OCG V Special Performance Project
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 19, 2012
There's still time to book a place on the next Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists performance project in Italy next month. Check out the GCE website for details. 

Tales Of King Funkadelic?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Mar 18, 2012
My thanks to Willy for letting me know about this KC name-check from no less a force of nature than Parliament / Funkadelic head honcho, George Clinton. 

Something In The Air?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 15, 2012
My thanks to the many folks pointing our attention in the direction of this resignation letter from Goldman Sachs by one of their executives. Many of the points in the letter address issues responsibility towards clients, transparency, and acting in accord with what is right, and will chime with many of the points raised in Robert Fripp's diaries over the last few years. 

The Wine Of Silence Pre-order
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Mar 14, 2012
Burning Shed and DGM Mail order now have a pre-order pages up for The Wine Of Silence. DGM Mail orders can be placed here and Burning Shed here.

Greg's Songs Of A Lifetime Tour
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Mar 14, 2012
Greg Lake talks in this interview about the kind of thing the audience can expect on his 26-date tour. 

ITCOTCK Blurred
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Mar 13, 2012
My thanks to World Leader Symes who tells me "In this month's Q magazine there is an interview with Graham Coxon, the guitarist with Blur. I think the article is called The Soundtrack of My Life. He is holding a copy of the album cover (vinyl!) for Court and this is what he says:

Q: What album do never tire of hearing?

King Crimson’s In The Court Of The Crimson King is an album I can become pretty obsessed with. I can’t listen to it just once, I have to listen to it again. Immediately. It has really pretty, fairy sort of songs on it and quite big ones. It’s just so exciting. It’s just my favourite things: organs, drums and guitars all going mental!

A Digital Deal In The Offing?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Mar 13, 2012
My thanks to several folks who pointed me toward this article indicating that Sony might be settling their dispute with a variety of artists over the thorny question of digital rights. 

King Crimson Live in Central Park 1974
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 12, 2012
Today's download features the last time Bill Bruford, David Cross, Robert Fripp and John Wetton played a concert together.

Not A Universal Panacea
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 12, 2012
My thanks to rockyroad for altering me to this piece in The Guardian about what UMG’s takeover of EMI might mean for musical diversity. 

Starless & Lizard Blogged
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Mar 11, 2012
The 40th Anniversary editions of the Starless and Bible Black and Lizard have been exercising the ears, minds and fingers of some of their listeners. Here's SCV's take on SABB, while Lizard receives this appraisal from NuVoid. My thanks to LesleyBeeman for the heads-up on the latter.