Tag: News

Celebrating April’s Rad Growth With a Casey Kasem Style Countdown

Thank you to every reader, Patreon, and contributing columnist. I look at what has happened this last month and I am completely blown away! Any and all goals my team and I set were crushed! In a time where it is more difficult than ever for columnists and audiences to connect in the AI driven…
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May 1, 2024
50 Articles and New Beginnings

Can death and awareness of limited mortality inspire something beautiful? Could a precious few friends help create a community and almost 10,000 articles read a month? Have there been some challenges to overcome along the way? If we are talking about Gen X Watch, yes. Sunday Showcase Shines A Mirror on Us (and you) This…
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April 28, 2024
Delving into The Tortured Poets Department And Cowboy Carter

Tortured Poet’s Department Taylor Swift has broken the internet again with the release of Tortured Poet’s Department. The Swifties have brought the album into record breaking territory yet again and with that comes the hatred. Call it our collective “keyboard courage era” in which we hate in viral fashion. Like a virus, I’m thinking herpes…
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April 22, 2024
We Are Time Travelers Yearning to be Heard

Was Ray Bradbury the inspiration for this magazine and website? Is time travel possible on a porch or a digital screen? Does it matter? You’ll have to answer this one. I hope you say yes. Dandelion Wine For my 13th birthday my grandmother bought me a Ray Bradbury book. Dandelion Wine. Ironically I already had…
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April 14, 2024
Ami Alex: Busking Her Way to Success

Under The Radar Series by Jeremy Ritch One thing that annoys me is the attitude amongst many Gen Xers that there is no good new music anymore. The fact is not only is there great new music, every year, but there is a lot of fantastic artists flying under the radar still. Some of my…
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March 25, 2024
Reagan’s Survival and Changing History

Is history changed in an instant? Does history take years to change? Is it frustrating and scary to change history? Yes. President Reagan’s Assassination Attempt On March 30th, 1981, I came home from school and turned on the TV. Instead of my favorite reruns, the news was on. A man named John Hinckley, Jr. shot…
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March 18, 2024
Reflections Lost and the Missing Nightline Telegram

Is breaking news broken? Were telegrams more powerful than the instant communication we have now? Is there room for reflection? Maybe, yep, and I hope so. Iran Hostage Crisis Births Nightline On November 4th of 1979 fifty-three American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student…
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March 13, 2024
I Want My MTV to be Less Racist

Did MTV forever change how we consume music? Was MTV responsible for positive social change? Was there a racism problem that needed to be addressed? Yes. The Good August 1st of 1981 a new television station would air on cable television. MTV entered pop culture playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” by synth New Wave…
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March 11, 2024
Women’s History Month Made in the 80’s

Could women’s history exist in the decade of decadence? In the midst of the decade of Reagan could women’s issues advance? Does this matter today? Yes. The 1970’s In our Cyndi Lauper article, I said the following about being a woman in the 1970’s. “According to an article in Ms Magazine in 2013 there were many things…
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March 4, 2024
Launching Now! Gen X Magazine is Here!

The First Issue of Gen X Watch’s Quarterly Magazine is Live and it is totally awesome! What’s Inside the First Issue? Feature Story! Cyndi Lauper Movie Review! Benny and Joon Then and Now! Gay edition (Then we thought gay jokes were okay, now we know better) Album Review! When the Rain Drops by Shiny to…
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February 22, 2024