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The New York City band Television made their debut in 1977 with the album, Marquee Moon. The now-canonical record has been called "one of the all-time classic guitar albums” (Rolling Stone) and “the first punk jam album” (Spin). While punk cohorts like Patti Smith revisit the age through memoir, the writer Bryan Waterman has taken the documentarian’s approach. He recently explored the myth and music of Television - and the New York scene they inhabited - for the 33 1/3 book series. He joins us in studio for a fresh look at a seminal album.