Post #25216 by BC-Da-Da on Tue, Mar 4, 2003 2:05 PM

I'll tell you, during the '90s, everything was about the 1950s & '60s -- Googie, Mods, Garage music, Surf, Exotica... all cool stuff. But, the '70s was seen as a putred time of uncool, because of Disco and Hard Rock, both of which presumably killed all things cool, when amalgamated with the Reagan '80s of Heavy Metal and New Wave.

Looking back, I find myself attracted to the strange time that was the '70s. Sex was a particluarly crazy subject in the '70s, far more free, but a bit perverse and almost demented... check out some of the '70s movies available from Something Weird Video. Issues of "Hustler" magazine included a comic strip called "Chester The Molester," which was/is far more perverted than anything Crumb has done, satire or not... Chester The Molester was the real thing, sick-O beyond recognition.

Long live moustaches... I've never had one and never will, but I enjoy '70s exploitation movies, '70s magazines (especially Rock zines, like "Who Put The Bomp!" and "Creem") and a lot of good music came out of the '70s.

It was a strange time of the counter-culture generation growing up, making changes, making comprimises, but the '70s stands as the landmark of a very weird time in American culture, and other cultures influenced by American trends, such as Country Rock, Hard Rock, Reggae, Punk (Yes, American!) and Disco. That album cover says a lot.