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Crossroads, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [217]
Another Waits-does-Burroughs track this week, as we're joined by stage manager and Black Rider alumnus Penny Foxley for some discussion of her first-hand experience working on the play. We talk throug...
30 Okt 201924min
Flash Pan Hunter, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [216]
Waits returns to more directly narrative material through the lyrics of William Burroughs, as Jenny, Sam and Martin talk about vocal quality, musical dissonance, and the extraordinary musical stylings...
23 Okt 201926min
I'll Shoot The Moon, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [215]
A second week with Jenny Conley-Drizos sees her talking with Sam and Martin about restraint, morbidity and violence in this crooner ballad. With some of Sam's "Overworked Lyric Unpicking" (patent pend...
16 Okt 201921min
Gospel Train / Orchestra, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [214]
The mental gymnastics are in full force for this odd atonal instrumental, as Martin and Sam are joined by Jenny Conley-Drizos of the Decemberists to discuss the orchestral creation of "the essence of ...
9 Okt 201920min
Russian Dance, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [213]
It's St. Petersburg or bust this week for Charlie, Martin & Sam, as Waits pulls out a shortcut to the traditional music of Russia (Soviet, Tzarist or otherwise) for this odd interstital moment in both...
2 Okt 201921min
That's The Way/The Briar and The Rose, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [211-212]
Charlie Harding returns for this two-for-one special, listening to this twinned and linked pair of songs by Burroughs and Waits. With more talk of the endless foreshadowing as well as some comparisons...
25 Sep 201921min
Flash Pan Hunter (Intro), The Black Rider, Tom Waits [210]
Charlie Harding of Switched On Pop joins Sam and Martin for some discussion around this little instrumental interlude on The Black Rider. We begin with a brief exploration of leitmotif as related to l...
18 Sep 201919min
'Tain't No Sin, The Black Rider, Tom Waits [209]
We're sort of missing Waits this week, as William Burroughs covers this Edgars/Donaldson song from his childhood. Simon and David return for more discussion with Martin and Sam around authenticity (of...
11 Sep 201922min
