verlaine was kind of an asshole but good god his impact on music. a couple of the later records — warm and cool from 93 particularly, and also around from 2006 — are categorically the best recordings of electric guitar I’ve ever heard
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Elizabeth Nelson
Happy birthday to the great Tom Verlaine, whose poet's soul and astonishing guitar work conjured vast reservoirs of nocturnal mystery and urbane romance. Here is a piece I wrote about the early days of Television and the enduring miracle of 'Marquee Moon'. www.theringer.com/2022/04/13/m...
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