Night Town: Elias, the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
So he sat again, around 1:30AM, getting his drone on. Sometimes he'd hear money drop into the case. He lived with a caretaker named Nanette. All she knew about her from her voice was that she was around his age and had once danced in a company directed by a man named Donald McKayle. Carolyn and Luis paused in front of him for several minutes. Carolyn gasped with delight. "He's playing 'Untitled' by The Cure from Disintegration!" She grabbed for Luis's hand. " Aye, mamacita," replied Luis. It was a reference to their joke that most of the Latinos they knew loved The Cure. Carolyn chuckled and snuggled her head into Luis's Joy Division tshirt. The album was one of Elias's favorites. He knew little time and place, or whether music was for young people or no. He had learned many of the songs by ear quite quickly. The drone soothed him. Occasionally he would be joined by an incredible cellist or some bucket players, both of whom love...