Tom Waits-turisttur

Det kan være en utmerket ting å hoppe på en turistbuss første gang man er i en by,
man får en slags oversikt over monumentene og bydeler.

Går man på byvandring i New York eller London f.eks fins det spesialvandringer i historiske deler av byen eller følg i Dickens fotspor, dette vet vi.

Men Tom Waits-busstur med guide?
Joda.

Jeg ville vært med på den hvis jeg var i Los Angeles 28. februar.

Calling all rain dogs, gin-soaked boys and Gun Street girls!

Climb aboard as your hosts David Smay and Kim Cooper lead you on a scrupulously researched ride through Tom's epic misdeeds and shenanigans, from the Trashing of the Troubadour to epic nights at the Tropicana (where he sawed off the kitchen drain board so his piano would fit).

And oh, there are such tales to tell..

..from food fights with L.A. Punks and smackdowns with L.A. Police. We'll crawl through the Sewers of Paris, tattle on the Ivar Theater, and get the lowdown on Tom's legendary performances at the Wiltern and elsewhere. Before departing for points rural, Tom left his mark all over L.A., from Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios to Sunset Sound to Skid Row. We'll show you where Tom found his true love and collaborator, Kathleen Brennan, and how all the pieces came together to transform a drunken, desperate singer into the multi-faceted, multi-media artist he'd become.


Og i mars kan du være med på Bukowski-tur.
Hvis du er i Los Angeles that is.