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11.04 #3109, Golden Nugget, Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. 
Look left…
Rising at 05.55. I wheeled myself along the long corridors to the elevator, the long corridors & life to the Buffet Zone, for a reflective breakfast with speech notes & material I…
II…
… then, wheeled myself back to the room.
Turn a seeming disadvantage to your advantage. The greater the seeming disadvantage, the greater the possible advantage. So, what have I learnt from being in a wheelchair? The musician has three disciplines: the hands, the head & the heart. A primary aspect of heart-discipline is putting ourselves in the place of others; experiencing the world as they are experiencing it. (I note: this is not always pleasant). My Father had a game leg, from polio in the womb: this shaped his life. This morning, I have a better sense of his life. People, in the generality, are kind. Almost no-one in this town (that I have wheeled-near) seems to have a sense of their personal presence, and remain utterly unaware of what is happening within their proximate space. When they notice a man in a wheelchair, only then are they kind. How could it be otherwise?
12.12 The Minx is just about to leave London for Beijing & her charity walk to support Olivia Newton-John.
Patricia’s chiropractic is unable to visit but our pal Dan Maddux… http://www.fripp.com/danmaddux.html
… knows the problem I am suffering from his own background as a dancer; and has brought anti-inflammatories with good advice & information. I am returned to the land of the living & walking. Fripp, Maddux & Fripp at the SF SpeakerPalooza in February…
Fripp & Fripp at same…
F&F rehearsed, we are off to the Lab for the second stage of Fripp & Fripp…
NSA Jam Session: Presentation & Performance Lab April 11 - 13, 2008 Las Vegas, NVGolden Nugget Hotel Giovanni
Livera,
Creator of Magical Experiences And special “Vegas” surprise guests http://www.mynsa.org/lasvegas/
As the 42nd. Greatest Guitarist of All Time – Living or Dead I’m unsure to which category Rolling Stone has consigned me.
19.38 A very good learning afternoon, and entertaining. We were visited at short notice by the Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman with a showgirl on each arm. He gave a very entertaining welcome to the Lab, including stories of his life as Lawyer to the Mob. The transition to mayor involved a pay cut from $2m a year to $48,000. Search Robert Fripp's diary archive. |
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