Thanks to JensdePens for the Tom Waits interview: https://www.youtube.com/@UCEz5TzGmLNjLAzZtAlRQfyA Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCSc6E4yG9s #joker #thejoker #batman #darkknight #thedarknight #heathledger #hanszimmer #tomwaits | Michael Mercy

Happy birthday Tom Waits! Look back at our 1975 interview with the singer: http://rol.st/2ACd2eU | Rolling Stone

“Stories for Ways and Means” is a collaborative book of short stories put together by musicians and illustrators to benefit schools and educate children around the world. Proceeds primarily benefit Room to Read, Pencils Of Promise, 826 National and other non-profits. In stock & ready to ship: http://found.ee/tw-stories | Tom Waits

In honor of Tom’s recent 70th birthday, film journalist Leigh Singer created a video essay looking at Waits’ many movie roles and how his music, stories and personas connect with the offbeat character roles he has played on stage and in film. He picks his personal top five roles from the many Waits has taken on since first appearing with Sylvester Stallone in Paradise Alley in 1978. "Not every great artist is a great performer. But whether he’s playing, among many others, the pleading hooker sen