The GenX Show

Next in our Kids Movies that Scared us series, Molly Smith from Did that Age Well? Podcast joins Jeff to talk about the Don Bluth animated "What would happen if super smart lab rats helped out a field mouse in need" movie The Secret of Nimh. Along the way, Molly and Jeff discuss about how messed up the movie is, the rat murder that happens, harrowing lab scenes and a casual conversation with an owl over the bones of mice.
A one of a kind "kids" movie that will leave you saying "What the f**k did I just watch"?!

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Kicking off Kids Movies that Scared Us month, Jeff sits down with TV Writer (Netflix Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and movie short director Joshua Conkel to talk about the Jim Henson cult 1982 masterpiece The Dark Crystal.

Jeff and Josh talk about the fascinating pre-production of the movie and how it went through some changes before it hit the big screen. What scared us the most? And in a brand new segment the two ask themselves "Will this movie be remade?"

Amazing conversation with a great and creative person.

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Jeff takes you on a journey through the extremely dark underbelly of America's rural farms and sees Christopher Walken and Sean Penn in At Close Range (1986). A brutal, extremely dark yet eerily melancholy movie about family, crime and having a sadistic yet charming father/crime boss. This movie contains potentially Walken's best performance and Penn is at his early years peak.

Also, this movie is more famous for containing maybe Madonna's best song, Live to Tell. It plays in a slowed down instrumental version throughout the movie. This is one of a kind rural neo-noir.

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Twitch streamer and former Youtube Let's Player Helloween4545 joined Jeff to talk about one of the most sneakily influential video games of the 2000's, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. Along the way they talk about Bloodborne, Amnesia, Lets Playing and the Silent Hill games. Always a great conversation with a great friend.

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Sit back and listen to Jeff as he has a couple glasses of Pinot and waxes nostalgic about Classic Rock Radio and how it fundamentaliy influenced the music of and listening habits of Generation X. Without Classic Rock Radio there's no Grunge, No Gangsta Rap, No Techno, No Country. The influence of Gen X listening to our parents music produced what you heard in the 90's. Jeff talks about it all.

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Two titans of rock music, Jeff Beck and David Crosby died within 10 days of each other in January 2023. On the latest GenX Show Jeff and Magnus talk about the legacy of Jeff Beck and what being a musician's musician means. They also talk about his legacy as an iconoclastic instrumental music player and why he could never seem to keep a band around him.

Lastly the boys mention the death of David Crosby and the marking of time that the deaths of people who created the music we grew up around creates.

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This week, John Carpenter's Starman (1984) is discussed in a new occasional series called "Old Guy makes Young Guy watch an old movie". This episode Trey Mitchell from Mile High Cinema joins Jeff to talk about Carpenter's SciFi Romance classic starring Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen and Charles Martin Smith.

Along the way they discuss Jeff's sentimental attatchment to this movie, the complicated history and lead up to filming and comparisons to ET. The effects are discussed and if they would hold up to today.

One of Jeff's favorite films. Enjoy the show!

Jeff's friend, actress and all around lovely person Lala Sloatman joined the GenX Show to talk about her daughter, life, and how being a parent changed her perspective on things. Along the way they talk about Tang, Tab and Crystal Pepsi. All in all a great talk with a wonderful human being.

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Happy 2023! Jeff re-emerges in January to talk about Stranger Things Noah Schapp coming out as Gay in the most Gen Z way. This is likely why his van scene in episode 8 of season 4 of Stranger Things was so damn convincing right?

Also Jeff gives a teaser of what is to come in 2023 for The GenX Show. Exciting stuff coming down the pike.

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Jeff and Magnus team up to talk about the 1984 Christmas slasher classic...Silent Night Deadly Night from 1984. Is the controversy this movie engendered legit, or was it just angst about the anti-catholic sentiment in the movie? Jeff and Magnus do a deep dive and give their theories.

Also, the VHS boom of the mid 1980's allowed those who wanted to see these movies access in a unique time that has yet to be replicated. The VHS revolution allowed movies like Silent Night Deadly Night to have a life outside of the movie theater.

Enjoy the show and Merry Christmas and happy holidays!