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Thomas Alan Waits, (born December 7, 1949) is an American composer, singer, musician and actor.
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LiteratureSparechange.gov
While we're waiting for the new economic stimulus plan to be unveiled on change.gov, or while we're waiting for it to kick-in, how about developing a backup plan at sparechange.gov? Here's Tom Waits in a YouTube video singing the Depression-era "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney (1931). It's a little rougher than the traditionally smooth Bing Crosby version. They used to tell me, I was building a dream With peace and glory ahead. Why should I be standing in line Just waiting for bread? Once I built a railroad, I made it run I made it run against time Once i built a railroad, and now it's done Brother, can you spare a dime? ... Once in khaki suits, Ah, gee we looked swell Full of that yankee-doodle dee-dum! Brother, can you spare a dime? There are more and more people all around us needing our help....
Published: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:45:31 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the articleLiteratureM.I.A. Down In The Hole
A new video, "S.U.S. (Save UR Soul)," directed by (a very pregnant) M.I.A. and featuring Blaqstarr mashup/covering Tom Waits' "Way Down In The Hole," which various artists have covered as the theme song for HBO's "The Wire," with M.I.A. crooning about her laptop. On the video's lo-fi look, from the YouTube credits: "cheapest video ever made , i spent $9.95 on it." On Myspace, M.I.A. blogs: Me and Blaqstarr found the image at the end from a Joy Division video and thought about the election and thats how people want you to see the world , black/ white , good/ evil, jesus/devil for you the words are Obama vs Mc Cain for me its terror vs genocide simple maths so we put it on at the end to show how far we've gone and how far we've come, i have to start staying at home more because i dont think i can fit through my front door anymore but i want this to do the traveling for me....
Published: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:18:34 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the article
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