World's First Gen-X Lo-Fi Laser Rock Show or Whatever w/ Jon Dolan '96

Though Gen X grew up on laser rock shows at planetariums—Laser Floyd, Laser Zeppelin—its bands never achieved the kind of popularity that warrants the planetarium treatment. Join us as we right that historic wrong with what is almost certainly the world’s first Gen-X laser rock show, featuring the music of iconic ‘90s lo-fi artists. After the evening shows, special guest Jon Dolan (Rolling Stone editor, Colgate '96) will discuss both the ideals and the folly behind the Gen-X aesthetic and anti-corporate ethos of '90s indie rock.

This event is part of An Agreeable Kind of Horror, a series of workshops, screenings, events with special guests, and more, programmed and developed by 2026 Christian A. Johnson Artist-in-Residence Adam Samuel Goldman '94. For more information, please visit https://www.cliffordgallery.org/an-agreeable-kind-of-horror/

Jon Dolan is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, where he has been on staff since 2011 and has led projects including the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and 250 Greatest Albums and Songs of the 21st Century lists. He previously served as senior editor at Spin and as a critic at Blender, and has written for GQ, Grantland, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, and City Pages.

View An Agreeable Kind of Horror events

Presented by the Department of Art and the Christian A. Johnson Foundation. The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Artist-in-Residence program was established in 1986 as a challenge grant in support of the arts at Colgate. The residency allows one or more artists to join the Colgate community each academic year.