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I like them. He didn't break any new ground or anything, but I like them. He really is a pirate, isn't he? So many of his songs sound like sea shanties. I like "Knife Chase." Your thoughts?? |
acquiring them RIGHT NOW. |
Did you know he plays gigs in Oakland from time to time? |
my money is tied up in photo crap. gotta two shoots this weekend, buy lots of film and rent a telephoto. poopy. i hear them on the radio though. |
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Specifically, I would kill someone I didn't know very well but whose face I just didn't like. I would stab them, or maybe rig the brakes on their car (if I were feeling squeamish that day). "If there's one thing you can say about mankind...there's nothing kind about man." |
i know he played here at least. I did not see him, regretably. |
Lullaby. What a fantastic album. It's really classic Tom Waits. I really like the song "God's Away on Business." I can't wait to listen to Alice next. |
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more mournful and sad. Blood Money is more, well, psychotic, but not in the way that springs to mind when you describe Tom Waits' music as psychotic. |
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i wanna get that one. i also want the new sheryl crow. i did get the new elvis costello, which is amazing - i very highly recommend it. it's like the stuff he used to do you 15 years ago. kinda punky. |
I've been known to say, though, that when it comes to the traits of my future husband, "likes Tom Waits" is up there with "is employed" and "loves his mother." http://www.officialtomwaits.com has tons of information on him. You can find soundclips of his songs on http://www.amazon.com . He writes fantastic lyrics and surreal-circus-freakshow music. The biggest hurdle to his appeal is probably his voice, which sounds like he swallows nails and chews gravel for breakfast, but once you're used to it you realize no other voice could sing these songs. Rod Stewart has covered a couple -- "Downtown Train" is a Tom Waits song -- and, well, ugh. As for Elvis Costello, if Margret and Sarah like his new album, how could I not investigate? |
a friend who saw him in NJ a few years back, said he came out on stage, which was covered in dirt, and started kicking hunched over like a person does when immitating a bull and just did that for the first 15 minutes. freak. he's also an actor and has showed up in various films including Mystery Men. He's a big favorite of Francis Ford Coppola's appearing in The Outsiders and Rumblefish. He was in a Jim Jarmusch film called Down by Law, which i rented but never got to watch. |
a friend who saw him in NJ a few years back, said he came out on stage, which was covered in dirt, and started kicking hunched over like a person does when immitating a bull and just did that for the first 15 minutes. freak. he's also an actor and has showed up in various films including Mystery Men. He's a big favorite of Francis Ford Coppola's appearing in The Outsiders and Rumblefish. He was in a Jim Jarmusch film called Down by Law, which i rented but never got to watch. |
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John Lurie is in it. Once, once upon a time, I could have sworn I saw copies of "Fishing with John" in my video store, including the episode with Tom Waits. I would love to see that. I guess I should ask at the desk, huh? |
He was also in Ironweed, which is a very good but very depressing movie. He was also in Short Takes, is that the right title of the movie? |
Theres a place in San Francisco down near Mission Bay, that reminds me of Tom Waits in a big way. its a divey little whiskey bar that has a donut stand inside. You can walk up to the window outside and get a donut, or you can ask them to get you one while you sit at the bar. I've dipped my donuts in Bushmills at 9 am on a couple of occasions. Sure , San Francisco might be known for its bars in the stars atop some of the finer hotels, but the gutter level joints are a lot more interesting. |
I saw Mystery Men, but don't have a clue who this guy is. I sold the movie a few months ago so I can't go back and check. I haven't heard of the other movies. |
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I have to get a hold of these. Im willing to bet my video store has them too. |
the pbs show 'austin city limits' will be rebroadcasting a 1979 tom waits concert sometime this summer. i've seen several times mentioned, so i think different stations will be running it at different times. keep your eyes peeled. i've seen it. it was cool. burma shave. |
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droop, i remember you writing about that performance! i wonder if kevin can program his TiVO to keep an eye out for it or something. that thing can do some pretty bizarre stuff, ya never know. |
By the way, did anyone see that lightbulb light up above my head? |
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heh. the schedule says it will be on june 29th in austin, but i think it will be different state-wide. |
droop hasn't been around. i just wanted to know what the fuck he was doing. i took the info and pocketed it, for what its worth considering i wont be able to see it. |
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where the hell have you been, droop? and sarah, what the hell are you doing with kevin's tivo, you fickle woman? |
bodily. but my mind's been on vacation, lately. haven't been able to post. can't sleep, neither. it's about 4:30 a.m., and i'm sipping vodka and listening to down-home gospel music on the radio. it's getting to be a habit. |
sometimes, there's just nothing interesting to say. |
I had to go to bed before Kilby came on though. I would have stayed up, but he had no chicks coming on. LS |
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i don't have a TV, let alone a tivo. he has one though and he'll grab a program for me if i ask him to. we still see each other at least once a week. i go over to his house to visit with and take care of my kitties, until i decide what i'm going to do when my lease is up at my apartment at the end of july. i have nothing interesting to say, except that i'm flying to florida today to spend mother's day with my mom, 2 aunties, and my sweet and loving but crazy as a loon grandmother, who i haven't seen in 10 years. |
em the day they came out instead of buying lunch. totally worth it. like the new elvis costello album too although i think he flakes in the end by trying to sound like an old rocker who's not an old rocker. but whatever. truth be told, if i could have a small orgy the first two people i'd invite would be tom and elvis. still hot even though his face looks like it's sliding down his skin... im enthralled. |
saw waits on letterman last night. beautiful tune, but i don't know which one it was. you even got to see dave and tom banter with each other. really try to catch that 'austin city limits', sarah. the first thing he does - "silent night/christmas carol from a hooker in minneapolis" - is him telling a story over the music. it's about 15 minutes. "summertime(gershwin's)/burma shave" is another story. |
http://www.io.com/~shushine/waits/ (I haven't followed the link, so if it doesn't work or something, it ain't my fault.) |
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was out looking at emo boy butt) but wooohoo thankyouu. i saw him perform on letterman when mule variations came out. it was sweet. he did "chocolate jesus" and tossed confetti in the air and.. awww. im smitten. the boy brought me a bootleg live tom waits recording the other day. wheeeee! |
say, when letterman asks about the family.....does Waits have kids? Is he married to someone notable? Letterman asked that as if its a given we know something, which maybe i don't. |
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I feel so lame for using that as my source, but I have to be quick. |
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Or, maybe he was amused that someone like Tom was somebody's dad. |
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i would imagine droop its similar to chewing sand paper. |
i wish i could call him daddy.... |
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Aside from his film cameos ive never seen him chat, casually, like he did with Dave. He gave me a good chuckle, with Im grateful for right now. |
i was just checking out the tom waits selections at amazon uk. the brits seem to think he's one of the few good things about american. i found out that rod stewart covered another waits tune - "tom traubert's blues" from the first waits album i ever bought - and it was it was a hit in england. |
i should shut up as Im totally butchering the point of his essay... |
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"Gods away on business" is very bizarre. |
I think his sense of humor is adorable. "Chocolate Jesus" kills me despite myself. I always giggle at "pour him over ice cream for a nice parfait." I can't help it. I was reflecting during my last listen through "Alice" that only he could get away with singing these songs....they're very sentimental. I couldn't stand them if they were sung by anyone else...his voice balances out the syrup perfectly. |
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Tom Waits is being featured/interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air program today. here it's on at 3 p.m. and i have to miss it because i have to train elementary school teachers how to use Fetch. heh. if you miss it too, the transcipts will be archived somewhere at http://www.npr.org . |
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I'm revising my opinion. The first song, also named "Alice," is a nearly perfect song for its type -- smoky, bluesy, depressed-mood love song about someone long gone. It has the great line "How does the ocean rock the boat? / How did the razor find my throat?" that nails the atmosphere in one breath. "Lost in the Harbour," "Fish & Bird," "Barcarolle," and the instrumental "Fawn" all have this incredible warmth and affectionate glow running all through them. "Everything You Can Think" (with the line that makes me laugh out loud every time I hear it -- "Your eyes are fish on a creamy shore"), "Poor Edward," "Kommienezuspadt," "Table Top Joe," and "We're All Mad Here" are all as bizarre as you'd expect from Tom Waits. He likes the idea of isolated body parts taking on lives of their own, doesn't he? ("Eyeball Kid," now "Table Top Joe") Whoever plays the clarinet and saxophone on this album are amazing. Stewart Copeland plays on one or two tracks. You can tell the album is a soundtrack, but it's still real good, and I'm glad I found it again after these many months. Amen. |
i finally got the notwist album, shrink, i ordered from amazon. actually from a zshop. i didn't do it on purpose, i just didn't notice it wasn't being purchased directly from amazon. took a month to get to me and . . . well . . . it's ok, i guess. not near as good as neon golden. some of the same type of sound but also a kind of mediocre modern jazz side that i haven't been able to embrace. i'm going through another musical drought. |
actually beck's latest if probably one my favorite albums ive heard in a long time. |
Dave, did I ask you about Fischerspooner? My brother burned me their first (only?) album, and I like it. I really, really like contemporary bands that employ the cheesiest '80s Atari sounds as the primary stock of their electronic library -- Fischerspooner, Trans Am, the Faint... It makes the music sound so trashy, but in the best way. |
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they lost me after their 2nd and 3rd albums. yes...his really mellow album. the songs are really fucking right on....best writing yet, i think, from the Beckster. |
Especially "Singapore". |
My favorite song on "Beautiful Maladies" is "Hang On St. Christopher," taken from "Frank's Wild Years." Damn, now I can't wait to go home and dig out some more Tom Waits. It's the same with men as with horses and dogs -- nothing wants to die. |
Rain Dogs on the otherhand...being a predominantly upbeat album, she's ok with....but unless we're going to sleep or sticking tootpicks in our eyes....she can't stand waits....he sucks the life right out of the room to her. |
Only if they haven't been reading the political threads here. |
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i also hope to stumble across more good shit like lali puna very, very soon. spider, i think you did mention it and i remember seeing it now that you re-mentioned it. i'll keep an eye out. did you hear the new autechre yet? try to find 'xylin room' on gnutella. i still think their best song is 'zeiss contarex' even though that's more like a gescom song than an autechre song. i need boards of canada to bust out another album today. gimme gimme gimme. |
in fact, im too busy with poopy, gasey babies, trying to impliment an early morning jogging-regiment and enjoy some good hockey thats been on the teley lately to wait impatiently. on top of the cooking and cleaning. i barely have a chance to push play on the cd player. |
Tom Waits brings me down too. I don't know what it is about his music that does it, though. I just feel down and cold when I listen to it, but who knows, maybe I am just being weird! |
This song will not leave my head. BTW, re Trans Am (see above) -- they are still around. They're playing at the Black Cat in DC this month. |
i haven't listened yet. jawohl. |
bad bad bad. bad like bad plaid. bad like new order. glad i didn't pay for it. or at least pay fischerspooner. is your brother gay? |
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i was hoping for more of a ladytron-esque sound. that's about as gay disco as i can go. |
Hey, my brother likes Ladytron, too. But he's neither gay nor Eurotrash, himself. And the music his own band makes is all organic -- bass, guitar, piano, and drums. |
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My baby brother! In a band! So cute! |
(insert picture of ms. kazoo gagging) (still choking) excuse me, I have to clean this up. blech. |
But I LOVE Depeche Mode. How can I love both Depeche Mode and Tom Waits? I couldn't tell ya. There's no accounting for taste. |
If someone asked me to make them a tape of a specific kind of music that I own, that's different. But when I was in High School and College, when someone asked, "Hey, could you make me one of those mixes you like to make so much" I'd get annoyed. So, I had this collection of stupid stuff that I acquired over the years and I would make the mix out of those so they wouldn't ask me for any more music. Sometimes that would backfire though, "OH MY GOD! THE PET SHOP BOYS! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE THIS!" |
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i heard this song on public radio today and it made me think of you, spider. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQATmHhHrlM |