Marquee Moon is one of the great albums to these ears. Got to enjoy the album played live at Powerstation a few years back. Sad to hear of his death - so many of my musical heroes are departing this mortal coil. Something to do with time I guess.

pitchfork.com/news/televisions-tom-verlaine-dies-at-73/

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

A touching obit from ex-girlfriend Patti Smith:

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/he-was-tom-verlaine

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.