Culture Bully — Thirty five years ago Tom Waits revealed his distaste for the term "poet"; now he is one (officially). more info

Guardian Music — How did the painfully shy son of a Dutch minister become one of the world's hottest rock photographers – and now a celebrated director? Anton Corbijn talks to Stuart JeffriesIn the years since he used his dad's camera to snap an obscure prog-rock... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NME reports that Tom Waits' first book of poetry will be published next March. The finalists for the Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2010 have been announced. Yesterday's updates to the online "best books of 2010" lists included... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Iconic singer/songwriter, TOM WAITS will publish a book of poetry in March of 2011, via the University of Texas Press reports TwentyFourBit.com. The tome, called HARD GROUND will be a collaboration with photographer Michael O'Brien and wi... more info

Pop Candy — Hello there, and happy pre-Thanksgiving! I hope you're ready to stuff yourselves silly tomorrow and then shop yourselves silly on Friday. (I ... more info

NME — 'Hard Ground' will be the singer's debut in print more info

Guardian Music — Singer teams up with photographer Michael O'Brien on Hard Ground, a collection of poems and images about homelessnessTom Waits is to publish his first book of poetry, in collaboration with photographer Michael O'Brien. Hard Ground is described as a p... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Deballen said... ...Singles Collection Exposed... Simple Minds - Ghostdancing (1986) Don Dixon - Praying Mantis (1985) The Everly Brothers - The Story Of Me (1984) Stray Cats - Little Miss Prissy (1981) The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friend... more info

Totally Fuzzy — rastronomicals said... Soft Cell's frequently overlooked "Memorabilia," the fetishization of cheap paraphernalia, and the extreme power of delusional thinking, written by an expert in both, only at La Historia de la Musica Rock http://lahistoriadelam... more info

Stereogum — We first mentioned Waits contribution to Preservation, the benefit album for the Preservation Hall in New Orleans, when we posted a link to an album stream back in February. Now you can get Waits’ two contributions, “Tootie Ma Was A Big Fine Thin... more info