You love Tom Waits, right? Well, TJ Kong sure does. That is why he’ll be kicking off his first installment of TJ Kong Presents An Evening with Tom Waits tonight upstairs at Jose Pistola’s. The hard-livin’ Hominoidea will be performing two hours of his favorite works by the legendary hard-livin’ songwriter. Kong will also be backed by three of his favorite Philly musicians – Joshua Machiz on bass, Rosie Langabeer on accordian, banjo and keys, and Chris Aschman on trumpet and percussion. “Expect a lounge lizard, broken sentence, dream in the straw kind of evening.” Jose Pistola’s, 263 S. 15th St., 10pm, Free, All Ages – H.M. Kauffman