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stereogum.com - 1/7/2008
Steve Earle Covers Tom Waits For The Wire
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Kanye's Connect Four thrashing was our excuse to bring up The Wire yesterday. Today's excuse: Tom Waits and Steve Earle. Show obsessives (there are no casual fans, here) know that Steve plays recurring character Waylon, the former addict who's taken a shine to ( now-clean! ) Bubbles, but Earle ups his involvement for the urban drama's final season by covering the Tom Waits-penned theme song ...

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The Monday Evening Wire: Just a Step BehindEpisode 51, "More With Less"
VINYL IS HEAVY — ... Oh and little side note, here at the end. I don't want to comment yet on the Steve Earle cover of the Tom Waits theme song. I don't think it's fair to judge it for at least a couple more weeks as each season brings a new attitude that the songs in the past have captured well. Ugh, fuck it, its terrible right?

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