6th
May
2008
And Now…A Message from Tom Waits
I am going to pretend for a moment that this post is about viral marketing, and the power of shameless self-promotion. And it does to some degree. Entertaining people goes a long way in the web marketing arena - it worked for Ze Frank, and many many countless others who share that sense of cynicism meets a dadaist sensibility that we, as postmoderns, find priceless.
However, I’m not really posting this video because I had a burning itch to say something intelligent about viral marketing or postmodern cynicism - I’m just a Tom Waits fan and my friend Adam sent me a link. I thought it was worth sharing with you, so I stuck it on my blog.
So, without further adieu…
On May 7th, 2008, Adam Nauseam said:
I can’t take credit for finding that amazing YouTube clip. Ian sent it to me and I’ll be happy to finally introduce two of my best friends. He lives on the 4th floor and I live in his old apartment, so you can’t miss him. Don’t forget that I met Tom Waits at Burbank airport, so if you ever fly through there, you’ll have to look for him. I shook his hand and STILL have not washed it…at least 2 years now, if not more. I tend to lose track of time rather quickly.
On May 16th, 2008, Jeremy Anderson said:
I can’t say I’ve shaken his hand, but Mr. Waits is my all time hero. I did see him once, from very far away and I’m not even sure that it was him, for sure, but almost sure. It was hard to tell. There were lots of people walking around with his hair at that moment, which I guess is sort of odd. In any case, I haven’t washed my eyeball since.