#kathleen brennan

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tom waits and kathleen brennan during a swordfishtrombones recording session (photo by clare o’callaghan)

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Forty years ago, Tom Waits’ transformative creative breakthrough, Swordfishtrombones, was released into the wild, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Kathleen Brennan.

To honor this metamorphic period, Waits’ spectacular middle-period albums – released on Island Records between 1983 and 1993 – have been newly remastered from the original tapes for reissue on vinyl and CD via Island/UMe, personally overseen by Waits and Brennan.  Swordfishtrombones (1983), its sprawling and superb sequel, Rain Dogs (1985), and the trilogy-completing, tragi-comic stage musical, Franks Wild Years (1987), kick off the series today with their new vinyl releases.

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Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan and Nicolas Cage

Tom Waits presented the Maria Manetti Shrem Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting to Nicolas Cage at the 2023 SFFILM Awards Night at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on December 4th

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Jackie Green performing "Come On Up To The House". ____________________________ Come On Up To The House Songwriters: Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan

Well the moon is broken And the sky is cracked Come on up to the house The only things that you can see Is all that you lack Come on up to the house

All your cryin don't do no good Come on up to the house Come down off the cross We can use the wood Come on up to the house

Come on up to the house Come on up to the house The world is not my home I'm just a passin thru Come on up to the house

There's no light in the tunnel No irons in the fire Come on up to the house And your singin lead soprano In a junkman's choir You gotta come on up to the house

Does life seem nasty, brutish and short Come on up to the house The seas are stormy And you can't find no port Come on up to the house There's nothin in the world

[Chorus]

There's nothin in the world that you can do you gotta come on up to the house and you been whipped by the forces that are inside you come on up to the house well you're high on top of your mountain of woe come on up to the house well you know you should surrender but you can't let go you gotta come on up to the house

[Chorus]

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From artist David Frazer comes More Than Flesh And Bone, a Handmade Book interpreting the songs The Last Rose Of Summer, Take It With Me and The Briar And The Rose by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan...

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how the hell do tom waits and kathleen brennan come up with their lyrics. who just like. sits around and Thinks of that shit. incredible

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al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1177

first posted in facebook april 8, 2023

abbott handerson thayer -- "my children" (ca. 1910)

"oh take care of all my children don't let them wander and roam take care of all of my children for i don't know when i'm comin' back home" ... kathleen brennan and tom waits

"life became all but unbearable for thayer and his wife during the early 1880s, when two of their small children died unexpectedly, one year apart" ... wikipedia

"when a child is lost there is no end to the self-torment a parent may inflict. when we love, and the object of our love is small, weak, and vulnerable, and has looked to us and us alone for protection; and when such protection, for whatever reason, has failed, what consolation (what justification, what defense) may there possibly be?" ... george saunders

"there are ... no words" ... al janik

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Tom Waits - "Earth Died Screaming"

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Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years (1987)

O lado B do sonho americano, num disco que fecha talvez a triologia mais inspirada da carreira de Waits.

O lado B do sonho americano, num disco que fecha talvez a triologia mais inspirada da carreira de Waits. Quando Tom Waits libertou sobre o mundo o revolucionário Swordfishtrombones (1983), o disco que deixou para trás definitivamente o singer-songwriter para nos dar o Tom Waits caótico que conhecemos hoje, algo de muito profundo acabava de mudar. Seguiu-se-lhe o igualmente excelente Rain Dogs…

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February 2023 Reads

The Reunion - Kayla Olson

Behind the Scenes - Karelia Stetz-Waters

Sorry, Bro - Taleen Voskuni

Exes and O’s - Amy Lea

Ruby Spencer’s Whisky Year - Rochelle Billow

Make a Wish - Helena Hunting

Knit One, Girl Two - Shira Glassman

You Should Smile More - Anastasia Ryan

A Rival Most Vial - R.K. Ashwick

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun - Elle Cosimano

Nine Liars - Maureen Johnson

Pretty Dead Queens - Alexa Donne

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute - Talia Hibbert

Margot Mertz for the Win - Carrie McCrossen

Winterkeep - Kristin Cashore

Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds - Sarah Rees Brennan

Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones

Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables - Kathleen Gros

Evergreen - Matthew Cordell

I’ll Show Myself Out - Jessi Klein

Remainders of the Day - Shaun Bythell

B.F.F. - Christie Tate

The Good Life - Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz

The Brain Fog Fix - Mike Dow 

Stolen Focus - Johann Hari

The Chaos Machine - Max Fisher

Cook As You Are - Ruby Tandoh

Foodwise - Mia Rigden

Plant-Based on a Budget - Toni Okamoto

One: Simple One-Pan Wonders - Jamie Oliver

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts:

Another really good reading month. I hope there are 20 more Truly Devious books. Let Stevie solve all of the mysteries.

Goodreads Goal: 67/400

2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads |

2022 Reads | 2023 Reads

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Series info...

Book one in the Dear America series

A Journey to the New World

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 by Patricia McKissack

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory

So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen

West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 by Jim Murphy

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White

A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 by Sherry Garland

My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 by Ann Rinaldi

The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 by Ann Turner

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia McKissack

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938 by Barry Denenberg

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne

Valley of the Moon: The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 by Sherry Garland

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky

Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 by Jim Murphy

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 by Kathryn Lasky

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 by Barry Denenberg

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke

When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917 by Beth Seidel Levine

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873 by Marion Dane Bauer

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner

All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848 by Megan McDonald

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia McKissack

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson

The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 by Kirby Larson

Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry

Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 by Susan Patron

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 by Judy Blundell

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

[femmeterypolka]

last night i dreamt that tom waits and kathleen brennan got a divorce and i was so sad when i woke up i had to google it to make sure it wasn't true

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some of my favourite riot grrl bands

1. hole

vocals courtney love

guitar eric erlandson

bass kristen pfaff

bass mellisa maur

drums patty schemel

2. bikini kill

vocals kathleen hanna

guitar billy karren

bass kathi wilcox

drums tobi vail

3. dazey and the scouts

vocals lea jaffe

guitar brennan wedl

bass otto klammer

drums austin corona

4. lunachicks

vocals theo kogan

guitar gina volpe

guitar sindi valsamis

bass sydney silver

drums kate schellenbach

drums becky wreck

drums helen destroy

drums chip english

5. destroy boys

vocals alexia roditis

guitar vi mayugba

drums ethan knight

6. slutever

vocals nicole snyder

vocals rachel gagliard

7. mommy long legs

vocals and guitar lilly morlock

guitar melissa kagerer

bass leah miller

drums cory budden

8. dream wife

vocals rakel mjoll

vocals and guitar alice go

vocals and bass bella podpadec

9. the beaches

vocals and bass jordan miller

guitar kylie miller

guitar and keyboard leandra earl

drums eliza enman mcdaniel

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June Monthly Recap:

Once again, I read a lot in June, 18 books! Slightly more than I did in May, although it felt a lot less, mostly because I ended up DNF’ing a lot (5 different books!) But I still read some excellent books, including Where the Drowned Girls Go and Unraveled. I also made some progress on finishing series that have been hanging around on my TBR for a long time! I’m all caught up on the Wayward Children series, and I finally finished Phedre’s trilogy after 5(!!) years.

Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire: 4/5

Unraveled by Courtney Milan: 5/5

New Worlds, Year Two by Marie Brennan: 4/5

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi: 3.5/5

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada: 3.75/5

Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee: 5/5

The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale: 2.5/5, dnf

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison: 5/5, re-read

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson: 4.5/5

Paladin’s Strength by T. Kingfisher: 5/5, re-read

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: 2/5, dnf

All the Feels by Olivia Dade: 4.25/5

Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire: 5/5

So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park: 2/5, dnf

After Perfect by Maan Gabriel: 1.5/5, dnf

A Lady’s Guide to Ruin by Kathleen Kimmel: 4.5/5

Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey: 4.25/5

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi: 3/5, dnf

Edit: even more goals

22 in 2022: 9

Read 100 Books: 82

Read 40% AOC: 38%

Completing Series: 13 series completed/caught up vs. 10 started

Translated Works: 2

Books in Spanish: 0

Numbered TBR: 7

Discworld: 0

Books by an Indigenous Author: 1

Physical TBR: 10

Storygraph Recs: 3

[manitat]

Anywhere I Lay My Head is the debut studio album by American actress and singer Scarlett Johansson… It contains four songs by Tom Waits, six songs by Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan, and one original composition, Song For Jo...

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I hope tom waits and kathleen brennan are having a good day today