Quenching a News Thirsty Moonshineopolis
Posted in Hobo Art on Aug 23rd, 2009
In our email waiting for us this morning, like a sick duck waits for the ambulance, was a script someone wrote. I’m not sure who wrote it or why someone would write such a thing but I decided to put it on our front page so that someone may claim it. Is this yours?
THE DAY [...]
Posted in Hobo Art, Hobo Culture on Apr 30th, 2009
Anyone who has lost their job or found a hole in their box knows disappointment. Unfortunately, the most constructive way most hobos deal with their feelings are throwing bricks through windows and other fragile items. But there is one hobo who turns his sorrows into ballads that inspire even the most downtrodden.
Billy Bowl has been [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Hobo Art on Apr 21st, 2009
More graffiti is taking over Moonshineopolis and it’s becoming less and less cute as the paint dries on bricks and boxes around town. This particular incident was a mural of sorts and looks to have taken some time to be completed. Hobo symbols such as bottles of moonshine, bindlestiffs, and a railroad crossing are painted [...]
Posted in Hobo Art on Mar 31st, 2009
“Hobo artists are highly inventive. Almost too inventive.” – Great Hobo Philosopher Cardo
Hobo Manhole was a hobo cut from the most wild, and free spirited cloth. Born in the late 1800’s, Manhole was inspired to paint, not beautiful paintings, but ugly ones. During an interview he grumbled, “Everything is coated in an aura of beauty [...]