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Nobody, Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [033]
More somethings from our somebodies Martin, Sam and Andrea, as Waits turns down the lights and the tempo with a simple yet soulful ballad of loss and longing. With some curiosity as to where his songw...
6 Apr 201615min
Spare Parts I [A Nocturnal Emission], Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [032]
For the final tracks of Nighthawks, Sam and Martin are joined by Andrea Solomon, talking from the start about the jazz stylings of the album and its instrumentalists, the dual attitude of Waits toward...
30 Mar 201614min
Putnam County, Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [031]
Slowing into the final tracks, Catherine, Martin and Sam find Tom Waits in a calmer, more observational mood, as he swings through small-town America and describes some much more wholesome figures tha...
23 Mar 201613min
Warm Beer And Cold Women, Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [030]
As Waits moves away from his standup stylings, Sam, Martin and Catherine discuss the contribution of some of the other performers on the album, the strengths (or lack thereof) in the songwriting as we...
16 Mar 201613min
Nighthawk Postcards (from Easystreet), Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [029]
All smooth phrases and cold analysis, Martin, Sam and Catherine head down Easy Street for some hard looks at Waits's attitude towards alcohol and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Thinking about place ...
9 Mar 201614min
Better Off Without a Wife, Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [028]
Guest host Catherine Hirst joins Song by Song, and straight away gives us new perspective on the yearning qualities of Waits's peon to solitude. Whether the song is an honest rejection of marriage or ...
2 Mar 201612min
Eggs and Sausage (in a Cadillac with Susan Michelson), Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [027]
Stopping briefly to shovel down a quick breakfast, Martin and Sam talk through the different perspectives on (and from) diners in Waits's songwriting, the intellectual posturing of overly loquacious v...
24 Feb 201615min
On A Foggy Night, Nighthawks At The Diner, Tom Waits [026]
Aimlessly askew, misinformed and misdirected, Sam and Martin return for the second track of Nighthawks, debating the value of an authentic vs affected identity, guitar technique, and revisit one of Wa...
17 Feb 201616min
