A Truely Remarkable Decade
Hello to one and all.
Since it's been a pretty slow summer so far, with nothing much going on but the rent (or mortgage, as many of you well know), I thought I'd tell you about the fun my friends and I had last night, at the local legion hall here in Hawthorne. We had a Seventies Night, and it was wall-to-wall disco music, and, with the tragic recent turn of events, it also served as a tribute to Michael Jackson as well, Michael and his family being very, very popular during the 70's. Yeah, we played a lot of Jackson Five tunes last night, as well as a lot of solo stuff from the King of Pop himself. There was a disco dance contest, and even a Michael Jackson look alike contest (my best friend, Danny Mae, her brother won it). Everything was pure Seventies last night, even right down to the refreshments, which was everything that was popular in that decade: nachos, carrot cake, Sunny D, Country Time, double decker cheeseburgers, corn dogs, Pringles. No buffalo wings or Capri Sun there. This was strictly Seventies cuisine. And this was strictly a Seventies affair.
Although I'm a tad too young to remember it, let alone appreciate it, a lot of people, such as my parents and the teachers at my school, were around during this particular decade, and I've learned quite a bit from them. For one thing, I realize it was a better decade than the one we're presently in right now, modern technology and an African American president not withstanding. I mean, times were tough even back then, but, if you think about it, everyone had a job back then, everyone had their homes back then, high school kids could dream about going to college back then, younger kids could play outside and not worry about something terrible happening to them back then. And, although this could be more or less important, depending on your point of view, movies and TV shows were so much better back then as well (this I happen to know for a fact, since I watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies and TV Land). So was the way news was delivered, from what I've been hearing and reading about Walter Cronkite and the way he delivered the nightly news. Today everyone I know get their news, pretty much, off the Internet. And believe me, it's just not the same as getting it off the TV from someone who really knew what the heck he was talking about. And newscasters back then didn't harp on about celebrities and their personal lives and left "real news" on the proverbial back burner. True, there was no Internet or cell phones or MP3's or digital TV's with flat screens that can be hung up on your wall like a portrait, but, just as your grandparents and great grandparents would say about the decades of their youth, things were so much simpler back then. I guess, when I grow older and wax nostalgic about my youth, I'll probably be saying the same thing about the decade of 2000. Yeah. I'm pretty much sure I will. Especially about You Tube and Twitter.
Well, that's all the time I have for this week. Until next time, be well and stay well.
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
Since it's been a pretty slow summer so far, with nothing much going on but the rent (or mortgage, as many of you well know), I thought I'd tell you about the fun my friends and I had last night, at the local legion hall here in Hawthorne. We had a Seventies Night, and it was wall-to-wall disco music, and, with the tragic recent turn of events, it also served as a tribute to Michael Jackson as well, Michael and his family being very, very popular during the 70's. Yeah, we played a lot of Jackson Five tunes last night, as well as a lot of solo stuff from the King of Pop himself. There was a disco dance contest, and even a Michael Jackson look alike contest (my best friend, Danny Mae, her brother won it). Everything was pure Seventies last night, even right down to the refreshments, which was everything that was popular in that decade: nachos, carrot cake, Sunny D, Country Time, double decker cheeseburgers, corn dogs, Pringles. No buffalo wings or Capri Sun there. This was strictly Seventies cuisine. And this was strictly a Seventies affair.
Although I'm a tad too young to remember it, let alone appreciate it, a lot of people, such as my parents and the teachers at my school, were around during this particular decade, and I've learned quite a bit from them. For one thing, I realize it was a better decade than the one we're presently in right now, modern technology and an African American president not withstanding. I mean, times were tough even back then, but, if you think about it, everyone had a job back then, everyone had their homes back then, high school kids could dream about going to college back then, younger kids could play outside and not worry about something terrible happening to them back then. And, although this could be more or less important, depending on your point of view, movies and TV shows were so much better back then as well (this I happen to know for a fact, since I watch a lot of Turner Classic Movies and TV Land). So was the way news was delivered, from what I've been hearing and reading about Walter Cronkite and the way he delivered the nightly news. Today everyone I know get their news, pretty much, off the Internet. And believe me, it's just not the same as getting it off the TV from someone who really knew what the heck he was talking about. And newscasters back then didn't harp on about celebrities and their personal lives and left "real news" on the proverbial back burner. True, there was no Internet or cell phones or MP3's or digital TV's with flat screens that can be hung up on your wall like a portrait, but, just as your grandparents and great grandparents would say about the decades of their youth, things were so much simpler back then. I guess, when I grow older and wax nostalgic about my youth, I'll probably be saying the same thing about the decade of 2000. Yeah. I'm pretty much sure I will. Especially about You Tube and Twitter.
Well, that's all the time I have for this week. Until next time, be well and stay well.
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
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