February 2012
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Just started a little blogroll of good TW resources (off the top of my head) on the web, have a look if you want.
And if you’re another Tom Waits tumblr blog or something, shoot me a message and I’ll pop you on there.
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January 2012
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Anonymous asked: Hey, I love your tumblr, Tom is the man. Anyway, I was wondering if you happen to have by any chance this version of Burma Shave: /watch?v=gOiAQtLBJLA It's similar to the one you have uploaded here, but I like the 1978 version better. There used to be a single clip of this performance on YouTube, but it was apparently taken down and now it's only available in 2 parts, which is frankly a...
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Anonymous asked: Will Tom Waits be playing any place, really any place in 2012?
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I met my wife, she was a, uh, a elevator operator at the Taft Hotel. And we were...
– Tom Waits
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The problem is that most instruments are square and music is always round.
– Tom Waits, in the book Small Change: A Life of Tom Waits
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December 2011
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I always thought songs lived in the air. Figure if you open up a window, they...
– Tom Waits, Uncut magazine. Dec. 2011, p.49 (via thesetelevisionblues)
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