scoopneck wrote:

Mazec wrote:If Tom Waits played on an aluminium-necked guitar through a custom built "secret" amplifier encased in an ordinary looking shell to conceal the ingenuity of his creation, would there be a more positive general consensus of his work here?

Try saying that 30 times as fast as possible.

Cunningham wrote: If you and your girl are in the same room and Nick Cave walks in, that's it for you homeboy. No matter how long you've known her, its already determined she's walking out with Nick.

Unfortunately, that's the story in my house too.

The flipside is that I get the 3-way with Dolly Parton and Elvira.

That's just how it goes........

Elvira and Dolly Parton?



Dad, is that you?

Morganna The Kissing Bandit and Zsa Zsa Gabor?

Mother, Jugs, and Speed?

Angus Jung wrote:You guys will really be bummed when Waits takes over for Randy Newman writing ballads for Walt Disney animated features.

He had a song in Shrek, but I'm not positive if it was an original song or a track out of context.

I like Randy Newman too. Sometimes.

Speaking of Tom Waits and Jarmusch and all...

(and I dont know if anyone mentioned this already, cuz i only waded through these five page with a skimmer)

... but has anyone seen that Jarmusch thing called coffee and cigarrettes. It is a series of vignettes that each have coffee and cigarettes in them.

There is one where Tom Waits and Iggy Pop meet up for coffee and cigarrettes. It is really good. Iggy was awesome in this. Just awesome.

Tom Waits sounds like Cookie Monster.

When Cookie Monster is having an off-night.

C is for cookie, that's good enough for me. C is for cookie...

Hey, Tom Waits is pretty cool.

Then again, I also participate actively in hip-hop culture, enjoy free jazz from time to time, and think AC/DC pretty much sucks ass, so I guess my opinion's worthless to many of you anyway.

For a little pretentious indie-rock verbal slapstick, I'd like someone to explain why ZZ Top is better than Tom Waits. How "authentic" they are compared to Tom Waits' "affectedness." You guys should try the Landmark Educational Forum; they're very concerned with issues of authenticity as well.