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A hobo is a migratory worker or homeless vagabond—especially one who is impoverished. The term originated in the Western—probably Northwestern—United States around 1890. Unlike a "tramp", who works only when forced to, and a "bum," who does not work at all, a "hobo" is a traveling worker.
The origin of the term is unknown. According to etymologist Anatoly Liberman, the only certain detail about its origin is the word was first noticed in American English circa 1890. Liberman points out that many folk etymologies fail to answer the question: "Why did the word become widely known in California (just there) by the early Nineties (just then)?" Author Todd DePastino has suggested it may be derived from the term hoe-boy meaning "farmhand", or a greeting such as Ho, boy!Bill Bryson suggests in Made in America (1998) that it could either come from the railroad greeting, "Ho, beau!" or a syllabic abbreviation of "homeward bound". It could also come from the words "homeless boy". H. L. Mencken, in his The American Language (4th ed., 1937), wrote:
The Balham Alligators were a band from London that mixed rock 'n' roll, cajun, country and R&B. The band centred on singer and instrumentalist Geraint Watkins.
The band came together by chance at a London pub in 1983. The original line-up consisted of Geraint Watkins, Robin McKidd, Kieran O'Connor, Arthur Kitchener, and Gary Rickard. The Alligators played a hybrid blend of musical styles, including Rock 'n' Roll', Blues, R&B, Celtic Folk, Swamp-Pop, Country, Swing, Cajun & Zydeco.
The Balham Alligators performed in venues around Europe. Early albums included The Balham Alligators and Life In A Bus Lane. The pressure of constant touring began to take its toll with the continued ill-health and eventual death of Kieran O'Connor (d. 1991), the departure of Kitchener and Ron Kavana, and despite the recruitment of Pete Dennis to replace Kitchener convinced the remaining members it was time to call it a day.
The following years were spent pursuing individual projects with Watkins and Rickard working with Charlie Hart as, Rickard, Watkins & Hart, with Watkins eventually leading his own outfit, The Wobblers, in 1992. Robin McKidd formed The Companions of The Rosy Hours a western-swing band. Despite the four years since the original band's demise, McKidd was still receiving offers of work for the Alligators, persuading Watkins and Rickard to try out a few gigs with The Wobblers as a backing band, it became apparent that the Alligators were still a viable concern. Bolstered with morale and momentum they recruited session musician, Bobby Irwin on drums and ex-Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers' bass guitarist Paul Riley and by the latter half of 1995 they recorded Gateway To The South (1996) and followed by Cajun Dance Party (1997).
Actors: Lasco Atkins (producer), Lasco Atkins (director), Lasco Atkins (writer), Matt Waughtel (editor), Matt Waughtel (actor), John Knott (producer), John Knott (writer), John Knott (editor), Danny Baker (actor), Shamal Sharir (actor), King Homeboy (actor), Johnny Murphy (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jonathan Thomson (actor), Andrew J McGuinness (actor), Jeremy Collins (producer), Jeremy Collins (director), Jeremy Collins (editor), Jeremy Collins (producer), Leo Maloney (actor), Autumn Gillette (actress), Dave Atkinson (actor), Gina Pizzurro (actor), Thomas Copello (actor), Marc Pelletier (actor), Megan Petraitis (actor), Billy Pomerleau (actor), Kevin Belanger (actor),
Plot: Hal has a perfect life; full of loving friends, amazing luck, and not a single concern. But when he becomes infatuated with Dali, the new girl that enters his life, he starts taking everything for granted; upsetting the most important person to Hal's world, the man creating it. Fed up with Hal's lack of appreciation, this creator stops crafting Hal's world, from the glorious atmospheres, to his loving neighbors, to Dali. As his surroundings begin to dissolve around him, Hal can only focus on one thing: the sudden disappearance of Dali.
Keywords: color, control, creator, death, envy, false-reality, human-puppet, love, plot-twist, transformationActors: Joe Hogan (composer), Veronica Fairhurst (actress), Kenny Richards (actor), Kenny Richards (producer), Kenny Richards (director), Kenny Richards (writer), Jennifer Lynn (actress), Jennifer Lynn (miscellaneous crew), Lightning Bear (actor), Lightning Bear (director), David John (actor), Ben Windsor (actor), Cliff Ford (actor), Amanda Elizabeth (actress), Amanda Elizabeth (writer),
Genres: Action, Drama, Music,Actors: Otar Iosseliani (editor), Martine Marignac (producer), Eva Ionesco (actress), Otar Iosseliani (director), Otar Iosseliani (actor), Mathieu Demy (actor), Otar Iosseliani (writer), Mathieu Amalric (actor), Enzo Porcelli (producer), Marie Barré (miscellaneous crew), Philippe Bas (actor), Maurice Tinchant (producer), Lydia Bigard (miscellaneous crew), Lydie Mahias (miscellaneous crew), Amiran Amiranashvili (actor),
Plot: Nicholas is the eldest son of a wealthy suburban family, whose businesswoman mother makes deals from a helicopter and has an affair with her business partner. His cheerful, alcoholic father, on the other hand, is reduced to a prisoner in his room with his devoted dog and electric train set. Unbeknownst to his parents, Nicholas works as a window cleaner and dish washer in a Parisian cafe. He is also in love with the daughter of another cafe's owner, who, however, has an abusive boyfriend. One night, Nicholas sneaks a few drunken drifters into his family wine cellar and his father unexpectedly takes a liking to the stranger.
Keywords: adultery, alcoholic, beggar, bird, businesswoman, cafe, class-differences, dishwasher, dog, explosionActors: Richard Linklater (writer), John Sloss (producer), Lew Temple (actor), Joe Stevens (actor), Dwight Yoakam (actor), Julianna Margulies (actress), Matthew McConaughey (actor), Bo Hopkins (actor), Johnny Carson (actor), Grant James (actor), David Jensen (actor), Ethan Hawke (actor), Vincent D'Onofrio (actor), Anne Carr (miscellaneous crew), Richard Linklater (director),
Plot: Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, bank-robber, bank-robbery, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, brother-brother-relationship, canada, character-name-in-title, chicago-illinoisActors: William Bryant (actor), Martin Sheen (actor), Jack Albertson (actor), Buck Young (actor), Peggy Stewart (actress), Stu Phillips (composer), Lesley Ann Warren (actress), Hal Baylor (actor), George Chandler (actor), Michael Ontkean (actor), Robert Donner (actor), Fran Ryan (actress), Eddie Firestone (actor), Noel Black (writer), Kate Harper (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Keenan Wynn (actor), R.G. Armstrong (actor), Mickey Rooney (actor), Wayne Newton (actor), Slim Pickens (actor), Sal Mineo (actor), James Bacon (actor), Butch Patrick (actor), Anthony DiMarco (editor), Gerd Oswald (writer), Gerd Oswald (producer), Gerd Oswald (director), Erin Moran (actress), Joe Conley (actor), Jo Van Fleet (actress),
Plot: Nevada police take into custody drifter Mark Jonah, although he claims he was an innocent hitchhiker, after the crash of a stolen car in which hoodlum Jerry Taggart is killed. Mark escapes and, while sleeping in a field two days later, is awakened when an eight-year-old blind girl, Nina, stumbles over him. Nina leads Mark to three other blind children---Kim, Little Joe and Cathy. The youngster's, sensing Mark's gentleness, take him to their summer camp for blind children. There, he meets Tracy, a girl his own age who is also blind. He is mistaken for the camp's new handyman by Tracy's housekeeper, Nonna, who views him with suspicion, and also meets the other children, Richard, Velma and Pepe. The children learn to love Mark, whom they follow everywhere, as their Pied Piper figure. Led by tough Barney Glover, the police finally catch up to Jonah. But a well-known local character, Wilfred Bashford, clears Mark, who returns to Tracy and his new "family."
Keywords: blind-boy, blind-child, blind-girl, boy, car-crash, character-name-in-title, digit-in-title, drifter, eight-year-old, gentlenessActors: Hooper Atchley (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Dick Botiller (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Earl Dwire (actor), Jack Gardner (actor), Pat Gleason (actor), William Gould (actor), Gordon Hart (actor), Al Herman (actor), Max Hoffman Jr. (actor), Frank Lackteen (actor), Carey Loftin (actor), Ernie Adams (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Hanny Schedin (actress), Wiktor Andersson (actor), Erik 'Bullen' Berglund (actor), Lorens Marmstedt (director), Eric Abrahamsson (actor), Aino Taube (actress), Erik Forslund (actor), Carl-Gunnar Wingård (actor), Anna-Lisa Baude (actress), Sickan Carlsson (actress), Ernst Eklund (actor), Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson (actress), Ragnar Falck (actor), Maritta Marke (actress), Adrian Bjurman (editor),
Genres: ,Actors: Victor Adamson (actor), Victor Adamson (actor), Clyde McClary (actor), Victor Adamson (writer), Victor Adamson (director), Fred Allen (editor), Alma Rayford (actress), Charles Force (actor), Fred Caldwell (director), Fred Caldwell (writer), Edward Heim (actor), Tommy Hines (actor),
Genres: Western,We traveled by rail to the 112th National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, to see what was left of hobo life. Read the full article here: http://bit.ly/Death-Of-The-American-Hobo Watch more VICE documentaries here: http://bit.ly/VICE-Documentaries Subscribe to VICE for the best videos online: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/user/vice/videos Videos, daily editorial and more: http://vice.com Like VICE on Facebook: http://fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/vice Read our tumblr: http://vicemag.tumblr.com
Spit, barf and crap your way to victory in the ultimate battle between Hobo and the world! Hobo JOE • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMSBlrswhJA Game Link: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/467050 Merch: http://mattshea.fanfiber.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/mattsheatv Reddit: http://reddit.com/r/mattshea Twitch: http://twitch.tv/mattshea Twitter: http://twitter.com/mattshea Facebook: http://facebook.com/mattsheatv
A near 1500 mile drive to Wilmington CA in order to get a 30" top installed on the van! So stressful haha but well worth it. This is the first part of the trip pre-installation. Support this channel by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/hoboahle Link for FAQ's: http://www.hoboahle.com/about/ Second Channel http://bit.ly/2e8CLUj Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter @HoboAhle ********************************************************************* MUSIC: September by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads Back in Time by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads
A Földes László által 33 éves korában, 1978-ban alapított Hobo Blues Band 33 év működés után, 2011. február 12-én tartotta búcsúkoncertjét a Papp László Budapest Sportarénában. 1. Rohadt Rock and Roll 2. Mindenki sztár 3. Moszkva tér blues 4. Operett 5. Középeurópai Hobo Blues I. 6. Dőlnek a szobrok 7. Ki vagyok én? 8. Országút blues 9. Hosszúlábú asszony 10. Tetovált lány 11. 3.20-as blues 12. Édes otthon 13. Enyém, tiéd, miénk 14. Mata Hari 15. Oly sokáig voltunk lenn 16. Mesél az erdő 17. Egy Madarász sompolyog a Tátrai erdőben 18. Zöld sárga, zöld sárga 19. A hitetlenek dala 20. Balladás barátaim 21. Nem hallod, üvöltök 22. A bolond levele a kisfiúnak 23. A fattyú reménytelen szerelme és halála 24. Hajtók dala 25. A vadászok bevonulása 26. Fut a nyúl a mezőn ...
A Hobo Blues Band 2008. szeptember 27-én ünnepelte 30 éves fennállását a Papp László Budapest Sportarénában. Az este folyamán számos korábbi, a zenekar történetét meghatározó tag színpadra lépett. a HBB tagjai: Földes László (Hobo) – ének Hárs Viktor – basszusgitár, nagybőgő, vokál Fehér Géza – gitár Gyenge Lajos – dob Nagy Szabolcs – billentyűs hangszerek, vokál korábbi tagok, vendégzenészek: Deák Bill Gyula – ének Póka Egon – basszusgitár Kőrös József – gitár Tátrai Tibor – gitár Tóth János Rudolf – gitár Pálmai Zoltán – dob Solti János – dob Vaszko Krpkata /BG/ – szájharmonika Pribojszki Mátyás – szájharmonika Fuchs Dániel – zongora továbbá: Cserhalmi György – ceremóniamester Vidnyánszky Attila – rendező setlist: 01.) A ripacsok bevonulása (00:00:00) 02.) Rolling Stones Blues (00:0...
It's FINALLY over. Hobo goes to heaven, and things get a bit weird. Hobo Series • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu_Jc10gF_fB2e4fLqhIbBuOKwqQEb88U Game Link • http://armorgames.com/play/14404/hobo-7-heaven •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• *Questions? Check my about section first!* Twitter: http://twitter.com/mattshea MattShea T-Shirts: http://mattshea.fanfiber.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattsheatv/ My SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mattshea Facebook: http://facebook.com/mattsheatv I spend a ton of time on Twitter so if you want to interact with me, that's your best bet. Thanks again for the support. I really appreciate it :)
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Stobe the Hobo commences arguably the most scenic mission in America- the Pacific Northwest. The entire trip is Missoula to Seattle, south to Portland, and then to Whitefish. This episode features Missoula to Seattle on 3 separate trains first along the Clark Fork river to Sandpoint ID, then thru the desert to Wenatchee, and finally over the cascades to Seattle. Amazing scenery is accompanied by 90s grunge music arranged for piano.
Now that the Hobo defeated the angry army dudes, he should be sleeping peacefully now. But I think it should wait a little longer because of these aliens here in Hobo 5: Space Brawl. Move the hobo inside the spaceship and beat all the aliens inside. Aside from aliens, you will also battle your clone that can use all of your techniques and moves. These aliens will also use laser guns at you, but you can pick those guns and use it against them. You will be able to retrieve all your moves again as you progress on the area. http://www.freegamesexplorer.com/games/videos/hobo-5/ Overview: After the events of the previous game, Hobo has chosen to sleep as always. Apparently some aliens have taken an interest on him and have abducted him from Earth. Hobo is still asleep on their spaceship but i...
The crazy Hobo now ends up in jail because of his all-out attack in the city. But it seems he will try to escape the prison here in Hobo Prison Brawl. Control your Hobo character and eliminate all the prisoners and other people inside the prison. Perform wacky attacks by punching and kicking to defeat the bad guys. The objects around can be picked up too and throw them at the enemies. When you finish another area, a new move will be unlocked for you. There will be certain passwords that will be given to you and can help you enter checkpoints. http://www.freegamesexplorer.com/games/videos/hobo-2-prison-brawl/ Overview: Hobo is sent to jail after the events of the first game. Apparently his rampage in the dump site and in the streets led him being in jail which is of course natural. Appar...
I've been walking down this railroad
I've been laying on the tracks
Yes and if I need this railroad
I won't bring it back??
I got me a penny
And a dirty dish
I got me a daisy
I keep between my teeth
I been laying on the flatcar
I been laying in the sun
It's better than a boxcar
When I'm the only one
Always seek a doctor
Please let me stay on
I said I'll always seek a doctor
I won't do you no harm