Awesome / Tom Waits

• His break with Asylum and his dramatic reinvention after his collaboration with and marriage to Kathleen Brenan. (Also counts as Awesome Music)
  • "Spacious Thoughts," his recent collaboration with Kool Keith on N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit of Apollo.
  • Winning several lawsuits over the use of his songs in advertisements (which he hates, apparently)...and donating the money he got out of them to charity.
  • His 2011 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• His incredible spoken word section on "Tommy The Cat" by Primus - even Waits isn't sure how he managed to speak so fast.