Jack Simpson is a wisecracking, directionless layabout who works at an inner city telemarketing firm. Bum Bum Ghigno is a general layabout with no permanent profession. Any hussar who isn't dead at age 30 is a layabout. Meanwhile, his layabout twin brother George decides to avenge the family name himself. "Layabout" and "Looking at You" reflect a more upbeat light folk move in Marsters' music.