WOODSTOCK LOOKS MORE LIKE ORIGINAL

EXPECTED TIGHT RULES ARE GETTING BENT ALREADY

DATE: Saturday, August 13, 1994

SOURCE: KEVIN C. JOHNSON

If you didn't actually buy a ticket for Woodstock, it almost didn't matter.

Thanks to an apparent drought in the security department, many who arrived when the gates finally opened at 6:30 p.m. Thursday (they were scheduled to open at noon) got in without having their tickets cut, leaving some wondering why they bothered buying a $135 ticket to begin with.

Some people also got through the gate without walking through the metal detectors; those who arrived on buses were checked while walk-ins weren't. It was bad enough that Woodstockers had to be transported by bus from various parking lots to the concert site.

But considering the money they paid, it seemed as though organizers could do better than yellow school buses.

Your money is no good at the 1994 version of Woodstock Nation. Currency is exchanged for scrip -- special Woodstock money -- available in denominations of 50 cents, $1, $5, $10, $20 and $50.

In the goofy radio stunts department, a local FM station hid four Woodstock tickets in the Albany County Airport and told fans to go find them -- just the kind of peace and calm airport officials and weary travelers needed.

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