Grooveshark Bite Back
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Jan 19, 2012
Grooveshark are pursuing Digital Music News as part of it's battle against UMG's law suit. At the time of writing, King Crimson material was still available on the Grooveshark site. Well, fancy that.

Crimson Tribute
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Jan 18, 2012
The Great Deceivers are a Crimson tribute band who will be playing on Friday, Jan 20th, at the Universal Bar and Grill, North Hollywood CA, at 10pm. 

Beat That For A Coincidence
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Jan 18, 2012
Tales of the unexpected with a touch of Crimson anyone?

Crimso 74 Montreal Goes Live
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jan 16, 2012
King Crimson hit the ground running in this archive gig from their last tour in 1974.

Boz-Era Recordings Wanted!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Jan 16, 2012
Alex "stormy" Mundy is putting together ideas for a tour bundle of the Islands-era band but there’s some real gaps in the archive. Here’s what Alex has after the four concerts at the Zoom Club:

Fripp Set To Dance
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Jan 14, 2012
My thanks to Antonion for this link to a review of a dance performance using Robert Fripp’s Let The Power Fall.

Happy Birthday King Crimson
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 13, 2012
January 13th is an auspicious date on the Crimson calendar, marking as it does the official beginning of rehearsals in the basement of 193 Fulham Palace Road. In 1969 the cafe was owned by Peter and George Calatychos although it has since changed hands. Crimson were there for two and half years. Since that time many fans have visited the cafe.

In 2011 Mark Ferraro, from Ozone Park, New York came over to London to make a pilgrimage to lots of buildings tinged with a bit of Crimson history. "I walked in the present day restaurant and went right downstairs without anyone questioning me and took some photos of this tiny space that once contained the sounds of ITCOTCK rehearsals. How the walls were able to take such thunder I can only wonder. Think of those lucky "invited guests" that were able to witness these young musicians and what was coming out of them in this tiny basement."

Here's some of Mark's photographs...

In March 2011 a Japanese TV crew filmed in the basement during the making of a documentary about In The Court Of The Crimson King. You can see some similar photographs of the basement over on the blog.

Mad Band Reviewed
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 13, 2012
In The Moment - the second album by The Michael Giles MAD Band and Keith Tippett gets reviewed here. 

Mahler On Hold
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Jan 13, 2012
My thanks to RickyM for this link about a particularly intrusive telephone ringtone. As RickyM comments "So, if you’ve ever attended a concert, show, or other event (musical or otherwise), and had an awful experience in that said concert, show or event, where some very inconsiderate audience member disrupts it with their cell phone, here’s what happened in NYC recently.
Of note, is the conductors as well as audience reaction to the offender. And, it’s about time?

Wine From The Speaker?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Jan 12, 2012
Speakers shaped like a wine glass - whatever next!