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Backtrack: Oingo Boingo & Danny Elfman

About This Episode Oingo Boingo. If you’re a GenX’er, that name probably brings up memories of Dead Man’s Party in Back to School or the title track for Weird Science. The band, with frontman Danny Elfman, made an ’80s sound that was fun, different, and decidedly cool. We take a look back on Oingo Boingo, […]

Jon

March 5, 2020

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WarGames

About This Episode In 1983, whiz kid David Lightman found a digital back door into a military computer system. Thinking he was playing a computer game, he instead triggers a sequence of events that nearly triggers World War III. In this Backtrack, we remember and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the GenX classic, WarGames! Discord […]

Mo

June 8, 2023

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Dynamite, THE GenX Magazine | Brought To You By Generation X

Dynamite magazine was THE magazine of any young GenX’er who had an interest in movies, TV, toys, tech, games, or pop culture. Published from the mid-’70s through the early ’90s, Dynamite was the best thing to arrive in my mailbox all month! #genxgrownup #dynamite #scholastic Get Dynamite » amzn.to/31J5TXs Read Dynamite » bit.ly/2Y5CSTM Subscribe » […]

Jon

June 21, 2019

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GXG Goes Upside Down & Reacts to Stranger Things 2, MADMAX

Jon, Mo, & George assembled to watch and discuss Stranger Things 2: Chapter One. They guys talk spoilers, possibilities, and then turn everything upside down when they return to Hawkins, Indiana to visit Will, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Eleven, Nancy, Chief Hopper, Joyce, and the whole gang. ** SPOILER ALERT ** Open discussion of the first […]

Jon

November 4, 2017

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Space Force, Rebel Galaxy, & Canon EOS M50

  About This Episode In this episode, we discuss a new post-apocalyptic dystopian TV series where all of humanity lives on a train, check out a mid-range mirror-less DSLR camera that packs a lot of bang for the buck, and play an action game where you are a super-powered luchador battling with forces from the […]

Jon

June 4, 2020

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John Hughes Films: Road Trip Edition

About This Episode John Hughes was behind some of the most successful and beloved films of the ’80s and ’90s: too many, in fact, to be contained in a single show. So in this episode, we’re looking back at four Hughes films that take place during a road trip! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Discord » GenXGrownUp.com/discord […]

Mo

May 13, 2021

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