Tom Waits performs “Chicago,” the lead-off track from his latest album Bad As Me and talks about 1800′s rat traps with David Letterman.

So, at the beginning of 2012, I decided that I would share my love of music with you, the kindly mass of humanity that reads my blog. I figured all two of you might like some of the same music that I do. So I decided that I would post one mix CD per month. The problem is that, though I love music, I have not put anything about this regular monthly mix CD in to my calendar. So, plain and simple, I forget.

Here is April’s monthly mix CD. Called “Can’t Get There From Here,” it explores a theme which you can figure out if you want or you can just listen to the good music contained within. Here is the setlist:

1. Home by Bears of Manitou
2. Always Travel Light by Doug Burr
3. Folded Hands by Zoo Animal
4. Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
5. Unfortunately, Anna by Justin Townes Earle
6. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
7. When It Don’t Come Easy by Patty Griffin
8. Hold On by Tom Waits
9. Hold On, Hold On by Neko Case
10. Come On Up To The House by Tom Waits
11. Jesus Gonna Build Me A Home by John Davis
12. I Want You To Come Home Now by Drew Grow and the Pastors’ Wives
13. Please Come Home by Dustin Kensrue
14. Going Home by Juarez
15. Feelin’ Good Again by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
16. Home by Bears of Manitou

So, I broke a few of my own personal rules here regarding mix CDs. I not only repeated an artist on a single mix, I repeated a song. Just pointing that out.

• Download April’s monthly mix CD Can’t Get There From Here.
• Download March’s monthly mix: “Sabzimentals”.
• Download February’s monthly mix: “Raintermentals”.
• Download January’s monthly mix: “Skinned Alive”.

I had the chance to see Dustin Kensrue of Thrice the other night (thanks Mark!). He’s someone I’ve wanted to see play for quite some time and I wasn’t disappointed. He put on a great show, which isn’t always easy to do for just one guy and a guitar. About mid-way through the show he pulled out one of my favorite tracks “Down There By The Train” by one of my favorite artists: Tom Waits.

It was one of those “I’m at a great concert where I wished I had pulled out my cell phone in time to record the song but I didn’t but it’s OK because someone on YouTube recorded the song better than I could have anyways” moments. You have those moments too, right?

(Thanks Shane, for the tip to this HQ video);

Tom Waits performing on Austin City Limits in 1978:

New Tom Waits:

I actually do have several “real” blog posts in the works but for now, enjoy Tom Waits and Neil Young getting behind the mule: