The GenX Show

Mar 05 2025 107 ep. 52 mins
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A podcast covering all aspects of culture from the slacker generation. Featuring guests and subjects on music/movies and more that are sure to appeal to your inner flannel-wearing teenage self. Not.

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A discussion about The Cure's masterful Songs of a Lost World

Mar 05 2025 55 mins  
The Cure released a new masterpiece album in 2024 called Songs of a Lost World. On the latest GenX Show, Jeff and Voltaire's Ghost leader Magnus talk about the album, how great it is, how it's better than it has any right to be and how Robert Smith's ability to edit the length of the album turned out to be a genius move.Enjoy the show about a modern classic album.

David Lynch's massive influence on TV and Horror Games

Jan 23 2025 30 mins  
David Lynch passed away last week. On the latest GenX Show Jeff talks about David Lynch's influence on both Television and Horror video games. What Lynch was able to accomplish wtih Twin Peaks influencing generation after generation of TV and Video Game creators is nothing short of astoundingEnjoy the show!

The term 'Xennial' and how it should be applied to kids born from 1981-84

Dec 07 2024 29 mins  
The term Xennial has come to fashion in the last 10 years or so. It's been used to apply to people born betweeen 1976-84. On the latest GenX Show Jeff talks about how that term should apply to those born between 1981-84. How the inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1981 started the change between GenX kids and Millennial and how parents fully started paying more attention to their chil

Denver Living with Sam Neumann

Nov 13 2024 67 mins  
Jeff's friend Sam Neumann joins The GenX Show to talk about restaurants, videos, Youtube and the best/favorite alcohol and steakhouses in the Denver metro area.Sam Neumann is a real estate agent and youtuber who specializes in Denver. However he is more than that as he explores the best of what Denver has to offer and goes in depth on restaurants, neighborhoods and what makes them

Cruising (1980): A surreal time capsule of America before AIDS

Oct 18 2024 37 mins  
American of 1980 was NOT the America of 1981-82. Pre AIDS. Pre Reagan America. William Friedkin's Cruising is a snapshot, believe it or not, of 1980. Before the fall. A surreal police procedural and pseudo American Giallo about a serial killer in the gay leather community sparked condemnation and outrage during the production. It has been reappraised since but what makes that movie

1988: 80's Horror's campy last dying breath

Oct 11 2024 31 mins  
Dead Ringers, Night of the Demons, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Critters 2, The Gate, Childs Play, Hellbound: Hellraiser 2, Waxwork and much MUCH more. 1988 was the last, dying breath of 80's Horror....the best Horror decade. On the latest GenX Show Jeff talks about the movies released that year and how the Erotic Thriller and Classy big budget tame horror movies killed the best

Pontypool (2008): Communication and the loss of self

Oct 03 2024 32 mins  
It's spooky month on the GenX Show. It's not like we need an excuse to talk about horror films but why not, right? In that spirit Jeff takes on the 2008 Canadian Zombie/Virus film Pontypool. A movie about the loss of self, the loss of communication and the loss of purpose cloaked in the blood of virus. Special shout out to Stephen McHattie for putting on a great performance as Gran

Review of The Smashing Pumpkins new album Aghori Mhori Mei

Aug 22 2024 55 mins  
Magnus returns to the GenX Show to review the Smashing Pumpkins brand new album Aghori Mhori Mei. A true heavy rock rifftastic pleasure that was a much needed step in the right direction after the synth laden Atum and Cyr. Did it live up to expectation? Jeff and Magnus discuss.In the second half Jeff and Magnus talk about the history of the Pumpkins post first breakup in 2000. Up a

From Simon and Simon to Moonlighting: Exploring 80's trash detective drama

Aug 14 2024 29 mins  
A short episode talking about all the garbage buddy/detective/drama shows that sprang up in the 1980's. A veritable cacophany of extremely catchy theme songs, garbage dialog, ridiculous premises and ropey acting. I love them all. From Simon and Simon to Moonlighting ... here's the worst/best of the 1980's factory made dramas that tried to rip off Rockford Files.Enjoy the show!

Meet the Pod: The Debate, the announcement and the moment that changed politics

Aug 07 2024 55 mins  
Debut rebrand of the former CSG Politics. Get ready for Meet the Pod, a discussion of the current state of (Democratic/liberal) politics and the current Presidential Election landscape.Episode one ... the three weeks of hell between the disastrous debate performance of Joe Biden in June, to his eventual announcment that he will not seek reelection is debated. Your hosts Jeff Morton