Tom Waits -- Bone Machine / 1992 / Post Industrial Gothic Americana Tom Waits' 1992 masterpiece Bone Machine is a standout in his discography for the album's nightmarish aesthetic in production and lyricism. Bone Machine is one of the more timeless albums I have ever heard. Lead Belly seems to have an overarching influence here--though he may not have been cited as so--with Tom Waits' bluesy and dark lyricism and stark atmosphere. Another pervasive influence I heard was some of the screeching and squawking sounds of industrial music. Bone Machine has excellent pacing despite being nearly an hour long. Though there are abrasive elements to this--it never feels like a chore and I attribute that to the album feeling otherworldly and lived in. Waits' lyricism grounds an album that could have been seen as alien and flashy for the sake of it. Great flow to the album, incredibly dynamic vocal performance, and structure with clear beginning, highlights and end. Genius and apocalyptic--this may be Waits' best album. #musicreview #albumreview #tomwaits #bonemachine #mucore #80salternative #experimentalrock #singersongwriter #gothiccountry #americana #postindustrial #industrialmusic #favoritealbum #favoritealbums #musicrecommendations #albumrecommendation #albumrating #kathleenbrennan https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZkOfxJsvV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tom Waits Island Records Remasters

At long last, the Tom Waits Island Records albums are being remastered and pressed again on vinyl!

Due out 22/09 Swordfishtrombones (1983) Rain Dogs (1985) Franks Wild Years (1987)

Due out 06/10 Bone Machine (1992) The Black Rider (1993)

Get in touch to pre-order. All LPs are $70 each.

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Personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Waits spectacular middle-period albums–released on Island Records between 1983 and 1993—have been newly remastered from the original tapes and will be reissued on vinyl and CD this fall via Island/UMe.

Waits’ transformative creative breakthrough, Swordfishtrombones (1983), its sprawling and superb sequel, Rain Dogs (1985), and the trilogy-completing, tragi-comic stage musical, Franks Wild Years (1987), will kick off the series September 22, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Brennan. The epic song-cycle, Bone Machine (1992) and the Waits (with Robert Wilson and William S. Burroughs) musical fable, The Black Rider (1993), will follow October 6.

September, incredibly, marks the 40th anniversary of Swordfishtrombones, and the 30th of The Black Rider.

A very happy 72nd birthday to Tom awaits, born 7 December 1949. #tomwaits #mulevariations #kathleenbrennan #lesclaypool #onthisdayinmusic #albumart #albumcovers #vinyl #artonpaper #brushpen #watercolour (at Prairie Sun Recording Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXKLu4aNEuQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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"Mule variations" TOM WAITS (1999) #tomwaits #kathleenbrennan #brianmantia #lesclaypool #larrylalonde #ralphcarney #smokeyhormel #chrisgrady #jacquireking #genecornelius #stephenhodges #larrytaylor #joegore #charliemusselwhite #marcribot #christophermarvin #johnhammond #jeffsloan #andrewborger #gregcohen #larryrhodes #nikphelps #daltondillingham #jacquireking #music #musiccollection #musiccollector https://www.instagram.com/p/B1g6dfxIFpfPr5liVB9niYQgjnaBm9Bvyb9CTU0/?igshid=lu1nkvwkesns

明日も19時まで営業しております。唄う女優のトム・ウェイツCOVER。まだ黒いジャケット週間です。 ・ ・ SCARLETT JOHANSSON / Falling Down 7INCH RECORD / VINYL:EX / SLEEVE:EX 2008 / ATCO / UK https://youtu.be/USiLOQFW3X4 ・ ・ #scarlettjohansson #scarlettingridjohansson #fallingdown #tomwaits #davidbowie #kathleenbrennan #kagoshima #tenmonkan #disquejp #7inchvinyl #recordshop #7インチ #レコード屋 #中古レコード #鹿児島 #天文館 #黑膠唱片 (GADGET) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvea4GFHUUq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uvqrmtlgg98k

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟#nowplaying #TomWaits #MuleVariations #1999 #AntiRecords #EpitaphRecords #2XLP #vinyl #vinylrules #vinyligclub #vinylcommunity #nowspinning #onmyturntable #TomWaits #KathleenBrennan • all songs recorded by OzFritz and JacquireKing with GeneCornelius, Mastered by ChrisBellman at BernieGrundmanMastering • #LesClaypool #LarryLaLonde #BrainMantia #JohnHammond #CharlieMusselwhite #MarcRibot #RalphCarney SmokeyHormel ChrisGrady JoeGore LarryTaylor StephenHodges ChristopherMarvin DJMMarkTheIIIMediaReitman AndrewBorger WingsOverJordanGospel BaliEternal GregCohen NikPhelps PreacherTom DaltonDillinghamIII LindaDelucciaGbidossi JeffGManSloan

#nowspinning Tom Waits / Rain Dogs / Island Records #tomwaits #raindogs @islandrecords #islandrecords #kathleenbrennan #vinyl #vinyljunkie #vinyljunkies #vinylcollection #vinyligclub #records #recordcollection #turntable #33rpm #spintheblackcircle #itibfya #ithinkibetterfollowyouaround

Woyzeck am Staatsschauspiel Dresden

Leider zum allerletzten Mal am 6.6. War das toll! Schade.

Orphans First Kiss She drove a big old Lincoln with suicide doors and a sewing machine in the back and a light bulb that looked like an alligator egg was mounted up front on the hood and she had an Easter bonnet that had been signed by Tennessee Ernie Ford and she always had saw dust in her hair and she cut two holes in the back of her dress and she had these scapular wings that were covered with feathers and electrical tape and when she got good and drunk she would sing about Elkheart, Indiana where the wind is strong and folks mind their own business and she had at least a hundred old baseballs that she'd taken from kids and she collected bones of all kinds and she lived in a trailer under a bridge and she made her own whiskey and gave cigarettes to kids and she'd been struck by lightning seven or eight times and she hated the mention of rain and she made up her own language and she wore rubber boots and she could fix anything with string and her lips were like cherries and she was stronger than any man and she smelled like gasoline and root beer fizz and she put mud on a bee sting I got at the creek and she gave me my very first kiss and she gave me my very first kiss talking 'bout my little Kathleen she's just a fine young thing someday she'll wear my ring my little Kathleen

Tom Waits, "First Kiss," Orphans (2006)