{"product_id":"9781789146639","title":"Song Noir","description":"Author: Alex Harvey\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781789146639\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSong Noir\u003c\/i\u003e examines the formative first decade of Tom Waits\u0026amp;#x27; career, when he lived, wrote and recorded nine albums in Los Angeles; from his soft, folk-inflected debut, \u003ci\u003eClosing Time \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), to the abrasive, surreal \u003ci\u003eSwordfishtrombones \u003c\/i\u003e(1983). Starting his song-writing career in the \u0026amp;#x27;70s, Waits absorbed LA\u0026amp;#x27;s wealth of cultural influences. Combining the spoken idioms of writers like Kerouac and Bukowski with jazz-blues rhythms, he explored the city\u0026amp;#x27;s literary and film noir traditions to create hallucinatory dreamscapes. Waits mined a rich seam of the city\u0026amp;#x27;s low-life locations and characters, letting the place feed his dark imagination. Mixing the domestic with the mythic, Waits turned quotidian, autobiographical details into something more disturbing and emblematic; a vision of la as the warped, narcotic heart of his nocturnal explorations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;One can easily make the argument that musician, songwriter, and actor Tom Waits is the consummate chronicler of down-and-out life in Los Angeles. Producer, director, and critic Harvey describes the busy first decade of Waits' idiosyncratic career and his nine Los Angeles-themed albums...Beautifully written, \u003ci\u003eSong Noir\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating and compelling read featuring striking and evocative black-and-white photographs.\u0026amp;#x27; - \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;In \u003ci\u003eSong Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, Harvey brilliantly reconstructs the colorful characters and grimy street life in Tom Waits's head. \u003ci\u003eSong Noir\u003c\/i\u003e guides us through Waits's evolution as an artist in parallel with the dark shades of Los Angeles in the 1970s, a world that helped shape his songs and ultimately his very persona. Harvey manages to craft a glimpse into Waits's creative process, a swirling cauldron of sorts where Bukowski, Kerouac, Raymond Chandler, and all the tragic victims from the pages of \u003ci\u003enoir\u003c\/i\u003e come to life, showing us the arrival and progression of Tom Waits the artist, with his rich cinematic vision in full bloom.\u0026amp;#x27; - Tree Adams, composer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857097805982,"sku":"ADS-9781789146639","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781789146639.jpg?v=1779154178","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781789146639","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}