(urth) Silk corrupted?

[Son of Witz]

>> I'll be utterly shocked if Trey doesn't see through it pretty clearly.
>> The man has a serious gift for insight. Watching The Black Rider  
>> stage play with him was revealing. he grasped levels of symbolism I  
>> was utterly blind to.
>> I suppose that's no surprise to you though.
>
>Awww shit.
>
>There are other Tom Waits fans here?
>
>This shouldn't be a surprise to me, should it?  He's right up there in  
>my pantheon with Wolfe and Pynchon.
>
>Adam

Good lord, Yes.
I've got almost every album. some gaps in the early jazzbeau years.
Saw him live once at the Paramount in Oakland. great set.
all seated. they wouldn't let me dance in the isle, wouldn't let me dance in the back, wouldn't let me dance at my seat, and once all options were explored, it was song break, so I yelled "Tom, they won't let me dance"
Tom looked up, out to the audience indirectly, and said "You can do whatever you want...But let's make a deal. how about, dance to some, and not to others"
and then he went into "Shore Leave" which is not danceworthy.  But when Phillipino Box Spring Hog came up, I was free to go nuts.  We stormed the front towards the end. I was getting down with some hot 50 year old black woman to Big in Japan.  too much fun.  this was probably 1999 or so.

~witz