one would be the last of the night.






Paul McCartney- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/ The End"
Only fitting to end with this song at any Beatles' show. He started with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)", followed by a short medley in which he went into "The End" from Abbey Road. Very awesome.

SAT Question

Given:
Con went to Paul at Fenway last night.
Rick is going to Paul at Fenway tonight.
Con and Rick run CelticsMusicHotBitches.blogspot.com

From the given information we can determine:

A)Con and Rick are incredibly handsome young men.
B)Inglorious Basterds is coming out this month
C)Despite what the Australian girl said, Dave Caban is a Kola.
D)CelticsMusicHotBitches will have a full write-up on Paul's two night stand in Boston.

Answer: D
(P.S. A-C were all correct, but not determinable from the info given.)

Previewing August 2009

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A Look at the Month Ahead

by Conor Levis


So another month has come and gone in the not so great year of 2009...and that means it's August! (I know, we're a little slow here at the blog). Since this is the first blog post of August 2009, I thought we would take the time and look at what's in store for this month. Here are some things I am looking forward to:

1a.
The legendary Paul McCartney comes to town today for two shows at Fenway Park and I'm going! Why should you care? I don't know...but if you like me then you should be happy for me. I think I've written about this on several occasions, but he is the one artist I want to see more than anyone else. I have always wanted to see a member of the Beatles perform in my lifetime and now I finally get that chance. What makes it even better is that I get to sit on the field in section A7, right next to the stage. I'm already declaring this the best thing of my year. Maybe even my life.

1b.
For those who won't have the chance to see Sir Paul, there are a number of other great concerts coming up this month including the "Blazed and Confused Tour" (not to be confused with Dazed and Confused, the movie) featuring Slightly Stoopid and Snoop Dogg. This show comes to the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA on August 8th and tickets are still available. I'd grab them quick. Back to Dazed and Confused though. They've been playing it on TV a lot recently and I totally underestimated the rewatchability factor. That movie will never get old. Ever.

Sir Paul

Sir Snoop? (Kind of has a ring to it)

2.
The "Dog Days of Summer" in Major League Baseball. This is the month of the baseball season that makes or breaks contending teams. It will be interesting to see which teams fold and which teams make a late season push (thankfully the Red Sox are off to a good start).

The Dog Days...players hate them, fans love them

3.
'Taking Woodstock', an upcoming comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969, starring comedian Demetri Martin. I'm sure you've noticed that I post a lot of videos from that concert on this site so you know how I feel about this. It is set to hit theaters on August 28, which is about two weeks after the 4oth Anniversary date of the actual festival. Here is the movie trailer for those who are interested:




4.
The final episodes from Season 5 of the show Weeds. I was recently turned on to this show and can't get enough of it. I watched the first 4 seasons in a span of 5 days. I love it for two reasons. First being that I love Mary-Louise Parker and have ever since I first saw Fried Green Tomatoes. Always thought she was underrated as an actress and I'm happy that she's the lead on a hit show. And the second reason being that I love weed. It really is a great show though. I recommend it to everyone.

Simply beautiful, isn't it?

5.
More warm weather! After one of the worst starts to a summer we've ever had here in New England (or so it seemed), it's been looking as if the rainy days are behind us. If the nice weather continues, we'll have plenty of opportunities to do our normal summer activities. The beach, the lake, bonfires, the outdoors... the possibilities are endless! I'll be heading up to my Uncle's lake house this weekend for the first time this summer. I can't wait.


And last but certainly not least, it's the last freaking month of the summer! This is going to be it for a lot of us who are going off into the world after this school year. It's our last chance to live it up and have an excuse because we're "college students". Don't let it go to waste. Even if you aren't in that situation, just have fun. I really hope you will all make this last month count.

Here's a little parting clip from our movie, Dazed and Confused. After all, there's nothing quite like summer.