The Ocean Doesn't Want Me - Bone Machine [193]

For our third track with Eliza and Greg, we delve into a bleaker and more introspective world in Waits's atmospheric poem contemplating seaside suicide. Returning to his attitude to alcohol and growing up, we also take a look at a longer theatrical piece for comparison, via the work of Samuel Beckett.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
The Ocean Doesn't Want Me, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)

A Piece Of Monologue, Sound For Spaces, Scanner/Robin Rimbaud/Samuel Beckett (1979/1998)

Maker of My Sorrow, Footnotes for the Spring, Eliza Rickman (2015)

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Who Are You - Bone Machine [192]

Greg and Eliza return to question Martin and Sam’s identity in this fifth track from Bone Machine, as Waits challenges an old lover… or maybe interrogates the music industry… or both? We make comparisons with a more even-handed musical picture of a breakup, and discuss how the song represents Waits and/or Brennan’s ideas of relationships.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Who Are You, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)

Somebody That I Used To Know, Making Mirrors, Gotye feat. Kimbra (2011)

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All Stripped Down - Bone Machine [191] ​

As Song by Song progresses through Bone Machine, Sam & Martin welcome Eliza Rickman and Greg Alison for a conversation around the ambience of the album, both thematically as well as sonically. We discuss the overlap of religion and sexuality in this song, the presence of material things in this song as well as our interval artist Bessie Smith, and the antiquing opportunities around the Sebastopol, CA area.

Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
All Stripped Down, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, The Best of Bessie Smith, Bessie Smith (1929)

UPCYCLerS Episode 1 - DJ Wind-Up (2018)
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