Say what you will about Mike Douglas, he didn't shy away from inviting guests whose demeanors clashed with his working-clean nightclub crooner persona. (The John and Yoko week case in point.) And love the interplay with Marvin Hamlisch (who could have been kinder) and Glenda Jackson. I interviewed Tom not too long before this btw and he was tremendously articulate.
He's soo shy in these early interviews, it's kinda sweet: He's just in it for the music and finds all this 'media stuff' awkward. - Feels like it's from a completely different social era (now that the entire Western world is filled with social-media attention whores, all jumping around trying to be noticed by total strangers... )
The only reason why there's never been a movie about Tom Waits is because only Tom Waits can be Tom Waits. The only one who could pull off the personality and mannerisms is probably Johnny Depp; but he's way to swarthy old to play young Tom Waits.
Today’s corporate actors…..no way!!! No grime under their fingernails, no experience with the dive scene at 3:30 in the morning, etc.. you’re right about Depp though.
….I actually met a dude at a bowling alley in Sacramento in around 2005 who reminded me a lot of Tom and he had never heard of him. He was about 22ish….at the time I was managing Buddy Miles, Swamp Dogg and others and I took a look at him but he was clueless about what he had….and not too smart. Waits is and has always been extremely smart.
We should celebrate tom waits more
Waits is a musical genius
Say what you will about Mike Douglas, he didn't shy away from inviting guests whose demeanors clashed with his working-clean nightclub crooner persona. (The John and Yoko week case in point.) And love the interplay with Marvin Hamlisch (who could have been kinder) and Glenda Jackson. I interviewed Tom not too long before this btw and he was tremendously articulate.
TW, greatest American poet!
Cheers tom
Hi Tom!! On his live, Method Man just said this is his favorite song right now. Yes!!! It’s a great song!!💜💜💜
Now remember how high Method is half the time 😅
Oh man haha that's cool. Love Wu-Tang. Thanks for that 😅
Excellent
So good.
Brilliant.
My favourite Waits song is There's a Leak in the boiler room.
Toms the best
I’ll keep singing the menu!
Daytime talk shows ain't what they used to be.
Mike Douglas had so many wonderful musical guests.
I'm not a child of Tom Waits, but I was told by one of my foster parents that my birth father was an unemployed shortstop
hola what we diging? enjoi girl........
He's soo shy in these early interviews, it's kinda sweet: He's just in it for the music and finds all this 'media stuff' awkward.
- Feels like it's from a completely different social era
(now that the entire Western world is filled with social-media attention whores, all jumping around trying to be noticed by total strangers... )
he's not shy, he's coked up
Library of Congress Hall of Fame. Tom Waits.
God damn im hungry, time to go get drunk on the moon.
🍳🌭
The only reason why there's never been a movie about Tom Waits is because only Tom Waits can be Tom Waits. The only one who could pull off the personality and mannerisms is probably Johnny Depp; but he's way to swarthy old to play young Tom Waits.
Today’s corporate actors…..no way!!! No grime under their fingernails, no experience with the dive scene at 3:30 in the morning, etc.. you’re right about Depp though.
….I actually met a dude at a bowling alley in Sacramento in around 2005 who reminded me a lot of Tom and he had never heard of him. He was about 22ish….at the time I was managing Buddy Miles, Swamp Dogg and others and I took a look at him but he was clueless about what he had….and not too smart. Waits is and has always been extremely smart.
Incredible … I’m a fishy piano player who’s been abused and betrayed