FILE CABINET 02 · THE 1970s
G33Z3R RADIO'S MEMORY FILES20 Small Things You Remember About the 1970s
The seventies lived in giant back seats, wood-paneled rooms, record jackets spread across the carpet and phone cords stretched as far as they would go. Here are twenty scenes that might have been ordinary then—and impossible to explain now.
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20 MEMORY PROMPTS FROM THE 1970S
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You are in the back seat on a long drive. The seats are enormous and the windows are down. What roadside sign are you waiting to see?
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The television picture has started rolling. Who understands the mysterious combination of knobs required to fix it?
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A new record is on the turntable and the jacket is spread across the floor. Which detail do you study while the first side plays?
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You have been sent outside because the adults want the house quiet. What game begins without anyone formally organizing it?
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The station wagon is full, the cooler is packed and the directions are written on paper. Where is everybody going?
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A song is playing from an eight-track. Will it change tracks in the middle of the best part? Almost certainly.
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The phone cord can just barely reach the nearest private corner. How quietly are you trying to talk?
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You have a stack of comic books and an entire rainy afternoon. Which one gets read again?
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A Polaroid picture is developing in someone’s hand. How many people are being told not to touch it?
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The roller rink lights go down and the slow song begins. Do you suddenly need to adjust your skates?
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You have enough coins for the arcade, but not enough to waste. Which machine gets the first quarter?
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A television special is coming on tonight and everyone knows this may be the only chance to see it. Who gets control of the room?
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The car radio has five mechanical preset buttons. Which station has claimed the one everybody fights over?
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You are told to call when you arrive. You will have to find a phone when you get there. Does that seem unusual?
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A catalog has arrived and several pages are already folded over. What impossible thing are you circling?
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The living room has wood paneling, a heavy television and at least one object in harvest gold. What else is in the room?
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A neighborhood kid has a shortcut nobody’s parents know about. Do you trust it? Of course you do.
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A favorite song is playing in a store. You cannot identify it later unless somebody happens to know the title. Who do you ask?
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There is one bathroom, one phone and several people trying to leave at the same time. Which conflict starts first?
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The streetlights come on while everybody is still playing. Who notices first?
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Somewhere in this decade, a television picture is rolling, an eight-track is changing programs in the middle of a song, and somebody is still waiting for a Polaroid to appear.
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