Another week, another taste of Scarlett doing Waits. Nothing's changing about our feelings on this record: it is barely average, with decent-to-good Sitek production, forgettable vocals, and fabulous…   Read Story »

We applauded David Simon's decision to cast Steve Earle as Bubbles' grizzled-but-loving sponsor, Waylon, because Steve's own experiences with substance abuse lent his performance an inimitable air of…   Read Story »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/celebrity/Scarlett_Johansson_And_Dave_Sitek_Premiere_Tom_Waits_Tribute'; Only for the sexiest woman alive would we slosh around the East Village in this winter mess for a…   Read Story »

Kanye's Connect Four thrashing was our excuse to bring up The Wire yesterday. Today's excuse: Tom Waits and Steve Earle. Show obsessives (there are no casual fans, here) know that Steve plays…   Read Story »

After 10+ years of The Daily Show and piggybacking on-line as part of the Comedy Central site, Jon Stewart and friends finally have their own bona fide web address. It launched yesterday at noon EST…   Read Story »

Couple of things worth noting about Jesca Hoop: Stewart Copeland bangs his drums on one track, she'll be opening for the Polyphonic Spree during the month of shows from 6/23-7/23, she's got a…   Read Story »

Josh and the gang are making a deluxe package out of their release of "Sick, Sick, Sick," the first single from the single-loaded Era Vulgaris (how good are "Make It Wit Chu," "3's & 7's," and "Into…   Read Story »

Following up on our Tom Waits Talks ScarJo post (we're so comprehensive!), Vogue sits with the "criminally sexy" (per Woody Allen, sounding pervy without even trying) actress in a fawning piece…   Read Story »

Way back in September '05, we mentioned the lawsuit Tom Waits initiated over an ad campaign run by a German division of GM, mimicking his vocal style without permission. And we ran a Tom quote on the…   Read Story »

Another reason to love Jon Stewart: He's (almost) visibly nervous to chat with Tom Waits! The iconic troubadour did the NYC talk show circuit this week, hitting Letterman on Monday and stopping by…   Read Story »