▁feature ▁film ▁In ▁Search ▁of ▁a ▁Mid night ▁K iss . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁he ▁won ▁a ▁record ▁deal ▁with ▁Brook lyn - based ▁Part isan ▁Records . ▁He ▁once ▁described ▁making ▁music ▁as ▁a ▁vice . ▁He ▁continues ▁to ▁tour ▁extens ively . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁account , ▁Stra ck any ▁repeated ▁his ▁song - a - day ▁project ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁he ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁techn ically ▁" hom eless ", ▁but ▁when ▁he ▁is ▁not ▁tour ing , ▁he ▁lives ▁in ▁Iowa ▁City ; ▁a ▁second ▁source ▁suggests ▁he ▁lives ▁in ▁D aven port , ▁Iowa . ▁ ▁Stra ck any ▁repeated ▁his ▁song di ary ▁fe at ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁Music ▁reviews ▁ ▁N PR ▁music ▁critic ▁Deb or ah ▁Am os ▁suggested ▁that ▁Pale o ' s ▁year - long ▁one - a - day ▁song writing ▁project ▁took ▁a ▁" t oll ▁on ▁his ▁ps y che ", ▁sh ifting ▁back ▁and ▁forth ▁between ▁hope ▁and ▁desp air . ▁ ▁Bo ise ▁Week ly ▁critic ▁E lij ah ▁J ensen ▁wrote ▁that ▁Stra ck any ▁" expl ores ▁inter iors ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁mind , ▁the ▁dissol ution ▁of ▁love , ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁success ▁and ▁does ▁so ▁poet ically ▁with ▁such ▁ent ran cing ▁use ▁of ▁met ap hor ." ▁ ▁Day t rot ter ’ s ▁Se an ▁Mo eller ▁described ▁him ▁as ▁a