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AnkyloVinyl

@ankylovinyl.bsky.social

#MuleVariations is one of my favourite #TomWaits albums. This is a 2017 reissue on black #Vinyl.
I'm a bit obsessed with Waits at the minute so this is essential listening.
#WalkingDead fans may remember Beth singing #HoldOn at the end of an episode in one of the prison scenes in season 2.

October 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM

David Wesley Williams

@davidwwilliams.bsky.social

Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20 #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #music #tomwaits #mulevariations

December 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM

Andy Miller

@andymillerl78.bsky.social

Choose albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
15/20
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
#TomWaits
#MuleVariations

April 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM

Lutz Schowalter

@schowalter.bsky.social

#ActivityTunes
#MusicChallenge

26 / Create

What the heck is he building in there?

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Tom Waits - "What's He Building?"

"What's He Building?" by Tom Waits from the album 'Mule Variations', 1999 Directed by Lex Brand (creative by KesselsKramer) Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #mulevariations

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July 26, 2024 at 3:37 PM

Robin Bannks

@robinbannks.com

#nowplaying #TomWaits #mulevariations #90srock #rock #rockmusic #folkrock #music #musicsky #musiciansky

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April 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM

Charles Johnson

@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com

A New Year’s Message From Tom Waits: “Hold On” #blogpost

A New Year’s Message From Tom Waits: “Hold On”

"Hold On" by @tomwaits from the album 'Mule Variations,' 1999 Directed by Matt Mahurin TOM WAITS ▶ Store: tomwaits.ffm.to ▶ Website: tomwaits.com ▶ Facebook: facebook.com ▶ Instagram: instagram.com ▶ Twitter: twitter.com ▶ Spotify: spoti.fi ▶ Apple: apple.co ▶ Amazon: amzn.to ANTI- RECORDS ▶ Store: antircrds.io ▶ Website: anti.com ▶ Facebook: facebook.com ▶ Instagram: instagram.com ▶ Twitter: twitter.com ▶ Spotify: spoti.fi ▶ Apple: apple.co #tomwaits #mulevariations

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January 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM

Now Playing Quest

@nowplaying.quest

Mule Variations by Tom Waits (1999) is the daily album for March 21, 2026.

Listen now: https://nowplaying.quest/2026-03-21/

#NowPlayingQuest #NowPlaying #AlbumOfTheDay #Music #MusicSky #ArtRock #Blues #Electronic #Jazz #Rock #TomWaits #MuleVariations

March 21, 2026 at 3:50 AM

Richard Heald

@ricozola.bsky.social

#wholealbum #mulevariations #tomwaits 1999.

March 2, 2026 at 7:13 AM

TrickyC (he/him)

@trickyc66.northsky.social

Tom Waits - "What's He Building?"

"What's He Building?" by Tom Waits from the album 'Mule Variations', 1999 Directed by Lex Brand (creative by KesselsKramer) Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #mulevariations

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July 2, 2024 at 5:07 PM

Scott

@smadin.net

Tom Waits - "What's He Building?"

"What's He Building?" by Tom Waits from the album 'Mule Variations', 1999 Directed by Lex Brand (creative by KesselsKramer) Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #mulevariations

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April 19, 2024 at 9:03 PM

Robin Bannks

@robinbannks.com

Mule Variations … robinbannks.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/m... #TomWaits #mulevariations #90srock #rock #rockmusic #folkrock #music #musicsky #musiciansky

Mule Variations

Tom Waits releases his 13th album on April 16, 1999. Mule Variations won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance fo…

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April 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM

John Autry

@johnautry.bsky.social

"Mule Variations" by Tom Waits released this day in 1999.
#TomWaits #MuleVariations

April 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM

Robin Bannks

@robinbannks.com

Mule Variations – You Can't Make This Stuff Up … robinbannks.com/2026/04/16/m... #TomWaits #mulevariations #90srock #rock #rockmusic #folkrock #music #musicsky #musiciansky

Mule Variations

Tom Waits releases his 13th album on April 16, 1999 .. his triumphant return after a 7-year musical hiatus. One of his most defining works that helped bridge his early boozy “the piano has be…

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April 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM

Ben McCarthy

@benricem.bsky.social

I think this was the single most unsettling thing I heard as a child.

Tom Waits - "What's He Building?"

"What's He Building?" by Tom Waits from the album 'Mule Variations', 1999 Directed by Lex Brand (creative by KesselsKramer) Official Site: http://www.tomwaits.com/ Official Store: http://tomwaitsstore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomwaits/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomwaits #tomwaits #mulevariations

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August 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM

DoctorBOOwring

@doctorbowring.bsky.social

The four year old is under the table, doing something and chuckling to herself. When I asked what she was doing she said “Um, can you stop talking to me and look away? Just go over there and do your thing.”

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