Saturday, April 18, 2026

GenX: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Hey Dude, an old flyer for a show I did back in my NoHo Arts District days, leads to a serious questioning about whether GenX is really my generation.

QUOTE: "[To a] person born in 1980. Hey, what did you think of the 70s?"

AUDIO LINK

CAST: Ming Ming, R2-D2, Ken Dougherty, Dan Klass, David Letterman, Spalding Gray, Brother Theodore, Elayne Boosler

LOCATIONS: NoHo Arts District, SoHo, Performance Garage, New York City, Hollywood, North Hollywood, North Hollywood High School,

PROPS: GenX Singles, Late Night with David Letterman, Star Wars, Star Wars Generation, True Detective, Pulp Fiction, Story Salon, Swimming to Cambodia, Karaoke

SOUNDS: crows, footsteps, gravel Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), birds, planes, wind

PHOTO: "Lance Sex Flyer" shot with my iPhone XS

RECORDED: April 18, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 22:31

FILE SIZE: ~ 20 MB

GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional

HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.