"Who Is Bozo Texino": A film on the 100-year-old tradition of hobo and railworker graffiti. The project is the result of a 20-year study of "monikers " and is fabricated from hours of 16mm and super 8 film, most of it shot on freight trips across the western US. The film includes interviews with some of the railroad's greatest graffiti legends: Colossus of Roads, The Rambler, Herby (RIP) and the granddaddy of them all, Bozo Texino. The film also catches some of the socioeconomic history of hobo subculture from its roots after the Civil War to the present day. Included are interviews with tramps that Daniel encountered in his travels. The range of the interviews, and the film's style deal with both the clichés and the harsh realities of tramp life. In researching hobo culture Daniel found the written histories fraught with myth, and was initially frustrated by the apparent lack of verifiable truth to much of the lore. More Here
Sandman--The Rappin' Cowboy: "Olympians know Sand as the Sandman, an acoustic-guitar carrying songwriter who writes with the traditional voice of wandering dust bowl cowboys from the 30s and 40s. They also know him as one of the area's most prolific and distinctive-sounding rappers. . . . a musician who's always searching and always learning. . . . an artist with depth and dexterity." -- The Olympian More Here
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