tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66816762024-03-19T10:55:20.629+01:00The Eyeball KidBringing you all the Tom Waits news since 2004Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-16750745469612025472023-12-19T18:06:00.002+01:002023-12-19T18:06:24.049+01:00Tom Waits honours Keith Richards with poem: ‘Burnt Toast To Keith’Tom Waits has written a poem called ‘Burnt Toast To Keith’ to mark Keith Richards’ 80th birthday. It appears in the January 2024 edition of UK magazine Uncut. Available in shops now, or online at their web store. Read the complete poem at Uncut.co.uk.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-52990912949744073172023-12-12T09:28:00.003+01:002023-12-12T09:28:46.698+01:00‘Tom Waits writing songs again’Not sure how to interpret this, but according to this piece on Tidal, another Tom Waits album ‘could be closer than you think’: ‘he’s reportedly writing songs again’.How to Play With Tom Waits: Tom Waits’ collaborators — including Marc Ribot, Tchad Blake, Greg Cohen and others — remember the brilliant madness that went into the maestro’s (newly remastered) Island Records catalog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-37218205998889823332023-12-12T09:20:00.003+01:002023-12-12T09:20:37.490+01:00Tom Waits introduces Nicolas Cage at SFFilm AwardsNicolas Cage was presented the Shrem Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting at the SSFilm Awards last week. Tom Waits was the surprise celebrity introducing the actor on that occasion. More about the event in the San Francisco Chronicle.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-54298192568985109482023-12-07T12:46:00.000+01:002023-12-07T12:46:02.047+01:00Happy birthday Tom WaitsOn December 7, 1949, Thomas Alan Waits was born to Jesse Frank Waits and Alma Johnson McMurray.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-47084920309307514212023-11-25T11:39:00.006+01:002023-11-25T11:39:49.865+01:00London Horse Hospital celebrates Tom Waits with Barney Hoskins and Eva VermandelThe London arts venue The Horse Hospital celebrates Tom Waits with an evening of 'words, flickering pictures, scratched discs and unspooled cassettes'. The event will be hosted by Travis Elborough and welcomes biographer Barney Hoskins and photographer Eva Vermandel.Through the looking glasses Presents: A Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis on Saturday, 9 December (7-10 pm) at The Horse Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-29824710682686726582023-11-24T11:31:00.006+01:002023-11-25T11:41:03.772+01:00Tom Waits and Iggy Pop hosting BBC radio showTom Waits will be co-hosting a two-hour Iggy Confidential episode with Iggy Pop on BBC's Radio 6 on Sunday December 3rd from 4pm (UK time). Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-24598111503255803532023-07-12T18:10:00.008+02:002023-07-12T18:24:29.119+02:00Tom Waits reissues: Swordfishtrombones, Frank's Wild Years, Rain Dogs, The Black Rider and Bone Machine Tom Waits' Island Records studio catalog is being reissued: you can now get remastered digital, cd and vinyl versions of Swordfishtrombones, Frank's Wild Years, Rain Dogs, The Black Rider and Bone Machine. The remastering, from the original tapes, was overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. The five albums are available to stream as of today, vinyl and cd issues should be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-45657960418004508462023-03-17T12:28:00.002+01:002023-03-17T12:33:30.594+01:00‘More than flesh and bone’: David Frazer's book interpreting Waits songsDavid Frazer is publishing a book, More than flesh and bone, interpreting the Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan songs The last rose of summer, Take it with me and The briar and the rose.The handbound book contains 26 wood engravings, a linocut and typeset printed by hand, by Frazer and the edition is limited to 30 copies, all signed by Tom Waits and David Frazer. Each book contains a loose engravingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-22892338492729810892023-03-07T20:28:00.003+01:002023-03-07T20:34:07.658+01:00New ‘Closing time’ reissueTo mark the 50th anniversary of Closing Time, Anti is releasing a limited edition double LP on clear or black 180g, cut at 45rpm with half-speed mastering by Abbey Road Studios and packaged in a gatefold jacket with lyrics. Release date is June 2nd, but you can pre-order it at Kings Road Merch.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-71715834435016766942023-01-20T13:13:00.001+01:002023-01-20T13:13:13.886+01:00Re-edited version of Francis Ford Coppola's ‘Twixt’ available on Blu-rayB’Twixt Now and Sunrise - a re-edited and restored version of Francis Ford Coppola's 2011 Twixt, with Tom Waits as the narrator - arrives on Blu-ray (including a digital copy) on February 28 from Lionsgate. It's already available for pre-order on Amazon. The original trailer for the 2011 movie:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-41211086105604707302022-12-07T00:00:00.001+01:002022-12-07T08:42:14.263+01:00Happy birthday Tom Waits On December 7, 1949, Thomas Alan Waits was born to Jesse Frank Waits and Alma Johnson McMurray.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-60490252381390295302022-11-30T14:50:00.001+01:002022-11-30T14:50:15.519+01:00Tom Waits joins voice cast of ‘Wildwood’Animation studio Laika has revealed the voice cast for its next stop-motion and CG animated feature, Wildwood. According to Hollywood Reporter, Tom Waits will be heard along side Angela Bassett, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day and Richard E. Grant in this movie directed by Travis Knight and based on the novel by The Decemberists lead singer and songwriter, Colin Meloy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-2361319845999838062022-11-04T15:33:00.003+01:002022-11-04T15:45:54.536+01:00KCRW to release 1987 Tom Waits recordingRadio station KCRW will be releasing various live recordings - ‘recently unearthed and unheard for nearly 40 years’ and ‘newly-remastered’ - from its archives. One of those is Tom Waits' interview and performance of August 24, 1987 (which has been circulating as a bootleg). Other names include Nick Cave, Cowboy Junkies, Daniel Lanois and R.E.M.The Bent By Nature archive will be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-22916206199738867872022-11-04T10:34:00.002+01:002022-11-04T10:34:17.213+01:00From the archives: 'We're all mad here' While celebrating the 20th anniversary of Blood money and Alice, you might want to have a look at what Tom Waits had to say about those albums in 2002.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-15450188639824137462022-10-15T13:37:00.003+02:002022-10-15T14:21:02.086+02:00Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los AngelesFound this book on Amazon: Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles by British film and television director, writer and producer Alex Harvey. It is described as ‘A gritty, smoke-filled, and boozy account of musician Tom Waits’s formative decade in Los Angeles’. ‘Song Noir examines the formative first decade of Tom Waits’s career, when he lived, wrote, and recorded nine Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-45867327660644184762022-10-13T12:02:00.003+02:002022-10-14T12:21:17.492+02:00More live recordings availableAs mentioned in my previous post, we were treated to live recordings of God's Away on Business and Table Top Joe, but that's not all. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of the albums Alice and Blood Money the following live recordings have also been made available: The Part You Throw Away (Prague, Czech Republic, July 22, 2008)Misery Is The River Of The World (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-37352571857187954412022-09-08T10:23:00.000+02:002022-09-08T10:23:20.492+02:00New live recordingsTo promote the re-issues of Blood Money and Alice, TomWaits.com has put live recordings of God's Away on Business (recorded in Edinburgh in 2008) and Table Top Joe (Berlin, 2004) online.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-58112311932854263502022-08-08T19:58:00.003+02:002022-08-08T20:02:52.533+02:00Alice and Blood Money vinyl re-issuesAlice and Blood Money will both be re-issued on vinyl to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the albums. The re-issues will be available on October 7nd but can be pre-ordered.Leading up to the release, Tom Waits is putting out previously unreleased live versions of All the world is green (recorded at a live show in 2008 in Milan, Italy) and Fish and bird (recorded in 2004 in London,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-27115672315059836702022-01-07T12:05:00.002+01:002022-01-07T12:08:04.813+01:00Tom Waits in Inque magazineThe very first issue of Inque magazine carries a poem by Tom Waits, titled What saved me from drowning. Inque is an annual literary magazine, without advertising or a web version, that will only ever publish 10 issues and then cease to exist. The magazine (340x245 mm, 232 pages) is printed in a limited edition of 6,000 copies and sells at £55.Other contributors include, amongst others, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-12613730994029512152021-12-07T10:25:00.004+01:002021-12-07T10:25:55.155+01:00Happy birthday Tom WaitsOn December 7, 1949, Thomas Alan Waits was born to Jesse Frank Waits and Alma Johnson McMurray.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-54202915340753206532021-10-19T10:41:00.003+02:002021-10-19T10:41:33.672+02:00More movie parts for Tom WaitsTom Waits stars long side Bradley Cooper, Skyler Gisondo, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly and Alana Haim in the upcoming Paul Thomas Anderson movie Licorice Pizza. US release date is November 26, according to IMBD. He also is listed as one of the actors in the Marco Perego Saldana movie Keyhole Garden, which is now in post production.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-51037006347528247622021-10-19T10:24:00.001+02:002021-10-19T10:24:38.974+02:00Tom Waits narrator Ultra City Smiths Tom Waits is the narrator in the AMC animation series Ultra City Smiths. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-73566503594668485722021-06-08T16:05:00.001+02:002021-06-08T16:09:52.603+02:00 Looking for that ‘70s showBased on various sites and resources and with the help of other fans (you know who you are!), I’ve tried to compile a list of Tom Waits shows. Although we’ve got over a thousand shows, the list probably isn’t complete and might contain some mistakes. So, I’m looking for help. If you have information about a live performance from the ‘70s that’s not on the list or have some sort of proof of aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-64889660016137935602021-03-02T15:46:00.000+01:002021-03-02T15:46:04.767+01:00Tom Waits' Time in Justice League trailerTom Waits' song Time is used on a newly released promotional clip for the four hour director's cut of Zack Snyder's Justice League, which is coming to HBO Max on March 18.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681676.post-38247463280385055522021-02-15T23:04:00.000+01:002021-02-15T23:04:00.564+01:00Southside Johnny's 'Grapefruit moon: the songs of Tom Waits' remastered Southside Johnny and Pacific Records are releasing a remastered version of SSJ's album Grapefruit moon: the songs of Tom Waits. This remastered version will include a previously unreleased bonus track, Straight to the top. Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits Remastered is slated for digital release on March 12th, with both CD and vinyl formats thereafter.Below is the (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0