RE: (TV) First recorded Television moment

["Leo Casey" <LeoCasey@comcast.net>]

I first read an article about Tom Verlaine in a rock mag called Fusion in
late 1975-early 1976 (although it concentrated on his poetry rather than
talking a lot about Television).

In February 1977, I was living with several roommates in a big, freezing
house in Brookline, MA owned by a slum lord when I heard on my radio one
night a DJ ('Oedipus') play 'See No Evil'.  I remember thinking "I must own
that song"; so the very next day I bought MM and the rest as they say was
history.


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From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Russ
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:42 AM
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Subject: Re: (TV) First recorded Television moment

I heard about Television before I heard any of their records. I  believe I
read about them in Rollingstone first ( I think they compared Verlaine's
playing to Neil Young so I took immediate notice), then I read about them in
Pete Frames "Rock and Roll Family Trees" where the possibly apocryphal story
of their break-up was related, where Verlaine supposedly  stated that
Television broke up on a full moon, just like Moby Grape.(I already liked
Moby Grape)I was hooked at that point. I had to hear this band. So I bought
"Adventure" and heard "The Fire" .The rest is history. This was all in 1979.
I was still in high school. Somewhat later I got Marquee Moon. I think
coming to Television by way of Adventure is sort of interesting - it's a
very left handed experience.
- Russ
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