The Slacker Factor ::: The Voice of Generation X: Podcasts, Blogs, World Domination » American Idol http://theslackerfactor.com Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:04:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 The Slacker Factor podcast and web space blossomed out of the collective frustrations of three East-coast-bred, corporately-employed friends who wanted to create a forum for discussion, expression, and learning. Wait…that sounds way too serious… The reality is we all hate the responsibilities of being adults, and wanted to get together to share random thoughts, listen to loud and curious music, and to have a few laughs. We want you to do the same, and to be a part of the slackerdom. Each podcast features the word and ideas of Generation X, as expressed by Christian Godbout, Robert LaFrance, and Patty Pino. Christian and Rob are veteran radio slackers and Rob continues to bring music to the masses as a professional DJ. Patty is a spoken-word performer, who, way back in the 80’s, made a living as a professional stand-up comedian. All of us met in the 90’s, when we bonded over beat-mixing and the Beastie Boys. Our voices express the angst of too-much-responsibility coupled with the never-ending search for all things less-than-mediocre. Thanks for listening to the podcasts, and checking out the web site. Christian Godbout, Robert LaFrance, and Patty Pino clean Christian Godbout, Robert LaFrance, and Patty Pino slacker@theslackerfactor.com slacker@theslackerfactor.com (Christian Godbout, Robert LaFrance, and Patty Pino) Copyright 2009, The Slacker Factor The Slacker Factor Podcast : The Voice of Generation X Generation X, Slacker, Alternative, Modern Rock, Grunge, Flannel, Music, Angst The Slacker Factor ::: The Voice of Generation X: Podcasts, Blogs, World Domination » American Idol http://theslackerfactor.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://theslackerfactor.com TSF28: Sea Monkeys & Drag Queens – NOW ONLINE! http://theslackerfactor.com/2011/06/tsf28-sea-monkeys-drag-queens-%e2%80%93-now-online/ http://theslackerfactor.com/2011/06/tsf28-sea-monkeys-drag-queens-%e2%80%93-now-online/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:06:58 +0000 Robert LaFrance http://theslackerfactor.com/?p=1173 The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 28: Sea Monkeys & Drag Queens

Episode 28:  Episode 28: Somehow, in this episode of the podcast, life has become untethered and we get all kinda crazy with stories and ideas and whatnot. Let us take you on a magical adventure where we meet cloned animals, glorified poser karaoke singers, confused stripper cross-dressers, the royalty of little brine shrimp, and music to suit every pretty mood. You can check out any time
you’d like, but you can never leave.

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Meandering Rant: Rob on American Idol… 1:27 seconds That Killed Gen X and Y

Book Report: Patty presents a conversation on Cloned Animals and Our Food:

Music Segment: Patty brings you Stereomood.com and they bring us Pretty Lights Isn’t that so

Psst! Thanks for listening and being part of the Slacknation.  Tell your friends.

]]> http://theslackerfactor.com/2011/06/tsf28-sea-monkeys-drag-queens-%e2%80%93-now-online/feed/ 0 American Idol,christian godbout,cloned animals,cloning,drag queen,eating well,food,generation x,GenX,Kurt Cobain,music,nirvana The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 28: Sea Monkeys & Drag Queens - Episode 28:  Episode 28: Somehow, in this episode of the podcast, life has become untethered and we get all kinda crazy with stories and ideas and whatnot. The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 28: Sea Monkeys & Drag Queens Episode 28:  Episode 28: Somehow, in this episode of the podcast, life has become untethered and we get all kinda crazy with stories and ideas and whatnot. Let us take you on a magical adventure where we meet cloned animals, glorified poser karaoke singers, confused stripper cross-dressers, the royalty of little brine shrimp, and music to suit every pretty mood. You can check out any time you’d like, but you can never leave. Subscribe with iTunes Meandering Rant: Rob on American Idol... 1:27 seconds That Killed Gen X and Y Book Report: Patty presents a conversation on Cloned Animals and Our Food: United States Food & Drug Administration info on Cloned Animals Eat Well Guide Music Segment: Patty brings you Stereomood.com and they bring us Pretty Lights Isn’t that so Psst! Thanks for listening and being part of the Slacknation.  Tell your friends. Christian Godbout, Robert LaFrance, and Patty Pino clean Message in a Bloggle http://theslackerfactor.com/2009/11/message-in-a-bloggle/ http://theslackerfactor.com/2009/11/message-in-a-bloggle/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:01:33 +0000 St. Marquis http://theslackerfactor.com/?p=147 If any of us really believed that this was how our future was actually going to turn out, most of us would have probably killed ourselves with drugs and sex by the end of the 80′s.
I know I would have.
I know I came real close to doing that.
Ah, memories.
It’s 20 years on. And those nights of alcohol and cocaine-fueled dance parties followed by hours of anonymous sex have been replaced with chauffeuring children with more active social lives than you have and with TiVO’d episodes of AMERICAN IDOL. Living the high life on $200 a week is now a never ending stream of bills, mortgage payments and trips to Target for underwear and socks. Going to bed at 4:00 am and sleeping until the late afternoon suddenly becomes being up at 5:30 am to try to be ahead of all the other drivers who are on the road at the same time with the same brilliant idea.
We were once Gods.
I know I was. In the words of the country song, “I was 10 feet tall and bulletproof”. In college there was big money bet that I wouldn’t live to see 21. And I have always enjoyed a challenge. Having access to drugs, alcohol, free and available sex and loud music is not a good thing for anyone at that age. Totally too stupid to handle that sort of power. It is a miracle that a huge portion of that age demographic is not found more often naked and drooling after partying
themselves to the point of imbecility.
Now, aside from a night out at Chili’s, my social life is spending an hour and half having dinner with friends of my wife. People who are, I am sure, very nice. They are simply no one that I have a thing in common with and no real reason to make small talk over over-priced pate’ in the latest Thai-French fusion place that has opened.
I sit in my office with the door shut. My family outside. Occasionally scratching at it for something like zombies attempting entry into the mall in a George Romero film. The dog lies at my feet, my only friend in the pastoral purgatory that is suburban New Jersey.
Perhaps this “blog” will help me remember what it was like to be that young and invincible, being that I once was.
Before I end up another zombie in the mall.
~St. Marquis
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St. Marquis is now proudly in debt deep in the heart of the Garden State of New Jersey. Recently brought down by the Lion of Marriage, this once proud gazelle of a man now lives by the words “Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides” or “Now you see it, now you don’t“.
 
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