TSF6: Pondering Nirvana. Now ONLINE!
Posted on February 20, 2010 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments
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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 6: Pondering Nirvana
Haunted by a love/hate relationship with the music of our past, Rob struggles in his quest not to achieve Nirvana. We are confused by guys/girls and the words around them in a discussion on gender speak. Finally, Chris attempts serenity with NPR’s top songs of the decade and breaks out cool/questionable jazz.
Links:
Meandering Rant on the Lack of Teen Spirit by Rob
Book Report: Gender Speak
Music Segment: NPR’s 50 Most Important Recordings of the Decade
Why All New Music Sucks, a Meandering Rant from TSF3
Posted on December 9, 2009 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments
Do we stop appreciating new music after a certain age? AKA Why does all new music suck? Recently re-titled as “Has the now effortless pursuit of new music changed music’s value aka why new music is almost free!”
I long for new music. I easily fall into the media hype of some groundbreaking young band and seek out any and all of their recordings. I have been known to incessantly fight the busy signal of a radio station’s request line in order to ask the DJ the name of the song that was played exactly 27.5 minutes ago. I’ve then called the foreign-based record label to find a local retailer that might actually carry said music. In my eternal quest for the new and different, I’ve canvassed my hip friends for suggestions, begrudgingly tuned in local college radio, combed the billboard charts, made purchases based solely on the esoteric words of a music journalist, I’ve dragged my classy, sophisticated girlfriend (now wife) through the rough and tubmble streets of Greenwich Village, New York City to seek out musty old music shops that carry used records and spend hours flipping through bins of dusty vinyl – only with the promise of returning the favor by agreeing to window shop at Tiffany’s on 5th Avenue, subscribed to new music CD services (remember CMJ?), provided false names to both the Columbia and BMG music clubs… even purchased random CDs based solely on the cover art or some annoyingly pretentious record store clerk.
But, that was a long time ago and much has changed in my life…
