Oil stain photograph and chapbook charity auction

From TomWaits.com and ANTI:

Tom Waits has donated a rare photograph and a signed chapbook of poems to a charity auction benefiting the tuition assistance program at the Summerfield School.

The photo is a unique and truly collectible work from his oil stain series framed and signed by Tom Waits. The chapbook is also signed and features Waits’ poem “Seeds on a Hard Ground.” The proceeds will go to the Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm to support 35% of their students on scholarship.

This auction runs to May 16, 2011 with a live event taking place on May 14, 2011. To find out more and to bid on this and other items, just go here.

HoF induction footage

While it's up on Youtube:














(I'll update this post as soon as better images become available)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction

Tom Waits played four songs at his induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, yesterday:

• Make it Rain
• Raindogs
• House where Nobody Lives
• Get Behind the Mule (with Neil Young)

A quote from the ceremony:

"They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with and they say that like it's a bad thing."

Press clippings:
NY Times: Rock ’n’ Rollers Salute Their Own
Yahoo news: Diamond, Cooper, Waits inducted into rock hall
San Diego Union - Tribune: Tom Waits inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Life Magazine

Tom Waits ended his acceptance speech with the words "This has been very encouraging."

Supporting the David Lynch Foundation

Tom Waits is supporting the David Lynch Foundation by making available a live track: The Briar and The Rose, from what I suspect is the show at the Playhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland (July 28, 2008).

I'm afraid the unique signed issue of Alice created by Vinyl Arts founder Daniel Edlen is already gone (for a mere $750), but the entire 18 17 track compilation is available at Pledge Music for $18.


All funds raised will go to support the work of the DLF in their global outreach.

HoF rehearsals behind closed doors

It looks like Gilt City was a bit premature in offering tickets for the rehearsals of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony (cfr. previous post). the LA Times is running a story the HoF board of directors considered "admission to the rehearsal part of the event was going to end up being too invasive on the artists".

Bob Seger's Downtown train

I just wanted to let you know Bob Seger is releasing Downtown train.



And the Dutch choir Blue Moon sings some Waits as well... 

Blue Moon is performing Waits at the Brecht festival in Deventer (The Netherlands) on March 13.

NPR broadcasts

Record company Anti reports NPR show Fresh Air will be rebroadcasting Terry Gross’ interview with Tom Waits "tomorrow". The announcement was posted on Thursday, so I guess the broadcast wil take place on Friday - i.e. today. The audio will also be posted at the NPR site.

I am not sure which interview is, but if it is the 2002 broadcast, you can listen to it right now in the NPR archives. You can also listen to David C. Barnett's look "behind the persona" of Waits on the NPR website.

Anti also mentions an upcoming story on Tom Waits in this Sunday’s New York Time’s Magazine. The NY Times website already has a nice picture of Robert Franks shooting Tom Waits and the story behind this 1985 photo shoot.

VIP tickets to the HoF induction ceremony and rehearsals

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will allow an audience into rehearsals for its induction ceremony and dinner, on March 14 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

Gilt City is selling VIP tickets for the March 13 rehearsal for this year’s event, at which the Alice Cooper Band, Neil Diamond, Dr. John and Darlene Love and Tom Waits are being inducted, will cost $3.500. This also includes entrance to the pre-ceremony cocktail party and the awards dinner itself. A ticket to the cocktail party and awards dinner will cost you $2.000.

UPDATE: Tickets are sold out...


UPDATE (March 4): Rehearsals will be held behind closed doors after all.

Hard Ground is shipping

Just a reminder: Amazon is shipping Hard Ground, the book with poetry by Tom Waits and pictures by Michael O’Brien.

Ribot to join Waits at HoF induction

Good news from the news letter sent out by Marc Ribot: he will join Tom Waits for two songs at the ceremony for the latter's induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

And just a reminder: the event will be broadcast on Fuse TV on on March 20th.