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Over The Influence: Music That Inspired Tom Waits

From Frank Sinatra & Captain Beefheart to Little Richard, Harry Partch, & The Texas Czech Bohemian-Moravian Bands, Tom's musical influences are wondrous, wild, wide...and deep. We're talking a virtual beyond-the-chromatic-scale smorgasbord including GATMO, The Rolling Stones, & Altar Boy. Folks, your table is ready!

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Bruce Barton: Never Throw Rocks At Strangers

Hail, Hail the gang's all here. That's right, folks, it's the World Emergency Circus 2.0. In the center ring in all of his glory we finally present our fashion fangod hailing from a stone's throw from the Big Muddy: Bruce Barton! For you theatre, cabaret, and LGBTQ aficionados, this episode has it all, believe you we...Bette Midler, Crystal Gayle, Lily Tomlin, and a fish in the pants. Feel the confetti!

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Whole Hog: Gratitude Attitude And Triskaidekaphobia

Happy Thanksgiving folks! Bill, James and Cheryl move a couple rungs up the spiral as they begin Season 2 and explore beginnings, family, culinary celebration, the Nobel prize and of course, the perfect Tom Waits Thanksgiving songs.

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Zeitgeist: Monkeys With Money 'N Guns Devouring Breakfast Cereal

The erudite Cheryl King joins us for a deep dive, this time plunging into a brilliant essay, "Eluding The Authorities" by Tim Scherman on popmatters.com. A well intentioned but half-baked, feckless, fumbling conversation ensues about the author's mind-bending examination of the positive effect left behind by Tom Waits' music.

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Tim Settimi: Truth And Beauty In Silence

The Great Settimi: musician, clown, and roller-skating comic, who's opened and worked with music legends like Gloria Estefan, Kenny Loggins and Willie Nelson, shares tales of falling off stages across America and ruminates on Tom Waits' physicality. With a soulful rendition of 'Invitation To The Blues' on baritone ukulele, this episode will melt your heart as Tim and Bill open up about clowning for children in Hospitals with Humorology Atlanta, HA! Poignant, heartfelt and hilarious.

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