Posted by Robert Fripp
3 Dec 2016
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Saturday 3rd. December, 2016

12.40

Hotel It Aspires To Be Posh, Paris.

Rising 07.30. Down to the posh-trough with morning reflecting, listening and set-listing…

 

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From Jakko…

In an unlikely and uncharacteristic move
I have changed my room!!!!
Not because it was about a 1/2 mile walk from the nearest lift
Or that the endless corridors made me feel like I was in 'the shining'
No
My room smelled
Musty and damp like
And I couldn't stand it
It was like a Squat I visited once
Or an old church

I'm now in room 4029
Which is slightly better

Jakko is honouring a convention established by Crimson Brother Bill Rieflin, who has changed more hotel rooms than any other touring player of my acquaintance.

Back in the room, a Skypey with T – yippee! Practising and computerising.

 

24.45    This evening’s performance: Salle Pleyel

Helen, our catering lady, runs Rock en Bol Catering. Highly recommended, Helen and her Team catered for KC September 20-21-22, 2015 at the Olympia. Rock en Bol were catering for Eagles Of Death Metal at the Bataclan on November 13th. 2015…
November 2015 Paris Attacks

Paris Terror Attack Survivor Helen Wilson

J'ai tenu Nick dans mes bras...

This is an understatement: we were very pleased to see Helen. Words fail…

 

Soundcheck…

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Setlist…

 

Beginning delayed c. eight minutes for security checks to clear.

Onstage for c. three hours; 20.23 – c. 23.25
Good performance, well received by a listening audience…

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