Performer ("What's He Building in There?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business"), Writer ("What's He Building in There?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business"), Special Thanks $77K $4.1MM $4.9MM Robo...
The Ramones did it, but they were too loud and fast for the mainstream's supple earsacs. So why the Heartbreakers? Because Tom is a talented guy who loves melodic rock and roll and has dedicated his life to bringing more of it into the world for us to enjoy - that's why, god...
the eighth studio album by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 'Learning To Fly' carried on in the same Byrds-inspired, 12-string-guitar-adorned vein as 'Free Fallin'' which had led off Full Moon Fever, Petty's 1989 solo debut (even though it, too, had featured contributions by the Heartbre...
Mdou Moctar: Afrique Victime (2021, Matador): Tuareg guitar god, from Niger, sixth studio album since 2008, first on a rock label, resulting is some amusing hype: this album supposedly evolves from ZZ Top/Black Sabbath to Van Halen/Black Flag/Black Uhuru. I hear none of that, but ...
Thus, in 1940 when Katherine Kennicott Davis was first mulling the lyrics and melody to “Patapan” in her head, she was struck by the “pa-rum-pum-pum” patterning. Her heart was also touched by the idea of humble people daring to approach the Son of God. The more she thought about...
Guitarist Marc Ribot's group, second by the trio after eponymous debut, the others play bass and drums but also everyone dabbles in electronics and sings -- leads seem to be Ribot, with lyrics on half of the pieces, maybe more, plus guest horns on a couple. Not sure I get all the ...
Tom Waits is on the cover of the new issue of Juxtapoz, and he’s interviewed by acclaimed artist John Baldessari, the guy who used colored dots to obscure the faces of people in his art. Baldessari also once made a video in which he wrote, “I will not make any boring art” over ...
“When all this being said, I am grateful to Tom Waits makes the assessment that he can not reach to complete on time, and that he will not deliver a bad product. He feels bad about it, but the decision is taken.”Robert Wilson is still working on “Death Car,” which was also ...
Performer ("What's He Building in There?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business"), Writer ("What's He Building in There?", "Straight to the Top (Vegas)", "Temptation", "God's Away on Business"), Special Thanks $77K $4.1MM $4.9MM Robo...
Waits hasn’t toured since 2008, and according to his website, has no plans to tour.“I had every good intention to stay home and work on my JD Salinger Halloween mask,” Waits said in a statement, “but when Neil told me yesterday he was serving burnt cow’s eyes on a flat tire...