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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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When In Doubt, Roll!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Oct 4, 2012
Bill Bruford’s long out of print book is now available again to have, hold and generally fondle to within in of its life. You can find out more about the book at Bill’s site and the publisher, Foruli Classics - where you can also find out about how to get a personalised edition inscribed by Bill himself. However you’ll need to get your skates on if you want a signed copy as it’s last orders by October 15th. You can also take a sneaky peek at the book here (US customers) and here (UK and European).
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Crimson Chronicles
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Oct 4, 2012
Tony Levin's Crimson Chronicles for iPad is available to buy and download to your iPad right now. Check out the promo here and details on how to order. Meanwhile, Tony is currently treading the boards with Peter Gabriel as you can see over on Tony's website.
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In Case You Missed It Dept.
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Oct 3, 2012
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox were one of the couples featured in BBC4's series, Love And Marriage. The show, which featured clips of KC and the RFSQ, is available on the BBC's iPlayer for the next seven days.
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Quietly Spectacular
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 2, 2012
My thanks to Albemuth for this link to this article in which RF gets a mention. Albemuth writes "In the article "Purveyors of Office Space and Lively Arts," John
Schaefer comments that the Winter Garden in NYC uses a high-quality
sound system "which the guitarist Robert Fripp described as ’quietly
spectacular.’"
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OMG It's UMG At Primark
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 2, 2012
My thanks to Petitwazoo for this link carrying the news that the clothes chain Primark stocking CDs. "I’m off to my local store, to see if I can locate the LTIA boxset lurking amongst the cheap semmits........." writes Mr. P.
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Crimso's Got A Brand New Bag
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 2, 2012
I'm grateful to Chocoholic for sending in this picture posted on Facebook by Hiroki Takeda who (I think) also did the work.
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