Posted by Nicholas at April 5, 2006 12:08 AMThere's one period in the 20th century for which I have no love and less pity, and it's the narrow transitional window of 1969 to 1975, the period of [Dick] Cavett's prime. This era coincides with my early teen years, which is probably why it all leaves me unenthused — but it's also a time where the print media got ugly, and TV had this odd hard cold plastic sheen. A fatal combination of lighting and camera technology, color schemes, and set design. Everything looked happy and false and garish. Everything looks like Dean Martin's Vegas Mausoleum.
James Lileks, The Bleat, 2006-03-14
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