Tag: 1970s

• Memoir: A thought experiment concerning Dad (1973-80)

  

  How would my father be doing if he were alive and well today, if he hadn’t died at 59 of bowel cancer? I think Dad might have adapted pretty well to the current culture. Several times, I saw him accommodate powerful changes in mores that happened around him in the 1970s.  A professional adaptation occurred…

  abendelow

  February 5, 2025

  memoir

  12 steps, 1970s, aa, Al-anon, alcoholism, cannabis, dad, divorced dad, family, jazz, life, love, MAGA, memoir, music, new wave music, oak park, oakbrook terrace, parenting, punk, Rochester Germicide Company, rock, suburbs, Trump

• Memoir: Musical Madeleines (1970-73) (1983-85)

  

  “… in that time Taupin’s protagonists grew dark with a growing awareness of corruption and human depravity–strong stuff for 12-year-old me.”

  abendelow

  October 17, 2024

  memoir

  1970s, bernie-taupin, bob dylan, elton john, keith jarrett trio, madeleine, memoir, music, pop, pop music, toxic masculinity

• It’s a wonderful lie

  Around this time of year, my wife and I look ahead to the holidays, when the desire to spend time with adult children and grandchildren is large. I make a suggestion or two for events that could bring us together with the younger generations. Then she proposes something we’ve been doing every year for the…

  abendelow

  October 17, 2023

  Theater/Film review

  1970s, American Blues Theater, capitalism, depression, frank capra, GenZ, holiday film, It’s a wonderful life, meet john doe, socialism, USA