Lost in the Harbour - Alice [293]

Never lost for a conversation, Jo, Miranda, Martin and Sam take a look at the theatrical and political context of Waits's less-mannered song of longing. We return to some conversations from recent episodes, consider Kathleen Brennan's presence in these songs, and break SbS rules to revisit Lotte Lenya's presentation of the music of Kurt Weill.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Lost in the Harbour, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Lost In The Stars, Lost In The Stars, Lotte Lenya / Kurt Weill (1943)


Lost In The Stars, Lost In The Stars, Todd Duncan / Kurt Weill (1949)

Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits on The Late Late Show (Ireland), via YouTube (1981)

Eva Gabors (Miss Bianca) & Bob Newhart (Bernard) in The Rescuers, dir. John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman & Art Stevens (1977)

Lotte Lenya (Rosa Klebb) in From Russia With Love, dir. Terrence Young (1963)

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Table Top Joe - Alice [292]

Miranda returns alongside Jo (not currently available on table-tops) to talk about parody and joy in this Waits track as well as it's 1992 demo version. We dig into a discussion of the entertainment industry, images of American exceptionalism, and the presence/absence of women in music.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Table Top Joe, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

Wrote My Way Out, The Hamilton Mixtape, Lin-Manuel Miranda / Naz / Dave East / Aloe Blacc (2016)

Table Top Joe, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)

House of Love, Kenny Craddock Sings Gardner-Pound, Kenny Craddock (2001)

The Rose That Never Grew, Slamalamadingdong (via Melbourne Spoken Word on YouTube), Miss Yankey (2019)

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Poor Edward - Alice [291]

As Waits takes a left-turn into a very different story from the 19th century, we're joined by Miranda Horvath and Jo Lewis to take a look at some of the gender politics in the tale of Edward Mordrake, and how nostalgia/fear/obsession are represented in this week's tracks.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Poor Edward, Alice, Tom Waits (2002)

All Of My Mates Are Owls, from Imaginary Advice podcast 39 "I Heart 1984", Ross Sutherland (2017)
Timecode from 10m40s - 19m30s

Chained Together For Life, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)

There Is Nothing Like A Dame, South Pacific 1988 London Cast Recording, Rogers & Hammerstein (1949/1988)

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