Amateur meteorologist and part-time Muppet Tom Waits takes another stab at bleak reportage in this song about loss and the threat to childhood. Jenny Owen Youngs returns for another discussion around Randy Newman, Django Reinhardt and our old friend the Smooth Marble Egg.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
A Little Rain, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)
I Think It's Going To Rain Today, Randy Newman, Randy Newman (1968)
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