Tom Waits is awesome.

Not that that needed to be said, exactly, but it bears repeating. Yesterday, Warren sent Austin an email with the subject line, "Another brilliant Tom Waits episode. Can we put that on the blog and twitter?" The body of the email was blank. (And for the record, this'll be posted to our Facebook page as well.)

Thing is, we're big fans of Waits around these parts, so the news that he's got a new album coming in late October is good news indeed. Below, check out said "brilliant Tom Waits episode." Hopefully you found a way to hear the new song, "Bad as Me," as well. Hint: It's really great. Of course, we'll have the album—his first studio project in seven years, which is also called Bad as Me—on Oct. 25.

Tom Waits' Private Listening Party