HSB

SF Chronicle: "Police told Slim's and Great American Music Hall general manager Dawn Holliday, producer of the sprawling event, that they thought more than 500,000 people filled the entire west end of the park from 25th Avenue out."

Wikipedia: "Woodstock has been idealized in the American popular culture as one of peak events of the hippie movement — a festival where nearly 500,000 "flower children" came together to celebrate."

Congratulations to Jordan on his HSB appearance!


FMFM: Un "Sung" Stories, the first solo album from Blasters singer Phil Alvin, whose brother Dave played at least twice during this year's festival. Somehow, the eventual mathematics Ph.D. got Sun Ra's Arkestra to be his backing band on three songs; the results remind me vaguely of Mingus's Oh Yeah. The rest of the album's a little more traditional, although the Dirty Dozen Brass Band brings a certain amount of chaos to one song too. Not available on CD (was it ever?), but I'll see what I can do about digital distribution. Wink.