Not a big fan of '70s prog (and I was born in '65), and I'd have to disagree with you about it being the best decade for music, despite a general overall quality. Nowadays, with the internet, you just have to know where to look to find good stuff, but because bands can get their stuff out via the 'net and not depend on a record company I think the number of great bands is higher nowadays. For example, and because I happen to be listening to it at this very moment, if you can find a download of Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. you can get a load of good, solid prog/psych from today. (Actually just about anything under the Acid Mothers Temple name.) Or try anything Keiji Haino is involved with, especially the band Nazoranai. I could go on and on but you wouldn't want to read ten or twelve paragraphs now would you? :D