Generation Excellent

Helping men survive the mosh pit of midlife.

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Last night in Chicago, the Smashing Pumpkins brought out Greg Brady to sing “It’s a Sunshine Day” while Flavor Flav head-banged from the audience. This may be the most Gen X thing ever assembled on one stage.

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Growing older means discovering that the only thing still smashing itself like the cover of London Calling is your sciatic nerve.

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Caddyshack came out 46 years ago today. And every year, I’m becoming more and more like Judge Elihu Smails.

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Looking for something to watch tonight? May we recommend 1977’s Viva Knievel!? It lets you relive the stuntman fantasies of your youth while watching Evel Knievel attempt his most dangerous feat: acting.

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RIP Jennifer Finch, bassist for L7 and one of the architects of ’90s alternative rock. Fuck cancer.

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Find someone who believes in you the way Jack Nicholson believed the Bulls deserved the finger.

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They should just rename it Colon Cleanse Cantina. Or maybe Baja Blast Radius.

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The air quality in much of the Midwest today has officially entered “made-for-TV nuclear apocalypse” territory.

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Every Sunday night, Dave Kendall handed Gen X a map to bands nobody else was playing. Rest easy, Dave.

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I'd rather argue with the guy behind the counter about whether Guided by Voices belongs in indie or alternative than answer one more Teams notification.

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Every celebrity death now comes with a complimentary existential age check.

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A public service announcement from the 80s. The more you know…

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The most important lesson Gen-X learned as kids was how to get people to LEAVE US ALONE!

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Make it make sense.

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It's true. Robert Shaw was 47 when Jaws came out. The Quint character today would've been born in 1979.

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I said what I said.

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A Gen-X analog summer just hit differently.

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The hardest part of packing for a summer vacation is deciding which KOOL merch to bring.

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Gen-Xer Ed Norton, seen here talking to himself at the FIFA World Cup.

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Happy Father’s Day. A gentle reminder that all work and no play makes Daddy turn family vacation into a hotel incident.