On August 23, 2005, Joel Murphy, using emotional blackmail, convinced his brother Brian to help him create a pop culture e-zine called HoboTrashcan.com. Then, through a series of lies and broken promises, Joel recruited the finest Internet writers from around the globe to write for the site. The HoboTrashcan staff was finally complete when Joel won site mascot Hobo Stu in a poker game (Murphy only had a pair of twos, but he bluffed an oil tycoon who was holding pocket aces).
Since 2005, HoboTrashcan has been showered with love for its wide-ranging regular features and engaging celebrity interviews. Because of the overwhelming response, the site has shifted from a weekly e-zine to a daily blog.
[If this is your first time visiting the site, you may want to check out our New Readers’ Guide.]
Currently, the update schedule for the site is as follows (though it is always subject to change):
Monday
A Million Universes (biweekly)
Overrated (biweekly)
Tuesday
Positive Cynicism
Wednesday
Murphy’s Law
Thursday
From the Vault
Hobo Radio Podcast
Friday
Movie Reviews
Hobo Stu’s Weekly Recap
Celebrity interviews and feature stories will not be posted on a set schedule, so continue to check back daily for new articles.
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- Sign up for our Weekly Newsletter
Your blog is hysterical! It’s like you are writing exactly what most of us are thinking, but don’t dare say! I’d like to add one: Can I please say “Merry Christmas” and not piss off anyone? I’m sorry your holiday is not as good as mine- CONVERT!
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Loved the site!Pretty funny stuff!So Joel-You like pugs? Thats pretty wild, I heard their eyeballs can fall out if you pet them too hard.
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I’ve been a public school teacher for 5 years now. None of my close friends are “educators”. It was relief to see someone refer to the mind-numbing experience of listening to your robot-like co-workers talk about “Dancing With the Stars” (and in my case American Idol). I just thought that I was antisocial (as they have often told me that I am). I can’t BELIEVE how bored I get with the conversation and I have now learned how to nod and smile and the people think that I’m really listening. Thank you for letting me know that I’m not completely inSANE! Well anyway…I LOVE your writing. Great job and enjoy your summer.
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You never did an article about the “LOST” Season 4 episodes, “Ji-Yeon” and “Something Nice Back Home”. Why?
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