Got a cherry pop-sicle...

...got a big stick, mama, that'll blow your mind!

Tom Waits is a, if not THE most, influential person to creativity. Period. He rocks the world, and I've forgotten just how awesome he really is, and has been. The man fishes with cheese, for God's sake! And he wraps the cheese in old underwear! Damn, that's sweet!

Take a moment to reflect upon how much the film "Down By Law" rocks (you got the Lee Baby Simms show!), how much I absolutely love "Jockey Full of Bourbon," "Ice Cream Man," "Pasties and a G-String, " or "Phone Call From Istanbul." Or how I can *never* listen to "Ruby's Arms," ever again. Or how I insist on "wash [ing] my mouth out by the door." Yes. Tom Waits is my chocolate Jesus.