Some soothing, some heartbreak, and some extreme weather for Miss Yankey, as she examines another set of Orphans with Sam and Martin. Waits looks back on his Troubador years with tenderness, calls for care of the children of Seattle, and delivers a questionable hip-hop tribute.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Rains On Me, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Rains On Me, Extremely Cool, Chuck E. Weiss / Tom Waits (1998)
Jitterbug Boy (Sharing A Curbstone with Chuck E Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body and The Mug and Artie), Small Change, Tom Waits (1976)
Do You Know What I Idi Amin, Extremely Cool, Chuck E. Weiss / Tom Waits (1998)
Rickie Lee Jones Remembers Chuck E. Weiss, LA Times (2021)
Take Care Of All My Children, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Streetwise, dir. Martin Bell (1984)
("Rat's Theme" starts at beginning of the video, Take Care Of All Of My Children over end credits)
Spidey's Wild Ride, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Spacious Thoughts, The Spirit Of Apollo, N.A.S.A feat Tom Waits & Kool Keith (2009)
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