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Music Reviews: No artist brings together a larger collection of scar-covered and demon-riddled humans in his work than Tom Waits, whose keen observations of the human condition are funneled through characters holding on dearly to thin swatches of hope. [link]

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News: Photos: Tom Waits [Phoenix, AZ; 06/17/08]

Photos by Joe Odea And with that, Tom Waits ' highly anticipated 2008 "Glitter and Doom" tour is off and running! The ace entertainer sauntered into Phoenix's Orpheum Theatre last night, backed by an unsettling array of old ...
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