The GenX Show

Kicking off Kids Movies that Scared Us month, Jeff sits down with TV Writer (Netflix Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and movie short director Joshua Conkel to talk about the Jim Henson cult 1982 masterpiece The Dark Crystal. Jeff and Josh talk about the fascinating pre-production of the movie and how it went through some changes before it hit the big screen. What scared us the most? And in a brand...

Jeff takes you on a journey through the extremely dark underbelly of America's rural farms and sees Christopher Walken and Sean Penn in At Close Range (1986). A brutal, extremely dark yet eerily melancholy movie about family, crime and having a sadistic yet charming father/crime boss. This movie contains potentially Walken's best performance and Penn is at his early years peak. Also, this movie is...

Twitch streamer and former Youtube Let's Player Helloween4545 joined Jeff to talk about one of the most sneakily influential video games of the 2000's, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. Along the way they talk about Bloodborne, Amnesia, Lets Playing and the Silent Hill games. Always a great conversation with a great friend. Enjoy the show!

Sit back and listen to Jeff as he has a couple glasses of Pinot and waxes nostalgic about Classic Rock Radio and how it fundamentaliy influenced the music of and listening habits of Generation X. Without Classic Rock Radio there's no Grunge, No Gangsta Rap, No Techno, No Country. The influence of Gen X listening to our parents music produced what you heard in the 90's. Jeff talks about it all. Enj...

Two titans of rock music, Jeff Beck and David Crosby died within 10 days of each other in January 2023. On the latest GenX Show Jeff and Magnus talk about the legacy of Jeff Beck and what being a musician's musician means. They also talk about his legacy as an iconoclastic instrumental music player and why he could never seem to keep a band around him. Lastly the boys mention the death of David Cr...

This week, John Carpenter's Starman (1984) is discussed in a new occasional series called "Old Guy makes Young Guy watch an old movie". This episode Trey Mitchell from Mile High Cinema joins Jeff to talk about Carpenter's SciFi Romance classic starring Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen and Charles Martin Smith. Along the way they discuss Jeff's sentimental attatchment to this movie, the complicated histor...

Jeff's friend, actress and all around lovely person Lala Sloatman joined the GenX Show to talk about her daughter, life, and how being a parent changed her perspective on things. Along the way they talk about Tang, Tab and Crystal Pepsi. All in all a great talk with a wonderful human being. Enjoy the show!

Happy 2023! Jeff re-emerges in January to talk about Stranger Things Noah Schapp coming out as Gay in the most Gen Z way. This is likely why his van scene in episode 8 of season 4 of Stranger Things was so damn convincing right? Also Jeff gives a teaser of what is to come in 2023 for The GenX Show. Exciting stuff coming down the pike. Enjoy this brief episode!

Jeff and Magnus team up to talk about the 1984 Christmas slasher classic...Silent Night Deadly Night from 1984. Is the controversy this movie engendered legit, or was it just angst about the anti-catholic sentiment in the movie? Jeff and Magnus do a deep dive and give their theories. Also, the VHS boom of the mid 1980's allowed those who wanted to see these movies access in a unique time that has...

Have big franchises drowned out the small movie "buzz" that used to exist? On the latest GenX Show Jeff talks about how Marvel/Disney drowned out the smaller more personal movies with their machinery and how Film Festivals can be the savior of the independent film. Enjoy the show!

Schwing! How a movie that evolved from a skit on Saturday Night Live became the defining movie of the early 1990's. Jeff talks about Wayne's World and its impact on both society and music in the latest GenX Show

With Album's such as Nevermind, Achtung Baby, Out of Time, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, Gish and more 1991 and 1992 proved to be the last massive creative burst from "rock" music. A time when you could unashamedly have long hear and wear flannels with shorts and no one would make fun of you. On the latest GenX Show Jeff talks about those seminal two years. Enjoy the show!

Do you remember The Mall? Of course you do. Even if you're a Gen Z kid you know about the mall from Stranger Things. In the latest GenX Show Jeff talks about the Mall ... how we hung out with each other under the banner of crass commercialism and created a unique experience that will probably never be replicated. Hey, ho Lets go to the mall!

On the final episode of Spooky Month 2022 Jeff talks about Hellbound: Hellraiser 2. The last great Hellraiser movie and Jeff argues where things should have ended. Along the way Jeff talks about Clive Barker, director Tony Randel, practical effects and how this movie isn't the best in the series but it IS his favorite. Enjoy the show!

Hollywood actress and all around awesome person Lala Sloatman joins Jeff to talk about her role in the movie Watchers from 1988. Along the way they talk about her acting career, horror movies and songs that were written about her by Chris Robinson. Amazing podcast. Enjoy the show!

On episode two of spooky month on The GenX Show Jeff takes this solo as we talks about the slasher era of horror films and why both eras died out. It's not for the reasons that you think. Also Jeff talks about why gays such as himself love the horror genre so much. Enjoy the show!

Producer extraordinaire (In the Mouth of Madness, Vampires) Sandy King Carpenter joins Jeff to talk about her career as a producer, what it means to produce, and her line of comics with her husband director John Carpenter. Additionally Sandy teases some new projects she is working on. What a thrill to talk to a legend. Enjoy the show!

The GenX Show: The Podcast that wont be IGNORED! Yes folks, Jeff talks about that weird and very horny period in American blockbuster movies where Michael Douglas could be a weirdly sympathetic dirtbag and blonde women were objectified. Truly a time to be beheld. Jeff talks about the male gaze and how by the end boomer yuppies just didn't want to see those movies anymore. Enjoy the show!

Director of the movie Children of Sin (streaming on Tubi) and podcaster Christopher Wesley Moore joins Jeff to talk about his latest film, making movies and go in depth on the Vincent Price Shakespearean camp classic Theatre of Blood! Check out Chris's podcast Homos on Haunted Hill wherever you get podcasts

Jeff's friend Jon-Michael DeShazer returns to the GenX Show to talk about the decay in popular music in the late 90's and how it tied into the corporatization of radio stations. Also JM talks about his recent trip to England. Enjoy the show!

On this mini-GenX Show Jeff talks about the movie The Return of the Living Dead, Dan O'Bannon and the legacy of comedic horror nihilism of the mid 1980's. What is the lasting impact of this brain eating horror/comedy? Enjoy the show!

CSG Politics on the GenX Show! This episode Pat and Jeff talk about the Biden Successes since mid July and what that means. Also talk about the Trump warrant on Mar A lago and what that means ... and additionally what the hell is going on in Colorado's crazy third district. Enjoy the show!

YouTube react channel extraordinaire Nick from Nicksaysboo joins Jeff Morton to talk about the movie Velvet Buzzsaw and the concept of art for art's sake. Was the movie a reflection of our obsession with hype in society or was it a brutal takedown of the art business. Also, the concept of "haunted artwork" and the real-life story of Henry Darger whom this story takes much inspiration from. Enjoy t...

Jeff's friend Austin Coury joins him to talk about playing baseball as a gay man, living in New York, and what we need to address for more affordable housing in the US. Enjoy the show!

Jon Ekstrom from Jon of All Trades Podcast joins Jeff to talk about podcasting and more importantly, how to "listen". Excellent exploration and how to on the podcasting game. Also Jeff succeeds in dragging Jon into "old man talk" as the guys talk about buying music in the 90's and playing 8 tracks in their buddy's Cordoba. Enjoy the show!