March 2008: Verlaine Italian dates Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip will be playing a series of gigs in Italy in April 2008: 4/4/08 Bologna /Arena del Sol 6/4/08 Roncade / New Age 7/4/08 Milan / Music Drome 8/4/08 Rezzato / CTM 9/4/08 Florence / Teatro di Quarrata 10/4/08 Rome / Stazione Birra 12/4/08 Naples / Galeria Toledo 13/4/08 Lecce / Teatro DB dessai 15/4/08 Rende / B-Side 17/4/08 Catania / Mercati Generali 18/4/08 Palermo / I Candelai Club December 2007: Music for Experimental Film review There is a detailed review of the TOM VERLAINE AND JIMMY RIP: MUSIC FOR EXPERIMENTAL FILM DVD, by David Gasten on his POLA NEGRI Appreciation Site, HERE. September 2007: New Richard Lloyd album The new Richard Lloyd studio album, The Radiant Monkey, is finally available. It is being released on Parasol Records in the United States and Canada, and on Evangeline Records in England and in Europe. In America, the release date is October 30, but the record can be ordered now through mail-order or through iTunes, and you can audition several songs from the new record as well as download a free copy of the song Monkey by visiting this Parasol webpage. In England and in Europe the release date is October 2. Visit the Evangheline website for more information about the European release. August 2007: Music For Film DVD Release. (From the Press Release): Kino International is proud to release for the first time on DVD TOMVERLAINE AND JIMMY RIP: MUSIC FOR EXPERIMENTAL FILM. Spearheaded by celebrated musician Tom Verlaine in collaboration with producer/guitarist Jimmy Rip, this one-of-a-kind DVD brings seven seminal experimental shorts, by diverse filmmakers such as Man Ray, Fernand Leger and Hans Richter, accompanied by original scores composed by Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip. Kino’s TOM VERLAINE AND JIMMY RIP DVD is set to prebook on August 28, 2007, with a SRP of 19.95. Its general street date is September 25, 2007. Link to the Kino site HERE Richard Lloyd "severing all ties" with Television. Richard has announced his decision to quit Television. You can read his statement and plans on his website HERE February 2007: Field of Fire Reissue Parasol's re-issues imprint, Reaction Recordings, offers a remastered, deluxe double-CD re-packaging of Richard Lloyd's 1987 release 'Fields Of Fire', available for the first time ever on compact disc. The first CD is the original album (recorded in Sweden in 1985) remastered. The second CD is an alternate, augmented "revisited" version of the album. Includes 16-page full-color booklet with lyrics and extensive liner notes by Richard Lloyd himself, Reaction co-founder Ric Menck (Velvet Crush, Matthew Sweet), and acclaimed music scribe Bill Flanagan (U2 biographer, VH1's Storytellers). For more details and mail order, click HERE News at Richard's website can be found HERE