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'Small Change' 50th Anniversary Re-issue Available to Pre-Order via @antirecords.

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Wildwood is in theaters today! The story follows a young girl named Prue who ventures into a forbidden, enchanted forest to rescue her kidnapped baby brother. The film's ensemble cast features a very recognizable voice hiding in the shadows.
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Tom Waits lends his unmistakable voice to Maksim, the loyal commander of Dowager Governess Alexandra’s fierce coyote army. It is a perfect fit for a dark, beautiful fairy tale.
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Who Is Martin Mull? premieres today on Netflix. The documentary, co-directed by the late Bob Saget and Neil Berkeley, explores Mull's career in film and TV alongside his lifelong work as a fine-art painter. youtube.com/watch?v=rb36KAQX…
Who Is Martin Mull? | Official Trailer | Netflix

Who Is Martin Mull? | Official Trailer | Netflix

He was a world-class comedian — and that's not even what he did bes...

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Waits joins the film to remember his longtime friend and collaborator. Their history dates back to the 1970s, when they toured together and shared the stage during Waits' appearances on Fernwood 2 Night and America 2 Night.
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"He was kinda like a strange friend of your parents — like a vacuum salesman on your porch.” - Tom Waits
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The 50th Anniversary re-issue of Small Change is out today, available on 4 limited edition 180g vinyl variations. tomwaits.ffm.to/smallchange
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“… I don’t take things at face value like I used to. So I dispelled some things in these songs that I had substantiated before. I’m trying to show something to myself, plus get some things off my chest. Step Right Up...
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all that jargon we hear in the music business is just like what you hear in the restaurant or casket business. So instead of spouting my views in Scientific American on the vulnerability of the American public to our product-oriented society, I wrote, Step Right Up.”
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May 3, 1977: Part two of Tom Waits’ UK debut on The Old Grey Whistle Test. Here he performs “Tom Traubert’s Blues” - a quiet, intimate contrast to “Small Change.” youtube.com/watch?v=jBb3X1JU…
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Welcome to the future. From the director of The Incredibles and Ratatouille comes RAY GUNN, starring Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Waits. In select theaters December 4, only on Netflix December 18.
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50 years after its release, Small Change remains a masterpiece that contains some of Waits’ best early work. Classic jazz, Tin Pan Alley, and Stephen Foster filtered through Tom’s unique worldview and lyrical genius.
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Heartbreaking, hilarious and always vivid, songs like“Step Right Up”, “Tom Traubert’s Blues”, “I Wish I Was in New Orleans”, “The Piano Has Been Drinking”, and“Invitation to the Blues” are all classics that have influenced generations of songwriters since.
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Recorded with a live orchestra and featuring jazz legend Shelly Manne on drums, Small Change is a classic and stands as one of Tom Waits most popular recordings.
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"Boots on the Ground" takes the #1 spot on Consequence’s 100 Best Songs of 2026 So Far. Here’s what they had to say about the collaboration between Tom Waits and Massive Attack: consequence.net/list/100-bes…
The 100 Best Songs of 2026 So Far

The 100 Best Songs of 2026 So Far

The 100 Best Songs of 2026 so far include terrific new tracks from Mitski, Denzel Curry, Tom Waits and Massive Attack, Robyn, and more.

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string of visceral impressions. In his most memorable moment from a song full of great vocal performances, he wails, "Big titties! Big titties!/ Well we holler and we burn down cities!"
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Massive Attack's soundscape is as enchanting as it is haunting, the piano and guitar mere accents beneath that relentless percussion churn. "Boots on the Ground" became an instant top-10 contender in two different and already crammed discographies."
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Interviewed in 1977 for Contemporary Keyboard at the Tropicana, where he’d just taken up residence, Waits side-stepped standard musical theory to deliver a playful, improvised tall tale about how he first got his hands on a piano. photo by Neil Zlowzower
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See, I saw this piano hanging up in the window of a pawnshop. It was Christmas time and everything, so I told my mother, 'If I could just get my hands on that sucker....'
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So she went down there in her slippers and housecoat, as the snow fell over Whittier, and she put a brick through the window and dragged the piano home. The rest is history; it's now in my kitchen.”
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