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  Thanks, Hazy Dave!!! August 22, 2007
Written by LouieB
This isn’t a review but more of a big Thank You. To Hazy Dave, Thanks for the heads-up on the FLAC version of "Time Stands Still" not being defective. I downloaded the neccesary software and re-downloaded the track in FLAC format (as opposed to the original MP3) and there were no jumps, skips or defects in the music at all. With this said, I can now successfully give this download a brilliant FIVE STARS!!! Thanks again, Hazy Dave. from Louie B.
Time Weights August 21, 2007
Written by HazyDave
If the mp3 version still has the strange skip and random cut-up characteristics noted by LouieB, try the flac download instead, as I hear no clearly unintentional glitches of the style he describes in that version of "Time Stands Still". (I apparently downloaded this a day after LouieB’s comment, so perhaps a defective file issue has been corrected.) A pleasant soundscape of only theoretical utility in my own life at present; I’ll give it the extra star that LouieB could not...
Nice but what's up with July 5, 2007
Written by LouieB
It’s always a pleasure when a new download from Robert Fripp pops up on DGMLive. The 20-minute "Soundsculpture" piece is an amazing slice of beautiful minimalism similar to "Glass and Breath". I personally would not have minded if this piece were extended to an hour. The short "Circulation" as well as the "Future Shift" have their moments of beauty as well. The only problem I have is with the version of "Time Stands Still" included here. It begins in the typical Soundscape build-up fashion for its first two minutes but then shifts into what sounds like a cut-and-paste tape collage. The music skips around at random every few seconds and then at around the 4:35-4:45 mark, a few seconds of the "Circulation" piece cut in before the piece returns to normal and fades out. I have re-downloaded this piece three times now and apparently, this is the way the track was uploaded on DGMLive’s end because the recording has been identical all three times. Whether it was intended to sound this way or whether it was a ’defect’ is a mystery. This is why I only gave this three stars instead of the usual five. Beware when downloading this. If "Time Stands Still" begins to skip around after the two minute mark, don’t panic. It’s exactly what I heard too. The other three pieces are awesome though especially the opening "Soundsculpture". Amazing.
Music Quite Acceptable, Buenos Aires June 29, 2007
Written by cuicawrangler
I particularly enjoy the version of Time Stands Still, as well as the brief Circulation.
Fascinating to contrast this recording, a mere 3 weeks old as I write, with the Chicago 1979 Frippertronics...not so much the leap in technology as the wisdom and soul gathered and refined over 28 years for both performer and listener.
Thanks and love to all concerned.
June 9, 2007
Written by Robert Fripp
09.21 Apartment Quite Acceptable, Buenos Aires. 
12.45 Meeting with Hernan, Mariana, Ignacio & Martin to discuss an arising notion of the morning: a possible RF & The LCG visit to the US. Is this a good idea, or a bright idea? How might this be approached? From our shows here, there are very good audience reports, and a large proportion of the audience are the younger generation. 
This is the request, spoken in Spanish (translation by Kabusacki) at the beginning of performances:
Ladies, Gentlemen, Friends & Family,
A request from Robt. Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists – Many thanks for your presence & your interest in our work. Please give us your ears. Please do not take photographs, on cameras or mobile telephones; with or without flash. This disturbs our work to a greater degree than it is possible to simply explain, or you might believe, were we able. Please also, do not record or film. So, if you will, relax & enter our performance space with goodwill. We need your support. Robt. & The L.C.G. 13.08 There are now 22 committed to tithing. There is some discussion in the American community: how to support (possibly) two GC Houses? If a choice needs to be made, a straightforward & simple answer presents itself: support the House that holds greater value for you. If there is not sufficient support for the other, it will not happen. This is also straightforward, simple. 13.11 There are now 23 committed to tithing. 14.57 Three members of the Team have visited for lunch. Discussions of past, present & future arisings. Front… 
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Solar Voyager… 
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Starring Kabusacki… 
Walk-in Soundscapes of a different variety this evening, with different Magic Numbers & treatments. Following the suggestion of Alain Pinero, these are SoundSculptures. A good show, a very good audience, with a superb onstage sound by Mr. Beefy of BeefProd. Godson Jack Willis came to the performance, and visited his new League pals afterwards... 
… and his Godfather… 
A question asked at the post-performance supper: why do we serve alcohol at our meals? No answer was given in response. The likely default answer, then, is that we are being visited by a drummer seeking free food & liquor. Kabusacki endorses… 
… McPussy… 
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I returned alone. Mr. Beefy, usual apartment-returning Car Buddy, has remained with the Team on this Saturday night for moderate raving of the Mr. Beefy in Buenos Aires variety. The friendly driver, as customarily, engaged in conversation with me in the back seat, looking me in the eyes via the rear-view mirror, as he drove. Fortunately, tonight there was no careering ‘Bus of Terror to induce screaming. So, moderate twitching only. A relatively early evening, and to bed.
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