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Past (rock) glory

We were up in the Catskills today for visiting day where I saw a billboard for a concert. It was a triple billing of Journey, Cheap Trick and Heart at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. (It appears this isn't even the original lineup of Journey!) These groups who were big in the 70's and 80's are now doing what are, effectively, oldies shows. And what's the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts?

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is a $100 million outdoor performing arts center and museum located approximately 90 minutes from New York City at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY. The 15,000 seat outdoor performing arts venue and The Museum at Bethel Woods are set within nearly 2,000 bucolic acres.

So these no longer current rock bands are playing at the site of the legendary Woodstock concert. Like they're trying to recapture past glory. I know it's not nice, but for some reason I started thinking about the famous Danger Kitty commercial with this hard rock band playing at a Bar Mitzvah. Crossposted on Yourish. Posted by SoccerDad at August 18, 2008 1:22 AM | TrackBack