Lollipop Magazine

Tom Waits Inducted Into The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame – News

March 15, 2011

Tom Waits was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young at the ceremony honoring his vast and storied musical career spanning four decades.

Tom Waits – Real Gone – Review

April 25, 2005

Real Gone is a return to the territory Waits has rummaged through for the past 20 years or so, with a few surprises thrown in to make sure nobody gets bored.

We’re A Happy Family – A Tribute to Ramones – Review

July 23, 2003

A no-brainer here. Ramones covered by big stars, CD cover by Rob Zombie, liner notes by Steven King. Most of the covers are pretty lame, but what do you expect?

Tom Waits – Blood Money – Review

August 16, 2002

Imagine a drunk, homeless guy with a voicebox shouting about dwarfs and roosters being accompanied by other drunk homeless guys banging on street signs.

Tom Waits – Alice – Review

August 16, 2002

Alice is actually a bit of a throwback, a re-visitation of the more overtly sentimental work of his heavily orchestrated, faux-beatnik early period.

Free the West Memphis Three – Review

June 4, 2001

It’s the kind of stuff that makes your blood boil. The kind of stuff that makes you wonder how some people can remember to breath when they’re this stupid.

Sarre-Chasm – Fun(house) with Technology – Column

June 1, 2000

Thirty years after Elektra unleashed the Stooges’ classic on a disinterested world (“universally panned” crows the new press release), Rhino Handmade has put out a seven CD box set containing every last second of screwin’ ’round with the seven songs on the original record that made it to tape.

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