I happened to run across this wonderful live performance by the legendary American Punk pioneers Television of “Marquee Moon” at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco in 1978. It’s a perfect gradual get-up-and-get-ready-for-work piece if you have some time, with amazing guitar work by Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine. Turn up the volume and enjoy.

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Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.