Over there on the right hand side there's a link to Aquarium Drunkard, who have just recently posted a great article on Tom Waits which includes a full session by him for Folkscene from 1974 (somewhere between his first and second album), along with interviews. I didn't get much of a chance to listen to it, but it sounds pretty good so far.
It's strange, I don't check Aquarium Drunkard everyday, but when I do they always seem to have posted something relating to what I'm listening to at the moment. Previously it's been Bob Dylan, Pavement... and a few others, I can't really remember now. Perhaps there's a psychic link.
This blog really is at risk of becoming a Tom Waits appreciation society. With one member.
Here's a great video of a cartoon version of Cab Calloway singing St James Infirmary:
I used to have it on my Myspace but it disappeared, so I guess somebody must have re-posted it. Check it out before it disappears again. I don't know anything about the cartoon beyond what's written in the little description box, but I love Cab Calloway and this clip is great, and genuinely slightly creepy.
Just to round this crazy ride off, and as I'm feeling generous with videos this eve, here's Cab singing Minnie the Moocher in Blues Brothers:
Toodle pip!
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