Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Tom Waits


Tom Waits has a new album out, which means that he's popping up everywhere to promote it. He's going to be on the Daily Show tonight, was reportedly on NPR, and did this interview, in which he reveals the only two things that you can legally throw out of a moving vehicle in the United States.

My favorite Tom Waits story is one I heard him tell Letterman several years ago: He was driving around doing the Saturday errands with his kids and some of their friends (all around 8 to 10 years old), when they decided they wanted to stop by the record store. He was not in the mood to deal with fans, but caved in anyways. When he walked into the store, no one noticed him. So he stood by the Tom Waits section and still no one seemed to know who he was. Mildly surprised, he left with the kids and they went to the Dump to drop off some trash. As soon as they pulled in, the employees were like “Hey! It’s Tom Waits!”

3 comments:

Duffless said...

I'm going on the record.

I don't like Tom Waits (musically at least).

There, I've said it.

Dan Nolan said...

that's it. Tom Waits vs Jon Stewart in a steel cage death match. My boy will be distributing wolf tickets all over your clown.

Anonymous said...

I'd much rather see Tom Waits with a rusty straight razor vs. the cast of Scrubs. To the pain