Comments | justlike_a_cat: on Tom Waits

justlike_a_cat

on Tom Waits

Dec 26, 2006 21:50

In recent times I haven't been moved by any music. Until just now as I'm listening to 2nd cd aka "Bawlers" from the pretty new Tom Waits box set titled "Orphans". I am currently numb on the couch as a slideshow of my life flashes in a flurry before me. Intellectually at a standstill yet emotions abound. I'm going to the store to buy a forty and ( Read more... )

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pirtlegimp December 27 2006, 04:22:07 UTC

Yo Artie,
Waits did a solid handful of those cuts from the new release live in Memphis. Anthony, Karen, my kiddo and I drove up there and stayed with Anthony's parents and went to the show. (Mike Higgins and his wife and other various NOLA peeps went also.) It was like an old Vox story spread over 2 days. Good times.
Happy Holidays,
Rob-e

justlike_a_cat December 27 2006, 05:06:34 UTC

brilliant. glad u guys got to see it live. im jealous! word my bro. happy holidays to u!

theoldroadhog December 27 2006, 06:43:32 UTC

"In recent times I haven't been moved by any music."

I feel that way sometimes, though the records that mean something mean A LOT.
I thought that my recent appreciation for "A Love Supreme" just meant I was turning into a dried-up oldster/ex-record collector. It sounds great though.

theoldroadhog December 27 2006, 06:44:33 UTC

That sounds really cliched, I know.
I like things with guitars too.

justlike_a_cat December 27 2006, 12:30:55 UTC

hahah no it doesn't sound cliche. i feel the same way. the timeless music to me will always mean a lot. yer recent appreciation for a "a love supreme" is similar to my recent fascination with ravi shankar and olatunji. perhaps to fullfill a need for something other than rock and roll. "i like things with guitars too." ha ha me too! will always love it! i just i have should have wrote how the nice boys album is one of my favorite rock records this year that i listen to a lot, it's just that the tom waits required more fine tuned listenening as i was pullled it in by it and not just checking it out while riding the train to work. we'll have to discuss the "ex-record collector" thing next time we're out. many times i thought i would rebuild my collection. now i just don't have the passion for it.