Monday, April 16, 2007

Franks Road Cross Promotion

Greetings all,
Just wanted to do a little cross promotion for the Concepts.Inc. signed band, Franks Road. They have a new website up in which you can actually stream their songs online, check out when and where their next show is, view pictures and video of the band, read their own band blog. FR will be recording this summer, and have and aim to have an official first disc out by september. In the band's own words, "the others were rambling warm ups for this one."
Heres the link, and I have conveniently placed a permanent link on the side bar.
www.myspace.com/franksroad
Happy Listening,
Glen.Concepts.Inc.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Littlest Hobos Make the Best Hobos

Everyone who’s awesome remembers ‘The Littlest Hobo.’ For those people that aren’t awesome, it was a show about a drifter dog that happily trotted to his upbeat theme song from town to town, solving whatever local crime or mystery happened to be pressing at the time. If Lassie and C.S.I. decided to make some babies the Littlest Hobo would definitely be one of them. The point of this article, however, is not self-indulgent nostalgia but rather to point out the glaring misconceptions that this show instilled in so many.

There are some overwhelming differences between the Littlest Hobo and actual hobos that should be noted. The Littlest Hobo was a dog; real hobos are usually people. The Littlest Hobo was helpful to the communities he visited; real hobos soil the communities they visit and regularly try and steal pies from windowsills. The Littlest Hobo could communicate through a series of barks and whimpers; real hobos communicate through a series of garbled yells and spitting. The Littlest Hobo would often be given food and a place to stay; real hobos have to eat old boots and live under overpasses. I could go on. The point is that, although the show provided us with many lessons and a strong moral foundation, it puts viewers in a dangerous situation should they encounter and actual hobo and try to pet him or ask him to help solve the mystery of Grampa Jenkin’s treasure.
Ross.Concepts.Inc.