It is probably not a safe assumption that everyone has a favorite homeless guy. I’ll bet a lot of you do, though. Zinester’s favorite ended up profiled in the latest issue of Stay Free!. Mine, Carl the Ranter at the 5th & 53d E/V Train platform was tabbed in the Village Voice’s Best of 2004 issue.
I’ve been telling people about Carl for years. I’m a little bummed about his coronation, in much the same way that I was bummed when I found out that Damn It Feels Good Be A Gangsta was on the Office Space soundtrack.
The blurb in the Voice doesn’t do Carl justice and neither will this post.