A lean blond youth raised a bottle high, sipped of the red wine laced with acid, and said dreamily: "Canceled? We're not canceled. This time the chime is in rhyme, the sounds are all around." Apprehensive local officials, backed by court orders, had prevented some of the biggest names in the world of rockJoe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stonefrom performing at the Powder Ridge Ski area near Middlefield, Conn. Undaunted, some 20,000 youngsters turned the reckless affair into a cheerily noisy "people festival."
They made their own soundlaughter, interminable...