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That 70s show

Shed and same and look anew at the decade taste forgot.

By Michele A'Court In Books

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17th October, 2009
Most of us who grew up in the 70s prefer not to think about it too much. And we certainly don't like to look at the pictures. "Photos of mummy in Crimplene hot-pants with a Farrah-Fawcett do? Gosh, honey, I just have no idea where I've put them." Not so Ian Chapman, University of Otago music lecturer and self-confessed "70s cultural fetishist". Chapman, along with his alter ego, Dr Glam - a familiar face and pair of platform shoes on Dunedin stages, I hear - invites readers to "get lost in the 70s with those who were there". It's a ghastly thought at first, being invited to revisit ...

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