Big Time (Tom Waits) 5

I applaud the open-minded definition of Pop Music that includes a Tom Wait's live set that covers his first three Island Records albums. Great renditions of some of the best of the albums Swordfish Trombones, Rain Dogs and Frank's Wild Years. It also includes some of Wait's famous stage banter including:

"I think the question I get asked the most is, well I dunno know, it happens a lot, enough that I would remark on it - a lot of people come up to me and they say "Tom, is it possible for a woman to get pregnant without intercourse?"

My answer's always the same, I say: "Listen. We're gonna have to go all the way back to the civil war. Apparently a stray bullet actually pierced the testicle of a Union soldier and then lodged itself in the ovaries of an 18 year old girl who was actually 100 feet from him at the time. Well, the baby was fine. She was very happy. Guilt-free. Of course, the soldier was a little pissed off."

When ya think about it, it's actually a form of intercourse, just not for everyone. Those who love action, maybe. "