October Review Roundup  Tom Waits: Bad As Me (Anti)  This starts
out as Waits getting by on gestures and timbres. That's actually
pretty good, since Waits is the master of such sonic legerdemain
(he uses a wide variety of voices; "Talking at the Same Time" is
especially striking) and the energy exuded is infectious (the
weird rockabilly hybrid "Get Lost" is hilarious). One could
listen to this album solely to get off on the way the guitars
sound (longtime collaborator Marc Ribot and Keith Richards both
shine). Halfway through, the title track offers a solid song
with amusing lyrics, and it's followed by the brilliant torch
song "Kiss Me." Another quiet ballad, "Last Leaf," is even
better (because the lyric uses a more original image). With this
being the first Waits studio album of new material in seven
years, I was hoping for more in the way of songwriting, but
this'll do. If you're not already a Waits fan, though, it might
not convert you.  Brian Wilson: In the Key of Disney (Disney
Pearl)  On the one hand,