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i need a rideshare los angeles to pheonix arizona to see tom waits

toysurprise — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:25:12 GMT

me and my boyfriend need a ride .........willing to chip in for the high prices of gasoline
seeing mister waits next weds
need someone to pick us up in west hollywood
take us to tom waits
we have a way back

just need a ride there
whooooooos
wiff me

or else its high flying spensive tix on that air plane machine i keep hearing a bout

need to know if its hopeless by friday night at latest
then im buying my blasted plane ticket

but i so think some los angeles peeps wanna see waits too
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Tom Waits playing Dallas, TX

FeralFrank — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:04:22 GMT

June 23, Palladium Ballroom in South Dallas. Tickets go on sale May 16. **jealous from Brooklyn**

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The large print giveth and the small print taketh away

Wayne — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:52:44 GMT

The album Small Change did not post the lyrics of Step Right Up (most likely due to space limitations). However, the liner notes stipulated that the lyrics were available from some motel (it gives the address and room number), and requests should include SASE. For those who missed the opportunity, the transcribed lyrics are here, for amusement purposes only. (And to think there are some that believe rap is relatively new. I say "bu-hull-shttt" ...)

Step Right Up (~ words and music by Tom Waits, copyrighted)

step right up
step right up
step right up
everyone's the winner, bargains galore
that's right you too can be the proud owner of the quality goes in before the name goes on
one tenth of a dollar, one tenth of a dollar
we got service after sale
how 'bout perfume, we got perfume, how 'bout an engagement ring
somethin' for the little lady somethin' for the little lady somethin' for the little lady hmmm
three for a dollar
we got a year end clearance we got a white sale and a smoke damaged furniture
you can drive it away today
act now act now
and receive as our gift, our gift to you they come in all colors one size fits all
no muss no fuss no spills
you tired of kitchen drudgery
everything must go
goin' out of business goin' out of business goin' out of business sale
50 percent off original retail price
skip the middle man
don't settle for less
how do we do it how do we do it
volume volume turn up the volume
you’ve heard it advertised, don't hesitate
don't be caught with your drawers down don't be caught with your drawers down
you can step right up, step right up
that’s right it filets it chops it dices slices
never stops it lasts a lifetime
it mows your lawn
and it mows your lawn
it picks up the kids from school
it gets rid of unwanted facial hair
it gets rid of embarrassing age spots
it delivers a pizza
and it lengthens, and it strengthens
and finds that slipper that’s been at large under the chaise lounge for several weeks
and it plays a mean rhythm-master
it makes excuses for unwanted lipstick on your collar
and it’s only a dollar
step right up
and it’s only a dollar step right up
it forges your signature
if not completely satisfied mail back unused portion of product for complete refund of price of purchase
step right up
please allow 30 days for delivery
don’t be fooled by cheap imitations
you can live in it
live in it laugh in it love in it swim in it sleep in it live in it swim in it laugh in it love in it removes
embarrassing stains from contour sheets
that’s right
and it entertains visiting relatives
it turns a sandwich into a banquet
tired of being the life of the party
change your shorts
change your life
change your life
change into a 9 year old Hindu boy and get rid of your wife
and it walks your dog
it doubles on sax
doubles on sax
you can jump back jack
see ya’ later alligator see ya’ later alligator
and it steals your car
it gets rid of your gambling debts
it quits smoking
it’s a friend it’s a companion it’s the only product you will ever need
follow these easy assembly instructions it never needs ironing
well it takes weights off hip, bust , thighs , chin, midriff
gives you dandruff
it finds you a job
it is a job
and it strips the phone company of free take ten profile exchange
it gives you denture breath
and you know it’s a friend
it’s a companion
and it gets rid of your travelers’ checks
it’s new it’s improved it’s old fashioned
well it takes care of business
never needs winding never needs winding never needs winding
it gets rid of blackheads heartbreak of psoriasis
christ you don’t know the meaning of heartbreak buddy
come all come one,
come one come all
cause it’s effective, it’s defective
it creates household odors
it disinfects it sanitizes for your protection
it gives you an erection
it wins the election
why put up with painful corns any longer
it’s a redeemable coupon
no obligation no salesman will visit your home
we got a jackpot, jackpot, jackpot
prizes, prizes, prizes
all work guaranteed
how do we do it how do we do it how do we do it
how do we do it we need your business
we’re goin’ out of business
we’ll give you the business
get on the business end of our goin’ out of business sale
receive our free brochure, free brochure
read the easy to follow assembly instructions
batteries not included
send before midnight tomorrow
terms available
step right up, step right up, step right up
you got it buddy
the large print giveth and the small print taketh away
step right up, you can step right up,
you can step right up, come on step right up
(mumbles “good work from mckenzie barber” or something like that)
step right up, step right up, step right up
come one come one come all
come one come all
step right up, you can step right up, come on step right up
come on step right up

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Nighthawks, warm beer, and cold women...

owlswatching — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:20:12 GMT

Looks like noone has been here in a coons age! Well Tom, I didn't forget about ya! Just you and me baby, better off without a wife! Howzabout we go get some eggs and sausage, a side of toast, hash browns, overeasy, chili in a bowl, burger &fries, some kind of pie, (ala mode if you will! Call me sometime!

owlswatching

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the "SONS OF LEE MARVIN" phenomena...

tpaulstemarie — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:17:42 GMT

So, are y'all familiar with THE SONS OF LEE MARVIN (see the image in our picture gallery), the alleged secret society that Jarmusch and Waits belong to along with John Lurie, Nick Cave, and a myriad of other long faced, horsey lookin' fellas? Knowin' the incredible ability that Waits has for spinnin' the most unlikely of yarns into truths to interviewers, this is just that - the guys all havin' us on, but who really knows?

Read on and decide for yourself how serious these kooks are 'bout the gang:

"We are both members of an organization called the Sons of Lee Marvin. It's a mystical organization and they have a New York chapter, and we met at one of the annual meetings. It's some where between the Elks Club and the Academy Awards."
~ Tom Waits: Rolling Stone: Nov. 6, 1986.

"Just the idea of Marvin's characters being outsiders and very violent appeals to me. Some seem to have a very strong code - even if it's a psychotic one - that he follows rigidly."
~ Jim Jarmusch: "Jim Jarmusch's Guilty Pleasures:" Film Comment, May-June, 1992, pp 35-37.

"A secret organization exists called The Sons of Lee Marvin - it includes myself, Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Richard Bose. We're initiating Nick Cave into it too. There are many honorary members too. I have a good story about it. Six months ago Tom Waits was in a bar somewhere like Sonoma County in Northern California, and the bartender said, 'You're Tom Waits, right? A guy over there wants to talk to you.' So Tom started getting a little aggressive: 'What the fuck do you want to talk to me about? I don't know you.' And the guy said, 'What is this bullshit about the Sons of Lee Marvin?' Tom said, 'Well it's a secret organization and I'm not supposed to talk about it.' The guy said, 'I don't like it.' Tom said, 'What's it to you?' The guy said, 'I'm Lee Marvin's son' - and he really was. He thought it was insulting, but it's not, it's completely out of respect for Lee Marvin."
~ Jim Jarmusch: "Jim Jarmusch's Guilty Pleasures:" Film Comment, May-June, 1992, pp 35-37.

"I'm not at liberty to divulge information about the organization, other than to tell you that it does exist. I can identify three other members of the organization: Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Richard Bose. You have to have a facial structure such that you could be related to, or be a son of, Lee Marvin. There are no women, obviously, in the organization. We have communiques and secret meetings. Other than that, I can't talk about it."
~ Jim Jarmusch: Interview: Vol. XIX - No. 11, 1989: pp 146-150.

** The Sons of Lee Marvin is a 'semi-secret society' established by American film director Jim Jarmusch as a joke. Members of the society reportedly include musician Tom Waits and actor John Lurie, both of whom have worked with Jarmusch on several occasions. Richard Boes and another musician, Nick Cave are also members.

Entry criteria for the club is that the person must have some physical resemblance or plausably look like a son of the actor Lee Marvin -- as such, women are not allowed to join. Most current members also share what seems to be a beat mentality in that they represent and express the lives of the down and out.

The club supposedly meets occasionally to watch Lee Marvin movies together. Its members perpetuate the joke in the media.

* For more on SOLM, visit these links:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cyclonepub/sonsmarv.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sons_of_Lee_Marvin

T.Paul
a.k.a.
SwankHipster
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Bad Liver and a Broken Heart

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:28:38 GMT

Well I got a bad liver and a broken heart
yea I drunk me a river since you tore me apart
and I don't have a drinking problem
cept when I can't get a drink
And I wish you'd a known her
we were quite a pair
she was sharp as a razor
and soft as a prayer
so welcome to the continuing saga
she was my better half
and I was just a dog
and so here am I slumped
I been chippied I been chumped
on my stool
so buy this fool, some spirits and libations
it's these railroad station bars
with all these conductors and the porters
and I'm all out of quarters
and this epitaph is the aftermath
yea I choose my path
hey come on Cath, he's a lawyer,
he ain't the one for ya
and no the moon ain't romantic
it's intimidating as hell
and some guy's trying to sell
me a watch
And so I'll meet you at the
bottom of a bottle of
bargain Scotch
I got me a bottle and a dream
it's so maudlin it seems

you can name your poison
go on ahead and make some noise
I ain't sentimental
this ain't a purchase it's a rental
and it's purgatory, hey
what's your story, well
I don't even care
cause I got my own double-cross to bear

and I'll see your Red Label
and I'll raise you one more
and you can pour me a cab,
I just can't drink no more
cause it don't douse the flames
that are started by dames
It ain't like asbestos
it don't do nothing but
rest us assured
and substantiate the rumors
that you've heard.

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Tom Waits Files Suit

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:25:46 GMT

Well, it’s official, Mr. Waits is now suing Opel for their use of a sound-a-like singer in one of their ads. As boring as most lawsuit announcements are, you can always count on a little spice from a Tom Waits case:

“Apparently,” Waits said, “the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be in an ad — ideally naked and purring on the hood of a new car. I have adamantly and repeatedly refused this dubious honor. Currently accepting in my absence is my German doppelganger. While the court can’t make me active in radio, I am asking it to make me radioactive to advertisers.”

[Via: Tom Waits Files Suit Against General Motors’ Opel and Ad Agency for TV Commercial: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance]

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Special DVD Release

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:23:49 GMT

RETURN OF DEAD MAN WALKING

On February 7, Columbia/Legacy will release an expanded edition of the soundtrack for Dead Man Walking, including a live DVD that features a few songs from the Little Folksinger. Filmed in Los Angeles at Not In Our Name: Dead Man Walking – The Concert in March 1998, the event featured performances by Ani, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle and Eddie Vedder among others. The DVD includes Ani performing “Fuel,” “Crime for a Crime,” and “Up Up Up Up Up Up.” Hosted by Tim Robbins, the concert benefitted in part Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, which seeks alternatives to capital punishment.

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inside a broken clock cabaret

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:52:57 GMT

for more information on this puppet/cabaret based on a collection of tom waits pieces go to:
www.brockenclockcabaret.com

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Down there at the slaughterhouse

valleyofthegun — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:23:50 GMT

http://www.tomwaitsfan.com/cemetery/

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jamez

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:52:58 GMT

i didn't know you were from arkansas.
i am to frome the ozarks of the our-kansas.
were bouts r u?

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if you want too reeaaadd...

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:46:35 GMT

Waits has built a career as varied as there are creative outlets--delving into cinema (both composing and acting), musical theater, opera, live performance, and literature--yet seamlessly interweaving a truly distinctive and fully-realized persona. The tools of his trade have included such things as the marimba, trombone, brake drum, metal aunglongs, banjo, bell plate, bullhorn, conga, accordion, optigon, mellotron, maracas, pump organ, basstarda, chamberlain, harmonium, viola, sticks, chairs, a musical saw, as well as the regular old guitar, bass, piano and drums and, of course, his trademark gravelly voice.

For over 30 years, his music has taken adventurous turns, from confessional country-blues and jazz-flavored lounge, to primal rock and avant-garde musical theater. By turns tender and poignant, to strange and twisted, his songs tend to explore the dark underbelly of society as he gives his uniquely human voice to adventurers both romantic and mercenary, drifters, con artists and those forgotten characters on the fringe and in the fray. Waits has expanded and drawn from a deep well of American and European song idioms: folk, blues, country, jazz ballads, polkas, waltzes, cabaret, swing, popular ballads, and a category that can only be described as Waitsian.

In the early '70s, Tom Waits was working as a doorman at the Heritage nightclub in San Diego, where artists of every genre performed. An avid fan of many writers and musicians, among them Bob Dylan, Lord Buckley, Hoagy Carmichael, Marty Robbins, Raymond Chandler, and Stephen Foster, Waits began developing his own idiosyncratic musical style, combining song and monologue. He took his newly formed act to Monday nights at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, where musicians from all over stood in line all day to get the opportunity to perform on-stage that night. Shortly thereafter, Waits was signed to Asylum Records. He was 21 years old.

Waits' first formal recording, Closing Time was released in 1973 and contained the song, "Ol' 55," which was also covered by his labelmates The Eagles for their On the Border album. He began touring and opening for such artists as Charlie Rich, Martha and the Vandellas and Frank Zappa. Waits gained increasing critical acclaim and a loyal cult audience with his subsequent albums: The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), Nighthawks at the Diner (1975), Small Change (1976), Foreign Affairs (1977), Blue Valentine (1978) and Heartattack and Vine (1980). It was an incredibly prolific period for Waits, establishing his reputation as a visionary songwriter.

In 1983, a year after the release of his Oscar-nominated song score for Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart, Waits signed a new recording contract with Island Records and released the album Swordfishtrombones. It marked a creative and startling turning point, with its visceral hybrid of styles and instrumentation, which secured him a whole new generation of listeners. He began experimenting with ethnic instruments, altering the sound of his voice, trying unusual recording techniques and utilizing found sounds and bizarre textures. His trademark storytelling backed by his piano and a combo mutated into impressionistic and surreal aural landscapes, and at a time in the '80s, when hair and recording got slick and big, he went "lo-fi" primitivism and helped set off a whole new aesthetic that has inspired a generation of new artists.

This period of bold experimentation continued with Rain Dogs (1985)and Frank's Wild Years (1987), which, with Swordfishtrombones, formed a landmark trilogy, one of the most accomplished achievements of the decade. They were followed by Big Time (1988), which was a film and soundtrack album of his acclaimed 1987 tour (which was named "Tour of the Year" in Rolling Stone magazine), Bone Machine (1992), for which he won a Grammy for Best Alternative Album and The Black Rider (1993), a recording of the songs and music he wrote for the award winning avant-garde opera based on the German folk tale that was adapted by Beat novelist William Burroughs for director Robert Wilson.

So successful was The Black Rider, Germany's longest running and most influential show of the '80s, that Robert Wilson later commissioned Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan, to compose the songs and music for two further 'street operas.' The first, Alice, based on Lewis Carroll's life and works, premiered in Hamburg at the end of 1992 while the second, Woyzeck (a nightmarish 19th century play by Buchner of a cuckolded soldier who murders his girlfriend), opened in Denmark eight years later and was named Best Musical of the Year by Danish critics. Woyzeck has had over 275 performances throughout the world--including Japan, Russia, New York, Los Angeles, London, Rome and Serbia. The songs from both works later appeared on Alice and Blood Money, the albums that Waits released in 2002.

In retrospect, it was inevitable that an artist so steeped in imagery as Tom Waits should be naturally fascinated with the cinema. His first steps in that direction came when he wrote songs for Sylvester Stallone's 1978 movie Paradise Alley, in which Waits also has a cameo appearance. He then wrote and performed two songs for Ralph Waite's acclaimed portrait of skid row, On the Nickel (1980) before being entrusted with the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart. Waits succeeded magnificently, his soundtrack-(featuring duets with country singer Crystal Gayle)--becoming an enduring classic of American cinema. One from the Heart also won Waits an Academy Award nomination. It was the start of a long relationship with Coppola, immediately evidenced by Waits' appearance as an actor in the director's Rumble Fish, The Outsider, The Cotton Club and as the unforgettable Renfield in Bram Stoker's Dracula. In 1986 Waits appeared in Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law, a film which coincidentally marked the international debut of Italian actor Roberto Benigni. That same year Waits made his theatrical stage debut with Frank's Wild Years, a musical play he co-wrote with Brennan, at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. Later film appearances included Ironweed, Queen's Logic, The Fisher King, At Play in the Fields of the Lord and another Jarmusch movie, Night on Earth, for which Waits and Brennan composed the score. Waits also had memorable acting turn in Robert Altman's Short Cuts.

Following the release of The Black Rider in 1993, there would be a six-year hiatus before the next Tom Waits album. In those intervening years, however, he devoted himself to an array of different musical projects, including songs and music for the aforementioned theatre work, Alice. Waits and Brennan also wrote two songs for the Dead Man Walking soundtrack album and contributed the song "A Little Drop of Poison" for the Wim Wenders film, The End of Violence. In 1998, Waits and Brennan composed the score and a song for Bunny, which won the Oscar for Best Short Film (Animated). That same year Tom and Kathleen wrote two songs for Barry Levinson's film Liberty Heights.

In between this film work, Waits also recorded a vocal for English composer Gavin Bryars' remarkable 75-minute orchestral essay, Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. The work centered around a 1971 field recording of a London hobo singing a religious tune; on Bryars' album Waits duets along with the voice of the tramp.

In 2000 Waits and Brennan composed "The World Keeps Turning" for the end credit to Ed Harris's film Pollack. More recently the pair also wrote two songs for director Arliss Howard's Big Bad Love--one of the songs, "Long Way Home," was later covered by Norah Jones on her multi-platinum album, Feels Like Home.

In 1999 Tom Waits returned to the limelight with Mule Variations, his first album in six years and his debut for the independent label, Anti/Epitaph. The album, which synthesized Waits' affinity for the American song tradition with his love of naturalistic sound worlds, was arguably the most direct and intimate album of his career. It was certainly the most successful, selling over a million copies around the world--in the UK it was Waits' first-ever Top 10 hit and it made for Waits' highest US chart debut (#30), while also winning a Grammy.

Following the release of Mule Variations, Waits also returned to the road. A legendary live performer, his appearances are rare, extraordinarily memorable and highly anticipated events. Part distorted vaudeville, part big top, part piano bar and part stand-up, the iconoclast's live shows are meticulously orchestrated to have all the grace and excitement of a derailing train--as those lucky enough to have seen any of his tours can testify.

Named as one of VH1's Most Influential Artists of All Time, it is no surprise that Waits' body of work has long been covered (and coveted) by other musicians. In addition to Norah Jones, most recently Diana Krall recorded "Temptation" for her latest Girl in the Other Room. Other notable cover versions include Bruce Springsteen "Jersey Girl"; Rod Stewart and Everything But The Girl "Downtown Train"; Johnny Cash "Down There by the Train"; Marianne Faithfull "Strange Weather"; The Ramones "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"; 10,000 Maniacs "I Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You"; Tim Buckley "Martha"; T-Bone Burnett "Time"; Bob Seger "Blind Love"; Lucinda Williams "Hang Down Your Head"; Los Lobos "Jockey Full of Bourbon"; Elvis Costello "More Than Rain"; The Blind Boys of Alabama "Jesus Gonna Be Here". And there is the critically acclaimed collection of Waits' songs recorded by John Hammond, Wicked Grin.

thank you anit-records

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DOWN BY LAW ~ The tribe devoted to the films of JIM JARMUSCH

tpaulstemarie — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:18:07 GMT

DOWN BY LAW
*************
The tribe devoted to the films of
* JIM JARMUSCH *
http://tribes.tribe.net/jim-jarmusch?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B4753e463-ecf2-4463-9bfc-b377492d9529%5D&r=10448#
If you're a fan of this brilliant and quirky Hungarian-American director, join our tribe, sit down and let's chat 'bout his films!

His flix include "Coffee and Cigarettes", "Ghost Dog ~ The Way of the Samurai", "Dead Man", "Night on Earth", "Mystery Train", "Down by Law", "Stranger Than Paradise", and the soon-to-be-released "Broken Flowers" (and many more!).

Hope to see ya soon!

T.Paul
a.k.a.
SwankHipster
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greetings

warlock — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 03:44:18 GMT

I just found this site and I really think I will enjoy it . I am a fan of Tom waits and have been for a while now ,small change was the first song of his I heard and is still my favorite, however ,Franks wild years always brings a smile.

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Why am I here....

weid — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:18:06 GMT

it's like a bad car wreck I just can't help but look!!!!

how are you kats and kitties doing?????

..TOM wAITS dIVINE..'s topics - tribe.net

i need a rideshare los angeles to pheonix arizona to see tom waits

Tom Waits playing Dallas, TX

The large print giveth and the small print taketh away

Nighthawks, warm beer, and cold women...

the "SONS OF LEE MARVIN" phenomena...

Bad Liver and a Broken Heart

Tom Waits Files Suit

Special DVD Release

inside a broken clock cabaret

Down there at the slaughterhouse

jamez

if you want too reeaaadd...

DOWN BY LAW ~ The tribe devoted to the films of JIM JARMUSCH

greetings

Why am I here....

i'm here