Love him or hate him, you know what camp you’re in. Tom Waits is ‘bulo’s role model. So, baby, this one’s from the heart.
“…and manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories, they want a piece of the action anyhow”:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZmqbcBsTAw&feature=related[/youtube]
‘Tom Traubert’s Blues’- “Small Change”
“I’d buy a used car lot, and never sell any of ’em…”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12qBoy2rhVw&feature=related[/youtube]
‘Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis’- “Blue Valentines”
“Gonna whittle you into kindlin'”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VDTa7uXUp4[/youtube]
’16 Shells From a 30-Aught Six’- “Swordfishtrombones”-Clip from the movie “Big Time”
“And the things you can’t remember tell the things you can’t forget…”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40FjQH3Xw0M[/youtube]
‘Time’- “Raindogs”-Clip from “Big Time”
“Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat, never drive a car when you’re dead.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-t9z8OLoCg[/youtube]
‘Telephone Call From Istanbul’- “Swordfishtrombones”-From “Big Time”-the loser flipping cards is Iggy Pop.
“…and my plane, it will touch down, on the day after tomorrow.”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6SQvQKl0Q&NR=1[/youtube]
‘Day After Tomorrow’- “Real Gone”
“Children are playing at the end of the day…”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oGVDLcpXQ8&feature=related[/youtube]
‘I’ll Take It With Me’- “Mule Variations”