Red's Recovery Room closed

Last weekend, Red's Recovery Room closed down. The name of this California bar might ring a bell: it was mentioned in Filipino Box Spring Hog.

Live chat with Terry Gilliam

Imaginariumofdrparnassus.com promises a live chat with Terry Gilliam, who directed the upcoming picture The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. This might be your change to find out more about Tom Waits' involvement in the movie.

More details at the site, but the time to log in to the chat room is July 24 at 9 am (Pacific Standard Time, Los Angeles USA)

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan to judge IMA

the Independent Music Awards (IMA) has announced Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan as two of the 2010 contest judges. The IMA 'helps Indie artists & releases worldwide overcome mainstream obstacles by placing Winners & Finalists in front of more than 15 Million new fans via yearlong promotion, marketing & distribution programs. '

Beck interview, pt 2

The second part of the Waits interview by Beck Hansen is on line.

'You know, the yo-yo is a sixteenth century Philippine weapon. It weighed 4 pounds and had twenty feet of cord and only came to the US in 1929.'
(Tom's last remark in the interview)

Waits on Kerouac

Tom Waits is one of the contemporary artists interviewed in the documentary One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur. It's a 2008 movie, but I never saw it mentioned before, so it might be news to you too.

The documentary tells how Kerouac tries to cope with the fame that came after the publication of On the Road and his retreat to Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s cabin in the Big Sur woods, where he starts working on his semi-autobiographical novel, Big Sur.

'Jack was always very inspiring for me cause I was young and I was looking for a father figure. So, Jack Kerouac was really one of my father figures.'
(A Waits quote from the official site)

Watch for Waits at 2:03 in the trailer below

No more tw tv

Looks like Tom Waits tv is off line. I guess it was too good to be true. Although the message that is now on line- "Be back soon!!!" - offers some hope...

Beck interviews Waits

In a new section on his website called Irrelevant Topics, musician Beck interviews Tom Wai's. They talk about 'anything and nothing in particular'.

(thanks to everyone who sent this in - you know who you are: Marc, Edward, Shane, MBS, Peter Brian, Brian, Selby, Joao, Chad, Gerard, Rick,...)