Oct 9th, 2008 · The SATs can be good for behaviorally challenged slackers who just so happen to be great test takers. But is it really good for anyone else? A new study says yes, but urges colleges, parents and students to loosen up.
Sep 11th, 2008 · The election of 2008 seems to have made the slacker generation less politically apathetic. Now we're seeing slactivists — a hybrid of a slacker and activist.
May 25th, 2008 · Sunday's parting words come from an ultimate slacker, David Wooderson, as played by Matthew McConaughey in the 1993 film Dazed and Confused. Wooderson said: "Lemme tell you this: The older you do get, the more rules they're going to try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin', man. L-I-V-I-N."
Feb 16th, 2008 · After his "deep slacker jazz" band Soul Coughing broke up in 1998, Doughty spent years on the road finding his voice with just a rental car, an acoustic guitar and a cult following. His new album, Golden Delicious, finds him in a relaxed and joyful setting.
Mar 22nd, 2007 · There's something familiar about The Ponys' "Poser Psychotic." The two guitars create a dense blare, the rhythm section throbs with low-end gristle, and singer Jered Gummere intones in a slacker drone. There's no chorus, but it's compelling nonetheless, and in ways that feel eerily recognizable.
Jul 5th, 2006 · Commentator Yvette Doss talks about doing nothing -- and the book Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America by Tom Lutz. Yvette Doss is managing editor at Ciudad magazine.
Sep 25th, 2004 · A new book by Corinne Maier, Bonjour Paresse, or "Hello Laziness," has become an overnight sensation in France. Maier's book celebrates calculated loafing in the workplace -- a la Dilbert. Eleanor Beardsley reports.