Tag: GenX

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
St Patrick’s Day and the Music of Revolution

By Jeremy Ritch My official title with Gen X Watch is culture and music editor. So that is my focus, of course, but in those areas, the often-uncomfortable space of social and politics collide. With St. Patrick’s Day being upon us, I wanted to write about such a collision as an activist and a person…
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March 17, 2024
Dolores O’Riordan and the Need to Survive

Raise a glass to former lead singer of The Cranberries, Dolores O’Riordan this St Patrick’s Day! In the article is an award winning photograph I did with a model shortly after Dolores’ passing and remains one of my best selling pieces at art shows I present at. It was a labor of love and honor…
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March 16, 2024
Debbie Harry and the Value of Blondie’s Deal

Is Debbie Harry a fierce inspiration to women, fashion, and music? Was her road hard? Do even the strongest and smartest women fall prey to predators to make dreams comes true because there is no other path? Would a young man with a camera make the right choice? In the matter of Debbie Harry, a…
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March 15, 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
Justin Case You Need to Read Great Books

Can a struggling PI find his missing girlfriend and Africa? Will aliens, time travel, multiverses and the pyramids of Giza all be part of the adventure? And are ghosts more than what we think them to be? In the case files of Justin Case by author Scott Edwards, the answer is yes. Sunday Showcase: A…
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March 10, 2024
Siouxsie Sioux and the Unrelenting Banshee Challenge a Creature

Can one artist inspire more artists than most? Is trailblazer an understatement? And can her challenging of convention inspire a Banshee at a record store to confront a young man before he becomes a monstrous creature? If we are talking about Siouxsie Sioux and one of her fans, the answer is yes. Siouxsie Sioux Breaks…
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March 8, 2024
Musical Discovery and the Crime of Gatekeeping

By Jeremy Ritch I’m a later Gen Xer born in 1975, but it still is my generation. For years the later members of this generation tended to feel just as much a part as the older members. That changed a bit when the much larger and closer to my age Millennial generation came to be…
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March 7, 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