My Madaonna Wannabe Days One thing I don't admit to very often is that I have always been a huge Madonna fan. I fell in love with her music after hearing Borderline on the radio in February 1984. I was living in Northeast Oklahoma at the time and crossing the border...
Walkman made its way to American shores in June 1980. Happy Anniversary, Walkman. For an excellent essay on 80s music, aging and lies, check out Ted Anthony's latest article on Medium, We Did Not, In Fact, Build This City on Rock and Roll: Aging, death and the lies of...
I'm in the process of haggling with a collector over a 35mm slide I want to purchase. It features a rare product used by Gen-Xers born between 1966-1974 and I want to add it to add to my collection of vernacular pictures of Generation X. The seller wants $9.99 for it...
Southern Baptist Girls’ Auxiliary Organization The Southern Baptist Church (SBC) Girls’ Auxiliary Organization began in 1913 or 1914. It was designed for school-aged girls and originally called the Sunbeam Societies or Sunbeams. In the 1970s, the organization was...
Guest Post by Chloe Koffas The following blog post is from regular contribute Chloe Koffas. It first appeared on her blog, Light From A Pixel. Republished with permission from the author. Rainbow Connection For a short time, I lived in a small town in New Mexico...
1980s Scrapbook Today’s Daily Photo is a page from my 1980s scrapbook. It features church ribbons from the 80s and field day ribbons from the 1970s. The church ribbons belonged to my mother. She let me have them when I put the scrapbook together all those many years...
A big comb sticking out of your back pocket is one of the great cultural icons of Generation X. Transport yourself back to the early 1980s and the local roller rink, and you'd surely witness a sea of feathered hair and lots of colorful Ace and Goody combs. As an...
...Those drifters days are past me now I've got so much more to think about Deadlines and commitments What to leave in, what to leave out Against the wind I'm still runnin against the wind I'm older now but still runnin against the wind Bob Seeger, Against the Wind,...
Listen up and I'll tell a story About an artist growing old Some would try for fame and glory Others aren't so bold Daniel Johnston's 1982 song, Story Of An Artist, is featured in a new commercial for Apple's Mac. Johnston is an old Gen-Xer who use to pass out...
Stranger Things stars Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, and Dacre Montgomery review some of the most popular fads from the 80s in the following video. They take a look at Cabbage Patch Kids, Transformers, Walkmen and the Atari 2600 among other things. Are you a fan of Stranger...
Over the years, I've discovered some fabulous online photo archives. Among my favorites are those that feature scanned images from the last four decades of the 20th Century. I especially love the ones filled with high-quality images of Gen-X. Great pictures of...
Look at all the beautiful, young Gen X girls with their feathered hair, tanned skin and designer jeans. This picture was taken in the early 1980s at the Sunshine Skateway roller rink in South Florida. The adorable blonde-haired boy in the picture is the administrator...