(TV) Tom signs with Thrill Jockey; new release planned

[Ty Burr <tyburr@mindspring.com>]

BC-VNU-VERLAINE

Thrill Jockey signs Tom Verlaine



By JONATHAN COHEN

Billboard.com

    NEW YORK -- Thrill Jockey has signed Television singer/guitarist Tom 
Verlaine, whose label debut is expected in early 2006. In the meantime, 
Thrill Jockey is planning a fall reissue of Verlaine's 1992 
instrumental album, "Warm and Cool," originally released by Rykodisc.

    "Warm and Cool" finds the artist backed by Television bassist Fred 
Smith and drummer Billy Ficca, as well as Patti Smith Band drummer Jay 
Dee Daugherty and bassist Patrick A. Derivaz. It was released a few 
months before Television's self-titled comeback album for Capitol.

    The original 14-track album will be expanded with eight bonus tracks 
that comprise improvised "pieces that could have been much longer but 
for me had a charm being brief," Verlaine says in the liner notes.

    Television has a handful of European dates on calendar this summer, 
including appearances next week at the Patti Smith-curated Meltdown 
Festival in London.

    Here are Television's tour dates:



  June 20-21: London (Meltdown Festival)

  June 22: Bristol, England (Academy)

  June 23: Manchester, England (Academy 2)

  July 15: Utrecht, Holland (Tivoli)

  July 16: Mons, Belgium (Dour Festival)

  July 17: Paris (Bataclan)

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So... if he's touring with the other members of Television, does that 
mean he'll record with the other members of Television? and might that 
not make the new release a Television album? Huh? Wunnit?

T.
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