At 7:29 PM -0400 5/6/02, Casey, Leo J wrote:
The Village Voice, September 10, 1979: "Tom Verlaine Wakes Up Dreaming" by John Piccarella
On the other hand, I don't miss Ficca much. I always thought his jazzy moves were self-serving, overrated, and not tough enough, and his persistent overplaying on the cymbals was at times a noisy distraction, especially on the album Marquee Moon.
Sacrilege! Ficca's levitation of the beat is essential to Television, especially on Marquee Moon, and the solo records suffer in comparison (as good as JD is, he's no Billy Ficca).
On the plus side, I'm sure Philip is quite gratified to read such a sensitive analysis of "Yonki Time"--I know I was.
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