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Interesting incidents
Some readings
- Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich (1970)
- Four arguments for the elimination of television by Jerry Mander (1978)
- Future Shock by Alvin Toffler (1970)
- Gyn/Ecology: the metaethics of radical feminism by Mary Daly (1978)
- Human Rights and American Foreign Policy by Noam Chomsky (1978)
- Person/Planet: the creative disintegration of industrial society by Theodore Roszak (1978)
- Post Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (1971)
- Reyner Banham: Historian of the immediate future
- Small is Beautiful by E.F.Schumacher (1973)
- The Money Game by Adam Smith (1976 ed.)
- The Postmodern Condition: a report on knowledge (1979)
- Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich (1973)
Key films to watch
- The Taking of Pelham 123 (Joseph Sargent, 1974)
- The Ice Storm (Ang Lee 1997)
- The Anderson Tapes (Sidney Lumet, 1971)
- The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
- Don't Look Now (Nic Roeg, 1973)
- Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
- Sweeney! (1976)
- Jubilee (Derek Jarman (1977)
- Frost - Nixon Interview, 1977
- Sauve Qui Peut (La Vie) (Slow Motion) (Jean Luc Godard, 1980)
Key zeitgeist indicators
- '70s movie rewind
- 1970s Project
- Desert Deathstar and the little Japanese radio
- Desolation Row: deserted housing pods in Taiwan
- French Letraset catalogue from 1977
- Hotel California: LA from the Byrds to the Eagles
- Just look at this list of childhood obsessions to see what I mean
- Life on Mars
- Michael Palin's diaries
- Royksopp - Remind Me - Video
- Semi-Detached by Griff Rhys Jones
- Shut It! The music of The Sweeney
- That 70s Show
- The BBC Test Card Club
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- Glasgow's FAIR FORTNIGHT Holiday | (1977)
- Alan Hawkshaw - Frontiers Of Science (1979)
- 1972: The ORGANORGANISATION MAN | Look, Stranger |
- Concorde Inaugural flight | Heathrow Airport | 1976
- British Airways: Concorde (1975 )
- London Weekend Television - adverts, March 1978 (p...
- 1978 Ford Capri
- 1979: Will WORD PROCESSORS start a HOME WORKING re...
- UK Prime Ministers: James Callaghan
- A Very Singular Man (BBC 1998)
- Operation Clockwork Orange - 1974
- The Streets of San Francisco Theme (Intro & Outro)...
- Facing Budget Hardship, Ireland 1976
- 1974 National Airlines "Fly Judy" Commercial
- Ian Nairn - Nairn Across Britain, From London to L...
- The Professionals - Series 2 - 5 Opening Titles - ...
- Fanny - Hey Bulldog (1971) | LIVE
- Secret History: Winter of Discontent
- Secret History: Harold Wilson - The Final Days
- The Cabinet in Conflict: Loan from the IMF (Granad...
- JAMES CALLAGHAN: Looking Back at Age 80; Life and ...
- JAMES CALLAGHAN: Looking Back at Age 80; Life and ...
- HAROLD WILSON: British Prime Minister; 1964 - 70 a...
- The Stepford Life Documentary 1975
- Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (US, 1970) [Full LP]
- Gene Harris - In A Special Way (US, 1976) [Full LP...
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