Re: New Tom Verlaine offerings

["weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" <spamtony>]

Gart, Mitchell (MGart) wrote:
> 
> On the first disc Tom sings, and the second one is just instrumental.

ObJohnLennon: One is in black and white, and one is colored. 

> Does anybody know where to get TV's tour schedule?  

I find pollstar.com to be reliable. It reveals that mid-June
will find him in Pittsburgh and Chicago. Went to see him 
tonight. FAAAAB-ulous!!!! 

(And after enduring his pretensions night after night opening 
for Patti at the Bowery Ballroom in '98, I wasn't expecting 
much.) 

He's playing with three musicians behind him, including 
one "Fred Smith" on bass (no, I don't know if it's THE 
Fred Smith of the original Television, but FYI....) 

I recognized three things all night (okay, well, four): 

Tom Verlaine (guitar and vocals). 

"Fred Smith" (again, I don't know if it was THE Fred 
Smith, but he was almost as fat and bald as me). 

"Kingdom Come" (was this a Television song? I only 
recognized it because of David Bowie.) 

Tom Verlaine's friggin' genius. Oh, man. 


See. This. Show. 

Thanks to the folks who posted here the heads-up about 
Tom being on the road. I owe you.