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Tom Waits

  1. lawsuits
    Tom Waits Is in a Legal Battle With a French CircusThe show features 16 Waits songs, and Waits claims it “violates the integrity” of his work.
  2. casting couch
    Tom Waits Joins Hulu Drama CitizenWaits will play a priest named Cesar.
  3. impersonations
    Hear David Bowie Impersonate Bruce SpringsteenIn a studio recording from 1985.
  4. vulture reads
    Long Reads: O’Brien on 2035, Tarantino on RaceAnother excuse to stay indoors.
  5. tom waits
    Watch the Video for Tom Waits’s ‘Hell Broke Luce’Marilyn Manson just peed his pants in fear.
  6. last night on late night
    Rose Byrne, Fallon Spoofed a Cheesy Lawyer AdPlus: Tom Waits took absurdly cool pleasure in showing off his new, grisly medieval rat trap, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
  7. What Non-Comedy Songs Make You Laugh?A few days ago, I was listening to “O’Malley’s Bar” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the subway, and when Cave sang, “I shot Richard Holmes in […]
  8. videology
    Tom Waits Demonstrates the Right Way to Dance in an Abandoned CourtyardWatch his “Satisfied” video.
  9. clickables
    Stream Tom Waits’s New Album in Its Entirety’Bad As Me’: It’s here!
  10. quotes
    Tom Waits Throws the Right Kind of New Year’s Parties“Play like you have no pants on.”
  11. clickables
    Watch Cookie Monster Dominate Tom Waits’s ‘God’s Away on Business’This is perfect.
  12. rock and roll hall of fame
    11 Things We Learned at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame InductionLike, for example, Bruce Springsteen likes the Red Sox!
  13. kudos
    And Your 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Are …[Drumroll.]
  14. books
    Tom Waits Is Writing the Most Fun Book of Poetry EverActually, no. But maybe the most depressing!
  15. music
    Stream the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Benefit Album, With Tom Waits, Merle Haggard, Andrew BirdStream now, buy later.
  16. moms
    Tom Waits Upsets Mom With Devil Role“Moms imagine terrible things — that I’m eating children, which is just not me. I’m not that kind of devil, mom.”
  17. awesome
    Tom Waits to Release Stand-up Comedy Album, BasicallyTom Waits’s upcoming live album will come packed with a bonus disc featuring 35 minutes of his circuitous stage banter.
  18. quote machine
    Gary Busey, Serial Entourage TicklerPlus: Tom Waits declares his love for Denny’s.
  19. right-click
    Tom Waits and Kool Keith: Together at LastPlus: Stephen Malkmus! Blitzen Trapper! Fireflies!
  20. right-click
    Scarlett Johansson No Longer Responsible for World’s Weirdest Tom Waits CoverPlus: New music from Bill Callahan and Metallica!
  21. quote machine
    Tom Waits Inexplicably Cast As Scary-Voiced Evil PersonPlus: Chuck D. on forgetting the words.
  22. backlash to the backlash
    The Genius of Scarlett JohanssonScarlett Johansson’s album of Tom Waits covers goes on sale tomorrow, but a critical consensus has already emerged. And it says: She sucks.
  23. tube junkie
    Scarlett Johansson’s Music Video Confirms: Her Album Is GoodThe video to “Falling Down” might as well be the sequel to ‘Lost in Translation’ — and we like it.
  24. countdown
    Dammit, Scarlett Johansson’s Album Might Be GoodNot only is Scarlett Johansson unattainably beautiful and rich, she may be possessed of a quality singing voice.
  25. the industry
    They Are Actually Trying to Convince Ryan Gosling to Play Jack RyanPlus: Laurence Fishburne has never made a bad movie.
  26. vulture lists
    10 Best Single-Artist Soundtracks EverThe Beatles were not considered, since they always win everything.
  27. tube junkie
    Tom Waits Heralds the Return of Chocolate JesusCosimo Cavallaro “My Sweet Lord,” a statue of a crucified Jesus made entirely out of chocolate, makes its return to Chelsea’s Proposition Gallery on October 27. So enjoy this Tom Waits song!
  28. right-click
    Arcade Fire Celebrates No. 2 StatusNew music from Daft Punk and Cold War Kids!
  29. right-click
    Lasers and Lawn Mowers, Together At Last
  30. quote machine
    Sting: Demoted From God of Rock to Petulant Pansy