Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams Give Tracks To Blind Willie Johnson Tribute
Blind Willie Johnson had a voice that could burn the skin off your back. When he sang he might as well been gargling with rocks. He made Howlin’ Wolf sound like Frank Sinatra. His gospel recordings are...
View ArticleWatch: Tom Waits Rehearses For Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit
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View ArticleWatch: Tom Waits In Great Form At Bridge School Benefit
Awesome to see Tom Waits do his thing at the Bridge School concert yesterday (Oct. 27, 2013). Dig it the most! Be sure to click on the “Play All” link to see Waits’ entire set. Set list: Raised Right...
View ArticleTom Waits Collaborating with Robert Wilson on “Death car”
Photo from Robert Wilson’s Instagram page of the Royal Danish Theater. Tom Waits and Robert Wilson are staging a play, “Death car,” based on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, according to The Eyeball Kid....
View ArticleUnheard Tom Waits’ Demo Sells for at least $4000
A demo tape that the owner claims is Tom Waits’ first recordings was sold at Recordmecca today for at least $4000. The seven-song tape includes one that Tom Waits never rerecorded or released, “Tornado...
View ArticleTom Waits Splits From Robert Wilson ‘Death Car’ Production
Tom Waits has abandoned his Robert Wilson theatrical collaboration, “Death Car,” according to a spokesperson for Waits, but Waits remains involved with director Aaron Posner and Teller’s (of Penn &...
View ArticleIn The News: Tom Waits, Squarepusher, Johnny Cash, AC/DC, Trash Talk, The...
Music for Robots is a new EP that Squarepusher made with robots. “The Z-Machines are three robots created by Japanese roboticists with the purpose of performing music that’s too advanced for the most...
View ArticleConsidering the Fate of the ‘Literary Bad Boys’
It’s one hundred years after William S. Burroughs’ birth. To celebrate, the New York Times has published two intriguing essays regarding what the Times calls the “so-called literary bad boys.” James...
View ArticleVideo/Audio: Bob Dylan & Tom Waits on ‘Family Guy’; Tom Waits Sends Audio...
Some might find this silly, which it is, but it’s kinda funny too. Caricatures of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits on the cartoon, “Family Guy”: As Bob Dylan tells it, he would let Tom Waits know in advance...
View ArticleHow Jack Kerouac Influenced Bob Dylan & More
In a 12,000 word essay, “Bob Dylan’s Beat Visions (Sonic Poetry),” that appears in the upcoming book, “Kerouac On Record: A Literary Soundtrack,” I explore how Bob Dylan was profoundly influenced by...
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