According to different sources, the term slacker dates back to about 1790 or 1898. It gained some recognition during the BritishGezira Scheme in the early to mid 20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as "slacking".
World wars
In the United States during World War I, the word "slacker" was commonly used to describe someone who was not participating in the war effort, especially someone who avoided military service, an equivalent of the later term draft dodger. Attempts to track down such evaders were called slacker raids. During World War I, U.S. Senator Miles Poindexter discussed whether inquiries "to separate the cowards and the slackers from those who had not violated the draft" had been managed properly. A San Francisco Chronicle headline on September 7, 1918, read: "Slacker is Doused in Barrel of Paint". The term was also used during the World War II period in the United States. In 1940, Time quoted the U.S. Army on managing the military draft efficiently: "War is not going to wait while every slacker resorts to endless appeals."
Pat Thomas (born 1959 in California) is an author, journalist and campaigner specialising in the field of environment and health. She qualified as a transpersonal psychotherapist in 1991 at the Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling Education in London. She lives in London, England. Through her writing she has built a reputation for challenging assumptions of science and culture.
Career
Thomas was an early campaigner for evidence-based healthcare. Her early books concentrated on providing information to women who wished to have safe, non-interventionist births. During the time she was Editor of the AIMS Journal, the quarterly magazine of the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS).
In 1992 she began writing for the newsletter What Doctors Don't Tell You, produced by the independent publisher Wallace Press. She moved on to become an editor there and for 12 years was one of its most prolific contributors. In 2003 she became editor of its sister-publication, the consumer magazine Proof!, to which she had been contributing since its inception in 1996. During this time she also contributed regularly to another Wallace Press title, Natural Parent.
Pat Thomas was the founder in 1988 of Heyday Records. He later moved on to Water Records, and currently produces reissues at Omnivore Recordings.
Heyday Records leveraged the commercial success of Paisley Underground bands as a springboard for new artists who captured the flavor of the 1960s American and British folk scene, particularly local San Francisco artists such as Barbara Manning. Thomas also made pilgrimages to England, tracking down musical artists of the 1960s such as the Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Shirley Collins, Davey Graham, and Wizz Jones, before most had any of their music reissued on CD. While living in Germany for two years in the early 1990s, Thomas also promoted artists for Heyday and other labels.
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Slacker (1991) Trailer #1 - Richard Linklater Movie
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Slacker (1991) Trailer #1 - Richard Linklater Movie
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, move seamlessly from one scene to the next, randomly coming and going into one another's lives. Highlights include a UFO buff who adamantly insists that the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a woman who produces a glass slide purportedly of Madonna's pap smear, and a...
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Slacker (1990) Original Trailer [HD]
Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Richard Linklater and Rudy Basquez.
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Slacker: A Uniquely Weird Movie
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Slacker Work Scene
Scene of "Slacker" by Richard Linklater (1991)
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Gen Z needs more slacker movies
Slacker movies are the hammocks of Hollywood. They’re a cozy way to sway through life for a couple hours. We need them. And this generation needs better ones. So here’s my pitch for their existence in case the long lost Coen Sister is taking a break from writing an ironic Letterboxd review of Rise of Gru and this inspires Gen Z’s Lebowski. So let’s explore the culture that makes them, what they’re missing, where they can go and why we need an update You’re the cab driver and I’m the Linklater rambling in the back seat. I want to show you why they matter.
I want to explore them through the Coen Brother's The Big Lebowski, Richard Linklater's Slacker and Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum. These show a range of their past and present and the gaps in the genre waiting to be filled.
These s...
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Seeing Linklater's "Slacker" changed Kevin Smith's outlook on filmmaking.
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Slacker (1991) Trailer #1 - Richard Linklater Movie
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, move seamlessly from one scene to the next, randomly coming and going into one another's lives. Highlights include a UFO buff who adamantly insists that the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a woman who produces a glass slide purportedly of Madonna's pap smear, and an old anarchist who sympathetically shares his philosophy of life with a robber.
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Slacker (1991) Trailer #1 - Richard Linklater Movie
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, move seamlessly from one scene to the next, randomly coming and going into one another's lives. Highlights include a UFO buff who adamantly insists that the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a woman who produces a glass slide purportedly of Madonna's pap smear, and an old anarchist who sympathetically shares his philosophy of life with a robber.
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Absolute Power
℗ 2002 Strange Music, Inc.
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Absolute Power
℗ 2002 Strange Music, Inc.
Released on: 2002-09-24
Composer, Writer: Aaron D. Yates
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Slacker · Tech N9ne
Absolute Power
℗ 2002 Strange Music, Inc.
Released on: 2002-09-24
Composer, Writer: Aaron D. Yates
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Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Richard Linklater and Rudy Basquez.
Slacker Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3sZMd0i
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Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Richard Linklater and Rudy Basquez.
Slacker Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3sZMd0i
Slacker Blu-ray (Criterion) https://www.criterion.com/films/408
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Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Richard Linklater and Rudy Basquez.
Slacker Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3sZMd0i
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Slacker is a weirdly amazing film. I had the urge to talk about this movie after watching it recently.
Let me know: Have you seen it? Are you gonna watch it? ...
Slacker is a weirdly amazing film. I had the urge to talk about this movie after watching it recently.
Let me know: Have you seen it? Are you gonna watch it? What did you think about it?
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#Slacker #MovieReview
Slacker is a weirdly amazing film. I had the urge to talk about this movie after watching it recently.
Let me know: Have you seen it? Are you gonna watch it? What did you think about it?
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#Slacker #MovieReview
Slacker movies are the hammocks of Hollywood. They’re a cozy way to sway through life for a couple hours. We need them. And this generation needs better ones. S...
Slacker movies are the hammocks of Hollywood. They’re a cozy way to sway through life for a couple hours. We need them. And this generation needs better ones. So here’s my pitch for their existence in case the long lost Coen Sister is taking a break from writing an ironic Letterboxd review of Rise of Gru and this inspires Gen Z’s Lebowski. So let’s explore the culture that makes them, what they’re missing, where they can go and why we need an update You’re the cab driver and I’m the Linklater rambling in the back seat. I want to show you why they matter.
I want to explore them through the Coen Brother's The Big Lebowski, Richard Linklater's Slacker and Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum. These show a range of their past and present and the gaps in the genre waiting to be filled.
These stories are important.
--
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Slacker movies are the hammocks of Hollywood. They’re a cozy way to sway through life for a couple hours. We need them. And this generation needs better ones. So here’s my pitch for their existence in case the long lost Coen Sister is taking a break from writing an ironic Letterboxd review of Rise of Gru and this inspires Gen Z’s Lebowski. So let’s explore the culture that makes them, what they’re missing, where they can go and why we need an update You’re the cab driver and I’m the Linklater rambling in the back seat. I want to show you why they matter.
I want to explore them through the Coen Brother's The Big Lebowski, Richard Linklater's Slacker and Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum. These show a range of their past and present and the gaps in the genre waiting to be filled.
These stories are important.
--
Niche Nonsense is a video essay channel that takes nonsense seriously and explores cultural absurdity.
#videoessay #slackers #genz #biglebowski #thedude #thebeachbum #linklater #coenbrothers
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Kevin Smith ("Clerks") first saw "Slacker" on his 21st birthday, and it completely changed his view of filmmaking.
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Kevin Smith ("Clerks") first saw "Slacker" on his 21st birthday, and it completely changed his view of filmmaking.
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American Masters, THIRTEEN’s award-winning biography series, celebrates our arts and culture. Launched in 1986, the series has set the standard for documentary film profiles, accruing widespread critical acclaim. Awards include 70 Emmy nominations and 28 awards — 10 for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series since 1999 and five for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special — 12 Peabody Awards; three Grammys; an Oscar; two Producers Guild Awards for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television; and the 2012 IDA Award for Best Continuing Series. American Masters enjoys recognition from film events across the country and international festivals from London to Berlin and Toronto to Melbourne. Other honors include The Christopher Awards and the Chicago International Television Awards as Outstanding Documentary Series, and the Banff Grand Prize and the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Movies.
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Slacker (1991) Trailer #1 - Richard Linklater Movie
Presents a day in the life in Austin, Texas among its social outcasts and misfits, predominantly the twenty-something set, using a series of linear vignettes. These characters, who in some manner just don't fit into the establishment norms, move seamlessly from one scene to the next, randomly coming and going into one another's lives. Highlights include a UFO buff who adamantly insists that the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s, a woman who produces a glass slide purportedly of Madonna's pap smear, and an old anarchist who sympathetically shares his philosophy of life with a robber.
Provided to YouTube by Virgin Music Group
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Absolute Power
℗ 2002 Strange Music, Inc.
Released on: 2002-09-24
Composer, Writer: Aaron D. Yates
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Richard Linklater and Rudy Basquez.
Slacker Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3sZMd0i
Slacker Blu-ray (Criterion) https://www.criterion.com/films/408
AKA:
Henyék
Rumtreiber
Uyuşuk
Бездельник
スラッカー
都市浪人
스랙커
Slacker is a weirdly amazing film. I had the urge to talk about this movie after watching it recently.
Let me know: Have you seen it? Are you gonna watch it? What did you think about it?
Music Used:
Nayz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaLD6Dng54EH9lePt4lNzfQ
#Slacker #MovieReview
Slacker movies are the hammocks of Hollywood. They’re a cozy way to sway through life for a couple hours. We need them. And this generation needs better ones. So here’s my pitch for their existence in case the long lost Coen Sister is taking a break from writing an ironic Letterboxd review of Rise of Gru and this inspires Gen Z’s Lebowski. So let’s explore the culture that makes them, what they’re missing, where they can go and why we need an update You’re the cab driver and I’m the Linklater rambling in the back seat. I want to show you why they matter.
I want to explore them through the Coen Brother's The Big Lebowski, Richard Linklater's Slacker and Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum. These show a range of their past and present and the gaps in the genre waiting to be filled.
These stories are important.
--
Niche Nonsense is a video essay channel that takes nonsense seriously and explores cultural absurdity.
#videoessay #slackers #genz #biglebowski #thedude #thebeachbum #linklater #coenbrothers
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According to different sources, the term slacker dates back to about 1790 or 1898. It gained some recognition during the BritishGezira Scheme in the early to mid 20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as "slacking".
World wars
In the United States during World War I, the word "slacker" was commonly used to describe someone who was not participating in the war effort, especially someone who avoided military service, an equivalent of the later term draft dodger. Attempts to track down such evaders were called slacker raids. During World War I, U.S. Senator Miles Poindexter discussed whether inquiries "to separate the cowards and the slackers from those who had not violated the draft" had been managed properly. A San Francisco Chronicle headline on September 7, 1918, read: "Slacker is Doused in Barrel of Paint". The term was also used during the World War II period in the United States. In 1940, Time quoted the U.S. Army on managing the military draft efficiently: "War is not going to wait while every slacker resorts to endless appeals."