When people ask me, “What was NYC like in the 70s?” I immediately tell them to go get a copy of Harvey Araton’s When the Garden Was Eden. Most NYC 70’s discourse centers around the arts, but let’s be clear: more people went to Knicks games than to that Television gig at CBGB.
Araton is a columist for the NYT, with distinguished stints at The Post and the once-great Daily News. (Fun fact: as part of civics class in elementary school, we were taught how to fold the Times so as to not whap our fellow straphangers while reading. Sadly, the new trim size no longer allows for that bit of underground etiquette).
As a lifelong Knicks fan, I was interested to see how Araton’s book fit into the scheme of ncvrs’ user likes and dislikes. Previous installations here and here.
People who liked WTGWE disliked:
Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding
Perhaps you’d be interested in Stephon Marbury’s Diary
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
Knicks fans (until recently) totally supported time travel
The Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis
Perhaps people are unfamilar with Black Jesus
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened, Allie Brosh
Sounds like the pre-Phil Jackson Knicks to me
People who disliked WTGWE liked:
The Iliad
Epic fail
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
All appypolly loggies
Watchmen, Alan Moore + Dave Gibbons
Parodying the superhero concept kinda like Ewing’s final seasons as a Knick
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
Don’t lose faith hobbitses, Melo and Porzingis will bring us the precious
