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TSF12: Quality Otter Haircuts and the Pirated Music of Bjorkestra (not necessarily in that order) – NOW ONLINE!

Posted on June 29, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments

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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 12:  Quality Otter Haircuts and the Pirated Music of Bjorkestra (not necessarily in that order)

Tune in to see just how the words in the title actually combine to form a coherent episode of The Slacker Factor.

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Meandering Rant: Business and Competition by Christian

Book Report: Music Piracy by Rob

Music Segment:  Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra

TSF11: Crazy like Patty (or Snooki) – NOW ONLINE!

Posted on June 13, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments

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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 11:  Crazy like Patty (or Snooki)

Your crack team of Slackers explores what’s real and what’s faux and Patty decides she’s cooler than Snooki in her “Reality is
Overrated” rant. Christian ponders the future of the suprising long-time coming electric car. And we feast our ears on the alt-pop of Draz. Now that’s a show! (or is it?)

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Meandering Rant: Reality Is Overrated by Patty

Book Report: Electric Cars by Christian

Music Segment:  Sunday Rain by Draz

TSF10: Green Fairy Drink Drink – NOW ONLINE!

Posted on May 22, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments

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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 10:  Green Fairy Drink Drink

Absinthe, three ways. Oh, yeah, and there was also some ranting about something..um… Rob invents an economic theory on the fly and some music by Zero 7…the rest remains a bleary, blurred whirl.

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Meandering Rant:
Rob invents a new economic theory on the fly (slackernomics?)

Book Report:
Absinthe Tasting – the crew downs three different Absinthes: Lucid, Absente, and La Fee, and barely makes it through the rest of the episode.
The Little Green Book of Absinthe by Paul Owens and Paul Nathan

Music Segment:  Zero 7

TSF9: We’re Next, We’re Now – NOW ONLINE!

Posted on April 30, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments

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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 9:  We’re Next, We’re Now

The way things are today does not mean they need to stay that way. We can influence the future of music. Our interview with Tammy Erickson, author of Whats Next Gen X? confirms that we can upgrade the quality of professional lives. Listening to the music of Trixie Whitley brings us into the here, right now..

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Meandering Rant on How We Can Influence the Future of Music by Patty

Book Report: A Conversation with Tammy Erickson, the author of a new book about the challenges Generation X face in the workplace entitled, “What’s Next Gen X”

Music Segment: Trixie Whitley with Daniel Lanois in Black Dub

TSF8: Misty, Water-colored Whatnot – NOW ONLINE!

Posted on April 12, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments

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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 8:  Misty, Water-colored Whatnot

Lamentations about what we lack – the time to make memories, and our (in)ability to recollect them – drives us through the conversation of this Slackcast. We close with the memory-haunting music of St. Vincent.

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Meandering Rant on Time by Chris

Book Report: Memories (or lack thereof)

Music Segment: St Vincent

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