The SFB

Random musings from a Gen X life lived on the edge… of nothing except Lake Erie. 70s and 80s pop culture and music.

Gen X

  • To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

    I may or may not have been studying for finals here in the spring of 1986. Part 2: The College Years  “Boys and girls and music. Why do they need gin?” Annie, It’s a Wonderful Life Everything fun happens at night.  Especially a summer night. When you’re young and fun, all the good stuff happens in… Read more

  • To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

    The confluence of music and attraction. This is part 1 of what will probably turn into a three part saga, LOL. I have to broadcast a warning before anyone reads this. And maybe I am being presumptuous but… if I have dated you, loved you, lusted after you, or had any romantic or semi-romantic relationship… Read more

  • Gen X Christmas tunes were THE best!

    Just a small sampling of songs we sang at the top of our lungs! Back in the day as they say, and by that I mean the early 80s, us Gen Xers had our own Christmas songs- and we freaking loved them.  For one, you could only hear them during the month of December.  No… Read more

  • 1994, I Miss You and Your Music.

    Where have 31 years gone? A VERY blonde me in 1994. Oh my missing collagen. And eyebrows! Lol! On a recent road trip I spent a good number of car-bound hours tuned into Lithium on SiriusXM.  What a time capsule.  It got me thinking about what an absolute bounty of music came out in 1994. … Read more

  • Mysteries

    Can they be solved? Do I want them to be? Someone I sort of know a little through the wonder of social media inspired me to write about mystery. That person is a mystery to me. I have found it difficult to meet new people in real life, especially when you reside in a small… Read more

  • Late August musings

    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

  • Friends? Chums? Cohorts? Pals? Alter egos? Allies? Buddies? Confidants?

    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

  • MUSIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS

    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

  • Gen X Was Neither Feral Nor Neglected

    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

  • ROCK STAR STYLE

    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