Song of the day

"It's All Right With Me", by Tom Waits. Tom Waits does Cole Porter in this possibly lesser-known Waits cast-off, taken from what I think was the first of the "Red Hot" series of AIDS benefit discs (of which I actually purchased one, "Red Hot + Rio", in (ahem) Milan, in 1996). Its sound is reminiscent of that on Waits' own "Frank's Wild Years" album, which, given the dates involved, is probably about right. Always remember that, as with Dylan, it's the songs that Tom Waits rejects that make Tom Waits the best. Or something like that.