With Confetti In Our Hair: Celebrating The Artistry & Music Of Tom Waits

That's right Folks, it was International Women's Day again and the dream regime spent the episode celebrating and honoring the fairer, wiser sex. Playing tracks from the CD, "Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits" including ones from Shelby Lynne and Iris Dement, Cheryl, Bill, James and the Scherm wax on about the incredible inspiration, creativity and partnership Kathleen Brennan has brought...

That's right folks! It's 2020 and time to wrap up season 5 with our very own Human Guinea Pig, Nashville session crooner Brad Smith, with his take on Tom Waits' best-selling grammy winning Mule Variations. He couldn't wait to get out of the chamber this time and shed the darkness of Bone Machine. Could it be a good sign of things to come? For all you fans out there, or first timers, come check out...

The Dream Regime dives deep into the rabbit hole of mind control and how Orwellian our technology driven world has become, yikes! We're talking Big Brother, potential 5G thought control, London surveillance, double think, T.S. Elliot, and songs from Tom Waits that predict it all...ok well at least allude to it! Feel the Fun, folks! 

Our first guest of 2020 is on a quest to review every podcast until the end of time, and we were honored to receive a 5 star, 2 Thumbs Up and a Magic Cow rating in his recent episode on Tom Waits podcasts! This lad is doing more than just giving the podcast world great reviews in Andy's Podcaster Podcasting Podcast (yes marketers flip over the title!) where episodes run the gamut from interviews w...

Mother Machree, folks! We implore you: watch Tom Wait's performance in the Coen Brother's, "The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs" before you listen to this episode. This is not a drill: spoiler alert! We're talkin a high-falutin' romp through a kind of European theatre, exclusive archival interview clips with the legendary Director Peter Brook, and a spontaneous burst of Tom Waits jumping on stage with Ma...

After careful review we were shocked to discover that once again, we were not foolproof in Season 4 and 5 and blunders were made, by not only Bill and James, ok but mostly. So here's our end of the year bonus episode with the retractions and corrections from the entire year of 2019. Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Wow, folks! Tom just made his 70th revolution around the sun. The Holiday Season is upon us, and we finally release Brad Smith, our very own Human Guinea Pig from the chamber after more than 9 months sequestered with only chocolate confetti, water, beer and Bone Machine to try and digest. As you well know, there's no telling what he's going to say, but here's a teeny tiny spoiler alert: Tom's masc...

Bill, James, Cheryl, & Da Scherm skip the four play, fall in love all over again, then get right down to business: from four A's to A.A., from New York to Paris, they even skirt the subject of women interpreting Tom's allegedly shamanistic heart. Scherm The Revelator then lets a big ol' cat out of the bag, immediately opening a whole new can of worm wranglers. That's right folks: states are altere...

And we're back folks! Recorded on the cusp of Veteran's Day, The Scherm joined us to dig into a lively discussion on Tom's potent songs about war and we paid a timely tribute to all of you who've served in the military. With a surprise cover by one of the all time greats, this is one unusual episode. Feel the Love!

What's the point?! Bill & James & The Scherm run amok diving deep down into The Sardine Run, in search of big answers, and instead devour everything in sight. They emerge not sated at all, finding themselves Starving In The Belly Of A Whale. Take THAT, Jonah! As you've come to expect, folks, they forthwith espouse upon the Hard Ground, mental illness, redemption, higher love, Sweeney Todd, and a l...

Bill, James & Cheryl go all the way, folks! That's right: from anthologies to Aborigines, the Amazon to Moundsville, West Virginia, and Rickie Lee Jones to Vincent Price...this episode has more than even we could imagine. No ancient peoples were injured in the making of this podcast. Feel the high!

If you're ready for a foursome, folks...Bill & James, The Professor & Mary Ann (a.k.a. Da Scherm & Cheryl King) are teeing off from the blue tees. Inspired by the Tennessee mountains once again they uncover it all. We're talking apocalyptic physics, map theorems, and Noble Truths confessed around the Barbershop...all par for the course. Be the ball, and get a grip!

Bill & James are once again finally side by side on a Great Smoky Mountains stream speaking into the very same microphone. They cry, they laugh, they crawl on their bellies like reptiles. They're up the creek without a paddle, much less a kayak. Two genders die in songs, discover how insects breathe, the usual fare... Feel the reunion, folks!

Cheryl King and The Scherm join Bill & James to kick off Season 5! Cheryl's mouth is all over her face, Scherm brings his high-falutin' brain, and Bill & James talk too. If you're looking for the big answers, down deep in the rabbit hole of Tom Waits, this is the episode for you, folks!

Bill and James end Season 4 with a bang, reuniting with their favorite folks to celebrate the occasion, and the amazing music of Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Love, laughter, and watching old movies in their underwear, that's what it's all come down to…need we say more? Except: feel the love, folks!

A true one-of-a-kind, Leon Redbone brought back songs from the vaudeville, tin pan alley, blues and jazz traditions, toured with Tom Waits in the 70's, and is credited for bringing Tom to the Austin City Limits Stage. With his recent passing, Bill and James pay tribute and dive into the crossroads where Tom and Leon meet. Feel the blues folks!  

Third time's the charm and Totally Tom III has it all, folks! From Hip Hop to Gospel, Progressive Rock to the origins of Jazz itself, it features a remarkable range of Tom Waits guest appearances. Once again, pushing off without a paddle, a map, or any idea of what either of us has brought to the journey, we fumble through the dangerous waters of musical genius without a wet suit and emerge dry as...

Cheryl King is back in the house for a typical Mother's Day celebration filled with tales of fever, snake oil, black sheep, and of course wild west medicine shows. With a surprise Tom Waits cover and childhood story from down Mexico way that will have your spine all a tingle. Feel the Healing, folks!

Inspired by a very current article from Billboard magazine commemorating 20 years since its original release, Bill & James honor and expound upon their quintessential Tom Waits album: Mule Variations. Golly!

Dr. Tim Scherman joins Bill & James for a walk along the high wire without a net balancing Tom Waits' experimental side with big fifty cent words. We cover The Grand Canyon, gravity, Helium, William Burroughs, and all things Robert Wilson. Featuring Trouble's Braids, Crossroads, 'T'Ain't No Sin, and of course, Everything Goes to Hell. From acrophobia to arachnophobia: don't miss Spidey's Wild Ride...

Cheryl King joins Bill and James to explore the divine performer as exemplified by Tom Waits in the form of some amazing covers of Green Grass, Blow Wind Blow, Temptation, and The Day After Tomorrow by extraordinary female artists. That's right folks, there's even a phone call from India, a tuba, and a shiksa goddess! What more could you want?

Once again unto the breach, dear folks, once again. We're back down the rabbit hole because there's a world going on underground. So down we go to explore the many caverns of Tom Wait's musical madness, from the Glitter and Doom tour to Paradise Alley. Along the way, to our dismay we stumble into The Human Guinea Pig's secret lair. That's right, Nashville session singer Brad Smith is back with his...

Returning to our roots, this episode is all about the multifaceted artistry of Tom Waits - served up on a platter with a side of toast. Full of rare collaborations, talk show appearances, Bella Ciao, the resistance, free the glutens and experimental weirdness. What more could you ask for? This one's for you diehard fans folks! RIP Ken Nordine.

If this is the day that you avoid at all costs - candle-lit restaurants, flowers, heart-shaped chocolates, lingerie, and hallmark cards: this episode may just be for you. Bill, James and Cheryl bare tidbits of their hearts and souls while reveling in the flipside of St. Valentine's Day with traditional Tom Waits' heart breaking love songs. Feel the love! 

Who's more inventive than Tom Waits? Nobody. That's who. Hold onto your pants folks, cuz Cheryl is back and we found another Tennessee song. Denny Crane!