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Thelonious Monster: A 12-Step Program

Posted by Lance Davis - August 11, 2012 - Bob Forrest, Dix Denney, Pete Weiss, Thelonious Monster, Tom Waits

And so it came to pass that on July 18, 2012, I finally bore witness to Keirda Bahruth’s excellent Bob Forrest documentary, Bob And The Monster, at the Crawford Family Forum in Pasadena. It was well done, deftly mixing interviews, extant footage, and animation sequences. The narrative didn’t linger too long on any one […]

There’s Just God When He’s Drunk

Posted by Lance Davis - April 17, 2010 - Barney Hoskyns, Los Angeles, Tom Waits

Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine Heartattack And Vine, 1980 Amazon Tom Waits – Heartattack And Vine “Whenever I hear ‘Heartattack And Vine,’ the bruising title track of one of Tom Waits‘ best albums, it reminds me of arriving in Los Angeles for the first time thirty years ago. The sheer force of the […]