It's Raining Mutts, Hallejullah!

Man, I'm not sure what to think with Pray For Rain, Chicago band Mutts' debut album. Opening with 'Fool', one of the strongest tracks on offer, it's nevertheless immediately apparent this isn't your average rock band. Firstly, the lead singer Mike Maimone sounds like Samuel T Herring from Future Islands doing his best Tom Waits impersonation. Then marry that to to chugging guitar and some meaty rhythms and you have the aforementioned Waits fronting a boozy grunge band. Things sway towards barroom swagger and swinging cabaret, yet nothing is ever cemented in any kind of regularity, or even reality. The Wurlitzer organ grind throughout is as iconic as Maimone's guttural tones, helping to further drive this macabre concoction that much further into a hyper reality akin to a Tim Burton saloon scene - if he ever had one. Try it out - its eclecticism may be your cup of tea.

Mutts - Fool
Mutts - Throwback

gravelly Rock and Smooth Blues: Joe Bonamassa on Tom Waits' Birthday

Joe Bonamassa amazing guitar in a sold-out Royal Albert Hall.
 Amazing!
and today is Tom Waits' 62nd anniversary of birth.

Listen to performance of STOP HERE and

tom waits
HERE

Boxcar Puppy: Black Lab not named hobo or tom waits (ruby's arms)

what a cute pup! what a weird story. Family sees a tiny dog riding on top of a train! Follows the train, rescued the dog. 

here is the AP story excerpt: LIBERTY, S.C. - "....Tina Parker says she and her family were at a train crossing in South Carolina on Sunday night when they saw the dog moving around on a boxcar. She called emergency services and followed the train for about six miles (9.6 kilometres).

A Norfolk Southern spokeswoman says they stopped the train. The Parker family helped firefighters find the car, and they used a ladder to reach the pup. No one knows how the dog ended up there. The dog appears healthy and happy... '

video from nbc

click HERE (really is an amazingly cute pup.)

Hmmmm.
Sweetest Black LABS here
AND
HOW DOES A TURTLE GET ON A POST?

tom waits from heart attck and vine The Ultimate aching love song. once you listen, your heart change a little



Ruby's Arms
i will leave behind all of my clothes, i wore when i was with you, all i
need's my railroad boots, and my leather jacket, as i say goodbye to ruby's
arms, although my heart is breaking, i will steal away out through your
blinds, for soon you will be waking.
the morning light has washed your face, and everything is turning blue now,
hold on to your pillow case there's nothing i can do now, as i say goodbye to
ruby's arms, you'll find another soldier, and i swear to god by christmas,
there'll be someone else to hold you.
the only thing i'm taking is the scarf off of your clothesline, i'll hurry
past your chest of drawers, and your broken window chimes, as i say goodbye
i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's arms.
i'll feel my way down the darken hall, and out into the morning, the hobos
at the freightyards, have kept their fires burning, so Jesus Christ this
God damn rain, will someone put me on a train, i'll never kiss your lips again,
or break your heart, as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's
arms.