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Book Review
Jun. 23rd, 2010 10:28 pmInnocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader
edited by Mac Montandon
This book is an anthology of articles and interviews spanning Tom Waits' career up until about2004, when Real Gone was released. I am a huge fan of Tom Waits, so I really enjoyed this book. Montandon did a good job of choosing material; many of the articles offered good insights and the interviews gave an entertaining and informative impression of Waits' character and personality. Although there was some good information about Waits' music-making and artistic themes, the majority of the material was written for general interest publications, so there is not a lot of in-depth analysis. There was also the slight failing of a lot of repetition; this, however, is more a pitfall of the type of book this is rather than a fault of the editor or featured writers.
edited by Mac Montandon
This book is an anthology of articles and interviews spanning Tom Waits' career up until about2004, when Real Gone was released. I am a huge fan of Tom Waits, so I really enjoyed this book. Montandon did a good job of choosing material; many of the articles offered good insights and the interviews gave an entertaining and informative impression of Waits' character and personality. Although there was some good information about Waits' music-making and artistic themes, the majority of the material was written for general interest publications, so there is not a lot of in-depth analysis. There was also the slight failing of a lot of repetition; this, however, is more a pitfall of the type of book this is rather than a fault of the editor or featured writers.
