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Episodes
Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
We've finally reached the end of the road! We cover the final official Woodstock tour from 2009 and the catastrophic attempts at bringing back the festival for Woodstock 50. Then we take a detour down the strange story of the failed Korean Woodstock to end our series. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and Michael Lang will waste a lot of time and money! Join us as we end the story of Woodstock...at least until someone else tries to bring it back.
Editor's Note: Canned Heat did not play at Summer Jam 1973. They did however ride the wave of Woodstock for a good 50 years. Good for them.
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Sources
2009
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts & Location of 1960s Woodstock Festival
Woodstock At 40: Promoter Michael Lang Interviewed – Billboard
By the time we got to Woodstock: 40 years later | Reuters
'The Heroes Of Woodstock' Announce Commemorative Tour - CelebrityAccess
Heroes Of Woodstock | August 23, 2009 | Greek Theatre | Los Angeles, CA - VintageRock.com
2019
Bobbi Ercoline, Woman in Iconic Image of Woodstock Couple, Dies (rollingstone.com)
Woodstock - Introduction (artiekornfeld-woodstock.com)
Woodstock organizer plans 50th anniversary festival in 2019 (consequence.net)
https://consequence.net/2019/07/woodstock-50-officially-canceled/
How Woodstock 50 Turned Into a Disaster (rollingstone.com)
Why Was Woodstock 50 Canceled? Here's Everything to Know | TIME
Judge allows Woodstock 50 to proceed as planned (consequence.net)
Korea
[Exclusive] 'Woodstock Festival' Cancel
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
We continue our history of Woodstock by looking at the middle child known as Woodstock '94, which was easily the best run of all of the official festivals. We also take a brief look at "Polish Woodstock", an unofficial spin-off with it's own lasting legacy. Then, we delve into the disaster that was Woodstock '99. The other Woodstock you've probably heard of...
Mud, MTV, Fred Durst and more, it's Woodstock in the 1990s!
P.S. Fred Durst did nothing wrong
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Sources
1994
John P. Roberts, 56, a Producer Of Woodstock and Its Revivals - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
ROCKS: My Life in and out of Aerosmith by Joe Perry, pages 279-280
Woodstock ’94: inside the craziest festival of the 90s | Louder (loudersound.com)
AEROSMITH AT WOODSTOCK ’94 | Woodstock
Poland
About | Pol'and'Rock (polandrockfestival.pl)
1999
Park Tenants | Griffiss Business & Technology Park (griffissbusinesspark.com)
Star-News - Google News Archive Search
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Friday Apr 19, 2024
Ryan goes us as we dive into the deep history of Woodstock in our final series of this season! Everyone's heard of Woodstock, but most people don't know just how deep the story goes.
We're not just covering the music like everyone else; we're looking into the business deals, difficult setup, and troubled production that made the original 1969 festival a cultural touchstone. Then we look at its lasting legacy and the various attempts to bring the festival back over the decades. We look at the semi-official anniversary shows from 1979 and the spontaneous nostalgia that created the event in 1989, which may have been more influential than it seems...
Join us as we begin our three-part series diving into every Woodstock from 1969 to the present day!
(If you or anyone you know was at any of these events, please reach out to us! We'd love to hear your story!)
Sources:
1969
Joel Rosenman ’63: Life Lessons From Princeton to Woodstock and Back Again | Princeton Alumni
Woodstock's co-creator speaks, 45 years later (abc15.com)
Artie Kornfeld | Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (limusichalloffame.org)
Woodstock - Introduction (artiekornfeld-woodstock.com)
History of the Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 (liveabout.com)
Woodstock | History, Location, & Facts | Britannica
John P. Roberts, 56, a Producer Of Woodstock and Its Revivals - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Block Drug Company Inc | Encyclopedia.com
1979
The Lost Woodstocks: How 1979 and 1989 Shaped Music Festival History (consequence.net)
Woodstock Turns Down Bid to Hold Rock Festival - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
1989
The Lost Woodstocks: How 1979 and 1989 Shaped Music Festival History (consequence.net)
Revisiting the ‘Forgotten Woodstock’ of 1989 (ultimateclassicrock.com)
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
We wrap up our series on the Seminole Wars!
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Jacob joins us again to recount the story of the Seminole Wars. Learn about some of early America's strangest conflicts along with the history of the Seminole people, the early U.S. military, and how they shaped the history of Florida.
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Mar 29, 2024
Friday Mar 29, 2024
We're once again joined by Casey as we explore the history of rigged sporting events from across the world. We also get distracted talking about hunky football players and lifestyle of John Daly!
Sources
Tim Donaghy
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25980368/how-former-ref-tim-donaghy-conspired-fix-nba-games
https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3436401
Most Rigged Sports
Sports Betting Study Reveals Most Commonly Rigged Games (brobible.com)
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
On this episode we're joined by close friend of SideStories Casey as we look at Rome's most infamous emperor, Caligula. Join us as we talk about his rise, fall, pleasure ships, supposed return as a ghost, and yes, we will talk about the horse!
Sources
Nemi Ships: How Caligula's Floating Pleasure Palaces Were Found and Lost Again
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Friday Mar 15, 2024
Our final episode of our Weird World War II series wraps up with a view from the other side of the war. We take a look at the little-known story of Fritz Klingenberg, who led perhaps the strangest invasion of the entire war. You won't want to miss this one!
Sources
Weale, Adrian. Army of Evil: A History of the SS. Dutton Caliber, 2018.
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Our World War II series continues with the life story of Teddy Roosevelt Jr, the confusingly named son of the famous president who lived an incredible life of adventure, which included personally leading his soldiers to victory on D-Day!
Sources
BG Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (militaryhallofhonor.com)
TR Center - Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. (theodorerooseveltcenter.org)
D-Day’s Oldest Soldier: Theodore Roosevelt Jr. - VA News
Intro/outro music: "Crunk Knight" by Kevin MacLeod
Friday Mar 08, 2024
Friday Mar 08, 2024
We're back! After a long hiatus, SideStories has returned from the dead! This time, we're sharing the strange tale of how American soldiers fought alongside German soldiers to defend French prisoners...from other Germans!
Sources
Battle for Castle Itter | Prisoners, Defenders, Significance, & Facts | Britannica