FRANKLIN’S FINAL ALL AGES SHOW

Why does a band break up? Why doesn’t a band break up is a far more interesting question. The only easy part about being in a band is actually saying, “Hey, let’s start a band.” From that point on, being in a band is constant problem solving. From the word “go” you’re faced with problems […]

OUR OWN 20 YEAR REUNION

Last night Ralph was in town. What I thought was going to be a casual dinner turned into this odd reunion of sorts. While the reunion aspect of the get together was only in hindsight, its significance wasn’t lost on me nor the others involved. Starting in the left hand corner of the photo we’ve […]

SOME OLD FLYERS AND RANDOM PHOTOS

Dug up some oldies…this flyer was for a show at the thunderous 508 House in Tom’s River, NJ. This was the final show of the Fracture/Franklin summer tour of 1995. That’s actually a picture of me singing for Astir-Few on the flyer. These two photos of Franklin playing a Cabbage Collective Show at the church […]

BANDS THAT TIME FORGOT: FRANKLIN BY SCOTT HEISEL

I accidentally stumbled across this article on AltPress.com yesterday, while looking for an image to use on the AM/FM post. This article was posted on August 28th, 2010 and frankly, it’s probably one of the nicest things ever written about Franklin. I’ve reprinted the article here, but you can check out the original at AltPress.com. […]