Tom Waits on Why He Makes Music

by | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized

Also, why I love Tom Waits: “My kids are starting to notice I’m a little different from the other dads. ‘Why don’t you have a straight job like everyone else?’ they asked me the other day. I told them this story: ‘In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, “Look at me… I’m tall, and I’m straight, and I’m handsome. Look at you… you’re all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you.” And they grew up in that forest together. And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, “Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest.” So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day.’” From Flavorwire: READ THE REST...
Bears as Art and Social Criticism: Direction

Bears as Art and Social Criticism: Direction

by | Sep 28, 2012 | Photo

Who knows how we get anywhere. More Bears as Art and Social Criticism: CLICK HERE More Tune in for free music, last minute shows, announcements, giveaways, videos and all that stuff, here: Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Bandcamp || Pandora Tallboy 7, Inc. Box 20463 NY NY...
Bears as Art and Social Criticism: Assimilation

Bears as Art and Social Criticism: Assimilation

by | Sep 28, 2012 | Photo

We are not meant to fit in everywhere. More Bears as Art and Social Criticism: CLICK HERE More Tune in for free music, last minute shows, announcements, giveaways, videos and all that stuff, here: Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Bandcamp || Pandora Tallboy 7, Inc. Box 20463 NY NY...