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Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow

Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow

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Gen X Jersey is a cultural conversation about the music we grew up on and the lives we’re living now. The Aftershow is one of the ways that conversation continues, and we want it to continue across all generations. Whatever your birth year, we are all together now trying to make sense of today's world. Experience is relative, and we want to hear about all of it.

Gen X refers to the host, we are programming for all ages!

The radio broadcast plays the music. This is where we talk about what it meant then and what it means now. Each week, we recap the episode, share more of the caller messages and explore the cultural and economic realities of a generation that’s still working, still building and far from done.

You can call in anytime at 732-455-9155 and be part of it.

You’ll get full playlist details for every episode and extended interviews with our guests, mostly musicians and authors. It’s also the home of the Blue Light Book Club, where we put our phones down and let our eyes return to paper. Call in with your thoughts on our current book, your favorite quotes or your own recommendations. We’ll share them here.

Even if you’ve never tuned in to the radio broadcast, and no matter what Gen you identify as, there’s something here for music lovers, readers and thinkers who are still unpacking the culture they grew up in and the one they’re living in now.

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  • Ep 2: You paid HOW much for that ticket?

    Ep 2: You paid HOW much for that ticket?
    Mar 12 2026

    This week’s aftershow picks up where the radio episode left off, with a conversation about the strange and wonderful ways music moves between generations.

    Melissa talks about the voicemail from Bryan Hansen that inspired the episode and the idea that the songs that shape our lives often come from the people around us, whether that’s parents, friends or our own kids.

    Along the way, the conversation takes a few unexpected turns, including the discovery of a Claudine Longet album tucked into Melissa’s mom’s record collection, which leads to a detour into Longet’s famously complicated and somewhat sordid history.

    The episode also includes a comparison of the concert experience in 1989 versus today, from the way we bought tickets to what it felt like to see live music before phones and social media became part of the crowd.

    It’s a mix of music history, personal memories and a few stories that didn’t quite fit into the radio broadcast.
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    28 m
  • Ep. 1: And so it begins...

    Ep. 1: And so it begins...
    Mar 5 2026

    In this debut episode of Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow, Melissa explores the cultural threads behind Episode 1, from Elvis Costello’s rebellion against radio gatekeepers to MTV’s 1981 launch and the divide between Top 40 radio and underground cool. She reflects on taste, nostalgia, streaming-era parallels and why stepping away from blue light still matters. This is where Gen X memories get translated, and the hotline is open for your memories too, no matter what your birth years is: 732-439-4423

    Gen X refers to the host, we are programming for all ages!

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  • Episode 0: Before There Was Any Show at All

    Episode 0: Before There Was Any Show at All
    Feb 28 2026

    Hey, it's Melissa. Welcome to Gen X Jersey.

    This is the pre-show, the scene-setter and the invitation in.

    In this episode, I introduce myself, explain how Gen X Jersey grew out of my work on Radio Garden State and share what makes this show different. We talk about music as identity, the early MTV era when access felt like cultural currency and why so many of us were convinced we were cooler than everyone else.

    I also introduce the Blue Light Book Club, our small rebellion against blue screens. The first selection comes from an actor many of you will recognize from The Big Bang Theory, but his memoir is really about growing up in 70s and 80s New York, punk mindset, creative ambition and the push and pull of parental expectations. The book is available in print, audiobook and free through your local library on Libby.

    If you’re new here, start here. Then join us for Episode 1.

    We’re not done. Not even close.
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