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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Nov 19, 2007 |
Ending weeks of speculation in various online communities, Robert Fripp has revealed in his latest online diary that drummer Gavin Harrison (of Porcupine Tree) will be joining King Crimson. The band will be playing a series of live dates in Chicago’s Park West – most recently the venue to RF and the LoCG appearance in the windy city. Fripp notes “Park West is a fave venue, and one I have been working for 27 years. The LCG were here in 1989 & 1990…This is also the venue where, according to our current plans for King Crimson’s return to active-service in 2008, preparatory to the 40th. Anniversary Celebration of 2009, The Beast Of Crim will be playing a 4-night residency in August 2008 with KC’s third double-drumming formation. The first formation: Jamie Muir & Bill Bruford (1972-73);
the second formation: Pat Mastelotto & Bill Bruford (1994-97);
the third formation: Pat Mastelotto & Gavin Harrison. A fourth double-drumming formation, of 1981-84 (Adrian & Billy B), doesn’t quite count as Adrian’s primary focus was in the front line.” Harrison is one of the most respected drummers of his generation, adding a prodigious technique to the work of Porcupine Tree as well collaborating with Jakko Jakszyk on The Bruised Romantic Glee Club, and most recently, Drop – an album with bassist and singer, 05Ric and also featuring contributions from Fripp. Some may recall Drop was featured as a DGMLive giveaway (see my review on the blog), perhaps hinting at Harrison's proposed involvement. Only DGMLive regular, Chocolatefireguard, spotted the listing on King Crimson's myspace site: the top four musicians have been there for a couple of months now.
More details will be announced regarding rehearsal schedules and ticket availability as soon as we get them.
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Farting Vine
:: Posted by David S on Fri., Jan 25, 2013
Technology lovers will know that today saw the launch of VINE - Twitter's new 6 second video tweets. And one of the very first VINE messages was apparently by none other than The Vicar's very own Punk Sanderson.
Punk did, of course, use this new medium to send out yet another "Fart For Your Rights" message - so this was presumably the world's first Farting Vine (although thankfully I think he may finally have run out of wind).
One can do nothing other than applaud his efforts (from a safe distance).
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We Fart on the Beaches
:: Posted by David S on Fri., Jan 25, 2013
A Third Video in the Fart For Your Rights campaign against UMG on behalf of King Crimson has been posted on YouTube - with Punk Sanderson once more on the streets in Kensington.
His liner notes invoke the spirit (who knows, maybe even the humour) of the backs-to-the-wall, David-against-Goliath master himself, Winston Churchill, in his fight to "blow the wind of change" at the major Record Labels.
For the campaign to succeed it needs our support, so please watch and share.
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Maartin Allcock Giveaway!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 25, 2013
Mentioned in recent weeks on Robert Fripp’s diary, Chilli Morning, a new album by Maartin Allcock has a version of Discipline on it and we have a copy to give away to a good home.
If you’d like to win this all you need to do is tell me where Maartin was born. If that information isn’t on the tip of your tongue then you might want to take a peek over at Maartin’s website. Send the answer, along with your postal address in an email to competitions@dgmlive.com marked DISCIPLINE. The winner will be announced on Thursday 31st January. You can read my take on the album over on the blog.
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In Deep With Tony Levin
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 25, 2013
Check out this new interview with Tony Levin where he discusses the making of the latest album from Stick Men, Deep. Tony is currently at the NAMM show as documented on his diary. You'll also find concert dates in March for the Crimson Project over on the front page.
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Andrew Keeling's Festival Appearance
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 25, 2013
Andrew Keeling's work, Reclaiming Eros, will be performed at the Two Rivers Festival taking place in Birkenhead on February 8th. You can find out more about the event and festival by taking a look here. Andrew's is a keen walker and gets out despite the rather grim weather experienced recently in the UK. Check out his diary for some great photographs taken while out and about in Andrew's beloved Lake District. Elsewhere in Keeling world you can take a look at this page about his recent collaboration with Robert Fripp, The Wine Of Silence.
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LTIA Voted Best 2012 Reissue
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Jan 24, 2013
LTIA was voted best reissue of 2012 in Prog magazine readers' poll beating the likes of ELP, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel. In the same poll, Gavin Harrison was voted best drummer of the year and in what seems to be an ongoing annual occurence, Steven Wilson (who produced the new stereo and 5.1 mixes of LTIA) was voted prog Icon of 2012. Steven is once again featured in this month's edition with an extensive article on his new album, The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) which of course features contributions from Theo Travis.
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King Crimson: Never Heard Of Them!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Jan 24, 2013
My thanks to HueyDL for pointing me towards this piece in which someone who’s never heard of KC gets to grapple with ITCOTCK for the first time. Check it out here.
Elsewhere on the wide-open savannah of the interweb, a different take on ITCOTCK can be found here.
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Fripp In The Guardian
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 18, 2013
The Guardian are now carrying a correction and clarification to their story that Robert had turned down an invitation to play on David Bowie's forthcoming album, The Next Day. Check it out here.
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Fripp: I Didn't Leak Bowie Album
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 18, 2013
One of the sites reporting "Robert Fripp Leaked Bowie Secret" is today carrying a correction. Check it out here.
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Fripp Didn't Leak Bowie Secret
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Jan 17, 2013
Robert Fripp has commented upon the recent news stories circulating on the internet about his supposed leaking of that David Bowie was working on a new album. You can read Robert's response here.
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