RE: (TV) Verlaine's Guitar

[Jeff Strell <jeff.strell@usa.net>]

Back when the guitar was trading under $2000, I spent some time staring at the
inner sleeve of Marquee Moon, trying to convince myself that that guitar was
the same as the one on ebay.  I'm still not convinced.  Is it a trick of the
light, or do the tuning pegs look white in the MM photo?  Is there only one
volume control knob (the ebay guitar has two)?  Doesn't the pick guard look
black (on ebay it's brown)?  The MM photo's not all that clear, and it's hard
to tell for sure.

At root, I guess the appearance of the guitar on ebay bothers me for several
reasons.  For one thing, if it really is THAT guitar, I've probably spent
weeks (months?) of my life listening to it.  I'd hate to see it disappear into
a stranger's hands.  Better to somehow keep it in the family.  The
sentamentalist in me hopes that Verlaine will someday want it back.

But at another level, I'm concerned that Tom Verlaine has let go of it.  I
can't imagine that he has no emotion toward it.  Is this a way of renouncing
his past?  Is he sending a signal that he never intends to return to the
sounds and the spirit of those early LPs?  The material he's doing now is very
enjoyable.  But not to put too fine a point on it, would there be dozens of
fans willing to sign up to a discussion list to discuss what he's doing today,
if he hadn't first released Marquee Moon and Adventure?

I guess it would be fine to have it hanging in a museum.  But I'd much rather
see it slung over his shoulders, as he's tearing into another jagged extended
solo that's rippling off in all kinds of unexpected directions.

- Jeff Strell

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