Woodstock Film Festival & The Bear

Its not Sundance but it is fiercely independent and it is going on this weekend, the Woodstock Film Festival. From Oct. 11-15 Ulster County will be hosting the premier films. To quote Lili Taylor, "The films here are wonderful, it’s a great place." For me it is a time to enjoy fall and watch the preening film peeps. It’s a cool event and last night we went with some friends to the Bear Cafe in Bearsville, once the headquarters of rock manager extrodiner Albert Grossman. Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan were his clients. As I sat at the Bear I looked out across the stream where Albert’s office was once. I in my very naive younger days had a meeting with him arranged by my dad about learning the musical production bizz. Al had me pegged and said, “kid do what you like and the rest will fall in place.” He was right! When I was at that age it wasn’t unusual to see Paul Butterfield passed out at the bar and other rock legends doing the decedent. It was nice to be back at a scene and doing what I like, watching.