Tom Waits-Talking At The Same Time

Mr. Wait’s new album, “Bad as Me” (Anti-).

Anton Corbijn

I'm always interested in artists and how they deal with the current financial mess we are in. Being a visual artist I rarely pick up on how musicians have responded. My cousin sent me the Ry Cooder song (previous post) and suggested it would be a good theme song for this blog. I agree. In the Arts and Leisure section of the New York Times today there is rare interview with Tom Waits who has just come out with a new album. One song, titled Talking At The Same Time has the following line: "We bailed out all the millionaires/they got the fruit, we got the rind", which neatly sums up the notion of how our current financial system is essentially socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. That may be simplistic to some but if they bathe in the complexity of financial transactions and reap the rewards they cannot then look with disdain upon those who took their advice and suffered for it. Please explain these complex instruments you use so we can avoid making the same mistakes, or taking bad advice, in future.

If anyone has further input regarding music and finance, or art and finance, please let me know.