| 1973 | 1973 - Ever since the release of Closing Time (no relation to the Semisonic song, unless they were Tom Waits fans) in 1973, Waits has been something of a musical chameleon, keeping his intensely eclectic music shifting at all times. Yet he still creates and maintains an ...Ever since the release of Closing Time (no relation to the Semisonic song, unless they were Tom Waits fans) in 1973, Waits has been something of a musical chameleon, keeping his intensely eclectic music shifting at all times. Yet he still creates and maintains an incredibly loyal following. It is uncanny how many artists today have Tom Waits on their Myspace.com list of musical influences. These artists range from quirky piano songstress Regina Spektor to guitar virtuoso Steve ...  Show more  Show lessbadgerherald.com/artsetc/2006/12/05/wait_over_tom_waits_.php
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| 1978 | Dec 15, 1978 - It's fitting that Tom Waits is appearing at the Huntington Hartford, usually the home of legitimate stage productions. Waits finally has come upon an ideal mode of presentation for his chronicles of the neon-lit parade of societf's misfits. BODY LANGUAGE. -Tom Waits performs in a ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/649566132.html?dids=649566132:649566132&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+15%2C+1978&author=&pub=Los...
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| 1985 | Oct 6, 1985 - By STEPHEN HOLDEN. For the last 12 years, Tom Waits, the gravelly-voiced, 35-year-old singer-songwriter from Pomona, Calif., has played American pop's self-appointed spokesman for a segment of society that hardly knows he exists. The would-be poet laureate of urban lowlife, Mr. Waits ... www.nytimes.com/1985/10/06/arts/tom-waits-pop-s-minstrel-of-the-downtroden.html
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| 1986 | Feb 27, 1986 - "Frank's Wild Years," a new, $300000 musical with about 15 original songs by and starring pop composer Tom Waits, is set to close off Steppenwolf Theatre's subscription season in mid-June at the Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted St. -- A bit of Chicago theater history will be ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24990692.html?dids=24990692:24990692&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+27%2C...TOM+WAITS...
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| 1987 | Aug 30, 1987 - By STEPHEN HOLDEN. ROILING MUSICAL TEXTURES that bubble up from the earth like warm mud, strains of European torch songs that bump elbows with plaintive Tex-Mex cowboy tunes, converging echoes of blues, jazz and mariachi: These are but a few of the elements to be savored on Tom Waits's ... www.nytimes.com/1987/08/30/arts/recordings-tom-waits-distills-a-vocabulary-of-the-psyche.html
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| 1999 | Mar 24, 1999 - Tom Waits commented midway through his performance on Saturday night as part of the South by Southwest festival at the Paramount Theater here. He could have been talking about his gravelly, nicotine-stained voice or the steady stream of jokes he kept making between songs. ... www.nytimes.com/1999/03/24/arts/pop-review-tom-waits-s-night-on-earth.html
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| 2002 | May 10, 2002 - Tom Waits' new pair of albums _ the 18th and 19th of a career with more left hooks than Muhammad Ali's _ were just released. But the gravel-voiced singer is already pondering his next move. "I'm going to tap into the kids market next," Waits vows in a phone interview from the Los ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-8852256.html
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| 2004 | Oct 13, 2004 - By Pamela Murray Winters. On 1992's "Bone Machine," Tom Waits told a gruesome tale of "Murder in the Red Barn." Now, on "Real Gone," he implores us "Don't Go Into That Barn." Right. Like anyone could stay outside. We're drawn into this dark place by the irresistible rhythms -- even ... www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28345-2004Oct12.html
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| 2006 | Oct 16, 2006 - Leave it to Scarlett Johansson to do something all the other It girls are doing, except better. Johansson is apparently planning to record her debut album, Scarlett Sings Tom Waits, this winter. The record will, you know, consist of Waits material sung by Ms. Johansson. ... www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/10/16/tom-waits-brings-out-the-inner-chanteuse-in- scarlett-johansson/
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| 2008 | May 22, 2008 - By JIM FUSILLI. We've had albums of covers of Tom Waits songs -- John Hammond's "Wicked Grin" comes to mind, as does Holly Cole's "Temptation" -- and recent albums by women best known as actresses, including Minnie Driver's "Seastories." Now there's "Anywhere I Lay My Head" (Rhino), ... online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121141161966612331.html
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