Returning from Heartattack & Vine, Vera Chok delivers her report for this live version of Ruby’s arms, angry at the recapitulation of the disconnected dismissive attitude Waits has towards Ruby. Meanwhile Martin struggles with the cognitive dissonance of critical analysis and Sam disses Ribot’s horn.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Ruby's Arms, Big Time, Tom Waits (1988)
Ruby's Arms, Heartattack & Vine, Tom Waits (1980)
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