True Orphans pt 6 (2000-2009) - Final Season Specials

As we enter the new millennium, Waits pushes into new sonic territory with various collaborations, covers and spoken word pieces, including nostalgic re-inventions and some more full-blooded engagement with hip hop music.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Moanin' Parade, album, Gatmo / Tom Waits (2000)

Sideshow Seance, album, Gatmo / Tom Waits (2000)

Helium Reprise, Helium, Tin Hat Trio (2000)

Helium Reprise, 360 OST, Tin Hat Trio / Mike Patton (2011)

I’ll Tell You Why That Is, Beatin' the Heat, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks / Tom Waits (2000)

The Piano Has Been Drinkin' (Not Me), Beatin' the Heat, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks / Tom Waits (2000)

The Piano Has Been Drinkin' (Not Me), live at Fur Peace Ranch, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks / Tom Waits (2011)

2:19, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)

Buzz Fledderjohn, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)

Fannin Street, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)

I Know I've Been Changed, Wicked Grin, John Hammond (2001)

Mahfouz, Witness, Dave Douglas / Tom Waits (2001)

What's He Building In There, Hullaballoo Live intro, Tom Waits via Muse (2001)

Diamond In Your Mind, Don't Give Up On Me, Solomon Burke (2002)

Diamond In Your Mind, Healing The Divide - A Concert For Peace And Reconciliation, Tom Waits / The Kronos Quartet (2007)

Tom Waits and The Ramones at the Tropicana Motel (photo by Brad Elterman)

Go Tell It On The Mountain, Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Blind Boys of Alabama / Tom Waits (2002)

Jesus Gonna Be Here, Spirit of the Century, The Blind Boys of Alabama (2001)

Kitate, The Ride, Los Lobos / Tom Waits / Martha Gonzalez (2004)

Going Fetal, Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, The Eels (2004)

Ramblin’ Man, live recording, The House Of Blues, Cleveland OH, w. Hank Williams (13 August 2006)

Ramblin' Man, single, Hank Williams and The Drifting Cowboys (1951)

Spoonful, live recording, The House Of Blues, Cleveland OH, w. Willie Dixon (13 August 2006)

Spoonful, single, Howlin' Wolf (1960)

The Making of Tom Waits' Mule Variations, Tape Op issue 140, Jacob Paul Nielsen (2020)
Morning Hollow, It's A Wonderful Life / Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain, Sparklehorse (2001/2006)

Sideshow Seance, album, Gatmo / Waits (2007)

The Waitress, When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold, Atmosphere (2008)

Spacious Thoughts, The Spirit Of Apollo, N.A.S.A / Tom Waits / Kool Keith (2009)

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Gatmo Sessions Episode 2 - Sideshow Seance & Thirsty? [279-285]

Our second Gatmo megamix features a selection of tracks from 2007's Sideshow Seance and 2012's Thirsty? (don't forget that question-mark now), with some more positive feelings from Martin and Sam, some musings on how 'seriously' these recordings are being taken, and the visible and invisible work that goes into an artist's creative output.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Augminished Returns, Sideshow Seance, Gatmo/Waits et al (2007)

Winged Audition, Sideshow Seance, Gatmo/Waits et al (2007)

J.B.'s Choir, Sideshow Seance, Gatmo/Waits et al (2007)

Laz Is Late, Thirsty?, Gatmo/Waits et al (2012)

Crow's Landing, Thirsty?, Gatmo/Waits et al (2012)

Waterphone Moan, Thirsty?, Gatmo/Waits et al (2012)

My Clap Cuppeth Over, Thirsty?, Gatmo/Waits et al (2012)

The Dead Flag Blues, F♯ A♯ ∞, Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1997)
(Martin's reference approx. 7m30s in...)

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Gatmo Sessions Episode 1 - Moanin' Parade & Swarm Warnings [272-278]

Martin and Sam convene for the first of two episodes listening to a set of improvised albums, recorded between 1992 and 2012. This week we're digging into a selection of 7 tracks from Moanin' Parade and Swarm Warnings, both released in 2000, with some fairly mixed opinions from both hosts on the quality as well as the listen-ability of the music. We also do that thing where we introduce each track separately and bump up our "episode" count significantly. I'm amazed you're still listening to be honest, we're utterly unbearable.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
I'm Big In Japan, Moanin' Parade, Gatmo/Waits et al (2000)

Variations Europa/Hurling Indecencies, Moanin' Parade, Gatmo/Waits et al (2000)

White Rabbit's Lament, Moanin' Parade, Gatmo/Waits et al (2000)

Mudhump, Swarm Warnings, Gatmo/Waits et al (2000)

You See Her Eyes, Swarm Warnings, Gatmo/Waits et al (2000)

In Your Underwear, Swarm Warnings, Gatmo/Waits et al (2000)

Getoutoftown, Swarm Warnings, Gatmo/Waits et al (2000)

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