Society Owes Me A Gen-X Podcast: The 90s

Who doesn't love a one hit wonder?  We especially love it when they sample classics from the 70s, 80s and 90s.  Yes, yes, YES!  We bathe in the glory that is Robbie Van Winkle, Erik Shrody and the Costanzo siblings -A.K.A. Vanilla Ice, House of Pain and Len.  Join us for a trip down memory lane!

Nevermind whatever else you’re doing, it smells like time to head back to 1991 and dive deep, like a butt-naked baby chasing a dollar bill, into the album that broke alternative rock into the mainstream. The record that reluctantly murmured the rallying cry of a disenfranchised Generation X. The record that changed the course of rock history forever. Seminal, iconic, classic, all the superlatives.... Nevermind the rest, it’s Nirvana. 

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It's the letter M!  We are getting into the 'Seattle Scene' and the 'Grunge' music that was mocked and reviled by all who were labelled with it.   We take a look at what brought the slew of Northwest American bands to the forefront of Alt Rock, the Deep Six album that kick-started it all and featured some of our all time faves - Pearl Jam progenitor Mother Love Bone!  The mighty Soundgarden in its infancy!  The baby faced Melvins!  The eternal Mudhoney!  Also, of course, the trail blazers: U-Men, Green River, Skin Yard... and more.   Thank you, Seattle.

Well hallooo lovely listeners! We have an ‘L of a listen for you this week as we leap  into the late 80s/ early 90s US for a look back at two pioneering lady-led bands that we love. We’re talking the laidback grooves of NY jazz, hip-hop, punk, dance fusionists Luscious Jackson, and love ‘em/ hate ‘em, don’t lob mud at them them LA hardcore tampon-wielding punk rockers L7.  

Happy Hallowe'en, SOMAGXPers!  Here is a very special episode to mark one of our fave holidays.  We're talking the classic 1996 slasher movie, Scream!  We are still in Coronavirus no man's land - the loo roll is dwindling and pasta is vanishing off the shelves - but this flick always brings back the 90s feels way back when 'Just another teen slasher movie' was a mere glint in the eye of this here horror film.

In this episode we talk Lenny Kravitz's origins, the contributions of legendary rock outfit KISS, the legacy of Kraftwerk, plus..!   One glorious track that defined a band and the 90s with its wailing guitar rock hip-hop: Rage Against the Machine's 'Killing in the Name'.  Gin, snacks, and a nearly fully recovered Hannah: Check!

“That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be undid, Homeskillet.“

Our J episode is brought to you by the number 16 - the age of our protagonist in this heartwarming cautionary whale of a SunnyD loving teen misfit with a hamburger phone who finds herself unexpectedly expecting by her best bud. Yes Taco Belles, it’s JUN0! We’re chatting soundtrack, which is choc-full of indie-rock/ indie-folk delights from the likes of Kimya Dawson, The Moldy Peaches and Antsy Pants, Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth, Cat Power, Mott The Hoople, The Kinks, Matteo Messina, Barry Louis Polisar and The Velvet Underground.

 Dream big!

Juno Movie soundtrack

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Jennifer Garner

Greetings and Salutations Gen Xers!  This week, we are having a listen and a chat about the glorious titans of indie rock music.  Lots of original Brit and American bands of the 70s, 80s and 90s, their influences and a few of the bands they influenced, too!  Wrap yourself up in a Union Jack and join us, punk.

Buzzcocks, Spiral Scratch 1977, Sitting 'round at Home, A Different Kind of Tension 1979, The Stranglers, No More Heroes 1977, Elastica, Connection, Line Up, 1995, Blur, Leisure 1991, There's No Other Way, Wire, Pink Flag 1977, Three Girl Rhumba, The Smiths, Strangeways Here We Come 1987, This Charming Man, Fugazi, Waiting Room, Repeater 1990, 13 Songs 1989, Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News 2004, Jeff Ament, John Wicks, Deaf Charlie 2020, punk, indie music, rock, British, American, indie rock, rock music 

Holey Guacamole! Hold onto your hats, it’s the ‘H’ episode! We’re talking bottle-spinning, sister-hating, teen whoring sugar baby dolls and fair-dinkum High school heart-breakers. It’s gonna be mad, bad and rad. Turn on, tune in, drop out, but most definitely don’t rack off. 

Juliana Hatfield, Hole, Courtney Love, Heartbreak High, Blake Babies

Good vibes - keeping it real - some rare grooves - it's a G thing this week with the genre Acid Jazz!  Picture it: Midnight at the Oasis.  Jay Kay is wearing his buffalo hat and dancing on a table.  Roberto Galliano has his Earth Boots on.  Gilles P is on the decks.  'Listen' to MC Solaar rapping with Urban Species.  It's the early 90s, this London phenom has properly taken off and it's Talkin' Loud.  There's Nothing Like This!

Phuture, Acid Tracks, 1987, George Duke, 3 Originals, 1975, Omar, There's Nothing Like This, 1991, Urban Species, Listen, 1994, MC Solaar, Galliano, Earth Boots, Totally Together, A Joyful Noise Unto the Creator, 1992, Frederick Lies Still 1988, D'Angelo, Untitled (How Does it Feel), Voodoo 2000, Guru's Jazzmatazz Vol. 1, 1993, Gangstarr, Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport, Oui 3, Oui Love You, 1993, The Brand New Heavies, Brother Sister, 1994, Young Disciples, Apparently Nothin', Road to Freedom 1991, Back to the Planet, Teenage Turtles, A Potted History 1994, Corduroy, Something in My Eye, High Havoc 1993, Jamiroquai, When You Gonna Learn, Too Young to Die, Emergency on Planet Earth, 1993, Talkin' Loud, Acid Jazz Records, Gilles Peterson, Eddie Piller, London, Brighton, England, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Neo Soul, R&B, Hip Hop, Anarcho Punk, Glastonbury Festival, Stamner Park, Heineken Festival, Essential Festival, 1990s, 1980s, 2000s