The Good Old Days

The basic point is quite simple and has been noted many times by those unfortunate enough to still retain some taste: in 1963, everything suddenly became hideously ugly.

In the musical Forever Plaid, a hopeful 50's close harmony band is on its way to its first gig when the entire band is killed in a collision with a busload of teeny-boppers on their way to see the Beatles' debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, which happened in 1963. (Note: a movie version is in the works.) This is such a tragic symbol of what happened to Western culture in that year that I have to wonder if it was deliberate: the tasteful popular culture of the past literally murdered by the horrid "music" and aesthetics we have had to live with ever since.

If you also think humans should not have to live in the unprecedented ugliness and sordidness of the present, the pages of this site will offer you some relief.