ITCOTCK: "a work of genius"
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Dec 14, 2009
That's the verdict of a reviewer from the web-mag, Adequacy. Read the rest of the review of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Crimso's debut album right here.  

More Promo Vicar?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Dec 14, 2009
The Vicar's new promo site is up and running. 

Play That Tune Again
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Dec 13, 2009
My thanks to Oscar Quintero for this link about the shocking and totally surprise news that many indie artists will not receive payments following the acquisition of imeem by myspace. Elsewhere, following on from the item posted yesterday regarding EMI and Citicorp, the Sunday Times have a piece about it, as does The Guardian. 

KC 40Eds reviewed
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Dec 12, 2009
Red and Court get reviewed in the blogosphere whilst the same two albums get the thumbs-up from webmag, The Big Takeover.  

Pictures Of A Citi
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Dec 12, 2009
My thanks to Edisciple for sending in this link to the ongoing legal wranglings between EMI's new owners and other denizens of the shark-infested corporate world. 

Greg Lake Talks
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Dec 11, 2009
Greg Lake will be speaking about the recording of In The Court of the Crimson King on US radio show, In The Studio. The show will be broadcast in the New Year during the week of January 4th. The interview will cover the impact and legacy of the album and be syndicated across over 65 radio stations in the USA. 

Beauty In The Ear Of The Beholder
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Dec 10, 2009
My thanks to Antonio for sending me this link to an interview with Richard Wright, winner of this year's Turner Prize. When asked to define beauty the artist has this this to say: "I don’t know what beauty means," he told me. " ’Beauty’ is an awkward word that way – a little like ’love’. But I know that I’m interested in beauty. And that people make beautiful things all the time. To me, Robert Fripp’s guitar playing is beautiful. It all depends on the audience. At certain times, people decide that beauty is a necessity." Here's another interview with the artist though this time without any reference to RF. 

Bill Bruford Talks
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Dec 8, 2009
Our thanks to Peter Dervin for spotting this notification of Bill Bruford's talk at Swiss Cottage Library tomorrow evening. Elsewhere, frequent DGMLive visitor, Cameron Devlin, spotted a reference to Bill in the most unlikeliest of places -as you can read over on Bill's website.

Canadian Specific
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Dec 8, 2009
My thanks to Becarmi for sending me this link which sheds light on some sharp practice by members of the Canadian Recording Industry. It seems there’s been a culture amongst certain releases characterised as "exploit now, pay later if at all." Well, fancy that!

Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Dec 7, 2009
Bill and Pat do their groove thang in Nashville circa 1997.