By: Roman Graves
Beck has also been doing a Record Club, so far covering Velvet Underground songs.
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This is ever so much more interesting to read than, "So where did you get your inspiration for thus and such song?" interviews. I hope Tom Waits asks about Xenu in part 2, though.
View ArticleBy: rokusan
tom waits could belch & fart & i'd think it was most beautiful music i ever heard. I believe that's Filipino Box Spring Hog #7.
View ArticleBy: shmegegge
that's a pretty great story. my parents aren't that into most modern music. i think the most recently released thing my dad owns is a Diana Krall cd. otherwise it's all old Jazz Standards, and my mom's...
View ArticleBy: Xoebe
Hehe, a few years ago we took a three week long family-car-trip up the east side of the Sierras through Bishop and into Tahoe. Long drive, nice scenery, it's a great drive up route 395. Our kids were...
View ArticleBy: msconduct
i don't know anything about beck and don't really care to learn. waits, though ... tom waits could belch & fart & i'd think it was most beautiful music i ever heard.
View ArticleBy: anazgnos
Weird...earlier this morning there was an introductory blurb from Beck about how in traditional interviews, editors are always cutting in to keep them off of "irrelevant topics", which blurb has now...
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TW: You got struck by lightning? BH: No, I didn't. I was inside, but someone in the audience did. I heard this crash, and looked outside and the whole venue was streaming out with people. TW: You lost...
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Tom Waits to Play The Devil in New Terry Gilliam Flick.Don't you know there ain't no Devil - there's just God when he's drunk.
View ArticleBy: rokusan
And in this week's edition of "ridiculously easy casting calls", we visit: Tom Waits to Play The Devil in New Terry Gilliam Flick.
View ArticleBy: goodnewsfortheinsane
Wait a minute. Is Fishing with John the genesis of the "fish in my pants" meme?
View ArticleBy: rokusan
Your songs have to wind up being used as soundtracks to jump rope. I tried skipping rope to some Tom Waits songs... but really it's more like dragging a noose down the street.
View ArticleBy: shmegegge
Fishing with Jon! I was just telling someone about that the other day, specifically how DeFoe flips out at John because he has to go ice fishing in the freezing cold while everybody else got to relax...
View ArticleBy: explosion
I can't believe it's been 18 years since Fishing with John. Tom Waits is still amazing.
View ArticleBy: shmegegge
oh my god, that's amazing! oh Tom Waits, I love you because you're surprisingly not full of shit after all.
View ArticleBy: schmedeman
Ah, Wikipedia: "Modesto, originally a stop on the railroad connecting Sacramento to Los Angeles, was founded in 1870 and was to be named for William C. Ralston, financier of many projects in early...
View ArticleBy: marxchivist
This is cool. Waits on making sure your songs stick around: Your songs have to wind up being used as soundtracks to jump rope. Tapes will go, but people will still be jumping rope. They'll need tunes...
View ArticleBy: The Man from Lardfork
It's terrible, but I guess songs are just interesting things to do with the air. I love this.
View ArticleBy: shmegegge
The city itself was named because the two guys who founded the town didn't let them use their names in the name of the town. They were too modest and they didn't let them use their names, so they...
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