3 posts tagged “tom waits”
So many things happened (or, I found out about) while I was gone!! Shit...
- Chris Cornell, again solo - and playing July 10 at the Warfield. First rock'n'roll crush, do I go see you?
- While doing my concert calendar for professional and personal purposes, I found a listing for a band at the Make-Out Room called Eggplant Casino and all of a sudden, it made sense: SFist music kid and fellow Vox'er Krissy was right about the whole naming-your-band thing. (For the record, I tried finding them and no MySpace results heeded anything - their band website doesn't have audio either).
- Too many concerts coming up, with a number of good shows all on the same day: Hot Chip or Pipettes? Gwen Stefani, Roger Waters, The Horrors, or Darren Hayes (um, of Savage Garden fame)? Nelly Furtado or Skinny Puppy? Incubus or Vanilla Ice? Damn my crazy music tastes.
- October is a little far away to be thinking of a show, but with the Cure, BRMC, and my other boyfriend in AFI playing...I'm down.
- I'm not sure what this is?? Tom Waits Peep Show?? Confused...
- Okay, a little sad I missed Jordan Knight play...a club prom...shut it...
- And for a laugh: my friend Wendy drove me to San Jose the day I flew out on a trip so I could meet up with my parents - I had just walked the Golden Gate Bridge with my best friend Lissa and I told Wendy I couldn't stop laughing because all I could think about was this video:
Points for the sweet locations in North Beach (specifically the Washington Square church and the bus stops) - whoever was the cinematographer had a good eye.
Got home from popscene at 2:45 am. Set alarm for 5:45 am. Finally got up and out the door at 6:40 am. Got to the standby line at 7:20 am. After a bad case of Burger King, going stir crazy being baracaded in the dividers, drinking a lot of water, sneaking into the Ramada and SFPL, too many sodukos and crosswords to list, reading every paper that was free, being yelled at by staff for being in a bad mood (not my fault), never being updated on the status of us -
I was four people shy of getting in at 3:40 pm. There was a last rush and I was totally honest til the end. Which, you know, kinda sucks and I would have loved to see Conan in person and Tom Waits play and Snoog Dogg possibly toke on national television, but surprisingly enough, I'm not that angry or sad about it. It happens. Besides, all I can do is try hard and I can truly say I was totally being awesome and not like other fucking bitches and assholes in line.
That being said - I AM SO JEALOUS MY AUNT IS AT THAT TAPING AS I TYPE THIS. But hey - I still get to see it on TV. Lesson learned: eight hours of waiting? Shit. I was born to rock this. At least I know I'm a patient person. That, and I totally talk shit when necessary.
I saw it in a Flavorpill contest for the Tom Waits tribute/performance gala in Oakland this weekend:
"Which Tom Waits album was originally intended to use for a play based on the life of Lewis Carroll?"
Two of my favorite creatives, and I don't know this answer. I am holding off Wikipedia'ing this until I can come up with something myself.
I AM A BAD TOM WAITS FAN.
