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She’s The Poor Man’s Gold And The Anarchist’s Crucible.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjdC9vNPJg”

This is a fantastic, wonderful, glorious song that I totally forgot about until about ten minutes ago, Youdopia.  David Bowie and Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Bowie, Laurie Anderson, et al) put this out back in 1990. I had this disc, and it’s fucking brilliant. It’s not profound, it’s just a rock song, but [...]

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Tom Waits Week: I Just Know That She’s Made Of Smoke, But I Lost My Way

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Tom Waits Week continues with Temptation, a ditty from Frank’s Wild Years, which was the follow up to Rain Dogs, and the last in the trilogy which includes Swordfishtrombones, and Rain Dogs. I understand, Dear Reader, that Tom Waits is kind of a binary fella. You either like him , or not. If you don’t, [...]

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