Tag: Generation X
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I Just Hate When I’m Reminded Of My Bad Perms From The ’80s
“It’s a universal truth that calories do not count on birthdays, holidays, Sundays, and bad hair days.” someecards
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As We Age I Think We Should Be Called Vintage Or Classic, Not Old
“Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.” Chili Davis
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“Disco Duck”
Dancing immediately came to mind when I first looked at this photo with thoughts of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, John Travolta, Kevin Bacon and Michael Jackson. Instead of all of these great options, blame it on a middle age flashback that a song I probably haven’t heard since the 70s, Disco Duck, was chosen.
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Try As We Might, We Cannot Stop The Hands Of Time
As we slowly wind down another year, thoughts can turn to the quick passage of time, trying to remember if you achieved any of your New Year’s resolutions, reminiscing over the year’s event or sadness at the passing of another year. After a feverish week with a cold and having flashbacks to 1979 after catching…
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35 Years of Enjoying AC/DC’s Back in Black Album
Earlier this week my husband and I had the chance to see one of my favorite groups, the Australian rock band AC/DC, when their Rock or Bust World Tour made a stop at Ford Field in Detroit. The last time I saw AC/DC live was in 1988 for the Blow Up Your Video Tour at…
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Rockin’ with Def Leppard and Flashbacks from the 1980s
(Photos by A Curious Introvert Except for Album Artwork) On a scorching hot night at DTE Music Theater one of my favorite heavy metal/hard rock bands from the 1980s, Def Leppard (Lead Singer Joe Elliott, Drummer Rick Allen, Guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell and Bass Guitarist Rick Savage), rocked to a sold-out crowd of…
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Rockin’ with The Rolling Stones and Baby Boomers
(Photos by A Curious Introvert/Videos from youtube) What an amazing night watching The Rolling Stones perform in Detroit at Comerica Park during the 2015 Zip Code tour and Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts kept a sold-out crowd, consisting of mainly baby boomer fans, on their feet from the first beat until…
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While We’re Young Movie Review
Full Disclosure: The following review is written by a member of Generation X and may contain snarky, cynical comments. While We’re Young tells the story of a middle-aged Generation X married couple, Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia (Naomi Watts), experiencing mid-life boredom with their friends with children, their careers and relationship and the friendship and…
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Musings about the 1980’s and Generation X
Generation X – “From everything we know about them, they’re savvy, skeptical and self-reliant; they’re not into preening or pampering, and they just might not give much of a hoot what others think of them or whether others think of them at all.” (pewresearch.org – Paul Taylor and George Gao) Once the 2015 NCAA March…
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