Re: (TV) Re: New Book

["Andy Ferguson" <afne04343@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Nice one Tim
All the best with it
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Mitchell" <fireman9@btopenworld.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: (TV) Re: New Book


> Thanks to everyone for the interest in the book and here's a little
> information about it.
>
> It's a pretty straightforward run-through of the band's history up to the
> present day, but I've also tried to ground it in some background on Tom's
and
> Richard Hell's respective upbringings and their friendship before
Television
> began. I've included a couple of appendices on their solo careers, too -
but
> they're just chronologies with some quotes to flesh them out and not part
of
> the main body of the text.
>
> As has been noted, it's not a long book, but that was the deal with the
> publisher and it's a standard kind of length for them.
>
> I asked Tom and Richard Hell if they would help with the book but neither
> wanted to. I did speak to Billy, though, who was great. Although I talked
to a
> few other people, too, what I wrote is based mostly on existing sources -
but
> plenty of them. The majority of the research material I used came from my
own
> archive of cuttings, which is pretty extensive (I've been a fan since
> Television first started getting press in the UK), but I did, of course,
also
> refer to Keith's magnificent website and also to comments people here on
the
> list have made.  Santadog's Funpack, too, was absolutely vital. I've
> acknowledged all this at the beginning of the book and tried to name-check
as
> many of the regular list contributors as I could but this is a good
> opportunity to say another thank you to everyone for so many fascinating
> discussions producing so much valuable information. Apologies for not
> contributing to the list myself after those early posts but I hope the
book
> might help make up for that.
>
> This is a list of the chapter headings, which may give some idea of the
ground
> the book covers:
>
> 1. Wilmington
> 2. Lexington
> 3. Running Away
> 4. Two Poets in New York
> 5. Theresa Stern
> 6. Neon Boys
> 7. The Invention of Television
> 8. First Broadcasts
> 9. TV at CBGB
> 10. Changing Channels
> 11. New Frequencies
> 12. Little Johnny Jewel
> 13. Elevation
> 14. Marquee Moon
> 15. British Television
> 16. Adventure
> 17. Foxhole
> 18. Closedown
> 19. Revolution
>
> Appendices: Richard Hell Chronology, Tom Verlaine Chronology,
Bibliography,
> Selected Discography.
>
> A couple of other things:
>
> I did my best to ensure that everything I wrote was factually correct but
of
> course it's never possible to get it all right. Rest assured, though, that
I
> tried...
>
> The title wasn't my idea - but then my suggestions were possibly worse.
>
> Don't worry, I haven't made out that the band's first public performance
was
> at CBGB, that's just the impression mistakenly given by the blurb.
>
> I'm not sure what the illustrations are going to be like as I haven't seen
> them yet. I imagine some will be familiar but there should be others that
are
> either unusual or previously unseen. I think Richard Hell has given us
some to
> use but I'm not sure what they are. I'll report back when I know more.
>
> Here's hoping you enjoy it.
>
> Tim
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