Name: Funsani the Camel Policeman
Origin: Non-player Character (NPC) in Facebook My Heroes Ability application. Funsani can be found shooting, with his rifle, all genetically-altered humans who attack him (without cause, we must say) in the Saladin Citadel of Cairo, Egypt.
Suggested Uses:
1. Side-Project in the Already Successful Career of an Independent Rock or Electronica* Musician: Fans will wonder: Is this the work of my favorite musician on his own, or is it one of those projects where the name indicates a singular person but really applies to a collective entity under the guise of a lone musician? Is the inspiration for this side-project a real camel policeman, separately designated from policemen who walk about on foot or drive in the cars with sirens and lights, or is this a persona created solely as the name of this singluar musical project (which may or may not be one person)? Is Funsani representative of the lives of all camel policemen (real or created) or is he standing alone and thus named and not left as the simply generic Camel Policeman? These fans will be intrigued and want to purchase the difficult-to-track-down albums, go to the intimate and lowly-lit concerts, download the specially-released mp3s, and feel generally cooler than other, lesser music fans (who perhaps know of the original band, but not the side-project) when they mention that they know about Funsani the Camel Policeman, they own the albums, have been to the concerts, and they can let you listen to the mp3s on their iPods.
2. Concept Album: Each song on "Funsani the Camel Policeman" tells of his plight in some way or another. His wife and his two daughters at home (feminine and mysterious), his religious secret religious doubts, his lack of political interest despite working for the government, his want for adventure beyond carrying a rifle and riding a dromedary in Cairo, his desire for new and better laws that people yearn to follow, and all the large and small things that find themselves in the head of Funsani. Perhaps The Flaming Lips or Radiohead**. Perhaps someone undiscovered yet brilliant.
*Take your pick.
**The Flaming Lips because they had an album about a person battling pink robots; Radiohead because, well, we don't really know other than they came up when we thought of it. Sometimes the connections are ethereal, are they not?
Origin: Non-player Character (NPC) in Facebook My Heroes Ability application. Funsani can be found shooting, with his rifle, all genetically-altered humans who attack him (without cause, we must say) in the Saladin Citadel of Cairo, Egypt.
Suggested Uses:
1. Side-Project in the Already Successful Career of an Independent Rock or Electronica* Musician: Fans will wonder: Is this the work of my favorite musician on his own, or is it one of those projects where the name indicates a singular person but really applies to a collective entity under the guise of a lone musician? Is the inspiration for this side-project a real camel policeman, separately designated from policemen who walk about on foot or drive in the cars with sirens and lights, or is this a persona created solely as the name of this singluar musical project (which may or may not be one person)? Is Funsani representative of the lives of all camel policemen (real or created) or is he standing alone and thus named and not left as the simply generic Camel Policeman? These fans will be intrigued and want to purchase the difficult-to-track-down albums, go to the intimate and lowly-lit concerts, download the specially-released mp3s, and feel generally cooler than other, lesser music fans (who perhaps know of the original band, but not the side-project) when they mention that they know about Funsani the Camel Policeman, they own the albums, have been to the concerts, and they can let you listen to the mp3s on their iPods.
2. Concept Album: Each song on "Funsani the Camel Policeman" tells of his plight in some way or another. His wife and his two daughters at home (feminine and mysterious), his religious secret religious doubts, his lack of political interest despite working for the government, his want for adventure beyond carrying a rifle and riding a dromedary in Cairo, his desire for new and better laws that people yearn to follow, and all the large and small things that find themselves in the head of Funsani. Perhaps The Flaming Lips or Radiohead**. Perhaps someone undiscovered yet brilliant.
*Take your pick.
**The Flaming Lips because they had an album about a person battling pink robots; Radiohead because, well, we don't really know other than they came up when we thought of it. Sometimes the connections are ethereal, are they not?
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