Peace_NN1 ,_, Love_NN1 and_CC Charlie_NP1 Manson_NP1 THE_AT ANTI-WOODSTOCK_JJ ?_? 
The_AT body_NN1 of_IO Sharon_NP1 Tate_NP1 is_VBZ removed_VVN from_II her_APPGE Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 home_RL ._. 
SPEAKING_VVG about_II the_AT 40th_MD anniversary_NN1 of_IO Woodstock_NP1 ,_, Arlo_NP1 Guthrie_NP1 recently_RR asked_VVD ,_, "_" How_RGQ many_DA2 other_JJ events_NN2 from_II 1969_MC are_VBR we_PPIS2 still_RR talking_VVG about_II ?_? "_" 
Plenty_PN ,_, as_CSA it_PPH1 turns_VVZ out_RP ,_, and_CC for_IF reasons_NN2 far_RG more_RGR compelling_JJ than_CSN inexhaustible_JJ boomer_NN1 nostalgia_NN1 ._. 
By_II any_DD measure_NN1 ,_, the_AT last_MD year_NNT1 of_IO the_AT '60s_MC2 was_VBDZ crammed_VVN with_IW events_NN2 ,_, Woodstock_NP1 among_II them_PPHO2 ,_, that_CST have_VH0 lived_VVN on_II as_RG symbolic_JJ battlegrounds_NN2 in_II the_AT culture_NN1 wars_NN2 that_CST have_VH0 dominated_VVN our_APPGE country_NN1 's_GE politics_NN1 since_II then_RT ._. 
Do_VD0 you_PPY perceive_VVI the_AT Apollo_NP1 11_MC moon_NN1 landing_VVG as_II a_AT1 triumph_NN1 of_IO cold_JJ war_NN1 America_NP1 's_GE technological_JJ might_NN1 ,_, or_CC as_II the_AT "_" Oh_UH ,_, wow_VV0 "_" first_MD journey_NN1 to_II places_NN2 "_" where_RRQ no_AT man_NN1 has_VHZ gone_VVN before_II "_" ?_? 
Was_VBDZ the_AT death_NN1 of_IO Mary_NP1 Jo_NP1 Kopechne_NP1 at_II Chappaquiddick_NP1 a_AT1 tragic_JJ accident_NN1 that_CST ultimately_RR and_CC unfortunately_RR put_VVN out_II21 of_II22 reach_NN1 the_AT presidential_JJ ambitions_NN2 of_IO an_AT1 idealistic_JJ young_JJ senator_NN1 from_II Massachusetts_NP1 ?_? 
Or_CC was_VBDZ it_PPH1 the_AT most_RGT egregious_JJ consequence_NN1 of_IO the_AT Kennedy_NP1 family_NN1 's_GE long_JJ chronicle_NN1 of_IO recklessness_NN1 and_CC self-indulgence_NN1 ?_? 
Your_APPGE answers_NN2 to_II those_DD2 questions_NN2 most_RGT likely_RR reflect_VV0 your_APPGE place_NN1 on_II the_AT political_JJ spectrum_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ the_AT event_NN1 that_CST took_VVD place_NN1 just_RR a_AT1 week_NNT1 before_II Woodstock_NP1 ,_, however_RR ,_, that_DD1 stands_VVZ as_II the_AT festival_NN1 's_GE dark_JJ shadow_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 frightening_JJ rebuke_NN1 of_IO the_AT peace_NN1 ,_, love_NN1 and_CC granola_NN1 good_JJ vibes_NN2 that_CST are_VBR being_VBG celebrated_VVN this_DD1 month_NNT1 ._. 
On_II Aug._NPM1 8_MC and_CC 9_MC ,_, members_NN2 of_IO the_AT so-called_JJ Manson_NN1 Family_NN1 slaughtered_VVD seven_MC people_NN at_II the_AT Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 homes_NN2 of_IO the_AT pregnant_JJ actress_NN1 Sharon_NP1 Tate_NP1 and_CC Leno_NP1 and_CC Rosemary_NP1 LaBianca_NP1 ._. 
Even_RR after_II all_DB this_DD1 time_NNT1 ,_, it_PPH1 's_VBZ hard_JJ to_TO comprehend_VVI how_RRQ the_AT shimmering_JJ apex_NN1 of_IO countercultural_JJ values_NN2 that_CST Woodstock_NP1 represents_VVZ could_VM coexist_VVI so_RG closely_RR with_IW their_APPGE most_RGT horrifying_JJ nadir_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB that_DD1 's_VBZ what_DDQ those_DD2 days_NNT2 were_VBDR like_II ._. 
Dramatic_JJ ,_, even_RR monumental_JJ events_NN2 whipped_VVN by_II so_RG quickly_RR that_CST their_APPGE meaning_NN1 often_RR seemed_VVD impossible_JJ to_TO determine_VVI ,_, and_CC it_PPH1 could_VM be_VBI that_CST they_PPHS2 have_VH0 grown_VVN more_RGR complex_JJ over_II time_NNT1 ._. 
In_II a_AT1 1987_MC interview_VV0 the_AT singer_NN1 Jackson_NP1 Browne_NP1 described_VVD how_RRQ ,_, as_II a_AT1 20-year-old_JJ on_II the_AT Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 music_NN1 scene_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 had_VHD heard_VVN about_II the_AT "_" sexually_RR free_JJ "_" inhabitants_NN2 of_IO Charles_NP1 Manson_NP1 's_GE commune_NN1 on_II the_AT Spahn_NP1 Ranch_NN1 and_CC the_AT sense_NN1 of_IO "_" tribal_JJ unity_NN1 "_" there_RL ._. 
"_" Yeah_UH ,_, let_VM21 's_VM22 go_VVI out_RP there_RL ,_, "_" he_PPHS1 thought_VVD ,_, before_II being_VBG warned_VVN off_RP by_II Terry_NP1 Melcher_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 music_NN1 producer_NN1 who_PNQS Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 ,_, an_AT1 aspiring_JJ songwriter_NN1 ,_, hoped_VVN would_VM land_VVI him_PPHO1 a_AT1 record_NN1 deal_NN1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 also_RR was_VBDZ friendly_JJ for_IF a_AT1 time_NNT1 with_IW Dennis_NP1 Wilson_NP1 of_IO the_AT Beach_NN1 Boys_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS recorded_VVD one_MC1 of_IO his_APPGE songs_NN2 ._. 
(_( And_CC the_AT beat_NN1 goes_VVZ on_RP ._. 
Just_RR last_MD week_NNT1 ,_, The_AT New_NP1 York_NP1 Post_NN1 reported_VVD that_CST Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 ,_, now_RT 74_MC ,_, had_VHD contacted_VVN the_AT producer_NN1 Phil_NP1 Spector_NP1 --_NN1 both_DB2 men_NN2 currently_RR reside_VV0 in_II the_AT California_NP1 State_NN1 Prison_NN1 in_II Corcoran_NP1 --_NN1 for_IF help_NN1 with_IW his_APPGE music_NN1 ._. )_) 
"_" I_PPIS1 knew_VVD Charlie_NP1 Manson_NP1 ,_, "_" Neil_NP1 Young_NP1 remarked_VVD in_II a_AT1 recent_JJ documentary_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 goes_VVZ on_RP to_TO describe_VVI how_RRQ he_PPHS1 discussed_VVD Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 's_GE songwriting_NN1 with_IW an_AT1 executive_NN1 at_II his_APPGE record_NN1 label_NN1 ,_, Reprise_NN1 ._. 
"_" This_DD1 guy_NN1 ,_, you_PPY know_VV0 ,_, he_PPHS1 's_VBZ good_JJ ,_, "_" Mr._NNB Young_NP1 recalled_VVD saying_VVG ._. 
"_" He_PPHS1 's_VBZ just_RR a_RR21 little_RR22 out_RP of_IO control_NN1 ._. "_" 
Rightly_RR or_CC wrongly_RR ,_, "_" out_II21 of_II22 control_NN1 "_" was_VBDZ a_AT1 term_NN1 that_CST many_DA2 members_NN2 of_IO the_AT group_NN1 President_NNB Richard_NP1 M._NN1 Nixon_NP1 would_VM soon_RR define_VVI as_II the_AT "_" silent_JJ majority_NN1 "_" might_VM have_VHI applied_VVN to_II the_AT counterculture_NN1 ,_, the_AT citizens_NN2 of_IO Woodstock_NP1 Nation_NN1 included_VVD ._. 
Nixon_NP1 had_VHD taken_VVN office_NN1 in_II 1969_MC partly_RR on_II the_AT strength_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 law-and-order_JJ platform_NN1 ;_; at_II the_AT tumultuous_JJ 1968_MC Democratic_JJ National_JJ Convention_NN1 in_II Chicago_NP1 ,_, people_NN on_II the_AT left_NN1 may_VM have_VHI seen_VVN a_AT1 brutal_JJ "_" police_NN2 riot_VV0 ,_, "_" but_CCB there_EX were_VBDR conservative_JJ viewers_NN2 who_PNQS saw_VVD young_JJ people_NN running_VVG wild_JJ and_CC deserving_VVG any_DD tear-gassing_NN1 or_CC billy-clubbing_NN1 they_PPHS2 got_VVD ._. 
No_RR21 doubt_RR22 Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 was_VBDZ far_RG more_RRR a_AT1 product_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ penal_JJ institutions_NN2 ,_, where_CS he_PPHS1 had_VHD spent_VVN nearly_RR half_DB his_APPGE life_NN1 at_II the_AT time_NNT1 of_IO his_APPGE arrest_NN1 for_IF the_AT Tate-LaBianca_NP1 slayings_NN2 ,_, than_CSN the_AT counterculture_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB their_APPGE long_JJ hair_NN1 ,_, communal_JJ lifestyle_NN1 and_CC hippie-ish_JJ garb_NN1 made_VVD him_PPHO1 and_CC his_APPGE crew_NN1 look_VV0 the_AT part_NN1 ,_, and_CC their_APPGE anti-establishment_JJ rhetoric_NN1 (_( scrawling_VVG "_" pig_NN1 "_" on_II the_AT front_JJ door_NN1 of_IO Ms._NNB Tate_NP1 's_GE house_NN1 in_II her_APPGE own_DA blood_NN1 ,_, to_TO cite_VVI just_RR one_MC1 grisly_JJ example_NN1 )_) sealed_VVD the_AT connection_NN1 in_II the_AT popular_JJ mind_NN1 ._. 
That_CST the_AT killers_NN2 were_VBDR viewed_VVN as_CSA heroes_NN2 by_II the_AT extreme_JJ wing_NN1 of_IO young_JJ revolutionaries_NN2 hardly_RR helped_VVN matters_NN2 ._. 
"_" Offing_NN1 those_DD2 rich_JJ pigs_NN2 with_IW their_APPGE own_DA forks_NN2 and_CC knives_NN2 ,_, and_CC then_RT eating_VVG a_AT1 meal_NN1 in_II the_AT same_DA room_NN1 ,_, far_RR out_RP !_! 
The_AT Weathermen_NN2 dig_VV0 Charles_NP1 Manson_NP1 ,_, "_" declared_VVD Bernardine_NP1 Dohrn_NP1 ,_, now_RT a_AT1 law_NN1 professor_NN1 and_CC the_AT wife_NN1 of_IO the_AT activist_NN1 Bill_NP1 Ayers_NP1 ,_, at_II a_AT1 convention_NN1 of_IO the_AT Students_NN2 for_IF a_AT1 Democratic_JJ Society_NN1 ._. 
(_( Mr._NNB Ayers_NP1 has_VHZ asserted_VVN that_CST his_APPGE wife_NN1 's_GE statement_NN1 was_VBDZ ,_, in_RR21 part_RR22 ,_, meant_VVD to_TO be_VBI humorous_JJ ._. )_) 
Nixon_NP1 ,_, needless_JJ to_TO say_VVI ,_, was_VBDZ savvy_JJ enough_RR to_TO exploit_VVI such_DA links_NN2 ,_, however_RGQV clumsy_JJ his_APPGE efforts_NN2 might_VM have_VHI seemed_VVN ._. 
During_II the_AT trial_NN1 of_IO the_AT Manson_NP1 defendants_NN2 ,_, Nixon_NP1 spoke_VVD before_II a_AT1 group_NN1 of_IO law_NN1 enforcement_NN1 officials_NN2 and_CC accused_VVD the_AT media_NN of_IO making_VVG Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 a_AT1 "_" glamorous_JJ figure_NN1 ._. "_" 
He_PPHS1 went_VVD on_RP to_TO describe_VVI Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 as_CSA "_" guilty_JJ ,_, directly_RR or_CC indirectly_RR ,_, of_IO eight_MC murders_NN2 ._. "_" 
(_( There_EX had_VHD been_VBN another_DD1 killing_VVG the_AT month_NNT1 before_RT ._. )_) 
That_CST a_AT1 sitting_NN1 president_NN1 would_VM issue_VVI a_AT1 verdict_NN1 on_II an_AT1 open_JJ case_NN1 provoked_VVD outrage_NN1 --_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE comments_NN2 were_VBDR back_RP in_II the_AT news_NN1 recently_RR when_CS President_NNB Obama_NP1 commented_VVD on_II the_AT arrest_NN1 of_IO Henry_NP1 Louis_NP1 Gates_NP1 Jr_NNA ._. 
No_AT slouch_NN1 at_II manipulation_NN1 himself_PPX1 ,_, Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 ,_, hoping_VVG for_IF a_AT1 mistrial_NN1 ,_, smuggled_VVD into_II the_AT courtroom_NN1 a_AT1 newspaper_NN1 blaring_VVG the_AT headline_NN1 "_" Manson_NP1 Guilty_JJ ,_, Nixon_NP1 Declares_VVZ "_" and_CC flashed_VVD it_PPH1 in_II31 front_II32 of_II33 the_AT jury_NN1 ._. 
So_RR ,_, indeed_RR ,_, Woodstock_NP1 is_VBZ not_XX the_AT only_JJ event_NN1 to_TO remember_VVI from_II 1969_MC ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 was_VBDZ the_AT ugly_JJ side_NN1 of_IO the_AT Maharishi_NN1 ,_, "_" Mr._NNB Young_NP1 concluded_VVD ,_, comparing_VVG Mr._NNB Manson_NP1 's_GE allure_NN1 to_II that_DD1 of_IO the_AT Maharishi_NP1 Mahesh_NP1 Yogi_NP1 ,_, the_AT Indian_JJ guru_NN1 who_PNQS enchanted_VVD the_AT Beatles_NP2 and_CC other_JJ prominent_JJ musicians_NN2 ._. 
"_" There_EX 's_VBZ this_DD1 one_MC1 side_NN1 ,_, the_AT nice_JJ flowers_NN2 and_CC white_JJ robes_NN2 and_CC everything_PN1 ._. 
And_CC then_RT there_EX 's_VBZ something_PN1 that_CST looks_VVZ a_AT1 lot_NN1 like_II it_PPH1 ,_, but_CCB just_RR is_VBZ n't_XX it_PPH1 at_RR21 all_RR22 ._. "_" 
And_CC there_EX 's_VBZ the_AT brilliant_JJ "_" new_JJ dawn_NNT1 ,_, "_" in_II the_AT words_NN2 of_IO the_AT Jefferson_NP1 Airplane_NP1 singer_NN1 Grace_NP1 Slick_NN1 ,_, that_CST Woodstock_NP1 epitomized_VVD in_II all_DB its_APPGE tie-dye_JJ glory_NN1 ,_, as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 the_AT terrifying_JJ undercurrents_NN2 that_CST "_" tribal_JJ unity_NN1 "_" may_VM sometimes_RT conceal_VVI ._. 
