Kate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > tom is absolutely charming!!!!
And an "alpha emu", according to this (which I found in the latest edition of Steve Robertson's online newsletter 'Fiddlin' Around' - The Journal of American Roots Music - http://www.starchart.com >> >> > LOS ANGELES, May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- On the night before > TOM WAITS shot his new video for the song "God's Away On > Business" -- from his new album "Blood Money" -- God was > nowhere in evidence when the three emus (a cousin of the > ostrich) originally cast to star alongside Tom were ruthlessly > murdered by coyotes. However, their last minute replacements -- > two males and one female, who each had their own trainer on > set -- were up to the task according to Tom. > "They were chewing up the scenery -- literally. They love > the business." When Waits asked one of the trainers what > emus like, he was told, "shiny things ... like your eyes." > Although emus are known for their aggressive behavior, > Waits was definitely the Alpha emu on the set -- a pair of > four-foot stilts took care of that. Shot at the infamous > Ambassador Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, the video > was directed by longtime associate Jesse Dylan, who also > lensed "Goin' Out West" from "Bone Machine", as well as > shot the covers for both Bone Machine and Blood Money. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ all the best PaulC
