A brief seasonal diversion into listener mail sees Martin and Sam discussing Elton John, winters in South London, and of course the second SbS appearance of Australian spin-bowler Mike Whitney . Nothing says Christmas like Mike Whitney. Happy Holidays all - we'll see you in 2021 for the second half of Mule Variations!
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Big In Japan, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)
Innocent When You Dream (Barroom), Frank's Wild Years, Tom Waits (1987)
Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), You Don't Mess Around With Jim, Jim Croce (1972)
Mike Whitney, I Will Always Love You, The Late Show (1993)
Downtown Train (NME Version), NME Big Four Feb '86, Tom Waits (1986)
Fishing With John - Episode 2 - Tom Waits, via YouTube (1991)
Link to Amazon Prime (US) streamable version of Big Time
Mojo scene from Almost Famous, Terry Chen as Ben Fong-Torres, dir. Cameron Crowe via YouTube (2000)
City of Angels trailer, dir. Brad Silberling, via Youtube (1998)
Ghost Rider trailer, dir. Mark Steven Johnson, via YouTube (2007)
Wings of Desire trailer, dir. Wim Wenders, via YouTube (1989)
Woman on the Tier, Dead Man Walking OST/RetroSpective: The Best of Suzanne Vega, Suzanne Vega (1996/2003)
Tom Waits - The Acting Years, video essay via Vimeo, Leigh Singer (2019)
Moanin' Parade, C-Side/Petit Mal/Tom Waits (2000)
Swarm Warnings, C-Side/Petit Mal/Tom Waits (2000)
Sideshow Séance, various/Tom Waits (2007)
Thirsty?, various/Tom Waits (2012)
Waits Waits Don't Tom Me podcast (2020)
The Making of Tom Waits' Mule Variations by Jacob Paul Nielsen from Tape Op Magazine #140 (Nov/Dec 2020)
Thousand Bing Bangs, Devout Catalyst, Ken Nordine/Tom Waits (1991)
The Movie, Devout Catalyst, Ken Nordine/Tom Waits (1991)
THE STREET TOM WAITS GREW UP ON - Posted by Tom Gauld on Monday, 22 October 2012
It's Quarantime Podcast Ep13 (2020)
Ragbag Podcast Ep69 (2020)
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