Tom Waits kicked off his 2008 “Glitter and Doom” tour with a two-night stay in Phoenix on the 17th.
Waits’ next stop was at the Plaza Theatre in El Paso, where he received an unexpected on-stage guest: a uniformed officer.
“I paid all those tickets,” Waits quipped when he saw the officer. “She was dead when I [...]

We’ve already reported on the much-anticipated U.S. leg of Tom Waits’ “Glitter and Doom” tour, but the enigmatic growler finally announced dates for his mini tour across the pond. The tour consists of two- and three-night stands, and includes his first-ever concerts in Spain and the Czech Republic.
The Euros are taking their tickets seriously, enacting [...]

Scarlett Johansson gave AOL Music a live performance in support of her album of Tom Waits covers. I gave a less-than-complementary review of the album a few weeks ago, but I have to admit that this performance somehow adds a little life to the song. Where the album version plodded, this one benefits from a [...]

Details have finally emerged about Tom Waits‘ 2008 tour (we first posted about this more than two months ago). The 13-show “Glitter and Doom” tour will kick off in Phoenix on June 17.
It’s a sad day here at Stranger Dance headquarters (for some of us at least), as Waits revealed that he won’t be coming [...]

I’ve been holding off on posting anything about this, but I buckled. Scarlett Johansson released her debut vanity album last week. The album is a collection of Tom Waits covers with one original thrown in.
Can’t she just be happy being hot and a pretty good actress? Did she really need to go out and piss [...]

In an interview with TwinCities.com, Minneapolis-based underground hip-hop outfit Atmosphere talks about it’s new album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, due out April 22. During the interview, Slug reveals that Tom Waits beatboxes on the song “The Waitress”:
“I’m friends with his son. We’ve known each other for quite a while [...]

This is big news. The 2008 Summer concert lineup was already off to a good start, but it just got a whole lot better.
Tom Waits‘ publicist just announced a Summer tour across the US and Europe. Details are shaky and no dates or venues have been announced. We’ll update as news becomes available. [Update: [...]

HBO’s “The Wire” started it’s fifth and final season earlier this month, meaning that my next 12-13 Sunday nights are accounted for.
The show is easily my all-time favorite. The Wire is a groundbreaking examination of all the institutions that contribute to drugs and urban crime. The creator, David Simon, resists all of the Law and [...]