Map of all the locations in Tom Waits' songs

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This is the best thing I’ve seen on the internets this year.

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Three for the dump called East St. Louis, and one for proper St.Louis? Tom, you’ve got issues.

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This is relevant to my interests.

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Some inaccuracies. For example, it’s “Monterey”, not “Monte Rio”.

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o rly? http://www.johnnycashhasbeeneverywhere.com/ Johnny does so much in one song…

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He hasn’t been to either Wollongong or Dapto.

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Canada Dry™ ≠ Canada

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What about the Philipino box spring hog?

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This map is cool but doesn’t help if you Get Lost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YOk1OsFies

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Are you sure? I used the lyrics from http://www.tomwaits.com/songs/song/145/hold_on/

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Thank you, I did not know that. It has now been removed.

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And I’m pretty sure that the lights being dimmed on Broadway refers to Broadway in NYC where the plays live, not Broadway St. in San Francisco.

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There are better stories to be heard in dumps and ‘proper’ rarely involves tales of ragwater, bitters, and blue ruin.

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oopsey

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