Manxman Piano

Manxman Piano

Designed c.1896; Made c.1902-1903

V&A

I laughed out loud but not loudly.

The story of Chris Stroffolino, who describes his journey from academia—writing Cliffs Notes to Shakespeare, teaching Creative Writing at NYU—to the downtown poetry scene of the 90s, to playing in the Silver Jews on their great 1998 album American Water, to a bicycle accident and eventual self-enforced homelessness – where he currently lives in a 1983 Ford Econoline van retrofitted with a piano in the back, performing for pedestrians.

I hear music.

Digital Self Portraits — Shae DeTar