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Tag Archives: Tom Waits
Emotional weather report for April
…High tonight, low tomorrow, precipitation is expected. – Tom Waits Nature was at war with itself last month – solitary balmy days sandwiched by cold snaps with gusty winds, the sky still bright at 7:30 pm, but with temps in … Continue reading
Posted in apocalypse, down and out, humor, life in the big city, mainstream media, Philadelphia
Tagged Donald Trump, Kanye West, Mormons, Stormy Daniels, swamp rabbit, Tom Waits
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Emotional weather report for March
The sun is beginning to shine on me, But it’s not like the sun that used to be. – Bob Dylan, “Highlands” Overheard on South Street, outside the city’s worst supermarket: “Yeah, but most South Philly people, they’re really rude … Continue reading
‘The Piano Has Been Drinking,’ not me
Tom Waits performs, then jokes with Martin Mull and Fred Willard on Fernwood Tonight. The mock-talk show ran for a few months in 1977, and was re-formatted and telecast as America 2-Night for a few months in 1978. I had … Continue reading
Posted in arts, humor, pop music
Tagged "The Piano Has Been Drinknig", David Letterman, Fernwood Tonight, Fred Willard, Martin Mull, Tom Waits
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‘Frank’s Wild Years’
Well Frank settled down in the Valley and hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife’s forehead… … he sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at … Continue reading
Music to haunt you on Halloween
There are at least three varieties of scary songs — novelty numbers, done for laughs; songs that have dark lyrics but aren’t all that scary; and songs (“compositions” is a better word) that actually sound scary and give you the … Continue reading
Posted in arts, humor, pop music
Tagged Brian Eno, Captain Beefheart, David Byrne, Halloween, Laurie Anderson, scary songs, Tom Waits
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We’ll all be rain dogs soon
For those in the path of Irene: “Rain Dogs” from Tom Waits’ Rain Dogs (1985) According to reports, Philadelphia will get more rain this weekend than any other major city in the region. Bad news for those of us in … Continue reading
Posted in food, livable cities, Philadelphia, pop music
Tagged batteries, Hurricane Irene, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
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Her fame was fleeting, but Jones’s songs endure
Mojo has been a better music magazine than Rolling Stone for a long time, and forget that there isn’t much good music to write about these days, that’s another story. The July Mojo profiled singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, who debuted … Continue reading
Posted in arts, mainstream media, pop music
Tagged Chuck E.'s In Love, Pirates, Rickie Lee Jones, The Magazine, Tom Waits
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Debt bill destroys America. Who’s next for a swim?
I’m on the home stretch with my novel-in-progress Good Sal/Bad Sal, set in casino-era Atlantic City. One of the final chapters starts with Good Sal asking: Have you ever let the cold surf creep between your toes and thought what’s … Continue reading
In the neighborhood, in spring
What’s he building in there?/What the hell is he building/In there?/He has subscriptions to those/Magazines… He never/Waves when he goes by/He’s hiding something from/The rest of us… He’s all/To himself… I think I know/Why… — Tom Waits Overheard while running … Continue reading
Posted in arts, bicycling, livable cities, Philadelphia
Tagged neighborhood, neighbors, South Philly, Tom Waits, West Philly
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Woe-is-uh-me-bop, Beefheart is dead
My musician son Barney sent me a text message on Dec. 17: “Beefheart died today.” This was sad but also a good sign that the music of Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, will long outlast the man, although you … Continue reading
