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More copies of this ISBNInnocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Readerby Mac Montandon
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Over the past three decades, Tom Waits has achieved the kind of top-shelf cult status most artists only dream about. In his varied career, he has acted alongside Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, and Lily Tomlin; his songs have been covered by artists as diverse as Bruce Springsteen, Sarah McLachlan, the Eagles, and the Ramones; he's won two Grammys, a Golden Globe, and been nominated for an Oscar; he's coined unforgettable phrases like "better a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy" and "champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends"; and he's made anyone who's ever listened to his music just that much cooler. Here is Tom Waits in all his mischievous splendor. From a New Yorker "Talk of the Town" in 1976 to an interview by Terry Gilliam in 1999; from album reviews by Luc Sante and David Fricke to conversations with Elvis Costello and Roberto Benigni; from a recent profile in GQ to "20 Questions" in Playboy and reviews of Waits's acclaimed new album, Real Gone, this is the must-have book for every fan of the artist Beck has described as a "luminary," and for music fans everywhere. Review:"Covering 30 years in 40 chapters, Montandon's anthology of reviews and interviews stretches from a Waits-penned press release (1974) through an interview that the singer-cum-cult-figure did for Magnet in November 2004. In between, readers can follow Waits and Elvis Costello through some absurd leaps of logic in a conversation they recorded at a Chinese restaurant in 1989, hear Waits tell Terry Gross 'I couldn't wait to be an old man,' and peruse a 1987 Toronto Star review of a gritty, mood-shifting concert. 'Waits was forever turning the show into something new,' the critic says, 'revealing another nook in his low-rent pantry.' Despite the conspicuous gap between 1993 and 1999, the volume gives a vivid portrait of Waits as a person, with glimpses into the life of a composer and performer who has referred to his songs as 'travelogues.' Word-for-word transcriptions of some interviews make for difficult reading, but the book will nonetheless be welcomed by Waits's many fans. " Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:The first collection of writings about Tom Waits--spanning the artist's thirty-year career in music, film, and theater--and featuring the most revealing, bizarre, provocative, and hilarious interviews, profiles, reviews, and conservations with the world's favorite bohemian bandleader. Synopsis:The first collection of writings about musician and actor Tom Waits--interviews, profiles, conversations, and more--spans the artist's 30-year career in music, film, and theater Foreword by Frank Black of The Pixies. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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