I was just out of high school and without any direction in the late '70s. I can clearly remember sitting in my boyfriend'scar by the beach shortly before the...
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A couple of years ago my niece participated in a 70s inspired play organized by her school’s drama department. The premise of the play was to incorporate...
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 I don’t remember much about the film Xanadu, other than Olivie Newton John on roller skates tempting some poor unsuspecting schmuck into running into a...
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 It could be the reason my girlfriend thinks I have a bit of an ego sometimes (she's European, so thinks (with good reason) that most Americans do), but as...
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Before I was 10 years old, I couldn't say that I was music "fan."  I mean, I liked music and all, but my knowledge of music was confined to what...
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I grew up a handful of miles from Lake Michigan.  It was the 1970s, when residents of small towns still had jobs in nearby factories.  My dad and my uncle...
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Cassius Clay/ Muhammad Ali was a living legend. He was unstoppable; the boxing ring had never seen (and may never ever see again) such a combination of...
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It was the 70s, & kung fu ruled. The Bruce Lee phenomenon was sweeping our imagination. My brother grew his hair long like Mr Lee, and would practise the...
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