Next week begins season 22, the behemoth that is Orphans. And so we’re all on the same page, Sam and Martin explain how they (and we) will approach these three albums without breaking all our brains.
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You Can Never Hold Back Spring, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
If I Have To Go, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
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Next week Song by Song pushes into Waits's 2004 release Real Gone, but before we kick off, Sam & Martin acknowledge the 2017 remaster, how the show will deal with these different versions, and handle any other business arising.
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Top of the Hill, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)
Neutrinowatch podcast, also available at neutrinowatch.org, Martin Zaltz Austwick & Lily Sloane (2021-present)
New York Art Rock: Talking Heads & They Might Be Giants, Over/Underrated Podcast, Fran James & Barbara Mendes-Jorge (2022)
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A couple of weeks out from the return of Song by Song to your podcatcher, here's a little preview of some of the conversations we've already recorded.
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Big In Japan, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)
Chocolate Jesus, Mule Variations, Tom Waits (1999)
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Lucky for some, season 13 brings us to another structural shift in the format of the podcast, as we take the opportunity to bounce off of the Night On Earth soundtrack into Waits's film appearances. Season 13 will continue to expand over the coming months and years as we add more films to this semi-complete catalogue, but for now look forward to the soundtrack, the film itself as well as a couple of other movie discussions through the beginning of 2019.
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Good Old World (Gypsy), Night On Earth, Tom Waits (1991)
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Thanks for coming everyone - you all got a coffee, great, there's plenty more chairs up here at the front, don't be shy. Ok, welcome to Song by Song season twelve, Big Time album and film, parish notices first I think… As we embark on another (slightly) contracted season covering this 1988 live release, there are a few details to explain about how we're going about things this time around, so if you could all pay attention we'll get out of here nice and quick.
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Jockey Full Of Bourbon, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits (1985)
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Welcome back to Song by Song - we've had to take another couple of weeks between seasons to get some episodes in the can before Sam heads up to sunny Scotland for panto season (playing "Bewhiskered Victorian Gentleman #3" in Scrooge! at Pitlochry Festival Theatre; a mere 7 hours by train from London! Come one, come all...). But in the meantime, feast your ears on our upcoming guests. Season six on Blue Valentine will commence 16 November 2016. We'll see you there...
Welcome back to Song by Song - we're taking a couple of weeks out before starting our fifth season on Foreign Affairs to listen to some music, watch some films, and argue about eggs. You're welcome to do the same, but please rejoin us later in August for more Tom Waits and sparkling repartee.
(Specifically, we'll be watching Pickup on South Street and They Live by Night - influences on Potter's Field and Burma Shave respectively, and available from all good film retailers)
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Cinny’s Waltz, Foreign Affairs, Tom Waits (1977)
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