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The Super Seventies Archives

 Music

• Skyrockets In Flight, Afternoon Delight! A Seventies music overview by Seth Maxwell.
• The 70s Era: One Nation Under A Groove by Mark Coleman. These 70 albums from the 1970s were selected in May 1997 by the editors of Rolling Stone for the elite "Rolling Stone 200" -- their choices for "the definitive library of the best rock & roll albums ever made."
• The Seventies Reconsidered: 50 Essential Albums of the Decade Steve Pond's album essay for the 1990 Rolling Stone Seventies retrospective issue.
• The Pop 100: The Seventies The 27 Seventies songs that made the "Pop 100," the greatest songs of the modern pop era as chosen by the editors of Rolling Stone and the crew at MTV in the winter of 2000.
•   The 100 Best-Selling Albums of the 70s A list of 100 of the decade's most popular LPs, including each album's total number sold, as of 2004. Excerpted from Hamish Champ's book of the same name.
• Stairway To Heaven: Is This the Greatest Song of All Time? A 1991 Esquire article celebrating the song's 20th anniversary.
• The Ten Most Ridiculous Records of the Seventies You've seen plenty of "best of" '70s albums lists, now revel in the ten most abominable LP's of the decade as selected by irreverent critic Lester Bangs. From a 1978 Phonogragh Record magazine.
• Performance: Elton at the Hollywood Bowl, 9/7/73 David Rensin's review of the outlandish stage act of the biggest superstar of the Seventies in his prime.
• The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen and Cal Jams I & II by Robert Santelli. Overviews of three of the most high-profile rock festivals of the Seventies: the 1973 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, New York, and 1974's Cal Jam and 1978's Cal Jam II at California's Ontario Motor Speedway. Excerpted from the 1980 book Aquarius Rising: The Rock Festival Years.
• The Album Covers of Pink Floyd Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis Design discusses the covers of several classic Pink Floyd albums.
• Creem Magazine 1975 & 1979 Reader's Polls Fans pick their faves in '75 and '79. Also, fans pick the "Best of the 70's." From Creem.
• Seventies Musicians Birth Dates Find out which famous Seventies musician(s) you share a birthday with.
• L.A.'s Arrow FM Revitalizes the '70s Oldies Format A 1994 Pulse! magazine essay by Sean Ross.
• The Heavy Metal Hall of Fame Rock critic Jim Miller picked 15 all-time heavy metal albums by 11 bands for Rolling Stone in 1974.
• Dancing Madness Disco madness analyzed... the disco sound revealed... trendy platters recommended. A 1975 Rolling Stone essay by Vince Aletti.
• 70's Black Music - A Consumer Guide Music critic Robert Christgau runs down over 30 greatest hits compilations of some of the decade's most popular Soul & R&B artists. From Creem.
• Glam Rock 101 A primer on one of rock & roll's most intriguing genres including an overview, 6 glam rock albums you must own, Q & A with glam photographer Mick Rock, and glam rock trivia. From Entertainment Weekly.
• Elvis: The Final Years Jerry Hopkins recounts the tragic mid-Seventies physical and mental decline of the King of Rock'n'Roll. Excerpted from the 1980 book.

 Lifestyles

• Profiles In Confusion - The Guys Some dazed and confused guys you may recognize from Seventies high school.
• Profiles In Confusion - The Gals Some dazed and confused gals you may recognize from Seventies high school.
• 77 Ways To Smoke Grass In '70s High School by Ron Slater. A head's guide to Seventies "high" school.
• The 22 Rules of Pot Etiquette by Kevin Pickford. "Don't bogart that joint, my friend" -- the do's and dont's of blowing reefer.
• Recipe for Better Crocked Brownies by Michelle Burroughs. These ultimate munchies were one of the 70's more adventurous culinary experiences.
• How To Tell If Your Child Is a Potential Hippie and What You Can Do About It Cheesy 1970 P.T.A. parent education pamphlet.
• Those Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Four adventures from Gilbert Shelton's famous early Seventies underground comic strip characters, plus reader "freakmail."
• The Worst Thing I Have Ever Done to a Book by Keith Abbott. One of ten contest-winning real life tales of dope-dealing lore that first appeared in Rolling Stone in 1972.

 Culture

• Treasures of the Aquarians by Richard Davis and Jeff Stone. Archaeologists of the year 7069 A.D. document their findings at the Berkeley digs.
• The 70s: Those were the real days, my friend 1990 newspaper article about the 70s revival.
• Seventies Something 1991 Newsweek article about the Seventies nostalgia craze.
• Muscle Cars of the Seventies by Nick Georgano and Nicky Wright. Some of the baddest rods ever to terrorize American streets in the early Seventies.
• Foxy Fashion for Seventies Chicks by Jody Kramer. Tips on hair, tops, jeans, jewelry, and dressing up that every Seventies high school chick should know.
• '70s Hairstyles Ten of the '70s most popular hairstyles for guys & gals, including the unisex, steam set special, hillbilly shag and wrestler's clip. From National Lampoon.
• Seventies Teen Idol Freakout Over a dozen TV and movie teen idols that set a young Katy Krassner's heart aflutter during the 1970's. Excerpted from the book Retro Hell.
• Sports Highlights of the '70s Some of the decade's greatest atheletes retell their fondest memories. From Newsweek.
• SeventiesSpeak 75 popular catch-phrases that originated in the 1970s, many of which survive to this day. From Life magazine's special decade-end issue.
• A Seventies Dictionary Seventies culture takes on a whole new meaning. From MAD magazine.
• Weird Beliefs of the Seventies and their ordinary everyday equivalents. From National Lampoon. Also: scandals, urban legends and other brouhaha.
• So Long Seventies Rock journalist Chet Flippo kisses off the Seventies in this irreverent 1979 Rolling Stone essay.

 Movies

• The Greatest Moments in Seventies Movies From Midnight Cowboy to Kramer Vs. Kramer, pop-culture chronicle Entertainment Weekly exhaustively unspools the history of the Seventies era in film. Plus the best Seventies movie lines and Best Picture Oscar winners.
• The Best Movie Soundtracks of the Seventies These 23 soundtrack albums from the 1970s were among the 100 best movie soundtracks of all time as chosen by Entertainment Weekly magazine in Oct. 2001. Plus the Top 10 '70s movie stand-alone tunes and director Cameron Crowe's favorite soundtrack albums.
• Easy Rider A 1986 review of the 1969 counterculture movie classic by David Zinman.
• The 15 Greatest Rebel Movies of the Seventies Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers counts down his favorite Hollywood rebel movies of the decade.
• Disaster Flicks of the 1970s From Airport to The China Syndrome, Terry Lawson looks back at nine popular disaster films of the Seventies that began one of Hollywood's most enduring movie genres.
• Five to Frighten: '70s Drive-In Horror by Paul Gaita. Rent these five flicks for the ultimate in '70s drive-in kitsch. From Pulse! magazine.
• Thirty Top Cult Films of the 1970s Some of the most bizarre '70s flicks ever to hit the big (and little) screens at the stroke of midnight.
• Very '70s in the '90s Marshall Fine of Gannett News Service reviews some of the recent and more serious cinematic studies of the "Age of Embarrassment" in this 1997 newspaper article.

 Television

• The Best of '70s Television as chosen by the editors of TV Guide for their 40th anniversary issue.
• Memorable TV Commercials of the 1970s "Give it to Mikey...;" "I'd like to buy the world a Coke;" "You deserve a break today;" "Don't leave home without it;" more. From People Weekly.
• The Top Twenty Seventies Telecasts Where were you on these twenty separate evenings during the Seventies? Most everyone in America was watching TV. Also a list of the most watched movies of the decade.
• Seventies TV's 10 Top Catchphrases "Come on down!" as TV Guide's Carrie Bell counts down several top catchphrases of Seventies TV.
• Seventies TV's Most Unexpected Moments The folks at TV Guide pick the "100 Most Unexpected TV Moments," and the folks at Super Seventies RockSite pick out the 20 from the 1970s.
• 'All in the Family' Episode List by Vince Waldron. A list of the popular and revolutionary Seventies sitcom's 202 episodes, their storylines and original air dates.
• Mary Tyler Moore: In Her Own Words as told to L.A. Times film critic Cecil Smith in 1976.
• Remembering Johnny Carson John Bushkin fondly remembers the king of Seventies late-night TV.
• 'Schoolhouse Rock' of Ages A brief history of the Seventies Saturday morning cartoon favorite. By Chanel A. Lee in Entertainment Weekly.
• Seventies Childrens' and Cartoon Series Info and recollections of several popular kids' shows and cartoon series of the decade. Excerpted from the book Retro Hell.
• 'That '70s Show': '70s Teens for the '90s Biographical sketches of the actors in FOX's hit series, and a visit to the groovy retro set. From USA Today and Entertainment Weekly.

 Politics

• The Greening of America by Charles A. Reich. This bestselling liberal tome was required reading on many college campuses in the 1970's. Excerpted from the 1970 book.
• The Anti-Rock & Roll Crusade Janet LaRene, going girl reporter for the Observer, interviews a Detroit area anti-rock & roll crusader priest in 1970.
• Images of War: An Oral History of Vietnam Seventeen firsthand recollections of Vietnam by the famous and not-so-famous that were featured in Rolling Stone in 1975.
• Impeachment: Now More Than Ever What some leading American journals of the day had to say about Richard Nixon in 1973, a Watergate primer, and a Watergate quiz. From Rolling Stone, Newsweek, and the Associated Press.
• The Watergate [EXPLETIVE DELETED] Contest Guess what Nixon & Co. were really saying in those infamous White House tapes, and win an all-expenses paid weekend at the Watergate Hotel! From Rolling Stone.
• Spiro T. Agnew: He Sure Had a Way with Words Thirteen bombastic quotes from the late and staunchly conservative early Seventies VP.
• The State of the Union 1975 by George S. McGovern. The 1972 Democrat presidential candidate discusses militarism, monopoly and the maldistribution of wealth.
• The New Generation Gap Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene ruminates on Baby Boomers and Generation X.
• The Worst Generation Political activist and Baby Boomer Paul Begala explains why he hates his own generation. From Esquire.

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