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Currently listening to Tom Waits' masterpiece 'Mule Variations'. From the soulful ballads of 'Georgia Lee' and 'Take It With Me' to the riotous blues of 'Cold Water' and 'Filipino Box Spring Hog' to the almost country 'Hold On' and the almost negro-spiritual 'Come On Up To The House' there's more than enough variation for my eclectic tastes. Favourite Tom Waits quotes:

"My father was an exhaust manifold and my mother was a tree."

"I love Burroughs. He's like a metal desk. He's like a still and everything that comes out of him is already whiskey."

"The other day I heard my older kids talking to my younger boy. They were saying 'Don't ever, don't EVER ask Dad to help with your homework.' They said I made up a war once."

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Tom Waits is the Bee Knees.

i will dig out Orphans and B*stards for a spin forthwith

Seems like you and I have similar (excellent) tastes, Stringy Bob

That would indeed seem to be the case. I don't have Orphans & B*stards so after Mule Variations I gave Swordfishtrombones a spin.

I think with TW you either love him or hate him, no middle ground. My other half's not a huge fan so I tend to listen to him more when she's not here :p

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Swordfishtrombones, and Bone Machine for me

Actually, I feel very middle ground about Tom Waits! I absolutely love to bits some of his work, but much of his oeuvre I am kind of indifferent to and find it works perfectly well as background music — I don't really even notice it is playing. But there is also a bit of his work that makes me kind of roll my eyes because it seems like he's, well, trying so hard to be "Tom Waits" that the strain shows.

Oddly enough, a couple of nights ago I found a copy of "Blood Money" that I forgot I still had (probably haven't played it since it came out). I meant to give it a re-listen but got distracted — it has been sitting on the corner of my desk behind the computer, just waiting for me to pop it in. And now that many of you seem to be on a Tom Waits kick, I feel obliged to join in the fun . . .

Ooooh - don't have Bone Machine.
Where does that sit, style and chronology speaking?

John Cage - 4'33" on repeat.


Didn't Kraftwerk used to have 'no-music' days?
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Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman

Silence Is Sexy, but for now

Kraftwerk: Techno Pop

Sorry, Core, if you are preparing an answer but I fancy answering this one too! Great records! Bone Machine was one of my first from Tom - I'd say it belongs in terms of style between Swordfishtrombones and The Black Rider. It is probably my favourite Waits album. Chronologically speaking, it belongs between Frank's Wild Years (or the Night On Earth OST, if you want to count that one) and The Black Rider.