Gen X
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Back to school, 1980 style. Exactly forty five years ago, September 1980, I began my freshman year of high school. Ninth grade. I was fourteen years old and generally a sassy pain in the ass. At least I was to the extremely patient and generous adults in my life. Thank God they were able to… Read more
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NOT S OR F OR B today- just contemplating relationships I started this blog in the late winter of 2024 as a way to sort through the process of trying to reclaim the core of who I am, of who I used to be, and to figure out how to move through the world as… Read more
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From turntables, boom boxes, to the Walkman and the Discman, it’s back to a record player for me. Growing up Gen X, there was nothing quite as cool as your record player. Except maybe your boom box. But listening to record albums on a turntable was the ultimate and best music experience next to an… Read more
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Well, maybe just a little. I want to challenge that whole trope about Gen X being raised on hose water and neglect. It’s out there in the inter-web-verse that Gen X grew up feral. I mean, yes, we did drink from the garden hose, but from someone who’s lived the Gen X lifestyle, let… Read more
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Marc Bolan THAT ROCK AND ROLL LOOK PART I David Johansen and Sly Stone. Icons. News of their recent passing has lit a fire under me to get going on this piece. I’m merging several different ideas here; fashion and music, jeans and cigarettes, and some other randomness. If you find yourself reading my nonsense,… Read more
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Late Boomers, early Generation X and music. And SNL Two things on my mind these last few months: the varied music my generation was exposed to and, since this year was the 50th anniversary of the cultural phenom that at one time was SNL, how those two converged in some interesting ways. Generation X music-… Read more
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On my road with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at the Warner in Erie, PA May 12, 2025 I desperately wanted to go see Devo in Cleveland on May 11 but I am concert buddy-less. I mean my husband will go to shows… Read more
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The quest to see as many classic acts as possible continues with Daryl Hall and Glenn Tilbrook April 1 Warner Theater, Erie, PA As part of my quest to see as many older musicians as possible I saw Daryl Hall with special guest Glenn Tilbrook in April. This undertaking is not that easy where I… Read more
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DO PEOPLE “HANG OUT” ANY MORE? Hanging out on the hood of my friend’s car. Summer 1984 Remember hanging out? Sitting around? Shooting the shit? Gabbing? Pondering? Talking about everything and nothing at all? Do people even talk anymore? Like in person? Scrolling through nostalgia accounts on Instagram, looking at photos of young people from… Read more
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Let’s go back to 1979. Lately, for some reason I’ve been completely taken with the song Candy-O, which surprisingly was never released as a single. I’ve spent a good amount of time watching different live versions of The Cars perform this song. If you’ve read my previous work, or watched my YouTube channel, you know… Read more
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