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This monthly podcast looks back at the pop culture of Generation X, from an African-American perspective.

Dec 1, 2018

Topics: Black History Month, Chaka Khan, Car Wash (film), What's Happening! (TV). (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)

 

1976
 
1.    Snap Shots
 
2.    General News
 
3.    Gerald Ford is President
 
4.    Apr - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
 
5.    Jul - In New York City, the "Son of...


Nov 3, 2018

Topics: Urban Literature, Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim, Natalie Cole, Richard Pryor, Cooley High, The Jeffersons. (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)
 
1975
 
A. General News
 
B. Gerald Ford is President
 
C. Apr - Vietnam War: The Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon, resulting in...


Oct 1, 2018

Topics: Black Women vis-a-vis White Women in the feminist community, Funk Music, Claudine (film), Good Times (TV show). (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)

 

1974

 

...fyi "Claudine" is free on Youtube: https://youtu.be/tJUiV9Pnwps

 

  1. General News

 

  1. Richard Nixon STILL President. but not for long.

 

  1. Vietnam War:...


Sep 1, 2018

Topics: Dj Kool Herc, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Pam Grier, The Mack, & George Jefferson. (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)

 

1.    Snapshots
 
2.    General News
 
3.    Richard Nixon STILL President.
 
4.    Vietnam War: year 18 of 19
 
5.    The Paris Peace Accords, signed on January 27, 1973, effectively removed the...


Aug 2, 2018

Topics: Shirley Anita Chisholm, H. Rap Brown, Diana Ross, Al Green, Superfly, Sanford & Son, & Fat Albert. (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)

 

1.    1972 - A Transitional Year, New Directions, Politics and Pimpin
 
2.    News snapshots
 
3.    Nixon wins reelection
 
4.    Watergate: 5 dudes arrested for breaking into the...