The Organist
Episode 21: The Piano Van
The story of Chris Stroffolino, a poet, Shakespearean, and former member of the Silver Jews, who lives in a 1983 Ford Econoline van retrofitted with a piano in the back. CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE
By Andrew Leland • • 18m ListenThe 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. CONTAINS LANGUAGE THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES.
Photos courtesy of David Weinberg
