Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and EncountersChicago Review Press, 1 серп. 2011 р. - 480 стор. Tom Waits, even with his barnyard growl and urban hipster yawp, may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: &“the greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.&” Over a span of almost four decades, he has transformed his music and persona not to suit the times but his whims. But along with Bob Dylan, he stands as one of the last elder statesmen still capable of putting out music that matters. Journalists intent upon cracking the code are more likely to come out of a Waits interview with anecdotes about the weather, insects, or medieval medicine. He is, in essence, the teacher we wished we had, dispensing insights such as: &“Vocabulary is my main instrument;&” &“We all like music, but what we really want is for music to like us;&” &“Anything you absorb you will ultimately secrete;&” &“Growth is scary, because you're a seed and you're in the dark and you don't know which way is up, and down might take you down further into a darker place . . .;&” and &“There is no such thing as nonfiction. . . . People who really know what happened aren't talking. And the people who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up.&” Tom Waits on Tom Waits is a selection of over fifty interviews from the more than five hundred available. Here Waits delivers prose as crafted, poetic, potent, and haunting as the lyrics of his best songs. |
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... Gone (2004) 349 August or September 2004— "It's Last Call Somewhere in the World" Interviewer: Jonathan Valania, Magnet 350 September 2004— "The Mojo Interview: Tom Waits Speaks" Interviewer: Sylvie Simmons, Mojo 366 December 2004— "Tom ...
... He is, in his own words, “real gone.” However, appearing that way becomes another defense mechanism; in truth Waits is well read and informed with a heightened awareness of contemporary pop culture. He never comes across as xi Introduction.
... gone for about six weeks. LC: And then a second album is in the works? TW: The second album will be called Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night, if I have my druthers. I'd like to record some old things that I was writing when I was ...
... gone over to close his eyes and there's a racing form in his pocket, circled 'Blue Boots' in the third.” There were “naked mannequins with Cheshire grins,” “raconteurs and roustabouts” saying “Buddy, come on in.” Cops telling jokes ...
... gone the whole route. We made some (very) small talk while in transit to WMMS. Upon arriving, Tom sat sucking piping hot coffee through the hole in the plastic lid of a paper cup and coughing while he chain-smoked Salems because he ...
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January 23 1979Tom Waits for No One | 107 |
Heartattack and Vine 1980 | 113 |
Swordfishtrombones 1983 | 129 |
Rain Dogs 1985 | 151 |
Late 1985Rain Dogs Tourbook | 164 |
Franks Wild Years 1987 | 181 |