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July 17, 2007
By: 
rollerkaty
Category: Mustaches, Rollerball
I’m a child of the seventies. I was born in 1976, a decade known for its disco music, moustaches, and tight pants, but I was largely oblivious to these wonders. I grew up without a television for the most part, which I think was a good thing in many ways as I was forced to find other ways of amusing myself (reading, playing “time machine” with my brother, playing outside).
But now I find myself at a loss when people refer to movies, television, and music from the seventies and early eighties. I have no idea what they are talking about for the most part. It’s as if I woke up one morning under a rock in the late eighties and entirely missed the pop culture of the previous decade.
I found myself watching the movie Rollerball the other evening. After a few hours of roller skates and leisure suits in a futuristic setting, I resolved that I must know more about the decade of my birth. This is going to be my Summer of the Seventies. Like the John Moe’s experiment in the book Conservatize Me, I plan to immerse myself in all things seventies for the summer. I’m not going to cut myself off entirely from entertainment from other decades, but the remainder of the summer I hereby pledge to read books and watch movies from the seventies as much as possible.
If you have any suggestions for books or movies that I can’t miss, I welcome your suggestions.
Let the fun begin.
Tags: The Seventies . Rollerball . Conservatize Me
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July 17th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Nice blog! I look forward to learning more about the joys of the 70s from you.
July 17th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Let me be your 70’s schlock culture guru.This weekend we must watch THX 1138 (1971),then progress from there.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Hi Katy!! How interesting you should pick a decade I feel like I know so well yet, uh, seem to remember so little.
Music: Early 70s Who “Who’s Next”, Bowie “Ziggy Stardust”and Aerosmith “Get Your Wings” (in addition to more Led Zep) is a must. The Stones’ “Exile on Main Street” is still great after all these years. And don’t forget to try “the other Neil”, Neil Young “Harvest”. Later in the decade jazz fusion was quite the rage but doesn’t get remembered as much. Good examples are Chick Corea (esp. w/Return to Forever), Jean-Luc Ponty, Weather Report, and Herbie Hancock. Adam may recall the bassist Stanley Clark’s “School Days”. I had a theory that Steve Howe was actually a zombie, which irritated a guitarist friend (and major Yes fan).
It was a culture spread out all over the place in a post-hippie, Vietnam and Tricky Dick drug-induced fog (with some glitter on top). That was SoCal, anyway. Have fun!
July 24th, 2007 at 2:31 am
Thanks for the suggestions, just say no. I already have Bowie and the Who on my radar but I’ll add the other suggestions to my “seventies short list” as well.
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July 27th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Oh.My.God. Where have you been? I just found you at Happy Meals. I was born in ‘72, but feel the same way. My husband and I have seventies parties, too! He’s not as big of a fan- he’s a 60’s guy. We had to postpone our party this summer- it will be in Sept. I posted about it earlier this month- titled ‘a whole lot of nothing’ if you want to see the threads I love!