And he made up his stage name because acting was considered a very low morals profession at the time and he was afraid his family would be mortified to be linked to him. He stayed away from England for 20 years. It turned out that his family was delighted for and proud of him.
There is a meme/tradition/thing over on Mastodon called
#silentsunday where you just post a picture on Sunday without explanation (except for the Alt) as a way of spreading art and filling timelines with lovely imagery. So I will give it a try here too
#photography
Even though I (and probably most Waits fans) like Rain Dogs better, this one hit like a bomb for Waits fans. He had never done -anything- like this before and it was simply amazing.
