Tom Waits: Last News

Mystery Men.“That’s the first I’m hearing of it, but sure. I’m all for it. I had fun doing it,” he told ComicBook.

The Wire was almost made using a different opening theme song, according to the show’s creator David Simon.Each of the five seasons of the acclaimed HBO crime drama opened with a different version of Tom Waits‘ 1987 track ‘Way Down In The Hole’, taken from his 10th studio album, ‘Franks Wild Years’.The five versions were sung by The Blind Boys Of Alabama (season one), Tom Waits (season two), The Neville Brothers (season three), DoMaJe (season four), and Steve Earle (season five).However, the show’s creator has now revealed that the opening theme could have been very different had it not been for some serious last minute chasing and help from Waits’ wife Kathleen Brennan.Simon, a longtime fan of Waits, first used music by the US singer-songwriter in a fifth season episode of Homicide: Life On The Street titled ‘Bad Medicine’. When it came time to make The Wire, he dipped back into Waits discography to find something suitable for his new show.“The first [song] I found was ‘Get Behind The Mule,'” Simon told Entertainment Weekly. “And it didn’t quite work, lyrically.

A new generation is taking over.On Monday the trailer for the latest Paul Thomas Anderson movie, Licorice Pizza, was released and it showcases the late Philip Seymour Hoffman's son Cooper Hoffman, 18, making his acting debut.Also in the indie movie is Bradley Cooper, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Benny Safdie and Alana Haim of the band Haim. Just like pops:A new generation is taking over.