Miss Yankey rejoins Martin and Sam, bringing her perspective on the writing and performance of this week’s selection of neighbourhood memories, childhood crimes and old cars. We peer over Waits’s fence at forbidden gardens, pair greek myth with tragic violence, and visit with Kathleen’s dad.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Buzz Fledderjohn, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
The Fall Of Troy, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
The Pontiac, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
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