We could be hearing new music from the always enigmatic Tom Waits as early as next week. As TwentyFourBit points out, Amazon lists a Tom Waits single called "Bad as Me" as being available for download on August 23. Meanwhile, Waits' website has posted a characteristically elusive statement about new Waits music: "There have been rumblings and rumors. New music from Tom Waits, you say? Come to TomWaits.com on Tuesday August 23rd, and Mr. Waits himself will set the record straight."Back in June, Waits' website posted a "peek at a lyric" from a new Tom Waits album. It showed a chalkboard with the words "No good you say? / Well that's good enough for me / You're the same kind of bad as me" on it.

Until Tuesday, tide yourself over by watching an amazing video of Cookie Monster singing Waits' "God's Away on Business" (via Videogum).