Like Ghini said, "
Tom Fucking Waits."
And give this a listen while you're at it --
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. The band is from New York; the blog is from Germany.
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I've been disturbed by my dreams lately. They're filled with random brutality and violence largely committed by me in a strange, ineffectual way that comes from your body being shut down while your brain is active. This thrills me not at all.