About This Episode As a GenX’er I still remember the thrill of buying a new record album, running home and carefully opening the record, putting it on the turntable, then listening to the entire album while looking through the album cover for behind-the-scenes pictures and lyrics. I’m not saying that this is better than CDs… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: GenX Music Platforms
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GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Bulletin Board Systems
About This Episode There was once a time when it took hours to download a file, when you had to find out from friends and magazines the numbers to the best… well.. let’s call them “sites,” and when your home phone (no mobile back then) was the same line that you used to access remote… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Bulletin Board Systems
GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Celebrity Charity Events
About This Episode Back in the 80’s Bob Geldof, a singer and activist, started Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Whether it was intentional or not, that started a wave of celebrity activism which raised millions for various causes and created a few number one music hits as well. In this… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Celebrity Charity Events
GenXGrownUp Backtrack: GenX Kids’ Books
I didn’t ask for much as a kid but the exception was when the Scholastic Book Fair was coming to my school! They had so many books that it was difficult to choose! Many of us developed our love for reading back then, so join us as we look back at some of the book… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: GenX Kids’ Books
GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Radio Shack
“Breaker, breaker 1-9, I just eyeballed a bear trap with a bunch of Evel Knievels about 10 miles past the coop. So if you don’t want a bear bite back it down.” Huh? That was just some CB talk in honor of this week’s Backtrack Topic all about Radio Shack! Any GenX’er who was into… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Radio Shack
GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Collectible Cards
Before Magic the Gathering and Pokemon cards, we used to collects cards for no reason other than to have them. We had shoe boxes full of baseball cards and our binders were covered with Wacky Packs and Garbage Pail Kids stickers. In this episode we talk about our experiences with collectable cards growing up and… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Collectible Cards
GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Playing Outside
One, two, three…. NOT IT! How many times have you started an exhausting game of tag with those words? In this week’s GenXGrownUp Backtrack we remember playing outside. Sometimes because we wanted to and sometimes because our parents banned us from the house! We talk about playing in the dirt, playing alone and other uses… Continue reading GenXGrownUp Backtrack: Playing Outside