March 2013

Al Green - Eli's Game

Apple and the Three Oranges - I'll Give You A Ring (When I Come, If I Come)
Someone commented on Apple's audacity about having his wife sing backing vocals on a song about his mistress. 

Assim Assado - Na Boca Da Estrada // Sol, Sal, Sol Tropical

Bobbie Gentry - He Made A Woman Out of Me

Bobby Bland - Care For Me
Wedding jam!

Broadcast - Echo's Answer // Interlude 2 (Black Session, Paris 5/4/2000)

Charles Mingus - Scenes In The City

Dave Bartholomew - Shrimp & Gumbo

Ernest Ranglin - Oh My

Faye Addams - The Hammer

Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
The song that inspired the Beatles' Sun King

Funky D.J. - Fried Chicken

Jermaine Jackson - You've Got To Hurry Girl

Marcia Griffiths - Here I Am Baby (Come and Take Me) // Don't Let Me Down

Marcos Valle - O Cafona // Com Mais de 30 (Versao Instrumental)

The Peacemakers - Don't Push Your Luck

Stiff Little Fingers - Kicking Up A Racket

Thomas East - Slippin' Around
Via the Madlib produced track for Captain Murphy

Tony Joe White - Studspider

The Upsetter - Bingo Kid
A great flip of Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves

Additionally:

Johnny Cash's acting debut:


Nick Drake's mum Molly.

Tom Gauld's book comes out April 16th:

How to Properly Order A Drink

Tom Waits shows you how:

Early July Tidbits

Via Yimmy's Yayo

I assumed Jean Touitou was some 70s French cultural intellectual but, oops, he's the founder and head designer of A.P.C.

I read today that ancient Mexicans (this was a very old book) considered the Milky Way the sister of the Rainbow. See previously.



Tom Waits just made a super-rare appearance on Letterman! He makes me so happy, aside from the vaguely sad feeling I get learning we were within a mile of each other...

Tom Waits the Parent

"The other day, I overheard my older kids talking to my younger boy and they were saying ‘don’t ever, don’t ever ask Dad to help you with your homework.’ They said I made up a war once."

Shfuck 2

I've been accused of being too positive but when it comes to the prospects of ever managing to score Tom Waits tickets I'm downright despairing. So for me, listening to his live albums are understandably both wonderful and bittersweet. His new album includes a bonus disc of his between song banter-stories that I'm happy to report are all new, with no overlap of my forthcoming Tom Waits Comedy Album I've been compiling from other live shows for a while now. Check his out:


Tom Waits - Tom Tales
[right-click to download]

Just for fun I just want to toss in a few interview snippets:

PLAYBOY: While you may strive for musical crudity, lyrically you’re quite sophisticated-interior rhymes, classical allusions and your hallmark, a great ear for the vernacular. In a sense, you’re the William Safire of street patois, rescuing such phrases as walking Spanish–inebriated saunter–and even coining some pretty good lingo of your own, such as rain dogs: stray people who, like animals after a shower, can’t find their markings and wander aimlessly. What are some of your other favorite bits of slang, phrases you’d like to see get more everyday use?

WAITS: For starters, I’d like to see the term wooden kimono return to the lexicon. Means coffin. Think it originated in New Orleans, but I’m not certain. Another one I like is wolf tickets, which means bad news, as in someone who is bad news or generally insubordinate. In a sentence, you’d say, “Don’t fuck with me, I’m passing out wolf tickets.” Think it’s either Baltimore Negro or turn-of-the-century railroadese.

PITCHFORK: Are there any new artists or people performing right now that you're excited about?

WAITS: Missy Elliott. I'm crazy about her. She did some video where she's on the beach doing the jerk in a wife beater. She's out of her mind. She's so natural. It's like she's always been around. Chamillionaire. I listen to a lot of stuff that my kids listen to. You know, Jay-Z, the Beastie Boys, all that. Most of the stuff that dominates the household is not stuff I'd necessarily listen to, but now I put on what the kids put on.

Why You Haven't Seen Depp in Over a Year

Just kidding! I like that even when photoshopped into a schlub you can tell he's still a cool guy (maybe). Meanwhile I'm looking forward to seeing him in Terry Gilliam's new movie (along with Tom Waits and Heath Ledger) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus:



PS: If anyone has any MP3s of The Kids I'd really love to get those from you...

My M.O.

[Note: I literally do not remember posting this. No more drunk blogging Liam!]