Stumbled across this highly original, enriching, almost other-worldly performance by Tom Waits on Letterman. Stick around for the interview too. It’s a hoot!
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“It’s Like a Big Ship… and the Water’s on Fire.” Tom Waits on David Letterman
Tagged with: album Rain Dogs, david letterman, Tango 'til they're sore, Tom waits
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Confirmed by Mother no Less, David Hobson is the Greatest Singer at Australian Christmas Carols
My favourite Christmas carol ‘O Holy Night’ sung by my favourite Christmas carol singer David Hobson
Charles Bukowski – The Genius of the Crowd
there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at murder are those who preach against it and the best at hate are those who…
The World Golf Tour
I was meandering about the web a week ago trying to find games for my kid. I fell upon a golf program that I thought might be fun, not knowing in 24 hours I would be ‘like’ totally addicted. Wow,…
How I Always Knew Bob Dylan was a ‘Little Boy Drummer’ Fan
Years ago as I awaited my Santa Claus delivery in earnest, I often wondered if Dylan like me was a closet ‘Little Drummer Boy’ fan. Much of Dylan’s music was probably inspired by that song. Why? Because Little drummer boy…
I Got Some Pussy Today, Regrettably as it Turns Out
An abandoned cat sat on my front door mat and decided I was its new owner. All the neighbors told me they knew it was there but declared it ‘lost’. You see, they have cats already. They shoved me a…
The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
I was a born again christian (baptist) turned agnostic. Tomorrow I could be a Jedi. I have read a lot of books in recent years about theology and the validity of the new testament. I began to really question my…
Tagged with: agnostic, Atheism, atheist, Biology, Christopher hitchens, Evolution, religion, richard dawkins, The God Delusion
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
Mornington
The crooked rocks, waves lapping my legs – the beach where you once stopped to say ‘hi’.Your echo drew me here,to wait for a ferry that will not return me. Forget the seedy districts – I mean the beatnik cafeteria,…
Tagged with: circular quay, mornington, poem, poetry, sorento to queenscliff ferry, sydney, the ferry
Posted in Reflections
Posted in Reflections
Charles Bukowski’s Gravestone Epitaph ‘Don’t Try’
Many people have wondered what the gravestone epitaph of the great American counter-culture poet and novelist Charles Bukowski means – ‘Don’t Try.’ I was baffled by this too until I came across this illuminating quote from Bukowski which should substantiate…
Tagged with: all the way, Charles Bukowski, Don't try, novelist, poem, poetry, screenings, slow night in the fast lane, The New Censorship
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
