He came home from the war with a party in his head...

It just never gets old, people...

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

I'm sure you can overhear funny crap anywhere you go, but New York has so many more ppl than most places - you're bound to hear something pants-peeingly funny somewhere. Spellchecker is SO not going to like "pants-peeingly," btw.

More on Tom Waits:

The Atlanta show (first one of this mini-tour) was spectacular. He played 2 encores. He was a lot friendlier than I expected, but he still has that "edge."

The Nashville show was almost as good - he only played 1 encore there, though, and was a little grumpier (see previous post). He played the guitar, sat down at the piano for a while, sang into his usual 50's-looking mike... I believe his son was the drummer. That show was the first time I've ever thought to myself, "My, what a talented Xylophone player." He seemed really happy to be back onstage, and told a little pun/anecdote about meeting a guy named "Dolittle" at the unemployment office. I would have taken a pic, but a)I hadn't figured out my new phone's camera yet, and b)I saw a guy get screamed at by scary-looking Ryman Auditorium staff who took pics with his Sidekick.

Countdown to weekend is officially over - I'm leaving. I can't help these people anymore.