Frank Damico, Part 2: Downtown Boy

In the infamous year 1977 – the year New York City went bankrupt and the serial killer Son of Sam reigned – Frank moved to the city with his friends, started a band, and got a job at CBGB, rubbing elbows with Blondie, Talking Heads, the Ramones. But would he survive the year out? This episode can be enjoyed on its own, but if you missed**https://pod.link/490297492/episode/NmFkMTY1NjBmMzhmMjVjMGYwNjgxOTRlPart 1 of Frank's story**, we recommend listening to that before you hear this. If you’d like to see the photos that go with this episode, you can find them on **Patreon** and **Substack**, FREE, without a membership. If you’d like to support my work, you can also sign up to be a paying subcriber and access ad-free, premium content. We’d love to have you. **Frank Damico** is a writer, performer, storyteller and visual artist. He wrote and starred in the solo shows ***First Kill*** and ***The Severity of My Solitude***, and he’s appeared on stages all over New York City and beyond. He was a frequent host and storyteller in the early days ofhttps://www.themoth.org/**The Moth**, and he co-created The Moth’s community outreach program with me and ran the program for seven years, bringing the power of storytelling to thousands of underserved and vulnerable individuals. Frank has also taught poetry and storytelling withhttps://www.pw.org/**Poets & Writers** and other groups, and he lives in the Hudson Valley with his dog Ramone. **You can follow him onhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.damico.52Facebook** where he regularly shares his writings. Huge gratitude also to our resident artisthttps://www.instagram.com/pernilleclifforth/**Pernille Clifforth** who has beautifully illustrated every episode of this series. Also big thank you to Paul Dreux Smith for making the music and mixing this episode. Big thanks tohttp://christinathyssen.com/**Christina Thyssen** for being my story editor for ***The Way Back***, and to my associate producer,http://vixjensen.com/**Vix Jensen**, as well as our production volunteers,https://substack.com/redirect/7b40bf76-a95e-42ea-b105-513df11aa219?j=eyJ1IjoidG9uMnMifQ.-LypqpNUS4owH-wvyjpXHQRoCeBiQGdy_87PNbJa1jk**Aviva Barry** and **Jen Alevizos**. **We'd love to hear from you** by email at **stories@leathau.com** and you can find us onhttps://substack.com/redirect/f47d53d0-7349-441e-baea-87ad3a5810fa?j=eyJ1IjoidG9uMnMifQ.-LypqpNUS4owH-wvyjpXHQRoCeBiQGdy_87PNbJa1jk**Instagram** andhttps://facebook.com/STORIESbyLeaThau**Facebook** or leave a review here in your podcast app! The entire back catalogue of Strangers can be found at **STORIES by Lea Thau** on Patreon and Substack, where you can also find my new work in its entirety, all of it ad-free. You can join as a free or paid member, so come be part of my community! Or follow my new work in my new public feed, **STORIES by Lea Thau,** which you can find wherever you get your podcasts. * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.