Know something I miss from the ’70s? Huge, tacky, landscape-dominating, power-sucking, neon-laden, animated signs. They’re not products of the ’70s, of course–they date to the post-World War II era, when it was just becoming possible to drive coast to coast with relative ease. But the ’70s were the last time they were around in any … Read more
I’ve loved wristwatches since I could tell time. I wear one continuously, and only take it off for two things. Most of the time I wear a mechanical watch–a watch with an actual balance wheel, mainspring, etc. that must be wound to work–as opposed to a battery-powered quartz watch. But I also have a soft … Read more
Mom spent the mid- to late ’70s in and out of Columbia House, and she bought a lot of what was popular at the time. That means that in addition to competently performed but moderately banal rock like Sanford-Townsend and Orleans, I’ve got plenty of full-on disco in my memory too. The disco tunes that … Read more