A third week with guest hosts Vanessa & Kent brings Martin & Sam to Poetic Analysis 101 in this funhouse-mirror love song to Brennan. We talk about the depth of imagery that Waits employs, the vocal storytelling that he and our interval artist deploy, and Vanessa finally books that gig at Martin’s much-anticipated funeral!
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Such a Scream, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)
Acrobat, Half Way Home, Angel Olson (2012)
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