TSF21: Expressive Textplexing – NOW ONLINE
Posted on January 12, 2011 | By Robert LaFrance | No Comments
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The Slacker Factor Podcast, Episode 21: Expressive Textplexing
Episode 21: This expansive episode of the podcast welcomes guest Rantologist and fellow slacker Steve Angiolino, explores our Constitution and Julian Assange, and vibes with the beats of Maceo Plex. Oh, and Patty surprises Christian and Rob, once again, with a real story of our modern world.
Meandering Rant: “Textification of American Language” by Steve Angiolino
Book Report: The First Amendment and Freedom of Expression
Music Segment: “Vibe your Love” by Maceo Plex. Here’s the sexy video!
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Reality is Overrated
Posted on January 3, 2011 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
Are you old enough to remember when home video cameras first started to become popular and people started bringing them to parties or family things and somehow, whenever a video camera entered the situation, people changed. You could be having a good meal or conversation and everyone would be relaxed and then some uncle would come through with the say-hi-to-the-camera bit and nervous people got more nervous, and outgoing people turned on the charm, and those in-between just kinda stiffened up and waved “hi” because they didn’t know what else to do?
Then, TV hit the air with a show called “The Real World” where they tried to capture that same social thing where everyone is hanging out together but there just happens to be cameras present? What happened on that show in 1992 was sort of the same thing that occurred with your technical uncle – people became slightly warped, awkward versions of themselves for the MTV nation, and other people found that entertaining.
What was true in your family setting was true for those 20-somethings in that New York apartment – the camera changes things. Read more
Happy Festivus! Celebration for Everyone on December 23
Posted on December 19, 2010 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
Happy Festivus, You $#&$@ers!
I love it when television becomes our reality. In my opinion, when it comes to injecting TV reality into pop culture, no other show can hold a holiday candle to Seinfeld. Recently, an inmate in LA prison embraced the made-up holiday Festivus, from Seinfeld’s 1997 season, to enhance his dining experiences in the clink. Good for him and Happy Festivus to the free and the less-than-free. Air your grievances, everyone, because it is a holiday for the rest of us.
- Prison Inmate Tricks Jail into Festivus Perks (Run Time 1:43)
- Seinfeld Montage: Wishing you a Happy Festivus (Run Time 1:54)
- George & Frank Costanza: The Full Story and Experience of Festivus (Run Time 3:09)
Rally Within a Rally
Posted on November 2, 2010 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
Photo of Me taken by a Totally Sane Stranger
What happens when you and over 250-thousand like-minded people show up in the same place at the same time? You experience lots of interesting, cool, and plan-changing stuff. Here is my wrap up from the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear”…
I was surprised by so many people of my parent’s age: Call me an ageist or whatever, but I consider Stewart and Colbert representatives of Gen X and Gen Y. When I showed up in DC and was preparing to go the Rally, I was surrounded not just by folks my age and younger, but by baby boomers and people of my parent’s generation. Sure, my mom and dad like John Stewart, but I never considered that they would make the trek to a Rally. So cool that this event inspired sanity-desiring people of all ages to attend.
The Metro turned out to be a bad option: How could we possibly drive into the event, we thought. Too much traffic, no place to park? Let’s park further out of the city and take in the beautiful DC Metro, we planned. Got into the station, waited in line for tickets, waited for train, and it arrives packed like the Japanese Metro at rush hour, but worse. Read more
The Death of an Icon
Posted on October 22, 2010 | By Christian | No Comments
It is with a heavy heart that I bring you this news. Its official… Sony Corp has ended all sales of its Walkman cassette players. In some ways its hard to believe that it took this long. The Walkman was first launched in 1979 and sold about 220 Million units that year! The device we all grew up with has gone the way of the Dodo.
Sadly this will likely be the death knell for the mix-tape as well. And what am I going to do with my 80′s Metal cassettes??
