The Trouble With Experience
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 15, 2013
My thanks to djcub00 for the following item. djcub00 writes "Here is a letter Noel Redding wrote to the editor of Guitar Player Magazine detailing his frustrations with the industry back in 1989. It seems like Fripp and company can relate to the sad practices of the music industry, even for the bandmate of the most influential guitarist in popular music.

Universal Streaming With Google
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 15, 2013
Google and a couple of the major labels are rumoured to have sealed a deal on providing a music streaming service. More details here. 

Tony Levin's Three Pieces
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 14, 2013
Tony Levin has been interviewed by the excellent Three Pieces wesbite. Tony talks about three of his favourite pieces of music: First up Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and then Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum's Sleep Is Wrong. 

Johnny's Rock And Roll Show
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 14, 2013
Aylesbury has long association with progressive rock dating all the way back to 1969 and the famous Friars Club. Last week John Wetton and Jakko Jakszyk performed at the town's Waterside Theatre as part of Steve Hackett's Genesis Revisited tour. Next month there's a special fund-raising concert taking place in the same venue. You can find out more here. 

Vicar Dolby Launch
:: Posted by David S on Mon., May 13, 2013

It has taken a while for news of the Vicar launch at Dolby HQ in London to find it’s way onto these pages - a mixture of the absence of The Voice that is Sidney Smith and my own ineptitude.

A fabulous event - Dolby were kind enough to announce The Vicar Songbook as a perfect example of true HD surround sound and will be using it as their demonstration music. It certainly sounded wondrous in their Ray Dolby Theatre.

Thanks to Jonathan Jowitt (JJ) at Dolby, Neil Wilkes at Opus Productions and all who attended, including David Revelle, the worthy winner from DGMLive...

And a certain Robert Fripp, seen here with the two mighty men from IE music, David Enthoven and...um...Tim Clark (it is possible that he sent someone more beautiful in his place).

Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., May 13, 2013
By way of a curtain-raiser to the reissue of Beat later this year, Mister Stormy has blown the cobwebs of Bill and Tony whipping up a mutant space-jazz storm that is Requiem. 

Bowie & Fripp
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., May 13, 2013
Media hussy that he is, Robert Fripp is once again set to appear on prime time TV. This time he’s going to be one of the talking heads that will be popping up in BBC TV’s David Bowie documentary, Five Years which airs on Saturday 25th May. Diary readers will recall RF mentioning filming taking place on 15th March 2013. TV reviewer Boyd Hilton tweeted at the weekend: David Bowie: Five Years on BBC2, Sat, May 25 is not to be missed. The best Bowie documentary ever. Best contributions: Robert Fripp #Bowie

Defining Fripp Is Difficult
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., May 10, 2013
That line is drawn from a preview of Robert Fripp & the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists VII forthcoming performance in Cambridge Massachusetts. Clearly the writer of that line anticipates the sight of RF appearing on Mr & Mrs!

RF and the team are playing three concerts at the end of this month.

Friday May 24
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Doors: 7pm
Showtime: 8pm
All performances general admission.
Tickets on sale here


Saturday May 25
Wesley United Methodist Church
98 North Maple St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Doors: 7pm
Showtime: 8pm
All performances general admission.
Tickets on sale here

Sunday May 26
Saint Marks Church in-the-Bowery (View)
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003
Doors: 3pm
Showtime: 4pm
All performances general admission.
Tickets on sale here

Thomas De Hartmann Project 2013
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 9, 2013
There's an opportunity for people to support a recording project previously mentioned in RF diaries - the Thomas De Hartmann Project with pianist Elan Sicroff. You can find out more about the Kickstarter project page. 

Caption Competition
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 9, 2013
Robert Fripp appeared on a celebrity edition of ITV's prime time show Mr & Mrs alongside his wife Toyah Willcox. You can watch the whole thing on the ITV player (for UK residents only) but in the meantime, get your wit around this pic and provide us with a winning caption. ONE entry per person so make it count!