![]() Who knows? If I had more time I might've shot three of 'em in the head and written three new ones to take their place. I'd begin working on something and think, 'Oh, this one over here needs a little more pepper and that one over there could use some nitro, and I'd end up writing different parts and adding more and more pieces to it. "We started putting stuff together for this collection a while ago. I just keep on doing my own investigations. I'm not chained to public opinion, nor am I swayed by the waves of popular trends. "If somebody doesn't like what I do, I really don't care. "I'm just out here trying to build a better mousetrap," growls Waits over the phone. And the massive Orphans compendium (out November 21) of just the stuff he held back - the cut-ups, collabos, covers and creative experiments in controlled chaos - should clear up any doubts. His impressive output over the past few years makes for convincing evidence that Waits has been far too busy creating the most provocative music of his career to get shitfaced with his old runaround gang of hoodoo hustlers and deli delinquents. For the first time in our conversation about his amazing new three-disc Orphans set of oddities and outtakes - which frequently digresses into discussions about the reliability of the 49 Hudson's flathead six, the influence of Civil War tunes on contemporary hiphop, the favourite cartoons of 30s blues great Memphis Minnie and the stage antics of Stompin' Tom Connors - it sounds like he's on the level. Don't even ask.īesides, Waits hasn't seen the bottom of a bourbon bottle in 14 years. The only roadhouse for miles stopped booking mariachi bands when it lost its licence for live entertainment. Way out in rural Northern California where Tom Waits and his accomplice, Kathleen Brennan, are holed up on a converted chicken ranch, counting constellations qualifies as exciting nightlife. Tom Waits: Haunted Songster's Revelatory Dispatch From The Twilight Zone Also printed on Now Magazine (Canada) November 16, 2006. Source: Orphans promo picture (Epitaph/ Anti, 2006). Credits: photography by James Minchin III Source: Anti promo picture for Orphans, as published on Anti official site October 2006. Magazine front cover: Photography by Danny Clinch Keywords: Orphans, public opinion, Ironweed songs, Kerouac, Twilight Zone, Road To Peace, future projects, favourite covers Transcript as published on Now Magazine official site. Title: Tom Waits: Haunted songster's revelatory dispatch from the Twilight Zone ![]()
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