Monday March 13, 2006

The First Fix is Free

Tom Waits, who has long resisted lending his music and voice to commercials—and has successfully sued marketers for using soundalikes—once said, “They always want me to do ads for underwear and cigarettes, but I never did them. I did one and I’ll never do it again.” Andrew points to the one Waits did do, a noirish number for Purina dog food from 1981.

No wonder he never did one again.