Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Orphans box available now

Record company ANTI announces via Tom Waits' Facebook page and via Twitter the limited edition Orphans box is available now. Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk seem to have a few copies in stock, the UK/EU shop of KingsRoadMerch still labels it as "in stock soon". The US KingsRoadMerch shop has no further details.

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New layout

You might have noticed The Eyeball Kid looks a little bit different. Feel free to share your thoughts on the new layout or suggest further improvements in the comments.

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Yearbook

On Ebay now: the 1968 Hilltop High School (Chula Vista, Ca.) yearbook from 1968, the year Tom Waits graduated.

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Monday, December 07, 2009

Tom Waits as a hobbit?

Unconfirmed, but way too nice not to mention it: according to Aintitcool.com, Tom Waits is rumoured to be offered a part in director Peter Jackson's big-screen version of J.R.R.'s Tolkien's classic novel The Hobbit.

UPDATE (Dec. 8th): In a statement to Paste, Waits’ publicist said, “No one has contacted him about this role.”

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Happy 60th birthday

On December 7, 1949, Thomas Alan Waits was born to Jesse Frank Waits and Alma Johnson McMurray.

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