The surrealism of everyday life

[backyardchef]

@Wilfrid Assume you saw this in the NYT, but sharing for you here as a gift link....

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/arts/music/tom-verlaine-television-archives.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFA.CMD0.hhjSghgVdg-2&smid=url-share

[Wilfrid]

@backyardchef Did not see it. Thank you.

[MitchW]

Cool article.  I was lucky enough to see Tom a number of times; not with Television, unfortunately, but playing guitar with the Patti Smith Group.

[Wilfrid]

I did see a Television reunion performance, but the last time I saw Tom was on the 14D bus when he was perhaps pretending to be asleep.

Long before that I was in the USPS on 14th Street in line to pick up a package behind someone who looked vaguely familiar. He got to the front of the line and quietly asked for a package for Richard Hell.