Re: (TV) Television and... Luke Haines

[Phil Obbard <pobbard@yahoo.com>]

Tim,

Thanks for making the "missing" chapter available -- it's an enjoyable read with a few connections I'd never made before.

I dig the concise Verlaine information-gathering system on display at Meltdown. So many possible answers, though -- "Modern Love", "Space Oddity", "Let's Dance", "Golden Years", etc...

--Phil




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From: Tim Mitchell <fireman9@btopenworld.com>
To: tv@obbard.com
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:03:23 AM
Subject: (TV) Television and... Luke Haines

The publisher of my book on Television, 'Sonic Transmission', somehow 'mislaid' one of the chapters and as a result it was left out of the book. If anyone would like to read it, I've put it up on my website at:

www.timmitchell.org.uk

(follow the 'Sonic Transmission' link).

Also, if anyone is interested in Luke Haines, I've written a novel about him which has just been published (it includes interview material, too). It's called 'Truth and Lies in Murder Park' and there are more details on the website, and a review here:

http://bit.ly/AiicX

When I was interviewing Haines I asked him about the time he supported Television at David Bowie's Meltdown, and this is what he told me (short but quite sweet, I think):

"Tom Verlaine came into our dressing room. They were trying to cobble together some sort of art-rock Bowie trip and he knocked on our door and came in our dressing room. He didn't even introduce himself, he just said:

'Bowie hit, two words.'

'"Rebel Rebel"?'

'Got it.'

And that was him out. Which is a perfect kind of Tom Verlaine thing. I liked that."


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