Statistics courtey of McPaper...err, USA Today.
Cost of festival: $38 million
(XX-Day: I dunno. Was there a lump sum?)
Number of attendees: 225,000
(XX-Day: 150)
Percentage of minority attendees: 1%
(XX-Day: 100% - all Yeti are minorities)
Population of Rome before Woodstock - 44,000
Size of grounds - 3,600 acres, five times the size of the 1994 site
(XX-Day: 180 acres)
Distance between East and West stages: 2/3 mile
(which is how far away most people were from the stages)
Number of arrests: 37
(XX-Day: 0)
Number of deaths: 1 (heart attack)
(XX-Day: 0 - dammit! We WANTED six BILLION Pinks dead!)
Number of weddings: 2
(X-Day 1998: 1 - a much better attendees/marriage ratio)
Percentage of Woodstock attendees who camped out: about 80%
(Percentage who bitched about it: about 79%)
(XX-Day: 95%)
Percentage of the volunteer security force that walked off the job
or was fired: 20%, about 100
(XX-Day: Security? We didn't NEED it!)
Number of state troopers: 500
(HA!)
Number of musical acts: More than 10
(How many of them were GOOD? At XX-Day they were ALL good!)
1969 alumni: 2 (Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, John Entwistle of
The Who, both solo now)
Visitors to official Internet site woodstock.com: More than 500,000
(Visitors to SubSITE: More than 500,000)
Food prices: Burrito, $10; medium cheese pizza, $12; 16-ounce bottle
of water, $4; large plastic bong, $48
(That's "bhong," you idiots!)
Number of tattoos etched at the Sick Creations Tattoos booth: 500
(How many were permanent and how many were henna?)
(Percentage of SubGenii with tattoos: about 85%)
Condoms distributed free by Planned Parenthood: 41,000
(How many of them were used?)
Number of piercings: 700
(Number of SubGenius piercings: 700)
Normal wait to use an ATM: 90 minutes
(HA!)
Service charge on ATMs: $3.50
(HA!!)
1999 admission: $150
(XX-Day: $30, and NONE OF IT WENT TO A CORPORATION!)
1969 Woodstock admission: $18
Press pool: 3,000
(Swimming pool and hot tub: 200)
Seconds of silence requested by James Brown in honor of
John F. Kennedy Jr.: 30
(HA!!!)
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Subject: Re: Woodstock 99 vs. XX-Day
From: onan@subgenius.com (Onan Canobite)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Reply-To: onan@subgenius.com
Date: Fri, Jul 30, 1999 5:02 PM
Message-ID: <slrn7q4820.1bv.onan@shell2.aracnet.com>
Several Reported Rapes at Woodstock '99
According to New York state police, at least four allegations of rape at
Woodstock '99 are currently being investigated. The women, who are all
from the East coast in and their 20s, were assaulted near the
campgrounds and in the mosh pit. Capt. John Wood, an investigator in the
assaults, commented that "it's going to be difficult to pursue this
because people have scattered to all parts of the country."
Several alleged sexual assaults were reported to have taken place in the
mosh pit, the crowded area in front of the stage where people dance and
thrash into each other. David Schneider, a volunteer at Woodstock, said
he saw multiple women pulled into the pit, stripped, assaulted and raped
by men. He said, "They were pushed in against their will and really
raped. From my vantage point, it looked like initially there was a
struggle, and after that there were other people holding them down. It
seemed like most of the crowed around was cheering them on." Schneider
added, "No one I saw tried to go in a rescue them. There clearly wasn't
anything I could do. ..It was so distrubing."
The event's promoters said they believe rape would be impossible under
these circumstances. They stated that "You can barely move in a mosh
pitit's worse than a subway at rush hour." However, the crisis services
director of the YWCA in Mohawk Valley, Rosemary Vennero, argued, "The
combination of heat, readily available drugs and alcohol, and the lack
of food and sleep was a perfect breeding ground for sexual
assault--anything from groping, touching, molesting to rape and sodomy."
Paul Wertheimer of Crowd Management Strategies agrees with Vennero. He
noted that "Sexual assault such as groping is not uncommon in mosh pits.
What would not be allowed on public streets is allowed at concerts. I've
seen trauma that results from when women are attacked and stripped of
their clothing. I've watched security guards stand by and watch without
doing anything to stop it. And I've had debates with security people who
want too blame the womenthey think that if a woman goes into a mosh pit
and body surfs, that they are somehow inviting that kind of thing."
Several women who attended Woodstock '99 have reported sexual assaults.
Many victims have undergone various tests in hospitals and received
counseling.
[Source: Washington Post and AP- July 29, 1999]
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Subject: Re: Woodstock 99 vs. XX-Day
From: decadence@subgenius.com (Sister Decadence)
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Fri, Jul 30, 1999 8:39 PM
Message-ID: <37a25368.1441848@news>
On 30 Jul 1999 22:02:26 GMT, onan@subgenius.com (Onan Canobite) wrote:
>Several alleged sexual assaults were reported to have taken place in the
>mosh pit, the crowded area in front of the stage where people dance and
>thrash into each other. David Schneider, a volunteer at Woodstock, said
>he saw multiple women pulled into the pit, stripped, assaulted and raped
>by men. He said, "They were pushed in against their will and really
>raped. From my vantage point, it looked like initially there was a
>struggle, and after that there were other people holding them down. It
>seemed like most of the crowed around was cheering them on." Schneider
>added, "No one I saw tried to go in a rescue them. There clearly wasn't
>anything I could do. ..It was so distrubing."
So what was this asshole doing? Just watching as well? There clearly
WAS something he could do. be the FIRST ONE to scream, yell and draw
all kinds of negative attention to this crap.
XXX-Day: Get fucked or get off!
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