Unexpected Opinion in Blogging Area
It's that time of year and that time of decade when people start looking back at the previous ten years and start making lists. This is the third occasion I remember clearly; in theory of course I was old enough to remember the Seventies Retrospective, but perhaps there wasn't as big a deal made about it at the time; perhaps there were still enough new and exciting things around for the media of the day to be looking forward rather than back. And perhaps the media itself was still enthusiastic and experimental enough still to find getting caught up in nostalgia and retro a bit boring. Never mind what happened in 1971, look what's around now in 1979! The Clash . Independence for Zimbabwe . Kate Bush . The first Star Trek movie . Tubeway Army . Sheep Farming in Barnet . Blondie . Blake's Seven . The Police . City of Death . Joy Division . The list is endless, the future looked bright. That said, the current look back at the past decade seems a bit lacklustre this time....