Live Daily — Tom Waits [ tickets ] plans to release a collection of live tracks recorded during his 2008 sold-out US and European tour on Nov. 24. The two-disc album, "Glitter and Doom Live," contains 17 cuts recorded during 10 different tour stops in cities incl... more info

Allmusic Blog — Blue Cheer frontman Dickie Peterson died at his home in Germany yesterday morning, having allegedly battled liver cancer for several years. He was 61. [Exclaim.ca] Tom Waits will release a two-disc live album chronicling his 2008 “Glitter and Doomâ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — While recuperating I've been listening to a lot of Atlas Sound (maybe too much), but have also been spinning another "A" artist with Alec Ounsworth's new solo LP Mo Beauty. The frontman of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has had an interesting career thus ... more info

Silent Uproar — Tom Waits will release Glitter and Doom Live on November 24th. The live album is a two-disc collection of the best tracks from Waits' last tour. Snag a preview of the album on Waits' website. [tomwaits.com] more info

Stereogum — For the price of an email address at tomwaits.com you can hear the first eight songs from the 17-track collection documenting Waits' 2008 tour. But you'll need to buy the album to get the second CD "Tom Tales" containing 40 minutes of stage patter (s... more info

Rolling Stone — In the wake of his poorly received onstage protest at the VMAs, Kanye West said he needed to take time off — then announced (and promptly saw canceled) his Fame Kills tour with Lady Gaga. Now MSNBC’s Scoop is reporting the MC has escaped to India... more info

Monsters and Critics — Tom Waits will release Glitter and Doom Live, a collection of outstanding live tracks from his 2008 sold out US more info

Stereogum — Buttery smooth Living Room darling Norah Jones has done many things in the years since releasing her Grammy-magnet debut Come Away With Me to suggest she wanted to be more than just the artist who puts out records the whole family can agree upon d... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Congratulations to Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama. I recommend his books, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father. Tom Waits talks to the Guardian about playing the devil in Terry Gilliam's film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.... more info

Guardian Music — At 59, Tom Waits has finally landed the role he was born to play: the devil. He reveals how his part in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was informed by a lifetime's fascination with beatniks, stories and lonely old menAll thoughts... more info