BookTelevision and Bravo! Canada will be airing a documentary about beat hipster Ken Nordine. According to the press release, the documentary will feature an interview with Mr. Waits along with others like Laurie Anderson and Billy Corgan.
The show will air on July 20th on BookTelevision and the 21st on Bravo. Check it out if you get a chance.
[Via: Canada NewsWire Group]
According to Tom’s label, Anti-, Mr. Waits will be appearing on Channel 4’s UK Hall of Fame on Novemeber 14th. Full Press Release
TreoTV is showing an old Waits apperence on the David Letterman show on November 5th. Full Listing
For all you lucky Canadian cable viewers, Big Time will be on Bravo Canada at 9:00 PM (Eastern Time). The full listing is here.
Thanks to Dave Miskey on the Raindogs Mailing List for bringing this one to my attention.
Here’s a nice story from Janice Strickland on the Raindogs Mailing List about attending the Waits’ performance on the David Letterman show:
Thanks to my boyfriend’s knowledge of David Letterman trivia, I was lucky enough to be in the audience for Tom Waits’ performance on the Late Show yesterday.
Via TomWaitsFan.com: Both the Tom Waits interview and performance from last night’s David Letterman Show are now (and probably for a very short time) available for download:
Just a little personal note to say that if you missed Mr. Waits on Letterman last night, you missed one heck of a performance. I’m really looking forward to this new album and even more to having another chance to see him live.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ — TOM WAITS is set to play his only US live date — October 18 at the Paramount Theater in Seattle — following his performance in Vancouver at the Orpheum October 15, which sold out in a record 9 minutes. These shows are essentially warm up dates for Waits’ European tour: November 13 in Antwerp (sold out with 52,000 calls for 990 seats), November 15-17 in Berlin (sold out) and November 23 in London (sold out in 30 minutes, 150,000 ticket requests in the first hour). Tickets for the Amsterdam shows November 19-21 will go on sale 10/2. These shows will all come on the heels of Waits’ eagerly anticipated 20th album, REAL GONE, due out October 5 and features musicians from the recording: Larry Taylor on bass, Marc Ribot on guitar and Brain on drums/percussion.
As regards to the Seattle performance, a limited number of tickets will go on sale at midnight October 4 (simultaneously with the sale of the new album) at two Seattle Tower Record locations (5207 Fifth Avenue North and 4518 University Way), while the remainder of the tickets will be made available at the Paramount Box Office and Ticketmaster at 10am October 5. Ticket prices are $65.00, plus service charges.
Meanwhile, initial press reaction for Real Gone is nothing but shining: Entertainment Weekly included the album in its “25 Most Anticipated Albums of the Fall,” while Richard Cromelin noted in his Sunday “Calendar” feature in the Los Angeles Times: “Real Gone … Raw, rustic, primal and immediate, it’s a leap in the mud … ” Also, in the current issue of Thrasher, Eben Sterling mused: “Real Gone … is an amalgam of earthy funk, beatnik howl, and backwoods river bottom blues. Waits’ music seems to seep from the subconscious, while his lyrics pinpoint humanity often cloaked in shadow,” while Mark Richardson in Paste extolled: ” … much of Real Gone is loud, rude and in your face … packed with memorable phrases and strange-yet-familiar poetic imagery … down into that strange and dazzling mineshaft.”
Look for Waits to possibly tour the US early next year.
Be sure to catch Waits on the Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday, September 28
Everyone put this on your calendar, Tom Waits will be appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman on September 28.
Tom Waits will be doing the soundtrack for an upcoming documentary series on The Documentary Channel. Makes me wish I had cable sometimes . . .
Long Gone: Modern-day hobos travel the country without luggage, home or final destination in this Canadian creation featuring an original soundtrack by Tom Waits.
On June 5th, Austin City Limits will be re-showing the performance of John Hammond doing all Tom Waits covers in support of his album Wicked Grin. Here is the brief mention from the PBS web site:
Known for his [John Hammond’s] impeccable traditional blues stylings, John Hammond turns his attention to iconoclast Tom Waits’ songs. Highlights include “Fannin Street,” “Buzz Fedderjohn” and “Big Black Mariah.”
