Television 2014-05-12, Boston, MA

Set-list & Lengths of Tracks:

1a./1b. Intro aka Swells/1880 Or So (10:21)
2. Prove It (5:40)
3. Elevation 5:50)
4. Little Johnny Jewel (11:10)
5. See No Evil (5:01)
6. Guiding Light (6:15
7. Venus (4:30)
8. Persia (14:56)
9. I�m Gonna Find You (6:59)
10. Marquee Moon (15:52)
11. Encore: Friction (6:52)

Total: 93 minutes and 27 seconds


Lineage: Upstairs, left of the soundboard, approx. 20 feet from stage -> onboard mics -> Zoom H4n (44.1 k samples/sec.
with 16 bits/sample -> Tascam CC-222SLmkII Cassette Deck (cd re-write able) -> Audacity: boosted-levels (avergage of +3.75 db)


Disc 1: Swells/1880 Or So [increased both by 2.5 db] / Prove It [increased by 3.1 db] / Elevation [increased by 3.85 db] /
Little Johnny Jewel [increased by 3.65 db] / See No Evil [increased by 3.5 db] / Guiding Light [increased by 4.9 db] /
Venus [increased by 3.5 db] / Persia [increased by 4.75 db]

Disc 2: I�m Gonna Find You [increased both by 4.8 db] / Marquee Moon [increased by 3.45 db] //
Encore: Friction [increased by 3.65 db]



The following is the Boston Globe�s review of this show:

�Revamped, Rejuvenated Television Tuned In At Paradise� by Ty Burr, May 14, 2014: page B.14.

Music Review: Television: At: Paradise Rock Club, Monday, May 12

Whether leading the legendary CBGB-era outfit Television or going solo, Tom Verlaine has always seemed the most reluctant of
rock stars. He�s a guitar god who favors exploration and odd timbres over ax wankery, a singer who mutters, a frontman who
shuns the spotlight.

Yet there he was, all smiles Monday night at the Paradise as a revamped and stunningly confident Television played one of
the tightest, strongest sets this longtime fan has seen. Tom Verlaine is happy! Surely the end times are upon us.

The secret, perhaps, is that the band�s �new� second guitarist Jimmy Rip -- Verlaine�s solo foil for decades but only part
of the group proper since 2007 -- has finally exorcised the ghost of Richard Lloyd, the original Television member whose
relationship with his majordomo was always spiked with rivalry and weird vibes. Verlaine seemed relieved to dispense with
the head games: If Rip�s playing lacks Lloyd�s molten lyricism, he�s an inventive soloist and a consummate professional,
and the long, modal two-guitar freakouts that always separated this group from their punk peers -- and that ensured they�d
remain a cult band and a critics� favorite -- are in good hands. All four of them.

Well-rehearsed and angst-free, Television spent the 90-minute set rummaging playfully through its back catalog. The band
touched on longtime concert staples (�Prove It�, �Venus de Milo�, �Little Johnny Jewel�) and unexpected treats
(�Guiding Light� from 1978�s Adventure[sic]; the unrecorded early-�70s rarity �I�m Gonna Find You�, which sounded like a
lost James Brown ballad). Verlaine sang his cryptic lyrics with rare clarity and power, and if he delegated much of the
early soloing to Rip, his gift for elegant, astringent noise eventually burst free.

Bassist Fred Smith and drummer Billy Ficca are still this band�s power source, and Ficca especially got to shine on �Persia�,
the orientalist jam that Television has been playing for years in concert but still hasn�t gotten around to recording.
(Rumors of a new release remain just that, although the band has more than enough material.)

The audience consisted of the usual contingent of graying late-period boomers, but also an inordinate number of under-30s,
remarkable given that Television hasn�t released a studio album since 1992, and proof of the band�s growing status as
uncategorizable alt-rock founding fathers. The new fans were rewarded with a version of Television�s best-known song, the
epic �Marquee Moon� , that kept every promise this idiosyncratic band has ever made, Verlaine�s spidery fingers bouncing up
and down the fretboard as he conjured groans, wails, sirens, and church bells.
No one has ever sounded like him, and no one ever will.



On May 14, Philip, of the Marquee Moon Mailing List, wrote of this show:
"This was the first Television show I�ve seen since 2005. My feelings are pretty much in line with Ty�s review, but only
more so: I loved it.

�My first time seeing Television (at the Metro, May 10, 2001) will always be a sentimental favorite, and it may be heresy
to say this about the post-Lloyd Television, but Monday night was the best Television show I�ve ever seen. Maybe it's the
9 year hiatus that made my impression more favorable, I suppose. But on Monday, the band was tight, in sync, and focused.
Unlike a lot of Television shows I saw between 2001- 2005, I didn�t get the feeling that we were witnessing a rehearsal
at any point in the night - they seemed locked in together in a way they only sporadically did in most of the 2001-2005
shows. Even the �new� song, �Persia�, seemed more structured, well-arranged, and benefited from a focus in playing that
I haven't seen before (perhaps not coincidentally, it also seemed like the most concise rendition of �Persia� I've ever
heard .....

�And as Ty�s review said, Verlaine seemed a lot happier than usual -- more banter with the audience,lots more eye contact
with Jimmy than I remember with Lloyd (at least in more recent years), and the whole thing made me wonder if getting Rip
on-board, or tackling 7 out of 8 tracks from Marquee Moon on this tour, had forced the band into serious rehearsals. It
definitely showed. I realize some may miss the looseness of other live Television performances. But for me, the night
worked really, really well, and it was a pleasure to see Tom so engaged in playing (and even singing!). (I agree with
another poster that Ficca was mic-ed-up way too loud, but you can�t have everything).

"Seven out of eight songs from Marquee Moon, one new song, one song from the 1992 LP, one unreleased oldie, and nothing
from Adventure:

Intro aka Swells/1880 Or So / Prove It / Elevation / Little Johnny Jewel / See No Evil / Guiding Light / Venus / Persia /
I�m Gonna Find You / Marquee Moon // Encore: Friction

�For me, the highlights were hearing �Elevation� and �Guiding Light� for the first time in concert; both sounded great,
and Verlaine did a creditable job hitting the (vocal) high notes in both. I've already noted the more concise �Persia�
they played; perhaps my only disappointment in their performance is that �Little Johnny Jewel� was a bit more restrained
too than it had been ten years ago.

�... It was one of the best, if not the best, live show I�ve ever attended.".