"Here we are in the 70's when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it's just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse"

In this quote, Lester Bangs is revealing his discontentment with the state of society in the 1970s. He describes whatever as "horrible" and "stinks," suggesting a strong sense of disgust and frustration. He blames the mass media, specifically tv, for perpetuating this negative atmosphere. Bangs believes that everything, from entertainment to news, is "rotten" and doing not have in quality. He goes on to describe it as "dull" and "evil," recommending a lack of substance and morality. In general, Bangs paints a bleak photo of the 1970s, highlighting the pervasive negativity and corruption that he sees in society.