Glitter and Doom Scene

'Scenic artist' Charmaine Husum shares some info about her work on the Glitter and Doom scene on her site.

Exclusive 7''

In celebration of 'the humble record shop', Rough Trade records seems to be releasing some exclusive 7'' singles.

One of those contains tracks from the 2008 Glitter and Doom tour: Lucinda / Ain't Goin' Down To The Well (recorded live in Atlanta, GA) and Bottom Of The World (recorded live in Edinburgh, Scotland). These exclusive records will be available from 8 am, Saturday April 18th.

Because of the limited edtion (500 copies for the whole of the UK) purchase is limited to 1 copy per person on a first come first served basis.

Source: Rough Trade Records.
(thanks to Joel)

An animated meeting with Bob Dylan

It's silly, it's probably old, but nevertheless: Seth MacFarlane's impression of Tom Waits meeting Bob Dylan.






(thanks to Harrison)

Parnassus pictures

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Trailer blog has soms new pictures of the upcoming Terry Gilliam movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Lowside giveaway closed

Exactly 477 of you entered The Lowside of the road - a life of Tom Waits giveaway. The lucky winner is Carsten from Germany and he should receive his copy shortly. Better luck to all the others next time.

Barney Hoskyns will be reading from – and signing copies of – his book in Waterstone's in London on March 4th (82 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6EQ, 6.30 pm) and The Bluecoat in Liverpool on March 12th (School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX, 7.30 pm).

For those of you who are wondering what all the fuss is about, the Sunday Times has a review by Robert Sandall.