Writing
Matt and his friends witness LBJ inform us of his plans not to rerun in the upcoming election. Upon hearing of his plans, everyone celebrates by smoking marijuana. An uncool student from next door is disturbed by the boys' racket, and upon being pelted with junk food by the boys for telling them to be quiet, he calls the police. Within minutes, Matt and his roommates are caught and banned from campus. Matt returns home, where he is faced with various issues before being shipped off to Vietnam.
Billy and Eddie are childhood friends who work as mechanics at a car dealership in St Paul, MN. Billy, recently divorced, lives in a studio apartment, plays the radio too loud and keeps a couple of cats. He’s at loose ends. So is Eddie, married with a kid and another on the way. His wife wants a car and house in the suburbs. They regularly have loud fights, after which Eddie stalks out and joins Billy at the bar. Together, they drink beer and shoot pool as their youth slips away.
In 1969, the band Sweetwater led by lead vocalist Nansi Nevins opened Woodstock and subsequently got considerable media attention. But just as they appeared to really break big, they disappeared. 30 years later, a cable TV reporter for a music station is removed from her show for being stoned on air and is given the choice of being dismissed or investigating what happened to Sweetwater.
Terry is desperate to start a family. Unable to bear her own children, she must rely on adoption, which proves to be a difficult task.
