In anticipation of next week’s show at the orpheum, I’m declaring 6/9-6/13 the Week of Tom Waits. Basically, this involves listening to the entire Tom Waits disography, in order, broken up into about five albums a day. For anyone who wants to partake, here’s Monday’s line up:
Closing Time
The Heart of Saturday Night
Nighthawks at the Diner
Small [...]
totally off topic, but i have to express my respect for some joe strummer brilliance:
the diving bell and butterfly (warning, automatic sound) (trailer here also, i think, automatic sound) ends with joe strummer and the mescaleros’s ramshackle day parade (one the also otherwise brilliant streetcore) running through the credits, and i have to admit, the [...]
I didn’t realize this until the year was over, but 2007 was a pretty pale year for new music for me. That’s not to say I didn’t devour music all year long; most of it just happened to be new to me, not new to everyone. Last week when I tried to sit down [...]
Sometimes the news doesn’t really hit home until someone smacks …you in the face … with it.
The Liars Club in Mission Beach is hova. I’ve known this for weeks, sadly craning my neck as I ride by, only to see dark windows and barstools stacked upon tables. But until I received the bargoer email [...]