Skip to content

Ticket 2 Ride

Your Boarding Pass for Film, Music, Books, Poetry and Commentary. Here is your ticket, take the ride.

  • Home
  • About

Tag: 1970s

Paul Newman: A Decade of Taking Chances

December 1, 2017

The 1970’s was not Paul Newman’s greatest screen decade but it represented his widest variety of work. From a box office perspective, he had two huge hit films, several successful ones and a series of misses. Critically, his films were all over the map. In the 1970’s, Paul Newman did not play it safe. His … More Paul Newman: A Decade of Taking Chances

Leave a comment Paul Newman: A Decade of Taking Chances

John Wayne – His Last Decade of Films

July 17, 2015

A few months ago I read a new biography of John Wayne and toyed with the idea of writing something about the films of his that I grew up watching. During this time period, cinema was undergoing tremendous change as it reflected and anticipated changing social norms, style and audience tastes. This decade of film, … More John Wayne – His Last Decade of Films

Leave a comment John Wayne – His Last Decade of Films

20 Influential Live Albums of the 1970s

July 10, 2015

Okay, the 1970s was my favorite decade for music, I have written about it many times.  The live album is a phenomenon of the decade, it was expected of artists, technology and recording techniques were improving, and they began to sell extremely well.  Live albums caught singers and bands in their element and in the … More 20 Influential Live Albums of the 1970s

Leave a comment 20 Influential Live Albums of the 1970s

Posts navigation

Newer posts

Recent Posts

  • The Who with Orchestra Live at Wembley (review)
  • America (2023, concert review)
  • Getting Out of Saigon by Ralph White (book review)
  • Life With Zeusy: The Dog That Taught Me About My Life
  • Left for Dead: Amazing Career Resurrections

Archives

Categories

  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • Actors
  • Agatha Chrisie
  • Al Stewart
  • Albert Finney
  • All the President's Men
  • America
  • Andy Griffith
  • Animals
  • Anne Frank
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • aviation
  • Barney Miller
  • Barry White
  • baseball
  • Beatles
  • Bee Gees
  • blob
  • blog
  • Blondie
  • Bob Dylan
  • books
  • Bowie
  • Brad Pitt
  • British
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Burt Bacharach
  • Burt Lancaster
  • Burt Reynolds
  • Carl Reiner
  • Carol Burnett
  • Cartoons
  • Charles Barkley
  • Chicago
  • classic rock
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Columbo
  • comedy
  • compassion
  • country music
  • creative writing
  • creativity
  • Crime
  • Crosby Stills Nash Young
  • David Gates
  • days of the week
  • Dean Martin
  • Death
  • Doobie Brothers
  • Doris Day
  • Dream
  • Dream Academy
  • Earth
  • Edward G Robinson
  • Electric Light Orchestra
  • ELO
  • Elton John
  • Elvis Costello
  • Emerson, Lake and Palmer
  • environment
  • Eric Clapton
  • faith
  • family
  • Field of Dreams
  • film
  • film noir
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • football
  • Gene Hackman
  • Gene Kelly
  • Genesis
  • George Clooney
  • George Harrison
  • Gilligan's Island
  • Gregory Peck
  • Hall & Oates
  • Hallmark
  • happiness
  • Harry Bosch
  • health
  • Henry Fonda
  • History
  • Hitchcock
  • Holocaust
  • Huey Lewis
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • indie rock
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Jack Nicholson
  • Jackson Browne
  • James Bond
  • James Comey
  • James Garner
  • James Stewart
  • James Taylor
  • Jefferson Airplane
  • Jimmy Carter
  • John Frankenheimer
  • John Lennon
  • John Mellencamp
  • John Wayne
  • Kansas City Chiefs
  • Kansas Jayhawks
  • Kenny Rogers
  • Khashoggi
  • Kindness
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Kris Kristofferson
  • Larry Gelbart
  • leadership
  • Learn
  • Leave it to Beaver
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Life
  • Lincoln
  • Literature
  • love
  • Malala Yousafzai
  • Mary Poppins
  • Mary Tyler Moore
  • MASH
  • MH370
  • Michael Caine
  • Moody Blues
  • moon
  • movie review
  • music
  • mystery
  • Natalie Wood
  • nature
  • Neil Simon
  • Neil Young
  • new wave
  • News
  • organizations
  • Paul Cotton
  • Paul McCartney
  • peace
  • Peter Gabriel
  • Phil Collins
  • Pink Floyd
  • Pluto
  • poems
  • Poetry
  • Politics
  • Pollution
  • progressive rock
  • R.E.M.
  • Racing
  • Rainbow
  • Rambo
  • Randolph Scott
  • Renaissance
  • Retirement
  • Ringo Starr
  • Robert Kennedy
  • Robert Redford
  • rock and roll
  • Rolling Stones
  • Running
  • Sam Elliott
  • Santana
  • Science fiction
  • Singin' in the Rain
  • space
  • sports
  • Steely Dan
  • Stephen King
  • Steve McQueen
  • Sue Grafton
  • Supertramp
  • Teachers
  • Tears For Fears
  • Ted Turner
  • Television
  • Tennis
  • Terrorism
  • The Monkees
  • The Shape of Water
  • The Who
  • Tim Burton
  • Todd Rundgren
  • Tom Hanks
  • Tom Petty
  • Tommy Lee Jones
  • Tuesday Weld
  • Uncategorized
  • values
  • Van Halen
  • Van Morrison
  • Vanishing Point
  • vietnam
  • weather
  • Westerns
  • Woody Allen
  • Work
  • World War II
  • writing
  • Youth

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Recent Posts

  • The Who with Orchestra Live at Wembley (review)
  • America (2023, concert review)
  • Getting Out of Saigon by Ralph White (book review)
  • Life With Zeusy: The Dog That Taught Me About My Life
  • Left for Dead: Amazing Career Resurrections

Categories

Categories

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Ticket 2 Ride
    • Join 579 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Ticket 2 Ride
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.