Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s

Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s

Warning!

This book is not to be used in any way, shape, or form as a design manual. Rather, like the documentary about youth crime â€œScared Straight,â€ it is meant as a caution of sorts, a warning against any lingering nostalgia we may have for the 1970s, a breathtakingly ugly period when even the rats parted their hair down the middle. (Please note that the author and publisher are not responsible for the results of viewing these pictures.)

James Lileks came of age in the 1970s, and for him there was no crueler thing you could inflict upon a person. The music: either sluggish metal, cracker-boogie, or wimpy ballads. Television: camp without the pleasure of knowing itâ€™s camp. Politics: the sweaty perfidy of Nixon, the damp uselessness of Ford, the sanctimonious impotence of Carter. The world: nasty. Hair: unspeakable. Architecture: metal-shingled mansard roofs on franchise chicken shops. No oil. No fun. Syphilis and Fonzie.

Interior Desecrations is the authorâ€™s revenge on the decade. Using an ungodly collection of the worst of 1970s interior design magazines, books, and pamphlets, he proves without a shadow of a doubt that the â€™70s were a hideously grim period. This is what happens when Dad drinks, Mom floats in a Valium haze, the kids slump down in the den with a bong, and the decorator is left to run amok. It seemed so normal at the time. But this book should cure whatever lingering nostalgia we have. So adjust your sense of style, color, and taste. beware!

Youâ€™ve been warned.
Country USA
Brand Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer Three Rivers Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307238726
ReleaseDate 2005-10-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307238726

Country	USA
Brand	Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer	Three Rivers Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780307238726
ReleaseDate	2005-10-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307238726

Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s

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