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Two albums at once? That's Tom Waits' way.

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| May 10, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Greg Kot

Tom Waits' new pair of albums _ the 18th and 19th of a career with more left hooks than Muhammad Ali's _ were just released. But the gravel-voiced singer is already pondering his next move.

"I'm going to tap into the kids market next," Waits vows in a phone interview from the Los Angeles home he shares with his wife and musical collaborator, Kathleen Brennan, and their three children. "I got a fan letter from a 9-year-old girl in Indiana. She wrote, `I love your voice, you sound like something between a cherry bomb and a clown. P.S. I got in trouble playing your records at school. Please call my teacher.' I called the teacher and left a message, but she didn't return my call."

Waits is getting most of his calls returned these days. After 29 years of profound, and sometimes profoundly disturbing, musicmaking, this bard of the misbegotten finds himself a platinum-selling artist for the first time. Not that success has dimmed his penchant for perversity.

Last week, his latest albums _ "Alice" and "Blood Money" (both on Anti/Epitaph) _ were released. Originally conceived…

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