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I’m a big Tom Waits fan. I love the ‘Great American Songbook.’ Even though most of those people like Sinatra didn’t write those songs, the way they sold the songs made you feel like you were living it. And that’s what I like in music.
Black Keys albums. Jimi Hendrix albums, sealed, new vinyl. Tom Waits. Dead Kennedys, Tool, Amy Winehouse. Adele. Clash and Ramones. It's really all over the place ... I recently got a new copy of the first Specials album. We sold it within 10 minutes of having it in the store.
They make music from all kinds of garbage — pipes, umbrellas, lamps, anything you can think of — and you can’t believe what they can do with it and they all sound like Tom WaitsMore quotes »
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Sophie Auster enjoys downtown perch
while she is trying to do what she wants to do.” What she’s doing is making music. Auster cites many influences, including Tom Waits, the Beatles, Radiohead and Fiona Apple, but her sound is closest to Apple’s moody alt-rock. She recorded her first album when 5/30/12 from New York Post Read more »
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Old music: Tom Waits - Martha
in 1973, when Tom Waits was just 24, Martha finds this earliest incarnation of one of the US's most intriguing musical characters dropping comfortably into the slippers of a much, much older man. Calling long-distance to an old flame, he lays his heart bare from The Guardian Music Read more »
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Will New Girl Ever Do A Musical Episode?
music endeavors have been more prominent and well-reviewed than some of her fellow actors like Scarlett Johansson, whose Tom Waits cover album has probably been forgotten by most people. A big percentage of Deschanels musical success, even with She & Him, from Cinema Blend Read more »
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Michael Fassbender in awe of singer
Fassbender was so star struck when he saw Tom Waits he couldn't speak to him. The hunky star is getting used to people becoming tongue-tied around him now he's hit the big time, but that doesn't mean he finds it easy to talk to his idols. Michael was astounded from Belfast Telegraph Read more »
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Link About It: This Week's Picks
by Tom Waits, this cleverly edited video breaks down John Baldessari's life in a mere six minutes for a brief history lesson on the artist dubbed a "surrealist for the digital age". With over 200 solo shows and a handful of significant awards comprising his from Cool Hunting Read more »
