GenXtemporaneous

GenXtemporaneous

By Marc Snediker and Kristina LorussoSociety & Culture
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GenXtemporaneous episodes

  • Episode 21: The Soundtrack to Marc's Life Part 4

    We really finally wrap up our exploration into 80s music with a bunch of hot takes on girl bands, one hit wonders, 80s dance jams, non 80s bands that everyone rocked out to in the 80s, and finally songs from today that sound like 80s music.  We had just a blast with this arc and we hope you enjoyed it too.  Citations and credits from last week's episode and this week below.  


    Example of "toasting" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Apvga3w1wA&t=60s


    Fly on the Windscreen, Depeche Mode; Hot Blooded, Foreigner; Love Will Tear us Apart, Joy Division; Digital Versicolor, Glass Candy; Come on Out, Airborne Toxic Event, Lemon, U2; One Night in Bangkok, Murray Head; Puttin on the Ritz, Taco; In a Big Country, Big Country; Send me an Angel, Real Life;  99 Luftballoons, Nena; Come on Eileen, Dexy's Midnight Runners; Middle of the Road, Pretenders; Vacation, The GoGo's; Aie A Mwana, Bananarama; Pump up the Jam, Technotronic; Pretty Young Thing, Michael Jackson; No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Beastie Boys; Infomer, Snow; You Got What I need, Biz Markie; The Real Slim Shady, Eminem; Ain't Nuthin but G Thang, Dr. Dre ft Snoop Dogg; Rico Suave, Gerardo; Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice; La di da di, Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh; We Can't Stop, Miley Cyrus; Come on Eileen, Save Ferris; Wuethering Heights, Kate Bush; Johnny are you Queer, Josie Cotton; The Wild Life, Bananarama; Tower of Strength, The Mission; Genius of Love, Tom Tom Club; Buffalo Stance, Neneh Cherry; Christmas in Hollis, Run DMC; Round the Way Girl, LL Cool  J; Insane in the Brain, Cypress Hill; Planet Rock, Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force; Rapture, Blondie; The Message, Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five; Rapper's Delight, The Sugar Hill Gang; Here Comes the Judge, Pigmeat Markham; 

    1 hr 4 min
  • Episode 20: The Soundtrack to Marc's Life part 3 a

    When we started this episode we thought it would be the end but as it turns out it is just Rap/Hip Hop.  Highlights include Marc rapping.  Tomorrow we're dropping a bonus episode that will finish everything off.  Citations to come in episode 21's  description.  Please, if you like us and find us entertaining, share us with a friend.  

    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 19: 80s Music - The Soundtrack of Marc's Life Part 2

    Marc and Kristina explore the foundations of hair metal and the new romantic movement in this episode.  Its the second of a three episode arc about 80s music.  Digressions include the significance of MTV, Kristina's imposter syndrome, and Beavis and  Butthead as the greatest music critics of the 20th century.  We LOVE the 80s and we're just going to hang out in this decade for the next couple of weeks until the cluster that is already 2021 blows over.  It was just better then.  

    Bienstock, Richard. Decade of Decadence: A Timeline of the Eighties Sunset Strip. Rolling Stone. 10/23/2015 (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/decade-of-decadence-a-timeline-of-the-eighties-sunset-strip-157726/1981-getting-mowed-on-gazzarris-lawn-49256/)

    Johnson, David. Spandau Ballet, the Blitz kids and the birth of the New Romantics. The Guardian. 10/03/2009 (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/04/spandau-ballet-new-romantics)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Romantic

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glam_metal

    https://nostalgiacentral.com/music/music-genres/new-romantic/

    https://museumofyouthculture.com/new-romantics/

    Beavis and Butthead reference:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbRBWMbcRc

    Songs referenced: Everyday is Like Sunday (Morrisey); Do You Really Want to Hurt Me (Culture Club); Remake/Remodel (Roxy Music); Fade to Grey (Visage); Mary of the Fourth Form (Boomtown Rats); Bad Boys (Wham!); To Cut a Long Story Short (Spandau Ballet); Jolly Roger (Adam and the Ants); Planet Earth (Duran Duran); Too Shy (Kajagoogoo); Hot for Teacher (Van Halen); Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Leppard); Still Lovin You (Scorpions); Round and Round (Ratt); Photograph (Def Leppard); Wishing (If I had a Photograph of You) (Flock of Seagulls)

    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 18: 80s Music: The Soundtrack to Marc's Life Part One

    In this episode, Marc and Kristina explore 80s music.  We examine topics like: what makes 80s music sound so identifiably 80s; what does New Wave really mean; what are some of the 80s genres and which artists and songs fit into those genres.  This was a hard episode for us to stay focused on the research because we are too close to the subject and that leads to some pretty serious digressions but we tried to keep on track.  We will be creating a bonus episode that is less structured and chattier and allows Marc to talk all about his personal experiences, which is really all he wants to do.  Please see below for our citations list.      

    Willman, Chris.  Don’t You Forget About Me: Why 80s Music Is Cooler Than You Think. UDiscover Music (https://www.udiscovermusic.com/in-depth-features/80s-music/)

    "How a recording studio mishap shaped '80s music" posted on YouTube by Vox (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxz6jShW-3E)

    Siouxsie Sioux Interview.  November 1976.  EstebanMaria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qdIlzlJ3z0

    Songs referenced:

    Rio and The Reflex Duran Duran, I Ran Flock of Seagulls, Hong Kong Garden Siouxsie and the Banshees, In the Air Tonight Phil Collins, Goodbye Horses Q Lazzarus, Born in the USA and I'm on Fire Bruce Springsteen, There is a Light that Never Goes Out The Smiths, Let's Go Crazy Prince, Vienna Ultravox, 


    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 17: I always knew Alec was a Republican: 80s movies part 2

    In this episode we finish up our conversation about 80s movies we love with Matt Snediker.  Matt has created a top 1000 movies of all time list and it is amazing.  Please check it out here:  http://bit.ly/TopAcclaimed

    We have nothing to do with these films, obviously, other than being fans.  Please go check them out, though, if you haven't already.  

    Join in the conversation with us about these films at xtemporaneous (our facebook group), @xtemporaneouspod on Instagram or email us directly at [email protected].

    Sources: 

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, 1986. 

    St. Elmo's Fire, Hollywood, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1985. 

    Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.  Hollywood, CA: TriStar Pictures, 1984.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 16: I could be the Walrus, I'd still have to bum rides off people: 80s movies that make us nostalgic
    In this episode, Marc and Kristina are joined by Matt Snediker to discuss three films that premiered in the 1980s.  This is the first of a two-part episode and marks the beginning of our deep dive into the 80s as a decade defined by film, music, fashion, and role playing culture.  As always, none of us has anything to do with the creation of these films, we are simply using them as primary sources to answer our overarching question: What film most screams 80s to you and why?  Digressions include Marc's new date Jeep, Marc's age, and Matt's most excellent film ranking system.  We heartily recommend that you revisit these (or any of your favorite 80s movies).  It was a fun time to go to the movies!
    Sources:
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures, 1986.
    St. Elmo's Fire, Hollywood, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1985.
    Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.  Hollywood, CA: TriStar Pictures, 1984.
    1 hr
  • Episode 15: Bad Incel: Elliot Rodger
    In this episode Marc and Kristina discuss Elliot Rodger's rampage.  He was a bad guy.  He was also a sick guy.  Digressions include mental health, the need for us to just post a buckle the f*ck up warning on every podcast we publish because we're possibly not the most sensitive people in the world, and Marc's remarkable revelation that at 16, being rejected by a girl, is not the end of the world; never never give up hope, you guys!!
    If you are interested in reading some excerpts from Elliot Rodger's manifesto go here: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-document-20140524-story.html
    Thanks to Sentimental Swordsman for posting this on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jMIrV918ek
    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 14: Incel-Bop: Can't get no girls
    There seems to be no one with less meaning in their lives than these guys.  In this episode Marc and Kristina discuss the very unfortunate world of the many men (and few women) who consider themselves Involuntarily celibate.  Digressions include forced monogamy, chads and stacys, and why Kristina didn't bring wine.  Please see links below to do more research on your own.
    An extensive and helpful list of various incel forums:  https://incels.wiki/w/Incelosphere
    The Surviving Infidelity Forum Kristina references: https://www.survivinginfidelity.com/Default.asp?
    This is the blog post by Robin Hansen which posits the idea of enforced monogamy: https://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/04/two-types-of-envy.html
    Rolling Stone Article re: TFW No GF: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tfw-no-gf-incel-culture-sxsw-992943/ and the IMDB Page for the film itself: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11602648/
    Thanks to ilaryRhineKlang for posting Also Sprach Zarathustra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFPwm0e_K98&t=106s
    Marc mentions the Cave, learn more about that here:  https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/platos-allegory-of-the-cave/.  Mumford and Sons The Cave facts: https://www.songfacts.com/facts/mumford-sons/the-cave
    1 hr 2 min

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No niche for us -- we can't be contained. Kristina does the research, Marc tells the jokes, and together they discuss a variety of topics intelligently but with so many laughs. It is kind of like…