Glitter & Doom preview

The upcoming release of the Glitter & Doom live album is celebrated by a complete overhaul of Tomwaits.com, 'Tom’s first ever official website'. You can download a free preview of the new album, pre-order the cd's and lp's and find 'all things Waits' there: news, releases, tours, films and more.

'A resource for lyrics, photos, wit and wisdom, strange but true tales, and more imponderables on topics as far ranging as the origin of consciousness, the sexuality of Christ, and the lonely journey of the male seahorse.'

The album comes in cd and lp format and can be ordered (or here for EU countries) with a t-shirt and/or the booklet 'True confessions', which was available at the G&D concerts last year.

About the recordings the site says the following:

'Glitter and Doom is a two disc collection of tracks from Waits’ recent Glitter and Doom tour of the US and Europe. The first disc recreates an evening’s performance with 17 tracks are selected from 10 cities. The second disc is a bonus compendium called TOM TALES, which features the comic bromides, strange musings, and unusual facts that Tom traditionally shares with his audience during the piano set. The topics range from the ritual of insects to the last dying breath of Henry Ford.
The album features all eras of Waits’ as he shifts from an array of characters: carnival barker, preacher, country singer, soul balladeer; cabaret singer and storyteller. Backed by a versatile band, Waits departs from the songs’ original incarnations. The songs instrumentation and rhythms are rearranged and reimagined. There are swampy tribal rhythms, ominous hymns, gypsy flavored ballads, searing rhythmic r&b, and blues boogies.. As expected, the songs are about hanged men, woebegone sailors, sword swallowers, fugitives, shamans, ghosts, dance instructors and prison guards. Enjoy.'

But why read about it, when you can actually listen? Entering your e-mail address in the widget below or on Tomwaits.com, lets you download a 78 mb folder, containing 8 mp3 songs.

And if that doesn't wet your appetite, then maybe this trailer will:

Guardian interview

Tom Waits visited London for the premiere of The imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus last week. And British newspaper The Guardian landed an interesting interview with the man on that occacion.

'We're all insects crawling on the shiny hood of a Cadillac'

Jersey Girl says goodbye to Giants Stadium

On October 10th, Bruce Springsteen played the last concert ever at Giants Stadium in NY, before its demolition. And the final song of that final concert was a tune we all know. The video is not the best quality, but here it is;

Q interview podcast

The Tom Waits interview on CBC's Q from October 2nd, which I mentioned earlier, is now available as a podcast. The 32,3 MB mp3 file runs 1:10. Waits starts around the 21st minute.