Saw him live at the Orpheum in Boston back in September. It was somewhat unnerving, like being a Satan worshipper for all these years and then Beelzebub himself suddenly turns up in person. The faithful were gathered together for the first time in twelve years. It was a homecoming with the weirdest mix of strangers you could throw together. He played heavily from Mule Variations but hit a lot of the older stuff as well. He had a band backing him most of the time, but the best parts were when it was just him on piano, chatting with the crowd between songs. One of my buddies snuck in a DAT recorder and put together a double CD bootleg of the concert. Not the greatest sound quality, but it's good to have.

hey markus. i wanna get my hands on that bootleg your friend recorded at the orpheum. let's make a deal.

I'll give him a call, see what he wants for it.

May I be in on the deal, too, please?

mee too

Markus, make sure you get what you want from swine before you send the copy (that's gentle ribbling, folks.)

uh, gentle ribbing, not gentle ribbling, which sounds like it would feel very nice if performed on you by a nice young lady. . .

there's one for the sorabji dictionary

Truly! So, go enter it -- but ya gotta come up w/a specific definition. Tell ya what, Swine: After you get yr bootleg copy of the Waits shows & tweak it a little to improve the sound (since you've got a whole living room worth of equipment)/will you send me a copy of the upgrade?

Nobody's gettin nothin cause Markus ain't got nothin. This has been a public service announcement.

never fear, R. C., I think my warped mind can come up with something in excrutiating detail.

Finally got the word; he's wanting $25, but it's a double CD and he puts some work into the insert as well. (He's been doing them by hand, actually, since it was just conceived as a tiny batch for those of us who were there; I'm going to Boston the beginning of next week and will probably whomp something up graphically for him.) Again, the sound quality's not great, mainly because he had some yahoo nearby hollering out the random idiocy. I'll get more details from him then. In the meantime, email me if you're still interested, so I can get a rough count.

hey markus maybe you can give me an idea of what to do around here (Boston) for the infrequent leisure time- i can't seem to get out of cambridge and this touristy stuff is quite lame

go see the gravel pit! i'll let you know the next time that they play.