Tom Waits in Keith Richards' Life

To be honest, I thought Tom Waits would have been mentioned more in Keith Richards' biography Life, but he has to make do with one paragraph:

Tom Waits was an early collaborator back in the mid-'80s. I didn't realize until later that he'd never written with anyone else before except his wife, Kathleen. He's a one-off lovely guy and one of the most original writers. In the back of my mind I always thought it would be really interesting to work with him.

The book then continues with Tom Waits' recollection of how That Feel, the track which ended up on Bone Machine, came about.

As far as I can tell not a word about Rain Dogs, on which Richards played guitar and/or sang backing vocals on Big Black Mariah, Union Square and Blind Love.

'Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight' on line

Tom Waits is the narrator of the full lenght 1997 documentary Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight. This documentary was made by fellow Winnipeg filmmaker Noam Gonick during the shooting of Maddin's movie Twilight of the Ice Nymphs. You can see it on line at Vimeo.

'Under review 1983-2006' on line

Someone has put the entire documentary Under review 1983-2006 on Youtube.

Creepy singer

According to Spinner, Tom Waits is the second most creepiest, most blood-curling singer in rock. Howlin' Wolf took the #1 spot.

The Eyeball Kid on Tumblr

A copy of this blog is now being run on Tumblr: theeyeballkid.tumblr.com.

Corbijn book...

It seems like every single month we get an updated publication date of the Anton Corbijn picture book about Tom Waits. Latest news is February 14th (2011, that is) and 150 euro.

Of course, it might be later and it might be more expensive...

Preservation Hall Jazz Band at 78 rpm

From ANTI-:

On November 19th, Preservation Hall Recordings will release 504 limited edition hand-numbered 78 rpm vinyl records featuring two tracks by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with very special guest Tom Waits. Proceeds from the sale of this very special project will benefit the Preservation Hall Junior Jazz & Heritage Brass Band.

Mr. Waits traveled to New Orleans in 2009 to record two songs with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for the critically acclaimed project Preservation: An album to benefit Preservation Hall and the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program, “Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thing” , and “Corrine Died On The Battlefield”. Originally recorded by Danny Barker in 1947, these two selections are the earliest known recorded examples of Mardi Gras Indian chants.

The two tracks will now be packaged in a special limited edition 78 rpm format record, each signed and numbered by Preservation Hall Creative Director Ben Jaffe. The first one hundred records will be accompanied by a custom-made Preservation Hall 78rpm record player as part of a Deluxe Donation package. The remaining four hundred and four will be available as a standalone record for the Basic Donation package.

This special limited edition recording will be made available in two different tiers, based on the level of donation: Deluxe Donation Tier: $200 – Limited Edition 78rpm record featuring Tom Waits & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band AND a custom-made Preservation Hall 78 record players – and Basic Donation Tier: $50 – Limited Edition 78rpm record featuring Tom Waits & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. 

Both packages will be available for in-person purchase at Preservation Hall in New Orleans on November 19, 2010 at 10:00am Central and available for purchase online November 20th here.

Big Time on Netflix

Good news if you're a Netflix subscriber: the site is streaming Big Time.

Théâtre de l'Empire video

I hadn't seen this 1979 video before, so I'd thought I'd share it with you. It's a clip recorded for a French television show and features Tom Waits performing Pasties And A G-String, Jitterbug Boy, I never talk to strangers, Muriel and Burma shave at the Théâtre de l'Empire in Paris (France). Now available at INA.fr.

retrouver ce média sur http://www.ina.fr/video/I10252108/tom-waits-sur-la-scene-du-theatre-de-l-empire-a-paris.fr.html

Lyric of the week: Alice

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan's Alice is lyric of the week over at The American Songwriter.

Ferlinghetti tribute video

The title says it all, really: Tom Waits performing Ferlinghetti's Fortune at the Ferlinghetti tribute last weekend. The standup bass player is Marcus Shelby.




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Some other videos from the event were online earlier, but have been removed. So, be quick.