Signed copy of Waits/Corbijn '77-'11 auction

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan have donated a signed copy of the Waits/Corbijn '77-'11 picture book to be auctioned at www.biddingforgood.com.

Looks like it didn't make the predicted $10,000: rowan_mcs snatched it up for a mere $2,300 ...



Proceeds go to Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm.

Bad Ass Me video

I don't think I have seen this one before, but a Bad Ass Me (sic) video surfaced on Vimeo.

Tom Waits performing with Rolling Stones tonight

Looks like Tom Waits joined the Rolling Stones on stage at the Oakland Oracle Arena yesterday.


From the ANTI- twitter account:

Tom Waits performs with the Rolling Stones tonight ow.ly/i/22RwL
— Tom Waits (ANTI-) (@tomwaits) May 6, 2013

From the Rolling Stones twitter account:

LITTLE RED ROOSTER with @tomwaits #Stones50 #oakland
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) May 6, 2013

Tom Waits: 'Writing new songs, a tour (but not right now)'

In a telephonic interview with Norwegian publication Aftenposten about the Corbijn book, Tom Waits says he's writing songs for a new album. And what's more, he doesn't rule out another tour.

– Så, nå får vi se deg i Norge igjen?
 – En vakker dag. Kanskje ikke i juni, men jeg vil helt sikkert komme meg ut på veien igjen, også til litt mer fjerntliggende steder som Norge. Men akkurat nå har jeg ingen planer om turné, sier han, men avslører at han akkurat nå sitter og skriver låter til et nytt album.

'I will definitely get out on the road again, also to some more remote places like Norway. But right now I have no intention of touring'

WHFS interview, part 6 (of 6)

The final installment (#6) of the WHFS interview, recorded on 6 September 1975, was posted online.

Tom Waits tributes

While we are waiting for the real thing, you might want to check out some of these Tom Waits tributes:

Small Change Band and Two dollar pistol feat. Ryan Fitzsimmons & Danielle Miraglia will be performing Tom Waits covers at Johnny D's (Sommerville, MA, USA - April 18th)

Peter Mulvey & the Crumbling Beauties and Babes in Boinkland perform a tribute to the Rain Dogs album at the Oberon (Cambridge, MA, USA - May 8-9th)

Leon Tol and his band William the Pleaser will be performing at De Harmonie (Edam, The Netherlands - May 16th)

Bright Phoebus sings Tom Waits at the Shrewsbury Folk Festival (Shrewsbury, UK - August 25th)


DISCLAIMER: I have no idea how good/bad these are. Attend at your own risk.

WHFS interview, part 5

The fifth part of the WHFS interview, recorded on 6 September 1975, was posted online.