Episodes

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

    Cruising (1980): A surreal time capsule of America before AIDS
    Oct 18 2024
    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 so off puttingly effective?

    Jeff talks about that, his own experience with the movie, and how we need to see these snapshots as a gay community in order to understand how we got from there to here.

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    38 mins
  • 1988: 80's Horror's campy last dying breath

    1988: 80's Horror's campy last dying breath
    Oct 11 2024
    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 era for gritty, home video horror.

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    32 mins
  • Pontypool (2008): Communication and the loss of self

    Pontypool (2008): Communication and the loss of self
    Oct 3 2024
    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 Grant Mazzy in this film. He carries this big time.

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    32 mins
  • Review of The Smashing Pumpkins new album Aghori Mhori Mei

    Review of The Smashing Pumpkins new album Aghori Mhori Mei
    Aug 23 2024
    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 and down albums with some great and some pretentious touring. Does the new album show a new way for the band?

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

    From Simon and Simon to Moonlighting: Exploring 80's trash detective drama
    Aug 14 2024
    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.

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

    Meet the Pod: The Debate, the announcement and the moment that changed politics
    Aug 8 2024
    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 and Pat Geherin talk about how this fundamentally changed the course of politics and the impact on the new nominee Kamala Harris and her ticket with Tim Walz.

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    55 mins
  • Growing up Latchkey part three: Junior High School memories w/ J.M. DeShazer

    Growing up Latchkey part three: Junior High School memories w/ J.M. DeShazer
    Jun 27 2024
    In part three of Growing up Latchkey, Jeff talks to his childhood friend J.M. DeShazer about their experiences at Oberon Junior High School in Arvada in the early 90's. How it formulated their way of thinking and how it contributed to the musical obsessiveness of them and everyone they knew.

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    49 mins
  • Growing up Latchkey part two: Childhood memories

    Growing up Latchkey part two: Childhood memories
    Jun 13 2024
    In part two of The GenX Show series Growing up Latchkey Jeff talks about growing up in the 80's in Arvada Colorado and how he decided that his own latchkey experiencev formed the way he is right now. In particular not packing a lunch for school.

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    29 mins