An Interview With The Coolest Man In The World

Having just listened to Tom Waits's excellent new album I thought I'd supply this link to an interview with Waits who, for me, is coolest man in the world. Much of the album gets played here and if you like Waits then you'll probably like this a lot. Unfortunately the interview is on NPR with Terry Gross who very much speaks with that awful, contrived, NPR voice but Waits is his usual charming self: when Gross tries to throw him with an obscure Dada reference he quotes an entire Dada poem back at her. Check and mate.

Questions, questions

Is there anyone interested in what I have to say? I know I'm not, but perhaps you might be. If so, here's an interview I did with Len Wanner over at The Crime Of It All. It's mostly about crime fiction, but we do touch on a few other subjects. In an attempt to stir up some controversy let me highlight the vicious attack I make on Ian Rankin near the end. Len has dug up a picture of me from April 2008 sitting on my porch in Denver. I'm sitting in my incredibly comfy Adirondack chair which I got in a thrift store for twenty bucks and which I really miss. I don't miss the fact that although it's the middle of Spring there's still a healthy layer of snow on the ground.