Tom Waits is One Spooky Bastard

I'm admittedly not nearly as familiar with Tom Waits as I'd like to be, but someone passed this video along to me and I absolutely had to share it. It's a (poorly transferred) live set from some undetermined time, and the songs are "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six," "Cemetary Polka," and "In the Neighborhood," respectively. The booming percussion coupled with Wait's trademark gravely voice gave me more chills than most movies I've seen in the past five years. The more educated among you might be able to tell me if these songs have found their way onto a horror soundtrack, but if they haven't, they absolutely should.

Until I hear more, I'm just going to sit back and ponder how many cigarettes I would have to smoke to achieve that "tank treads on asphalt" effect with my voice.