Episode #59 - 1985 - We Built this Mixed Tape!

Latchkey Logic: The Latchkey Witching Hour — Trick or Trauma! 👻Things that go bump in the night...Midwest style!This week, KJ and Bamba turn back the clock for a little Gen X Halloween nostalgia, swapping spooky stories, haunted legends, and ghostly tales from Minnesota and Iowa.From haunted bus stations to small-town spirits and local legends that refuse to rest, we're exploring the creepy side of the Midwest. Are these stories tricks of the imagination...or something truly terrifying?Grab your flashlight, check under the bed, and crank up the spooky mixtape. It's time for The Latchkey Witching Hour!

Big hair, bigger shoulder pads, and a whole lot of rock ’n’ roll! We're heading back to 1986, when Bon Jovi ruled the airwaves, Top Gun took our breath away, and Ferris Bueller reminded us that life moves pretty fast!Join KJ and Bamba as they rewind to a year packed with iconic music, unforgettable movies, questionable fashion, and plenty of Gen X nostalgia. So tease that hair, crank up the mixtape, and hang on tight — we're halfway there!

The year was 1985. Bamba was rocking the 5th grade - KJ was a freshman in high school, navigating big hair, questionable fashion choices, and the greatest music decade EVER.One of us was still on the playground. The other was making a mixed tape & prepping big hair. On this episode of Latchkey Logic, we're rewinding to 1985! The music, the movies, the fashion, and all the wonderfully ridiculous things that made growing up Gen X so unforgettable.

ESPRIT, Body Glove, Hang Ten, BUM...it's all coming back and we Gen-X-ers couldn't be happier!

The year was 1984. Bamba is 10. KJ is 14. It's the year of bikes, boomboxes and bad decisions! And the music was INSANE in 1984...mixed tapes rule, people.

We are stepping back to 1984-quite literally. Reading from a journal that KJ & all her classmates wrote in - it's a day in the life of a classroom in 1984!

And we never WILL hang up on 1983; it was an awesome year! Jamming to Toto's Africa, ripping sweatshirts like Flashdance-Good times. Bamba is 9 years old in 1983, and KJ is rocking 8th grade at 13 years old. It was a good time to be kid.

Bamba & KJ are catching up & unlocking the mysteries of the year 1982; KJ was in 7th grade and Bamba was still in elementary school, but things are rocking in 1982! From Thriller being released to Poltergeist scaring the heck out of us, to wearing neon colors & big ol' shoulder pads...1982 was pretty cool.

Grody! Rad! Gnarly! Bamba and KJ recap the nat'l holiday of "Record Store Day", as well as compare notes on the year of 1981.

The 2026 Rock & Roll HOF list is out, and Gen X has spoken! Bamba and KJ break down the list, as well as doing a 1980 recall!