right after Tom Waits' Orphans -- which currently is the "oh, I need this now this very instant or I'll die from withdrawal".

Tell me about it.

::currently surveying collection for CDs he can trade in::

SA, Have you heard his other albums? I think the reason I am having trouble putting it in my Top 10 is because I am comparing it to Transistor Radio and Transfiguration of Vincent, which are still better albums in my opinion. But it is a great album.

I haven't! I really need to get my hands on them, but I'm kind of waiting until I buy an 80 gig iPod, so I can just stick stuff on there without having to keep it on my computer.

Where would be the best place for me to look for a long out-of-print LP? I'm trying to track down the double LP recording of "Don Juan in Hell". It was released by Columbia in 1950. If I could manage to find a copy by Christmas, it would make me the best daughter ever.

Anyone have any suggestions? Other than Google, that is, because I'm working my way through the search results right now.

Jilli: [link]

Scola is the helpfullest!

Yes!! Scola, thank you SO much.

Apologies if I'm repeating something everyone already knows, but rumor has it there's an interview with Tom Waits on today's All Things Considered.

Figured I should pass it on.

but rumor has it there's an interview with Tom Waits on today's All Things Considered.

Sweet! Pimping the box set. Thanks, Strega.

Anybody fond of Steve Schaviro's super post-mod theory heavy pop culture excursions?

I loved his take on Doom Patrol from way back when you had to FTP text in the pre WWW days.

Anyway, he's got a new thingie called Stranded in the Jungle (and yes, I'm fine with that Dolls and/or Cadets reference), and check out his cultural objects of interest.

One example:

Swoon: The artist formerly known as Prince dedicates his life to the pursuit of Beauty. What could be more extravagant, or more ridiculous? It isn't easy to pay court to Beauty. You must be prodigal of time, energy, and money. You must be indifferent to embarrassment. You must be ready to try anything. You must go to the most absurd lengths to prove your desire. Prince's music is promiscuous beyond measure. It occupies every possible sexual position. It swallows up just about every style of music, black or white. It moves with ease between gospel choruses and arena rock guitars, between heavy funk riffs and lightweight pop ballads, between melodic falsetto crooning and psychedelic distortion. Nowhere is Prince's quest for Beauty more delirious than in his 1986 movie, Under the Cherry Moon.

eta: On further review, his new thing is blessedly free from po-mo theory and is just interesting pop cultural writing.

Pimping the box set.

Of which I have two copies in my hot little hands (one for me and one an Xmas present). Nifty package, like a CD-sized hardcover (or an over-size Little Big Book). I think you could kill someone by smacking them upside the head with it.