{"product_id":"9780826427823","title":"Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones","description":"\u003ch3\u003e33 1\/3\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTom Waits' Swordfishtrombones\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Smay\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo entwined narratives run through the creation of Swordfishtrombones and form the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York in 1979 to change his life. It wasn't working. But at his low point, he got the phone call that changed everything: Francis Ford Coppola tapped Tom to write the score for One From the Heart. Waits moved back to Los Angeles to work at Zoetrope's Hollywood studio for the next 18 months. He cleaned up, disciplined himself as a songwriter and musician, collaborated closely with Coppola, and met a script analyst named Kathleen Brennan - his \"only true love\". \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey married within 2 months at the Always and Forever Yours Wedding Chapel at 2am. Swordfishtrombones was the first thing Waits recorded after his marriage, and it was at Kathleen's urging that he made a record that conceded exactly nothing to his record label, or the critics, or his fans. There aren't many love stories where the happy ending sounds like a paint can tumbling in an empty cement mixer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKathleen Brennan was sorely disappointed by Tom's record collection. She forced him out of his comfortable jazzbo pocket to take in foreign film scores, German theatre, and Asian percussion. These two stories of a man creating that elusive American second act, and also finding the perfect collaborator in his wife give this book a natural forward drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Smay has co-edited two books on music with Kim Cooper: \u003ci\u003eLost In the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide To The Music You Missed\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBubblegum Music Is The Naked Truth\u003c\/i\u003e.  He's a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eScram\u003c\/i\u003e, has an upcoming piece in \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e and has occasionally dithered about pop music on NPR, French Television and documentaries only shown at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.  But his best interview was with Ratso the punk rock puppet at Quimby's in Chicago.  He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children, Emmett and Matilda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15 December 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContinuum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780826427823\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e143\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63030478340236,"sku":"9780826427823","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_73474bbb-8540-4dcc-810e-d30a9b18cb6d.jpg?v=1792188299","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780826427823","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}