Martin & Sam welcome Mary Epworth to the show, as Waits expresses his dream of heading (back?) to the coast to make it in the movies. With images of Hollywood by Waits in the wake of his experiences with Coppolla, as well as other west-coast imagery in our interval, Song by Song continues its journey through Bone Machine and beyond.
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Goin' Out West, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992)
Goin' Out West, Glitter And Doom, Tom Waits (2009)
California Dreamin', If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears, The Mamas & The Papas (1966)
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