Haven't put up any YouTube videos yet, but figured since yesterday was Tom Waits' birthday why not start with this classic I found recently. One of the best songs ever. If you like this one there are several others from this gig, which I believe was in Paris 1980. Tom at his best.
Via Wood s Lot is part of this poem about the American mess by Tom Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan. What a great poet he is. Looking forward to Orphans, his new 3 disc extravaganza of assorted goodies.
This one's for the balcony
And this one's for the floor
As the senators decapitate
The presidential whore
The bald headed senators
Are splashing in the blood
The dogs are having someone
Who is screaming in the mud
In the colosseum tonight
Now it's raining and it's pouring
On the pillaging and goring
The constable is swinging
From the chains
For the dead there is no story
No memory no blame
Their families shout blue murder
But tomorrow it's the same
In the colosseum
(...)
No justice here, no liberty No reason, no blame There's no cause to taint the sweetest taste of blood And greetings from the nation As we shake the hands of time They're taking their ovations The vultures stay behind In the colosseum, in the colosseum In the colosseum tonight
Via Rebecca's Pocket is this wonderful online Advent calendar. 25 fun filled days of surprises. Interesting and very well done. Every day is something different. I particularly like the coloring-book like day 2.
Wood s Lot. Maybe the most consistently interesting weblog out there. Superb selections on all sorts of topics, especially art and literature. Tons of links too.
Fairvue Central hosts the Bloggies, awards for best weblogs in different categories from all over the world. See the nominees for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 (in progress).
