Viewed last night: the documentary Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019), which in showing logistical nightmares makes it easier to appreciate the disasters that didn’t happen. It also features in favorable light: 1) the compassionate Republican farmer who not only offered the land, but defended the festival against criticism, and 2) Hog Farm’s presence and the mood its “Please Force” helped establish. Lots of detail. Very little music.
The upcoming 50th anniversary in August is preceded the previous week by the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s proposal for a basic guaranteed income calculated (by one account) to be about $900/month in today’s dollar. He proposed it on August 8th, a Friday, the same day a photographer captured the iconic image of The Beatles crossing Abbey Road.
Friday, August 8, 1969, Washington, D.C., 18:16 EDT:
Venus 6° 30′ Cancer square Chiron 6° 30′ Rx Aries
Jupiter 3° 50′ Libra
Thursday, August 8, 2019, Washington, D.C., 16:28 EDT:
Venus 14° 31′ Leo trine Jupiter 14° 31′ Rx Sagittarius
Chiron 5° 33′ Rx Aries