This is how you announce a tour

May 5th, 2008  |  Published in Music  |  3 Comments

It’s been almost ten years since I first saw Tom Waits in concert. I was in the back row of the Beacon Theatre here in New York, and at the start of the show, Tom burst through the back door - not five feet away - screaming through a megaphone and tossing handfuls of glitter into the crowd. That’s correct: Tom Waits threw glitter on me.

This morning, Tom announced his 2008 Glitter and Doom Tour, as only he can (details here). I’m pondering a road trip. Who’s in?

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  1. bill p says:

    May 5th, 2008at 12:58 pm(#)

    “screaming through a megaphone and tossing handfuls of glitter into the crowd.”

    Are you sure it wasn’t Rip Taylor?

  2. Jeff says:

    May 5th, 2008at 2:08 pm(#)

    If I drove from Morgantown to New York to see Rip Taylor, I’ll be pissed. Now I have check my ticket stub.

  3. Bryan Stealey says:

    May 11th, 2008at 9:31 am(#)

    That’s one of the funnier things I’ve seen in a while. (Love the new template.)

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