Justin returns to discuss the nature of abandonment and housing with Martin and Sam, as well as our feelings about Waits's sentimental tone. We dig into Kathleen's involvement in the composition, his vocal quality, and then get massively side-tracked by the recording history of the deepest man in showbiz.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
House Where Nobody Lives, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)
This Ole House, single, Rosemary Clooney (1954)
The Heidelberg Project by Tyree Guyton, The Art of Looking via YouTube (2015)
Please Mr. Kennedy, scene from Inside Llewyn Davis (dir. Coen Brothers) via YouTube (2013)
You're a Mean One Mr Grinch, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Thurl Ravenscroft (1966)
The Many Voices of Thurl Ravenscroft, Saturday Morning Rewind via YouTube (2018)
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