Day 36 of 100 blogs in 100 days

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Day 36 of visiting 100 blogs in 100 days - (stepping in the time machine back to the seventies!)

Wikipedia: The Seventies in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979 (see:1970s). The decade saw great changes in the worldwide economic and cultural environment, especially the abandonment of traditional values and embracing of new ideas.

The United States, which had become an influential global power, experienced much of the transition. While the sixties saw social activism, society became more self-absorbed in the seventies. Analyst and writer Tom Wolfe epitomized this feeling in 1976, calling the seventies the "Me Decade." Music became at once more introspective with the singer-songwriter movement and more carefree with the rise of disco music.

Bob McClain's blog - Doing a Decade: Exploring the Seventies, reminisces and attempts to make sense of the Seventies (aren't we all?). Bob is also promoting his new book: Troutman Penthouse 1975 (1975 campus craziness at Penthouse Magazine's #3 party school.)

If you remember the seventies, or even care to have a different take (other than THAT '70s SHOW - which I remember with great fondness as I identify with ERIC FORMAN), Bob's blog will trigger some memories - definitely worth jumping into the time machine! Just like Eric and his friends who are pondering their lives in his basement, here we are 25 years later looking back at what made the seventies special for us -- sitting in Bob's basement.

By the way - I need to mention:

THAT '70s SHOW
(Wednesdays, 8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT)


That 70's Show

Set in the era of Led Zeppelin 8-tracks, Tab colas and Farrah Fawcett posters, THAT '70s SHOW continues to flash back to the "Me Decade" during the seventh season.

Too cool for the Wisconsin suburbs where he lives under the authority of his parents -- RED (Kurtwood Smith) and KITTY (Debra Jo Rupp) -- 18-year-old ERIC FORMAN (Topher Grace) yearns for his independence. But rites of passage aren't all that easy at a time when jumpsuits and platforms are the epitome of cool. Just ask Eric's ex-girlfriend and next door neighbor, DONNA (Laura Prepon), a knock-out who's been forced to deal with her parents' recent split and her dad BOB's (Don Stark) new life as a swinging single.

Eric gets by with a little help from his friends, who spend most of their time hanging out in the Forman basement and pondering their lives, their parents and their future. The gang includes KELSO (Ashton Kutcher), a good-looking but gullible guy, especially when it comes to dealing with his controlling on-again, off-again girlfriend JACKIE (Mila Kunis); HYDE (Danny Masterson), a conspiracy theorist who thinks Xerox will take over the world; and FEZ (Wilmer Valderrama), a foreign exchange student who's soaking up American culture like a sponge.

This season, Eric and Donna pick-up the pieces from their broken engagement and decide to just have fun and enjoy each other again. Hyde meets and establishes relationships with his father (guest star Tim Reid) and foxy half-sister. Jackie is excited her ne'er-do-well boyfriend is suddenly the son of a successful businessman, but has to learn to build her life on more than just the man she's dating. Kelso has his baby -- a daughter --and realizes all of the women he's fooled around with are someone's daughters too. He struggles to treat women with more respect without cramping his dating style. Fez starts working at a beauty salon and finds his true calling...and the key to success with women.