Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books: Scaring and thrilling a generation of kids

John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)

Hello Hello and welcome to the GenX Show. Jeff and his guest Jon Ekstrom from the Off the Clock podcast are talking about the last John Carpenter movie to make money in his career. The semi controversial Vampires from 1998 starring the icky James Woods. What do we think 27 years later? Does it hold up? Does it give you mahogany? These are the questions.

HP Lovecraft: The most influential and most problematic Sci Fic Horror writer of the 20th century

On the latest GenX Show, Jeff talks about the man HP Lovecraft and if it is possible to separate the art from the artist. Does a writer's personal views outweigh his influence. Jeff argues that the author's literary ideas are better than his actual writing and the people who came after made the legend what it is

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books: Scaring and thrilling a generation of kids

On the latest GenX Show Jeff talks about the legendary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books. How the illustrations by Stephen Gammell shaped a whole way of thinking and appreciating being scared by a whole generation of kids. How Alan Schwartz's compilation of stories were indelible to latchkey kids.

Rest in Peace, mom: How focusing on what makes us healed a relationship

On the latest GenX Show Jeff speaks about his mother passing away last week and how a tragedy from 20 years ago forced Jeff to think about the good in his relationship with is mom. What united them. How my mother's love of music shaped who he became.

Buying cassette tapes at your local mall Sam Goody or Musicland

On the latest GenX Show Jeff takes you down memory lane talking about the Sam Goody and Musiclands of the Malls in the 1980's and 90's. Buying cassette tapes and listening to all the music possible. Also Jeff goes over how the decline of malls directly affected both stores and tangentially impacted the way we consume music even now.