Boris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their rele

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Tom Waits recognizes voice as a mutable device, able to tell a story, create a mood, become-animal. His music spans an equally wide spectrum, waltzes, piano ballads, rock & roll, Gospel, blues, spoken word. Each song accompanies itself, music and lyrics, like the cinematography and soundtrack of a fi

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