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Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA |
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"Lotsa fun in two sets" comments the English guitarist in Slow Music of their appearance at The Great American Music Hall, and he’s not wrong. After the skittering cymbal work which opens the first set, the music takes on the feel of something akin to a sci-fi soundtrack: strange rumblings, curious ethereal ghost-songs fleetingly erupt into life and just as quickly disappear.
Quicker off the mark than on previous occasions, Robert’s trademark sounds can be heard probing and feeling their way into the music, as can the butter knife-wielding, Peter Buck. In the second set the telepathy really starts happening - a superb example of what paying attention to your fellow musicians on stage can produce with some top-drawer interplay. Underpinned by Fred Chalenor's bass, drummer Matt Chamberlain’s playing is given lots of room in which to open up and encourage others to mark their mark.
With moments that are surprisingly bright and even upbeat (prior to the second set’s seismic conclusion), director Rieflin was bang on the money when he said "Each performance is unique -even we don't know how things will turn out: it is the mystery and risk of live performance." Lots of mystery, lots of risk, and like the man said at the top, lotsa fun.
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Fred Chalenor -
Matt Chamberlain -
Robert Fripp -
Bill Rieflin -
Hector Zazou -
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Band Member Diaries
Tue., May 9, 2006
Written by Robert Fripp
The sign reads "Warning: Chemicals known to the State of California to cause Cancer or birth effects or other reproductive harm may be present in foods or beverages sold or served here." "Gentling" is a process involving trans-generational change. The term refers to the gentle handling of rats by their human caretakers. The gentle handling appears to cause behavior changes in rats that are passed on to other generations of rats. The phenomenon was discovered inadvertently by animal behaviorists doing experiments with rats. They observed: When female rats are handled gently during their infancy and early life, they appear at maturity less emotional, more ready to leave their cages, and less fearful of strange stimuli than do other rats. In fact, the animal is able to respond more effectively when confronted with normal situations; in other words, its emotional response to novel but normal stimuli is not as intense as it is in rats raised in the usual manner. When such rats become mothers, the body weight and readiness to explore of their young are different from those of standard controlled groups. These effects appear to be mediated through both the prenatal mother-fetus and the postnatal mother-infant relationship. Not only are the young themselves of a different temperament as the result of the early experiences of their gentled mothers, but, when these young bear babies their patterns of mothering are also different from what they would have been normally.
Because the effect of the gentling that their mothers received becomes apparent in their grandchildren, it has been called "the grandmother effect." (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979) For further reference in a psychological context:
IV…
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:05:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: John B. and Mary Pace <ET06018@elephant-talk.com>
Subject: Thanks and opinions of Fripp’s soundscapes
I was wondering what others were thinking of the soundscapes Fripp is
doing. I live near Nashville and though I didn’t catch the Fripp soundscape
myself, a friend did. He ultimately found it dull… I truly do wonder what others think of the soundscapes. My friend is young and I’m 52, so there could be differences of opinion. I’d like to know what others think.
VIII Peter is persuaded to change onstage position…
23.07 Three Four Quarters’ Maintainers’ from the local Guitar Craft Team. Lotsa fun in two sets.
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excellent, Tue., Jun 10, 2008
Written by cuicawrangler
This would have been wonderful to hear in person...but the recording is some consolation. A great band in one of my favorite rooms. Thanks for releasing.
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