Yesterday at Kmart I got an official Woodstock 'Genuine Licensed Apparel' tiedye T-Shirt. The tag has message fron Michael Lang on it. Also it has a braclet attached with a peace sign charm and a red plectrum with Woodstock and the Dove. Looks like Hippie clothes are "IN" again this year.

I am proud to be part of the generation that wore the original "HIPPIE" gear and are still wearing it.

I'm in high school (a very unfortunate event) and most of the people who make fun of me for really being into good music and wearing tie dye and a peace sign necklace because I believe in peace are begining to wear it. They don't know what it means, and they don't care.

Alicia: This is a secret; don't tell anyone, but the same thing happened in the 1960s. There were the real 'freeks' and then there were the'weekend hippies.' The latter had no idea what it was all about but they knew it was supposed to be cool. They went on to be the 'successful corporate' ones of the Boomer Generation, and now have given us all a big black eye. The real ones are still around, being, well ... real. As are you, obviously. It has its perks that nobody can every take away from you. But don't tell ... shhh ...

Alicia: This is a secret; don't tell anyone, but the same thing happened in the 1960s. There were the real 'freeks' and then there were the'weekend hippies.' The latter had no idea what it was all about but they knew it was supposed to be cool. They went on to be the 'successful corporate' ones of the Boomer Generation, and now have given us all a big black eye. The real ones are still around, being, well ... real. As are you, obviously. It has its perks that nobody can every take away from you. But don't tell ... shhh ...

geez shelly... am i a freek or a geek???

Prospect Park may host Woodstock's 40th anniversary
Updated Monday, April 6th 2009, 2:30 PM
Rosier/News

The promoter of the original Woodstock wants to bring a 40th anniversary concert to Prospect Park.


The summer of Love could be coming to Brooklyn if a promoter from the original Woodstock music festival has his way, the Daily News has learned.

Michael Lang, who helped put on the famous upstate 1969 festival, is hoping to stage a massive Woodstock 40th anniversary concert in Prospect Park's Long Meadow this summer -- if he can find enough sponsors.

"It's big, it's convenient. There's public transportation - and Brooklyn's cool," said Lang, 64. "I'd love to do it. But it's been a very tough year."

Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe confirmed the city is in talks with Lang about the event.

"New York City has a wonderful legacy of great free concerts," said Benepe, adding Prospect Park would be a great spot for such a concert.

"It's a park we have been pointing concert promoters to," said Benepe. "There's no space anywhere in Central Park as large as the the Long Meadow in Prospect Park."

Lang, who grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, said he knows the clock is ticking and that to make the free daylong show work, he has to find the necessary $8 million to $10 million to pay for it by the end of the month.

If the money comes through, Lang is hoping to attract up to 150,000 people and feature a mix of Woodstock legends like Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Neil Young, as well as newer bands that fit the vibe, like Dave Matthews and Phish.

That would be a big change from the 30th anniversary concert held upstate in 1999, which featured groups like Metallica and Megadeth, and was shut down amid riots and widespread violence.

"We would like to harken back to something a lot more sentimental," said Lang. "'99 was more of an MTV event. The music was much too angry for me."

Lang said he hasn't met with the NYPD about security for such a massive undertaking, but wasn't worried.

"New York cops are pretty good at this," he said. "I'm sure they would be able to handle it."

Lang also looked at Coney Island for the concert, but decided the beach was too narrow for such a large crowd.

He's also considering Flushing Meadows in Queens but has ruled out Central Park because he was told he could only have about 50,000 on the Great Lawn there.

There is already one problem with Prospect Park, however.

Because Lang has waited so long, the actual Woodstock anniversary date, Aug. 15, has been taken.

Lang said it would be worth it to him to have the show on another weekend if he could still have the show in Prospect Park.

"It's still our first choice," he said.

ehays@nydailynews.com