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Just some of the books, chapbooks, etc. that have come across the desk of the Lummox Journal over the last year or so. If you're interested/curious about the Lummox Journal, you can purchase a current copy by sending TWO DOLLARS, USD, (US & Canada) or FOUR DOLLARS, USD, (WORLD) to: Lummox, POB 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733-5301.
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BLUE MANSIONS by Barbara Peck…I don’t even know if this book is for sale or not, but I have to say that it kept knocking me down until I couldn’t get up anymore. Peck’s stories are tinged with an unmistakable terror, the kind that seeps in under the door while you’re locking the last deadbolt. Add to that a sexual tension that you can cut with a penis, I mean, knife and you’ve got a night of bumps (and grinds?) worthy of Hitchcock or Di Palma. Inquiries can be relayed via your reviewer. BUKOWSKI AND THE BEATS by Jean-Francois Duval…I’ve already commented on this book, but to put it simply, this is one of the best books of this type (built around an interview) that I’ve had the pleasure of reading. Being a fan of Buk, I’ve read most of his biographies and most of his interviews, and this book goes to places not covered in previous interviews. Also the biographical section explores the differences and similarities between the Beats and Buk. Finally the whole thing is rounded out by a very detailed bibliography which lists almost everything ever published by or about the Beats and Buk. Published by Sun Dog Press. THE BUKOWSKI REVIEW 2, edited by Joan Jobe Smith…The first issue was a great tribute to the man. If it is possible, this second issue is even greater! Gerry Nicosia, Gerry Locklin, Henry Denander, Linda King, Fred Voss, Don Pierstorff, Anne Menebroker, to name a few, share anecdotes, memories and the odd poem about the man. Send $11 to 3030 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, CA 90803, USA. BUKOWSKI IN PICTURES edited by Michael Sounes…For the Bukowski fan, this collection (unique for it’s exclusion of many of the photos usually associated with the photographer, Michael Montfort) puts faces to the names. It is a good sourcebook to accompany Sounes’ biography of the BUK, Locked In The Arms Of A Crazy Life. BEAT SCENE Magazine edited by Kevin Ring…This is the mag as far as I’m concerned. If you have any curiosity about the Beats or Beat culture, then you have to get a copy of this, or, better still, get a subscription! The issue I have (#40) features a fascinating interview with Michael McClure (done by Jack Foley) and articles about Neal Cassady, John Clellon Holms, Fielding Dawson and Ken Kesey. I thought the Cassady story was really interesting. All sorts of Beat items are reviewed, as well, making this a must have for any Beat-o-file. For a sample copy, send 3.50 Pounds ($7 US) to 27 Court Leet, Binley Woods, Near Coventry, WarwickshireCV32JQ, England or beatscene THE HOLY GRAIL: CHARLES BUKOWSKI AND THE SECOND COMING REVOLUTION by A.D. Winans…I wrote a review of this book, but it’s too long to print here (and it seems this is the only place that an unfavorable review will ever appear). Suffice to say, I had really hoped that this book would go into the history of the west coast small press. And while it does drop some names and touch base on a very brief description of COSMEP, it quickly bogs down in the, by now, old news “Me and Buk” theme that most biographies get mired in so easily. Most of the reviews have hailed this book for its “refreshing” take on Bukowski, but I’ve read it and heard it before and I just don’t see it that way. Published by the respected Dustbooks/Len Fulton. 18 BLUE COLLAR ABSTRACTIONS by Christopher Cunningham… Funny, I thought these were extractions (SOLID images, too) not abstract at all. Cunningham is good, no, he’s damn good. And any publisher would be a fool if they didn’t jump on the opportunity to publish his poetry (myself included)! If you’ve only got $20 to spend on poesy this month (that’s nothin’), spend $5 on this little chapbook. Send to CP-Press, Jeff Fleming, 410 El Dorado St. Valejo, CA 94590 USA or CP Press IMAGES FROM RUIN edited by Frances LeMoine… What impresses me most about all the 9-11 anthologies is the amount of heart that you will find in them. They need that extra cushion, because sometimes it can be an uneven ride. But as I say below, these books are part of a national, perhaps even international, dialog and each voice has a right to be heard (at least until Admiral Poindexter gets going). Send $5 to PSNH, 282 Meaderboro Rd., Farmington, NH 03835 USA. AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND THE WORLD ENDS UP BLIND edited by Allen Cohen & Clive Matson…An impressive anthology. 102 poets from the SF/Bay area and beyond, express their thoughts and feelings on 9-11. Everyone from Ferlinghetti, Winans, McClure, Foley, di Prima and Lyn Lifshin on down to Nicosia, Young, SA Griffin, his pal Scott and a bunch of the rest of us are included here. McClure’s poem, Black Dahlia, is particularly strong: But we've made a cross/ of wings of birds and butterflies/ and it cannot lift off the ground/ or push the soil./ -- Where there was a perfume smell/ of mulch/ now there's the stink of oil/ turned inside out,/ and finger prints of brightness/ gone away. Buy this book, $18 from Regent Press, 6020-A Adeline St., Oakland, CA 94608 USA. DISASTER RELIEF POEMS by Brett Axel…What’s that old saying? “A poet scorned…” I can’t remember. Here we have a poet using one disaster as a metaphor for another disaster. Well, sure, it’s all grist for the mill when you’re a writer, isn’t it? 9-11 is going to be a pivotal point in parts of American Literature for some time yet. I know it’s still falling down in my head. Mr. Axel gets the job done despite the occasional flinch when a 9-11 metaphor crosses the line. Because this book is part of the on-going dialogue about 9-11 and it’s effects on our lives, I recommend you send $8 to W.P.C., POB 114, Warner, NH 03278 USA or Brett Axel SQUARE LAKE edited by L.A. Heberlein…A new (to me) literary (poetry and fiction) mag with a nice feel to it, meaning I was unfamiliar with any of the poets so everything was new! Always interesting to discover new work (when it works) and up in Seattle this works. I particularly liked Jill McGraff’s poem, Somewhere Between: /unless I can stand here in the warming tropical sunlight/ without thoughts to take me elsewhere,/ just skin and sweat and ribs moving/ like the Brahmin cow switching its scratchy/ tail against its leg/ or the fly hunkered in ecstasy on its bony neck. Very good start! Get a copy by sending $7 to Square Lake, Inc., 6041 Palatine Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103 USA or Square Lake HACK JOB by Dave Church…Hookers, I mean weapon inspectors, booze and a couple of big scores and you have Dave Church’s Hack Job down pat. What makes this yellow (cab-like) chapbook different is that Church takes off his poetry gloves and goes for the lighter-weight fiction gloves. These micro-fictions deliver the one-two combinations that will make you stay for the whole fight. $5 from Green Bean Press, POB 237, NY, NY 10013 USA or Green Bean Press WHAT USE AM I A HUNGRY GHOST by Marc Olmsted…Back in the mid-nineties, Marc entered a three-year retreat to study Buddhism. These poems detail that process, from the novice’s view to a master’s (though Olmsted might cringe at the idea). The poems are introduced by his long-time friends Richard Modiano and Allen Ginsberg, ironically Ginsberg’s passing inspires the last poem (added after his death in 1998). Spiritual journeys are often not what one expects, and this book is no exception. Olmsted discovers a multi-layered world on his path to oneness, which he shares with the reader in a deft, yet simple manner. Send $10 to Valley Contemporary Press at POB 5342, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-5342 USA or Marc Olmsted TWILIGHT OF THE MALE EGO by Klipshutz…Some blurb on the back says something about a burrito poem, so I’m going to avoid the whole enchilada reference, even though it would be appropriate. Klipshutz adroitly dances around the poetic landscape much like the peacock we see on the cover. Containing three sections, I thought the title section was the strongest, especially: Dear Ezra, and Downtown. Available from Tsunami Books for $12. Send to POB 100 Walla, Walla, WA 99362-0033 USA or Tsunami Press THE GREAT GENIUS CON by Aberte Phillipe Morrise…I met Albert (what’s with the artsy-fartsy e on the end of each name?) at a reading at the Coffee Cartel [Redondo Beach, CA] earlier this year. He was hyping this book. It contains concrete poems, love poems, a lot of which I think are designed to elicit a certain response (panty-dropping comes to mind) from the listener. The title says it all. Send $10 to POB 1543 Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 USA. VOICES IN THE LIBRARY edited by Radomir Luza Jr…Lots of names I recognize and a few good poems in this chap. Luza is quite the presence on the Jersey shore. I met him at the same reading [above] out here where he nearly took over! Those Jersey guys are like that, I guess. $5 to 36 Liberty Ave. #2, Jersey City, NJ 07306 USA. THE TULE REVIEW edited by Jane Blue…So I was out in the Tules (pronounced tooleys) earlier this year and I came upon this curious enclave of poetic weirdoes. One of them handed me this little review filled with Sacramento, CA poets published by the Sacramento Poetry Center – sounds pretty hot, but it’s very Andy of Mayberry, ya dig? But still, another source to send work to: send $5 to 1631 K. St. Sacramento, CA 95814 USA or SPC ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC by Charles Potts…I’m still working my way through this collection. Needless to say it’s dense or I’m dense or both. Perhaps I should be known as Dirt Clod – my reading skills being practically nil. Either way Potts is a force to be reckoned with; Tsunami Press POEM’S PROGRESS by Wendy Barker…Damn! An $18 book demonstrating how Barker writes poetry. Great, if you want to emulate Barker’s style. Could have been titled How To Write Poetry Like Wendy Barker. Similar to Dr. Jac’s Guide To Writing With Depth. The MFA’s are reaching out to the general populace, hide the flatware! THE LEPER’S KISS by Alan Catlin…Somewhere in the bowels of New York state, a bartender labors in a dark little tavern. His name is Alan Catlin. He’s seen most if not all of the strangely polluted clientele that search for an inebriated slice of the lush life. Part 4 of his Killer Cocktail series, Leper’s Kiss brings more whimsical observations of life’s foibles as expressed through the desperate, the downtrodden, and the drunk patrons of his bar. Each poem begins with a fake drink name and ingredients. Priceless! Well, $6 actually, to Christopher M C/O POB 12434 Milwaukee, WI 53212 USA or First Class AFTER THE ECLIPSE by Albert W. Haley, Jr…If you need a collection of short poems, but not Haiku, then here’s one for you. Though most fall into the “so what?” category, there are occasional gems like: A Light Plane – A light plane/ high/ and white as a seagull, against a blue winter sky. Send $5 to Albert Haley, Jr. POB 263 Rowley, MA 01969-0563 USA. FRAGMENTS #2: POWER edited by James VanHise…With a war in Iraq looming ever larger, the section on the Gulf War seems particularly appropriate. I met this guy at the SB Zine Fest this year. Not your ordinary zinester, either. Send $3 to Fragments C/O POB 28253, Santa Ana, CA 92799 USA. MINESHAFT edited by Everett Rand…Gawdy! There is so much talent in these here United States, I can’t stand it! R. Crumb, baby! Darlene Fife, c’mon! I’m sending the $$ today: send $12 (3 issues) to POB 884 Lewsisburg, WV 24901 USA. NEW LETTERS edited by James McKinley…A real university (Missouri-Kansas City) literary mag! 287 pages, slick cover, big names on the cover of this, the baseball issue. And they had the presence of mind to print my friend and poet (Wren Notebook – still available from Lummox Press) Rick Smith! If you’re curious what some of the academic boys are doing, get a copy. Send $9 to 5101 Rockhill Rd, Uni. of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110 USA. AMERIKA AMERIKA by Marilyn Zukerman…These are the kinds of poems that make me want to chuck the whole enterprise and go back to being a frustrated musician. The section entitled Northwest Suite so exquisitely brought back those hair-raising memories that I soon had a bad case of wanderlust. Zukerman is amazing! Send $15 to Cedar Hill Publications 3722 Hwy 8 West, Mena, AR 71953 USA Ordering THE THESSALONIKI POEMS by Maria Kardatou…An interesting book if for no other reason that it’s written in Greek and English. Simple poems as pure and bright as any Greek resort skyline. Contact her through 104 S. Jefferson St., Lewisburg, WV 24901 USA Darlene Fife STAPLEGUN PRESS #15 edited by Scott Gordon…Imagine a guy who has no qualms about mixing Jack Daniels, a Smith & Wesson and a stapler with his taste in poetry. If you can do that then you can guess at the type of poesy (it humps your leg) that you’ll find in this excellent semi-annual mag. Photos, illustrations, poesy and reviews – what more could you ask for? $3 from Scott Gordon C/O Staplegun Press, POB 190184, Birmingham, AL 35219 USA. And congrats to Scott and his wife on their impending leap into parenthood – hope you like living on little sleep… Staplegun Press NORTH COAST REVIEW 21 edited by Patrick McKinnon…Regional poetry can be interesting and this review is one of the better ones I’ve seen of late. Most of the poets are unknown to me, which makes their poetry all the better (no expectations on my account). Liked the pieces by Peter Thompson, Richard Broderick, and of course Michael Kriesel (whose work I do know and respect). Send $4.95 to POB 103, Duluth, Minnesota 55801 USA or Poetry Harbor THE DIDDLER edited by Raymond Mason…an 11X 17 double-sided collection of humorous poems. Send an SASE to 30 Saroni Court, Oakland, CA 94611-1415 USA. SCENT OF MELODY LIT BY GRASSFIRES; LET’S SWITCH; B/W by Graham McGrew…I think I picked up these three from Graham at a little party at Will Taylor’s house in Santa Cruz about a week after 9-11-01. I was returning from the jaunt that I wrote about in RoadKill (see review below) and I was pretty frazzled. Reading through them again and I’m immediately taken back to that frazzled state. If this inspires your curiosity, contact the poet at POB 7688 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 USA. STILLS by JoAnne McFarland…A still life portrait, Stills brings us inside the life of a girl growing up in New York City circa 1960s through the 70s. The poems are crisp and lively (oh to have such a memory), full of life and the joy and pleasures of being alive. One almost wants to jump up and dance in celebration! Send $10 to Acorn Whistle Press, 907 Brewster Ave. Beloit, WI 53511 USA. HERON DANCE edited by Ron Mclver…Issue number 35 of this, always thoughtful, magazine sports a new format: glossy cover, 8.5 X 11 inch size, color watercolors. And though it is thinner in pages, it is thick in content. This is not a poetry mag. It is a journal that celebrates the wilderness, the call of the wild and reflections on our interdependence on nature by the likes of Wendell Berry, Thomas Merton and Annie Dillard. Send $15 for 4 issues to Heron Dance Art Studio, 52 Seymour St., Middlebury, VT 05753 USA. ANTHILLS 1 & 2 edited by Charles Nevsimal…Anthills is a beautifully presented collection of Small Press poets, some more notorious than others. Funny how the notorious poets don’t always catch fire on the page, but still, the poems are good herein. It’s all good, dawg. Send $4 to Centennial Press POB 170322 Milwaukee, WI 53217-8026 USA or Centennial Press ROADKILL by RD Armstrong…Nabokov in Transparent Things has a good deal of fun with a pencil that slips in the mind’s eye from handy utensil to anterior states of being: block of wood, tree, acorn. R.D. Armstrong has a carefully studied, unencumbered position, for him a pencil stays handy for writing very fast, and that’s what his poem is all about. A very fast trip up and down the coast, in the midst of which occurs the 9/11 attack. He eschews punctuation and strophic form, but capitalizes each line for classic formality. His poem races steadily on from the observed to the remembered or the imagined in a coherent reality governed by the drive. When he stops or slows down, the poem does so, too (making you think of Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, which famously stopped for years after the raft was destroyed, until Huck made a new one). Great poem. Send $9.99 + $2 S&H to 12 Gauge Press, POB 6011, San Clemente, CA 92674 USA – Reviewed by Christopher Mulrooney PITCHFORK #8 edited by Christopher Gibson…Who’d a thunk it, that so much good could come outta Texas! Yet Gibson continues to produce a fine mag and publishes some damned fine poets, to boot! #8 carries that tradition forward with lots of great poems by a veritable who’s who of the small press: Lifshin, Taylor, Welsh, McDaris, Wisniewski, Etc. Featured poet is Giovanni Malito of Cork, Ireland. Send $4 to Pitchfork Press 2002 A Guadalupe St. #461, Austin, TX 78705 USA OUR WOUNDS by Thomas Michael McDade…Seems like a lot of poets are recalling their good-old-bad-old days; and McDade does a fair job in this little chap from Pitchfork Press. My fave is Souvenir, Big Sur, 1982 (typos not-withstanding): The highway 1 coastline scene/ has a spot of sun that is both/ the tip of a frantic Beat cigarette/ and one of her lusty buttons. Send $3 to Pitchfork Press 2002 A Guadalupe St. #461, Austin, TX 78705 USA. FIRST CLASS #19 edited by Christopher M…Well, the name kind of says it all. First Class, as in top-notch. Nice little remembrance of Texas poet Albert Huffstickler; a short play-like passage by BZ Niditch and other delights from Catlin, Saunders, Grice, Zipper and others. Always a good read. Send $6 to Christopher M C/O POB 12434 Milwaukee, WI 53212 USA or First Class ZERX FEST by Mark Weber…A catalog unlike any other I’ve seen. Poetic commentaries on various aspects of the Zerx empire, as well as being a compendium of All the Zerx publications, CD recordings and whatnot to date. 51 fabulous recordings of the weirdly local music scene in New Mexico (current faves are the recordings of J.A. Deane); 51 literary collaborations. Send $5 to Zerx Press, 725 Van Buren Pl. SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 USA DAYS OF FINE GRAY ASH by Monica E. Smith…Love, it’s a theme that once dominated poetry. These days it’s the absence of love that is mostly explored, the anger at a loveless world. Not so in Ms. Smith’s case, as she tackles all the themes of love’s glorious bounty. Sure, love hurts sometimes, but it also sooths the savage breast, and Smith goes there more often than not. ISBN 1-931413-41-X MICROBE #9 edited by Eric Dejaeger…This little French “mag” sports poetry from both sides of the “pond” and what’s really cool is editor Dejaeger translates your poem into French! Get a year’s worth of Microbe by sending $12 to Launoy 4 –6230 Pont-ŕ-Celles, Belgium or Microbe POEMS I NEVER WROTE by Nancy Fitzgerald… “Fitzgerald’s reflective sensibility, her gift for the visual, her humor, her understated but very profound spirituality – these elements create poems that glow…” Patricia Hagen, from the back cover (I couldn’t have said it any better). Send $9.95 to Poetry Harbor, POB 103, Duluth, Minnesota 55801-0103 USA or Poetry Harbor FACTORY STIFF by William Hart…Many people work shit jobs and some of them are poets too. Hart has added another good collection to his “working class” poems, 2 out of 3 ain’t a bad record. In Factory Stiff, he continues to explore his blue collar days (no salad in sight). Send $2 to Pitchfork Press, 2002 A Guadalupe #461, Austin TX 78705 USA or William Hart THE ALBATROSS LIVES by Sam & Don Pierstorff…Father (Don) and son (Sam) team up to make this blend a good one, and a good one it is, indeed. Don pulls from his experiences in WWII forward, and son, Sam, works the modern themes (with a faint echo of Locklin’s influence woven in) effectively and without pretense. Available from Chiron Review Press for $5.95. Send to 702 N. Prairie, St. John, KS 67576-1516 USA. THE FLESH OF THEIR DREAMS by Estelle Gershgoren Novak…For some reason, most of the poems in this collection made me cry. It must be that time of the month. Novak’s verse is simple and touching. What more could you ask for? Send $12 to Fifthian Press, POB 1525, Santa Barbara, CA 93102, USA or Fithian Press BUTCHERS ON THE MOON by Jack Norton…Norton’s style is similar to the work of Cunningham, McGreesh and my old pal, Jay Alamares (where did he go, anyway?). It’s tough, down-to-it writing with no unnecessary BS. You read a poem and you think, “Uhuh!” Consider these lines from Scar Dead Throat: once, there was a guy named jack. He dreamed of broken/ guitar strings & girls that were foremost strung/ outs. Broken lilies sinking in a pond… Strong stuff and not everyone’s cup of tea. Order a copy from Fugawee Bird Press ($5) 1007 East 8th St., Winona, MI 55987 USA or FBP LIVING ROOM EARTH by Carmen Germain…I was unfamiliar with Germain’s work, but if this book is any indication of the scope of her talents, I hope we’ll be hearing more from this talented poet. As usual, Pathwise Press has showcased a fine poet in their ongoing series. $5.95 gets you a copy. Send to Pathwise Press, POB 2392 Bloomington, IN 47402 USA. YOUNG CHET AND OTHER RECENT POEMS by Gerald Locklin… Locklin is so widely published that it would be hard to review his annual output. Normally, his “Jazz” poetry is published by Zerx Press (Mark Weber’s great little press in ABQ NM), but these poems also explore the poet’s relationship to art and the art of living (much like the Water Row Press compendium of his diverse talents, The Life Force Poems)…Send $8.95 to Pudding House Publications, 60 Main St., Johnstown, OH 43031, USA or PHP UNWOUND 11 edited by Lindsay Wilson & Kevin Mason…This is one of the few mags I get that I actually pace the floor when it’s “late” (there is no actual time frame in the small press, so waiting is an act of desperation, at best). Always a strong, solid read. This issue sports an interview with John Bennett, publisher of Vagabond Press and currently known on the web for his SHARDS (kind of a thought of the day). Poems and reviews and worth every penny. Send 400 pennies to POB 835 Laramie, WY 82073 USA or Unwound WORKS & DAYS by Bill Luoma…Micro fiction or prose, you decide. I’m a dirt clod when it comes to “form”. Luoma tells his stories in clipped little paragraphs that often merely suggest the theme (sounds like poem, but without line breaks). Sometimes (well, most times) I had a hard time following the terse, little vignettes, but as I said, I’m a dirt clod. You can order this book from Hard Press for $15 at POB 184 West Stockbridge, MA 01266 or Hard Press . BLUE COLLAR REVIEW edited by Al Markowitz…A consistently fine collection of “Working Class Literature.” Poems about working a shift; not trading stocks, or typing in a cubicle, or worrying about one’s Golden Parachute. Markowitz always assembles a respectable crew to get the job done right. Grey, Franke, Edwards and Markowitz (regulars) are joined by Welsh, McGreesh, Cunningham, and Grice to name but a few. Send $5 to Partisan Press, POB 11417 Norfolk, VA 23517 USA or Partisan Press BREAD & FISH by Mark Terrill…60 or so prose pieces that cover every possibility and theme. My favorites are Zero to Bitch in 2.5 Seconds and The Self & the Other & the One: “& it occurs to me like a blast of heat lightning that the spirit that inhabits & animates that tree is the same spirit that inhabits & animates the winos & the bums & the punk rockers…” Send $10 to The Figures at 5 Castle Hill, Great Barrington, MA, 01230 USA. METHOD by Mark Salerno…The poet searches for the hidden bridges between art (painting here) and the world of description, of descriptive words. People, places, things, all are turned over like so many rocks, looking for the elusive “AHA!” Send $10 to The Figures at 5 Castle Hill, Great Barrington, MA, 01230 USA. HEAD CITATIONS by Kenneth Goldsmith…#11 She’s giving me head citations. #2 Another one fights the dust. #135.1 In my gaudy Adidas, baby… and on and on until #800 Sleep in heavenly peas, sleep in heavenly peas. This nonsensical collection served as the surebet with which I cleansed my pallet between antrays for this issue. Send $10 to The Figures at 5 Castle Hill, Great Barrington, MA, 01230 USA. SLOW TIME IN THE PALM OF MY HAND by Mark Senkus…Senkus is one of a handful of writers that I’m aware of who writes in a terse, yet matter-of-fact style. It never forces the issue, but it never pulls a punch, either. Poetry even Buk might have liked. Send $4 to Staplegun Press, POB 190184, Birmingham, AL 35219 USA or Staplegun Press BAD MONK: NEITHER HERE NOR THERE by Charles Ries…Real men don’t write narrative poetry/ in Milwaukee/ Where’s Bukowski when you need him?/ We take our turns/ She encourages/ gently prodding – this from Carole Maso’s Master Class: Poets 0, Monkey 1. Ries has a wry sense of humor. If these poems don’t get a rise out of you, call the doctor…Send $5 to Christopher M C/O POB 12434 Milwaukee, WI 53212 USA or First Class ALICE & BLOOD MONEY by Tom Waits…These two CDs came out earlier this year and I really like them. Waits returns to, what I always thought was his strong suit, his ballads and throws in a couple of strong tunes reminiscent of the late 90s CD, Black Ryder. To round it all off, he tosses in a few tunes that are pure Waits, at his goofball weirdo best. If you’ve got a streak of longing in you, buy Alice, if not, then Blood Money. Available in most record stores.
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