<description>&lt;p&gt;Jordan and Alex rev up their clank-boom-skronk engine and clatter their way into the junkyard for a trip to the heart of Tom Waits&amp;rsquo; asthmatic doomer trip 'Bone Machine'! After a brief discussion of Waits&amp;rsquo; career up to that point, including his early association with LA&amp;rsquo;s Troubadour-based Mellow Mafia, they&amp;rsquo;ll jaws-of-life their way into the album&amp;rsquo;s rusted center, from figuring out exactly which field recording of Pygmy drumming inspired the opening cut to the precise nature of the chicken-ranch storage room the album was tracked in. They&amp;rsquo;ll run down every Easter egg in the lyrics, from Tony Franciosa to Oldsmobiles, and identify minutiae from the flea-market piece of music gear Waits got repaired at a TV shop to the details of how Tom met Keef (Richards, that is.) It&amp;rsquo;s Too Much Information: *incomprehensible gargling bellows*!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Support your friendly neighborhood TMI Guys here! https://ko-fi.com/toomuchinformationpodcast&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Tom Waits' 'Bone Machine': Everything You Didn't Know

MAR 3, 2025125 MIN
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Tom Waits' 'Bone Machine': Everything You Didn't Know

MAR 3, 2025125 MIN

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Jordan and Alex rev up their clank-boom-skronk engine and clatter their way into the junkyard for a trip to the heart of Tom Waits’ asthmatic doomer trip 'Bone Machine'! After a brief discussion of Waits’ career up to that point, including his early association with LA’s Troubadour-based Mellow Mafia, they’ll jaws-of-life their way into the album’s rusted center, from figuring out exactly which field recording of Pygmy drumming inspired the opening cut to the precise nature of the chicken-ranch storage room the album was tracked in. They’ll run down every Easter egg in the lyrics, from Tony Franciosa to Oldsmobiles, and identify minutiae from the flea-market piece of music gear Waits got repaired at a TV shop to the details of how Tom met Keef (Richards, that is.) It’s Too Much Information: *incomprehensible gargling bellows*!

Support your friendly neighborhood TMI Guys here! https://ko-fi.com/toomuchinformationpodcast

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