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Tom Waits on Letterman

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 12, 2012 | Videos

You don’t get much more Beat than Tom Waits....

Loneliness and Waitresses: Tom Waits and Charles Bukowski

Posted by David S. Wills | Mar 29, 2011 | Beatdom Content, Essays

By Ardin Lalui Imagine a world without waitresses. Who’d want it? There’s some men have no use for...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Tribute

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 28, 2010 | Beat News

On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake’s 2010 Barbary Award at Herbst Theater. The celebration will be attended by Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Lenny...

5 Tips from the Beats on how to Write Better

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 18, 2010 | Discussions

Guest post by Ardin Lalui, a writer inspired by Tom Waits and Cormac McCarthy. Here you know about...

Modern Beat: Tom Waits

Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 8, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

In Issue One, David S Wills looked at the songwriter Pete Doherty as a modern day Beatnik, with the promise of finding another for Issue Two. He lied. There was no Modern Beats in Issue Two. But here, belatedly, he brings you...