80s Halloween Mixtape Features Echo and the Bunnymen, Killing Moon
In starlit nights I saw you So cruelly you kissed me Your lips a magic world Your sky all hung with jewels The killing moon Will come too soon The Killing Moon, Echo and The Bunnymen, 1984 Kelly, a...
View ArticleGeneration X Field Notes (Autumn 2018)
There have been some great Gen-X posts lately that I’m delighted to share with you, especially one published on the the Foundation for Economic Education’s website, Why Halloween Costumes Used to Be...
View ArticleJeremy of Pearl Jam: His Mother Finally Speaks
I love it when readers share links and stories with a Gen-X angle like the one below from Leo Chavez. It’s about Jeremy Delle, a 15-year-old boy who killed himself in his English class in 1991. Pearl...
View ArticleDaily Photo: Thanksgiving Play
Do you remember when schools use to have Thanksgiving plays? We had them in Kermit, Texas, where I lived in the 4th and 5th grades. This picture is from the Kermit Memories Facebook page. Isn’t it...
View ArticleGirl in a 1970s Winter Coat Covered in Silly String (Daily Photo)
SILLY GIRL A girl in a 1970s winter coat is covered in Silly String for some silly reason. 1 THE DAILY PHOTOI had a coat just like this when I was in the third grade. I convinced myself it was cut from...
View ArticleRare Pictures: Gen-X Seacoalers Harvested Coal on England’s Beaches in the...
The men are taking young Simon out to sea to ensure he does not become fearful of the sea because his father was drowned three weeks previously…I don’t know if I should use these photographs or how I...
View ArticleCBSN Omits Generation X From Chart Defining All Living Generations
Generation X is not just a lost or forgotten generation. We are now an omitted generation. In a story that aired on January 11, CBSN completed omitted Gen-Xers from a chart titled “Generation...
View ArticleThe New Midlife Crisis for Gen-X Women
In case you missed the post on Facebook, you might want to check out this conversation about The New Midlife Crisis and how and why it’s impacting Generation X women. The post The New Midlife Crisis...
View ArticleMan’s Discovers Old Apple Computer; Plays 30-Year-Old Video Games From His Youth
The following tweets are from Professor John Pfaff’s Twitter feed. The author of Locked In, a book about the true causes of mass incarceration, recently found a 30-year old Apple computer in his...
View ArticleAgainst the Wind: Seger’s Title Song Turns 39
…Those drifters days are past me now I’ve got so much more to think about Deadlines and commitments What to leave in, what to leave out Against the wind I’m still runnin against the wind I’m older now...
View ArticleVintage Roller Skating Pics from 1975
Growing up, I loved going to the roller rink! My earliest memories of skating were at a rink with my mom in Southern California. I remember feeling embarrassed that she was skating with me and all my...
View ArticleGen-X Memoirs: Growing Up on Vending Machine Fare
The following story is a guest post by Nicole, a late-wave Gen-Xer born in the latter half of the 1970s. Beyond sharing her very Gen-X name, she wishes to remain anonymous. To be sure, she has become a...
View ArticleICYMI: The Late Gen-X Actress Rebecca Shaeffer Featured on 20/20
Nearly 30 years after her tragic murder, beloved Gen-X actress Rebecca Shaeffer has been featured on 20/20. You may remember Shaeffer as Patty, the younger sister on the hit series My Sister Sam, which...
View ArticleThe Most Historic Gen-X Landmarks in the World
Back in 2008, I was blogging daily about Generation X, and I came up with the idea of taking a whistle-stop tour of Gen-X landmarks across the world. All along the way I would meet up with Jennifers at...
View ArticleWhere Water Meets The Land
by Chloe Koffas, Contributing Writer Light From A Pixel Growing up in the high desert of New Mexico, every hot and dusty month of July held the promise of the rain of a monsoon season. Thunderstorms...
View ArticleFilmmaker Looking for Teens He Filmed in 1989 about Vietnam Vet Dads
In 1989 filmmaker David Hoffman recorded a therapy session for Gen-Xers who shared stories about growing up with fathers who were Vietnam War veterans. The teenagers, all of whom appear to have been...
View ArticleLife on Bluefish Court, 1970s Kids
I have been blogging for more than 20 years. I started off journaling on the Open Diary, and later moved to Blogspot and then WordPress. Even before platforms like the Open Diary made online publishing...
View ArticleWho did Homecoming Court Better, Gen-X or Gen-Z?
These are the days To hold on to But we won’t Although we’ll want to… Billy Joel, This Is The Time, 1986 I love homecoming games! I remember the very first one I attended in 1976. I was in 4th grade...
View ArticlePics of 1970s Kids with Magic Mountain’s Heavily Sedated Lion
As if the 1970s weren’t dangerous enough for kids, Magic Mountain let children pet and sit atop a heavily sedated lion inside their “Enchanted Cottage” attraction. Named Major, the lion once starred...
View ArticleSchool Thanksgiving 1976, Sea of 3rd Grade Pilgrims and Indians
“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words.” –Elliott Erwitt, The Joy of Photographing People November 23, 1976 was a Tuesday. Thanksgiving was just two...
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