Generation X Offender
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Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Welcome to the all new GXO! The ALL NEW Podcast! Same host. Same show. Different name.
The GXO - Generation X Offender
Market research has shown that most folks perceive our show to be a podcast about fashion. Clothing. Fashion trends. Runway models and cover shoots which we clearly are not.
Hence...
The ReBrand!
We're still all about the music
We're still all about the history
We're still all about the stories
We're still all about the rock n roll
Just with a new name
We sincerely hope you still wanna stick around...
The GXO - Generation X Offender
Music Art And Commentary.
Episode One of the newly minted GXO finds us digging into the roots of who we are, where we're headed and how long it's gonna take us to get there.
We sure hope you wanna stick around for the ride, it's gonna be a trip!
OPENING TRACKS: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/also-sprach-zarathustra-op-30-i-einleitung-oder-sonnenaufgang/725465549?i=725467446 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Opus 30, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, a tone poem by German composer Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical work of the same name. The initial fanfare, titled "Sunrise" in the composer's programme notes, became well known after its use in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Thin Ice https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-thin-ice/1065975633?i=1065975635 taken from Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall
Another Brick In The Wall, Pt 1 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/another-brick-in-the-wall-pt-1/1065975633?i=1065975636 taken from Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall
Waking The Witch https://music.apple.com/ca/album/waking-the-witch-2018-remaster/1675560565?i=1675561168 taken from Kate Bush's 1985 album The Hounds Of Love
CLOSING TRACK: New Coat Of Paint https://music.apple.com/ca/album/new-coat-of-paint/1485071401?i=1485071402 taken from Tom Waits' 1974 sophomore album The Heart Of Saturday Night
As promised, the link to Bronny's ink: www.bironsideart.com
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Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
This week's episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas is an open letter of love to Diane Keaton who passed over into the ether of the unknown this past week...
Comedic genius, actor extraordinaire, Academy Award Winner (Best Actress 1977 Annie Hall),
Academy Award Nominee (Best Actress 1981 Reds, Best Actress 1996 Marvin's Room, Best Actress 2003 Something's Gotta Give)
Writer, Director, Producer, Photographer, Singer, Activist, Huffington Post contributor, Realtor, Renovator, Mother. Beauty...
Avidly opposed to cosmetic surgery, Keaton was quoted in 2004 as saying, "I'm stuck in this idea that I need to be authentic, My face needs to look the way I feel."
Portions of this episode let Keaton's work speak for itself, as heard from films
Annie Hall 1977
Manhattan 1979
Interiors 1978
Also in this episode we pay homage to our favorite Bronx born, New Yorker, Kiss member, lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter extraordinaire Ace Frehley who followed through Keaton's footsteps into heaven this past week...
All of this AND MORE! in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas where we find ourselves, just like old times, back in a New York groove and made for loving you!
OPENING TRACK: Annie Ross's original recording of her 1952 vocalese composition Twisted based on an original composition of the same name written and recorded in 1949 by American bebop tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray. https://music.apple.com/ca/album/twisted-remastered/889725994?i=889726241 Woody Allen opened his 1997 film Deconstructing Harry with this exact same Annie Ross original recording of the song. Over the years, both as a member of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and also as a solo artist, Annie Ross would go on to record countless versions of this song but none ever matched the urgency, depth and power of her original recording heard here as well as Allen's film.
CLOSING TRACK: American bebop tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray and his original 1949 New Jazz Record Company recording of his composition Twisted https://music.apple.com/ca/album/twisted-11-11-49/305738553?i=305739465 accompanied by Al Haig piano, Tommy Potter bass and Roy Haynes drums, reinterpreted three years later in a vocalese variation by singer Annie Ross in 1952 and once again 22 years later by Joni Mitchell on her 1974 album Court And Spark.
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Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
To all of our listeners we would like to wish each and every one of you a healthy, happy, safe and joyful Thanksgiving, regardless of whether you celebrate the harvest feast of gratitude in October or November.
We here at Rock N Roll Fashionistas have much to be grateful for...
First and foremost we are GRATEFUL for YOU! Yes, YOU! Thank you for listening. Without you there would be no point in doing this at all.
We would also like to thank Ray Davies, whose powerful music we have used in this show to help punctuate the season.
As far as we can tell, Ray has not licensed either album we have taken our OPENING and CLOSING songs from for distribution. At present there is no way to stream or purchase either one of his albums Other People's Lives (2006) or Working Man's Café (2007).
We tried unsuccessfully to identify an official website for Ray in order to contact his organization directly to inquire as to how it is possible to purchase either one of these albums at this time.
OPENING TRACK: Morphine Song taken from Ray Davies' 2007 album Working Man's Cafe, originally released on Sir Richard Branson's record label V2 Records
CLOSING TRACK: Thanksgiving Day taken from Ray Davies' 2006 album Other People's Lives originally released on Sir Richard Branson's record label V2 Records
At present, the Ray Davies albums that are currently available to stream and/or purchase were both originally released by Legacy Records (a division of Sony Music). At present their ownership is credited to Ray Davies (Entertainments) Limited
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Click link to listen to MistyK The DJ's fabulously entertaining and informative audio music doc on George Martin's Air Studios on the island Montserrat www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/
"To each and every one...
A Happy Thanksgiving! GB"
- Unimportant
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
NEWS FLASH!!!
Beatles' George Martin Recording Studio DESTROYED By Volcano!
LATE WEEK BONUS EPISODE DROP
Join us once again in welcoming a true master at work MistyK The DJ in the latest installment of Rock Talk With MistyK The DJ
Did you know that following the break up of The Beatles, their producer and 5th Beatle Sir George Martin, looking for work and new challenges on the horizon, opened up his first of three Air Studios, one of which is still operating to this very day?
What you may not have known is that Martin's most recent incarnation of his state of the art Air Studios chain of recording studios was built under an, up until then, long dormant volcano in the next best thing you can imagine to a deserted tropical paradise, the tiny island of Montserrat.
Just 10 miles long and 7 miles wide, Montserrat has roughly 25 miles of coastline and within that tiny patch of heaven on earth emerged some of the most artistically and commercially successful albums of the 1980's...
Until...
The frickin' VOLCANO ERPUTED!!!
And then...
THE HURRICANE!!
Join us as we pick MistyK The DJs brain for all the Who, What, Where, Why and Whens of the tragedy that followed in the wake of not one but...
TWO NATURAL DISASTERS!!
to befall the people of Montserrat and the not so little idyllic recording studio that could!
All this AND MORE!
...in this special BONUS mid week Episode drop of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024
OPENING TRACK: Full length album version of Money For Nothing https://music.apple.com/ca/album/money-for-nothing-remastered-1996/1565391787?i=1565391810 taken from Dire Straits' Brothers In Arms record recorded at George Martin's Air Studios on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat. Following its release the album went on to sell over 30 million copies globally and was the very first CD ever to sell over a million copies.
CLOSING TRACK: Where Have All The Good Times Gone https://music.apple.com/ca/album/where-have-all-the-good-times-gone/1440758220?i=1440759167taken from Sir Elton John's album Jump Up, the first of three albums Sir Elton recorded at Sir George Martin's Air Studios on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat. The 1982 album is also noteworthy for containing the heart breaking bittersweet balled of John Lennon and his murder in 1980 Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
Click link below to listen to MistyK The DJ's UPCOMING audio music doc on George Martin's Air Studios on the island Montserrat (release date tbd - just keep checking till it drops!)
www.mixcloud.com/Redgirl77/
For further groovy cool info on this ridiculously interesting story be sure to listen to the always WONDERFULLY INFORMATIVE AND FUN The Imbalanced History Of Rock And Roll podcast and their episode:
ISLAND MUSIC: The History Of AIR Studios Montserrat with Brian Sallerson https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PzUTfUqkEQe0eG5NP8WS3?si=RaZl-xqURJm_nDQZLOH6DQ
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Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
What came before Elvis?
Legendary delta bluesman Robert Johnson, after allegedly selling his soul to the Devil for fame and fortune down at the Crossroads
Does that make rock n roll the Devil's music?
And if so...
Can rock n roll coexist with Gospel music?
And if so...
Did rock n roll and Gospel music coexist within...
Elvis Presley?
Sam Cooke?
Ray Charles?
Join us as we dive head first into the healing waters of rock n roll along with visionary maximalist filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and his revelatory 2022 motion picture masterpiece Elvis
All of this AND MORE...
In the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024.
OPENING TRACK: Fly Away Weave https://music.apple.com/ca/album/fly-away-weave/1675583175?i=1675583298 taken from the digital exclusive Deluxe Edition complete 52 track Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's award winning 2022 film Elvis featuring the late Shonka Dukureh (1977-2022) who portrayed Big Mama Thornton, Lenesha Randolph, Elliott Wheeler, the Nashville Urban Choir, Shannon Sanders, Gary Clark Jr and Austin Butler as Elvis Presley
CLOSING TRACK: Toxic Las Vegas (Jamieson Shaw Remix) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/toxic-las-vegas-jamieson-shaw-remix-from-the-original/1675583175?i=1675583418 taken from the digital exclusive Deluxe Edition complete 52 track Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's award winning 2022 film Elvis featuring Elvis Presley with excerpts from his 1964 hit single Viva Las Vegas and Britney Spears with excerpts from her 2003 hit single Toxic off her fourth album In The Zone
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Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Join us this week as we chase the answer to the burning question:
"Why should Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame?"
Because she's possibly related to Canadian singer-songwriter Murray McLauchlan? NOPE
Because she was born and raised in Canada's Seattle east, otherwise know as Halifax, Nova Scotia, music city? NOPE
Because she's a recipient of the Order Of Canada? NOPE
Because she's sold over 40 million albums worldwide? NOPE
Because she's a recipient of the Order of British Columbia? NOPE
Because she's been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame? NOPE
Because she's been nominated for a total of 39 Grammy & Juno Awards? NOPE
Because she's won 12 Juno Awards? NOPE
Because she's won 3 Grammy Awards? NOPE
Because she helped raise over 10 Million dollars for charity? (ok, so now you're getting warm)
Join us as we give you the low down on this week's MUST SEE music doc,
guaranteed to simultaneously titillate, entertain AND inform OR YOUR MONEY BACK! Guaranteed!
In dire need of a joyful, happy ending? Need to hear something inspiring and transformative? Something positive for a change? A real "be the change you want to see in the world" story?
Look no further than this week's show...
All of this AND MORE in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024.
OPENING TRACK: The Sea (live at Lilith Fair) by the Skye Edwards led British Trip Hop band Morcheeba from the 1999 live album Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women In Music, Vol. 2 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/the-sea-live/105193517?i=105192877
CLOSING TRACK: Deeper Well (live at Lilith Fair) by Americana country roots Rock N Roll matriarch Emmylou Harris from the 1999 live album Best Of Lilith Fair 1997 to 1999 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/deeper-well-live/374999407?i=374999438
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Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Due to breaking news concerning the fate of Northern Ireland, Belfast based rap group Kneecap and their battle with the Canadian government who have barred them from entering the country to perform four October 2025 concerts in Toronto and Vancouver, Rock N Roll Fashionistas has convened for an EMERGENCY unscheduled podcast.
DON'T
BELIEVE
THE HYPE
Regrettably, unfolding events have necessitated we gather 'round the microphone and reluctantly acknowledge the elephant in the room these past two years since October 7, 2023.
WARNING: this podcast contains serious issues over and above the usual music ground we cover, issues with dire consequences. Listener discretion is advised.
OPENING TRACK: Our very favorite rap song of all time, "Famine" by Sinead O'Connor from her fourth studio album Universal Mother https://music.apple.com/ca/album/famine/1629177387?i=1629177610
CLOSING TRACKS: both tracks from Kneecap's second studio album, Fine Art released June 14, 2024. In order of appearance: "Interlude: Making Headlines https://music.apple.com/ca/album/interlude-making-headlines/1727141293?i=1727141614 and "Parful" https://music.apple.com/ca/album/parful/1727141293?i=1727142729
If you feel the Canadian government has no place in the concert halls of the nation, if you feel the Canadian government has no place telling you want concerts you can and what concerts you cannot see, you may want to consider signing the British Columbia Civil Liberties petition to Reverse The Kneecap Travel Ban. Click link below for more information:
https://bccla.org/2025/09/reverse-kneecap-travel-ban/
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Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Art for arts sake?Join us for this week’s Rock N Roll Fashionistas music podcast as we tackle Art Rock vs Orchestral Pop.What is it and where does it come from?1990s The Divine Comedy face off in an epic genre defining battle of life and death against 1970s art rockers 10ccWho wins?And who’s left standing?All of this and MORE!…including William Burroughs cut up method of writing, much loved and oft used by David Bowie, when the muse leaves one high and dry and ye olde Sir Writers Block holds sway.Damn it all, who’s canceled now? Sex Pistols with Gallows' Frank Carter forced to the sidelines as Northern Ireland’s Kneecap get bogged down in their latest legal woes.Also…That time BBC DJ John Peel, who normally rated records on a scale of 1 to 5, gave a record 28 stars!Does pedigree apply to humans? And if so, what is Cat “The First Cut Is The Deepest” Stevens’?Is it Is It So or Izitso?Was Dog A Doughnut?Tune in to find out!All this AND MORE in the latest instalment of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024OPENING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sweden-2020-remaster/1533329893?i=1533330172"Sweden" from the 6th album by Neil Hannon's Northern Ireland pop band The Divine Comedy, Fin de Siecle ("End of the century") appropriately released near the end of the 20th century in 1998.
CLOSING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/une-nuit-a-paris-pt-1-the-same-night-in-paris-pt/1440924535?i=1440924543 "Une Nuit a Paris Parts 1, 2 & 3" by art rockers 10cc in 1975 from their 3rd studio album The Original Soundtrack. Allegedly Mercury Records signed the band for $1 million after hearing just one song, "I'm Not In Love". This would prove to be the band's second last album with the original line up before Godley & Creme left near the end of the following year to pursue their own musical interests. And direct award wining MTV rock videos in the 80s.
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Sunday Sep 07, 2025
Sunday Sep 07, 2025
In this week's episode we go down the proverbial rabbit hole in hot pursuit of Billy Strayhorn. And all that jazz.
Billy who?
12 O'clock tails.
Jazz.
And cocktails.
Along the way we encounter the unlikely California car salesman, born in 1919, who started Concord Jazz records.
And the most unlikely of all, thirtysomething Linda Ronstadt, through her chart topping #1 album from 1978, Living In The USA, revealing the secret, hidden treasure that lies within the pens of twentysomething tunesmiths Warren Zevon and Elvis.
Costello, that is.
Going further up river a mere five years more, Linda Ronstadt strikes GOLD again! with perhaps, the most unlikely discovery yet, Lush Life, the Great American Songbook and the young teenage Billy Strayhorn. Young. Gifted. Gay. And black.
Join us in our prelude to jazz as we reveal the hidden gem enigma spinning gold in the shadow of the Great Duke.
Duke Ellington, that is.
The Duke
The King
The Count
The Prince
all the Crown heads of state in music's Royalty!
All of this and MORE including introduction by American Academy Award Winning film composer and noted societal satirist "King Rand" Randy Newman.
America's GREAT gift to us all
Jazz.
And rock n roll!
All of this and MORE in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024
OPENING TRACK: Dayton, Ohio - 1903 from King Rand's groundbreaking 1972 album Sail Away, chosen for the fact that, in 1915, Dayton, Ohio was the birthplace of baby Billy Strayhorn https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dayton-ohio-1903/51963348?i=51963399
CLOSING TRACK: Strayhorn's teenage magnum opus, Lush Life, in the hands of jazz Masters, the two Johns, Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane (the Jimi Hendrix of jazz) from their self titled 1963 Impulse! Records jazz album John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lush-life/1440640282?i=1440640290
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Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Sunday Aug 31, 2025
"I didn't have to tell anybody what I was, I just was" - Jill Sobule/7th Grade
On October 12, 2022, Jill Sobule's award nominated, New York Times Critic's Pick autobiographical off Broadway musical F*ck 7th Grade made its world debut on the stage of the wild project theater in New York's East Village at 195 East 3rd Street.
Following numerous sold out extensions and remounts, Sobule announced on April 10th of this year, 2025, that the Original Cast Recording of her hit musical would be released in all formats during the Summer of 2025 on June 6th.
Three weeks later she was dead.
Join Jill and her band of "all girl rockers" The Secrets Of The Vatican with Nini Camps on bass, Kristen Ellis-Henderson on drums and music director Julie Wolf on keyboards as we acknowledge both the bittersweet farewell to a person and the birth of a legend.
PLEASE NOTE: there is a bad word uttered once in this podcast. Listener discretion is advised
OPENING TRACK: Raleigh Blue Chopper https://music.apple.com/ca/album/raleigh-blue-chopper/1808513601?i=1808513612
AS WELL AS...
What Do I Do With My Tongue: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/what-do-i-do-with-my-tongue/1808513601?i=1808513995
Open Mic Night: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/open-mic-night-with-houdinis-box/1808513601?i=1808514219
Underdog Victorious: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/underdog-victorious/1808513601?i=1808514390
CLOSING TRACK: A Good Life https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-good-life/1808513601?i=1808514398
All songs from the Original Cast Recording of Jill Sobule's autobiographical 90 minute off Broadway musical F*ck 7th Grade available now in all formats on Pinko Records
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