 It was Tiny Tim who first suggested to Barone that he should live in Greenwich Village, where Tim himself had gotten his start.Moving to New York after high school, Barone lived briefly at the Hotel Chelsea, modeled, and landed small acting roles.Answering an advertisement in the Village Voice newspaper led him to meet the musicians with whom he would soon form the Bongos, a critically acclaimed new wave band that helped to create the 1980s Hoboken, New Jersey indie pop community.