¡Adiós, Máquina de Huesos!

Last week saw the birth of a new Spanish site, but today we have to say goodbye to Máquina de Huesos, the Spanish blog dedicated to Tom Waits.

New Spanish Waits site

There is a new site with all things Waits for those of you who speak Spanish: tomwaits.es.

New movie role for Tom Waits

According to Deadline New York, Tom Waits is to star alongside Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken in Sevenpsychopaths, a new movie by Martin McDonagh.

Tom Waits on Tom Waits UK edition giveaway

British publisher Aurum Press is preparing a UK edition of the book edited by Paul Maher Tom Waits on Tom Waits. This collection of interviews should hit stores on November 30th - Amazon has a release date of Nov. 1st.  .

From Aurum:

A collection of 50 interviews, the majority of which have never been published in book form before.

GIVEAWAY: The people at Aurum Press have kindly agreed to give away three copies of Tom Waits on Tom Waits to readers of The Eyeball Kid.

All you have to do, is send me an e-mail with Waits on Waits as a subjectline, a reason why you think you should have a copy and your postal address. Entries close on Friday Nov 18.

Satisfied video

Tomwaits.com is showing a video for Satisfied, a Wondros production directed by Jesse Dylan.

From Wondros:

This dramatic music video is a visual reflection of Waits’s cool, manic, odd-ball persona. The video’s black and white contract is enhanced by stark lighting and its off-the-cuff style.

Gavin Bryar's Mercy and Grand in London

Gavin Bryars' Mercy and Grand project will be staged at the Spitalfields Music festival in London (UK) on December 13th.

Hat auction

London charity organisation Saint Mungo's is auctioning off what looks to be a genuine Tom Waits hat on eBay.

Bad as me reviews

I'll be posting links to online reviews of the upcoming album Bad as me in this entry. So, if you ee anything, feel free to mail me or leave a link in the comments below.

UPDATE (Nov. 2): A somewhat belated update, but with two nice audio clips: the Fresh Air interview on NPR and the Triple J interview.

• NPR: The Fresh Air interview (audio clip)
• Triple J (audio clip)
• Uncut (which has Tom Waits in the cover this month and includes a 'Tom Waits Juke Box' cd)
• BBC Radio 4 (audio clip)
• Detroit Free Press
• Bohemian.com
• Berlingske Tidende (Danish)
  
• Pitchfork
• NY Times: A Grizzled Troubadour Dusts Off His Bowler
• Der Standard: Die Klagelaute sterbender Elefanten (German)
• CBC's Q with Jian Ghomeshi: radiointerview from Oct. 18th (download the podcast on iTunes) 
• The Australian: Tom Waits is on the road again, metaphorically speaking
• La Repubblica: 'Altman? Uno sceriffo sul set mi mandò a quel paese' (Italian)
• Wall Street Journal: The storyteller's secret
• LA Times blog: Tom Waits recalls Captain Beefheart
• Lisa Thatcher
• Ventox
• The American songwriter
• Mojo: A great bunck of guys (scanned image)
• Q: The thinking artist's thinking artist returns: maverick genius intact (scanned image)
• Louder than war
• Spin.com
• Uncut: Album of the month (scanned image c/o jerseyraindog)
• Chicago Tribune: Album review: Tom Waits, 'Bad as Me'