Tom Waits: Hoist That Rag

me: Have you ever heard this song before?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlo5HxbRxk
Listen to it all the way through. I'm going to go piss and get a salad. When I come back I'd like to know what you think.
Brendan: Never much cared for tom waits. Not my cup of rocks.
me: Okay I'm back. How would you introduce this song if you were introducing it for a music blog?
Brendan: http://www.nationalpost.com/m/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/16/photos-riots-fire-destruction-after-vancouvers-loss&s=Opinion