RainDogToo Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 March 11th, 2009TOM WAITS� ORPHANS GOES GOLD! Vinyl Version Coming Soon, Tom Writing Music & Filming �The Book of Eli� TOM WAITS latest 3 CD set�Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards�has been certified gold by the RIAA� and will be released on vinyl in the not-too-distant future. He has also collaborated with Kool Keith on N.A.S.A.�s recently released The Spirit of Apollo, which also features such diverse artists as David Byrne, Karen O and Ol� Dirty Bastard. As for new material, Waits and his long time collaborator and wife, Kathleen Brennan, have begun writing new songs, which they plan to record this summer for an upcoming CD. (No release date at this time.) Of Orphans, Bill Flanagan stated on CBS SUNDAY MORNING: �No contemporary musician embodies the twin virtues of elegance and piracy better than Tom Waits. He is a gravel-voiced poet, the Edward Hopper of rock n� roll.� Elsewhere in MOJO, the preeminent music magazine of the UK, declared: �Mojo Instant Classic..Masterpiece isn�t the right word for such a profusion of profound delights�exhibition is better�With his unfussy brushstrokes, umber hues, and humanely honest delight in warts and all, he is the Rembrandt of modern music.� Currently, Tom Waits is in the midst of filming The Book of Eli, directed by Albert and Allen Hughes (From Hell, Dead Presidents, Menace II Society, among others). Eli is a post-apocalyptic Western, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving mankind. The film stars Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman with Tom Waits in a small role as �Engineer.� This will mark Waits� second teaming with Oldman as Waits� played Renfeld to Oldman�s Count Dracula in the Francis Ford Coppola version of the classic vampire film. In other film news, Waits stars as Mr. Nick (the devil) opposite Christopher Plummer in Terry Gilliam�s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which is also Heath Ledger�s last film. Due to Heath�s premature death, his unfinished roll was taken on by Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. The fantastical morality tale set in the present day also features Lily Cole and Verne Troyner. The film looks to premiere at Cannes and open worldwide later this year. http://www.antilabelblog.com/?p=1513 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Thanks for the info...really looking forward to the vinyl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
you ever seen a ghost? Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 really looking forward to the new album! -justin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 On a related issue, I have just started reading the new Tom Waits Biography 'Lowside of the Road'. Its a 600 page monster of a book and is a very good read. Books on Tom Waits are pretty thin on the ground because he is notoriously private. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 On a related issue, I have just started reading the new Tom Waits Biography 'Lowside of the Road'. Its a 600 page monster of a book and is a very good read. Books on Tom Waits are pretty thin on the ground because he is notoriously private.where can I get it? I didn't think it was out yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 where can I get it? I didn't think it was out yet.It doesn't come out here in the US until May 19th. http://www.amazon.com/Lowside-Road-Life-To...s/dp/0767927087 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 where can I get it? I didn't think it was out yet. It came out last week in the U.K. I picked it up for Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Wanted to share these too! This is Tom as the Devil in Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." The whole cast.Tom on set back in April of 2008 I can't wait to see this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Those pictures look amazing. He's done some great character acting over the years. His appearances in 'Fisher King' and 'Mystery Men' were quality. Wasn't this 'Parnassus' film the one Heath Ledger was filming when he died? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 It doesn't come out here in the US until May 19th. http://www.amazon.com/Lowside-Road-Life-To...s/dp/0767927087 I'll have to remember that....it's my anniversary, and would be the perfect gift for the husband. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Those pictures look amazing. He's done some great character acting over the years. His appearances in 'Fisher King' and 'Mystery Men' were quality. Wasn't this 'Parnassus' film the one Heath Ledger was filming when he died? He has had some great film characters over the years. His roles in "Down By Law" and "Wristcutters" A Love Story" were excellent as well! And yep this is Heath Ledger's last film and he did die during the filming. That is why Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law all stepped in the same role in order for the film to be completed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 He was pretty swell in that Jim Jarmusch one Coffee and Cigarettes too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Mw6b1T50U Good to hear the news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 He was pretty swell in that Jim Jarmusch one Coffee and Cigarettes too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Mw6b1T50U Good to hear the news. Ah,yes, forgot about that one...Tom and Iggy! Really though, Tom's great in anything he does! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 After the Masada show at Yoshi’s, I overheard a guy talking to bassist extraordinaire Greg Cohen, who along with accompanying Ornette Coleman as of late was part of the great New York band on Rain Dogs, Frank’s Wild Years and Swordfishtrombones. “Hey, guess who I played with the other week?” the guy asked. “Waits. Went up to his place and rehearsed.” “Oh?” asked Cohen. “New material?” It seems so. In addition to finally releasing Orphans on vinyl soon, Tom Waits’ publicist confirms that he is writing, rehearsing, mangling, fixing and re-mangling new material for an album to be released in the sometime-maybe-this-year-who-knows future. Recording is anticipated sometime this summer. Waits, of course, was last seen snapping photos of the brimming crowd that gathered en masse at his daughter Kellesimone’s art show in Santa Rosa. http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=1731 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I'll have to remember that....it's my anniversary, and would be the perfect gift for the husband. It's my birthday and it would be the perfect gift for me too so buy two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 To be released in mid-December and the retail price will be set at around $150. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Explain the whole"scanned at" thing. Why is Orphans his first certified gold when it looks like Mule Variations has sold more copies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 To be released in mid-December and the retail price will be set at around $150. Yes.Oh Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Orphans is a cool, but uneven set. After popping for the deluxe CD set a few years ago, I don't think a 150 dollar vinyl set is in the cards for me. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 http://abucketofashes.blogspot.com/2009/09/tom-waits-live-lp.html Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Live' album on the way [LP too] It's official, Tom Waits has chosen five of my photographs to appear on the live album he's releasing this fall. Tom Waits: Glitter & Doom Live is a collection of songs taken from his recent tour through the US and Europe. ANTI- records has informed me that one of the images will run as a full 12" panel on the inside of the gate fold LP jacket. This is an innocent dream. Tom Waits has had a huge effect on my creative development. I discovered the music he recorded on Asylum records in the darker years of my early twenties and he's been with me ever since. In June of '08 I traveled to Columbus, Ohio to photograph his performance. The work was published on Phawker, the excellent blog run by knowledgeable music journalist Jonathan Valania, with an essay by the inimitable Jonathan Michals. The essays on Tom Waits penned by Valania have appeared in Magnet Magazine as well as Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader, with a foreward by Frank Black. As a collector of his vinyl LP's, being included in the history of creative album photography from 1971 - the present is a tremendous honor. I'll post more information when I can disclose the details of the album. If you haven't seen Tom's creative press conference revealing his tour, check it out below, its worth the three minutes. One of the photos chosen for the album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Frank Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 A new Tom Waits live record is great news. Last one was 'Big Time' so we were due one. Those shows were pretty special so it will be nice to have a copy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
junkiesmile Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 The NPR podcast from this tour was pretty freakin awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 The NPR podcast from this tour was pretty freakin awesome. Yeah, it is... but hopefully with this live album Tom will have a surpise or two in store for us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 A new Tom Waits live record is great news. Last one was 'Big Time' so we were due one. Those shows were pretty special so it will be nice to have a copy. I was just thinking the other day how crazy it is that he only has one live album out! I mean “Big Time” is an awesome record, but considering how he is famous for his live performances, it just has boggled my mind that there is only one out there. Now with “Big Time” being over 20 years old, I do think it’s a great time for another one! Can't wait to see the tracklist! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RainDogToo Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Tom Waits- Glitter & Doom LiveRelease Date: 11/24/2009 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=18220881&st=tom+waits&type=product&id=2051846 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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