Every Tom Waits Song is an email newsletter covering just that, in alphabetical order. Find more info here and sign up to get it sent straight to your inbox: There is no shortage of connections between Tom Waits and Bob Dylan (my other newsletter subject), but the Alice deep cut “Barcarolle” introduced me to a new one. But first, some background. What does that title mean? Tom explains a “barcarolle” in the Alicepress kit:

I’m gonna explore in more detail the story of my recent adventures living (again) at my aunt’s assisted living facility — expect that within the next two newsletters — but today I’m writing about the song that has been stuck in my head since I returned home a couple days ago. “Forever Young.” It was Rod Stewart’s 1988 version that appeared to me first. Then it morphed into Alphaville’s 1984 version.

PopPoetry is a poetry and pop culture Substack written by Caitlin Cowan. You can learn more about it here. Check out the archive to see other tv shows, movies, and films whose intersections with poetry I’ve covered. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, subscribe so you won’t miss a post! Let’s talk about six words in a Drake song. The opening lines of “Is There More,” from the 6 God’s 2018 double album, Scorpion, go like this:

If you have never seen Jim Jarmusch’s 2016 film “Paterson” (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐), now would be a very good time to watch it, with the world falling to pieces on a daily basis and your frazzled soul in need of a balm. If you’ve already seen “Paterson,” now would be a good time to watch it again. In fact, it would be entirely within the philosophy of this movie to watch it every day, as part of the cycle of quotidian events that turns like a bus driver’s steering wheel from morning to night.

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