Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp's Diary

Tuesday 15 April 2014

Hotel Quite Acceptable Seattle A

08.04

Hotel Quite Acceptable, Seattle.

A lay-in, rising at 07.00. Now at the computer.

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08.56    And off to MinxBreakfast…

23.20    … in the hotel I…

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II...

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Steve Ball collected the Sistery person c. 10.00 I…

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II...

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… and carried Patricia off to Microsoft en route to the airport. A walk to Pacific Place with the Minx, returning to e-fury and practising.

Into the new BillTransporterMobile c. 16.30 and to BillStorageWorld I…

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II...

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… where my US equipment is now living. Continuing onto the venue for c. 17.20…

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II...

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… for soundchecking of The Humans and Slow Music I…

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… plus programming the Solar Voyager, half of which has fallen to earth.

When audients entered…

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… returning to the hotel to change. Back to The Triple Door I…

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The Humans played a very good set, and the best I have seen. A very good sound, mix, and performance.

Slow Music on c. 20.35 for c. 45 minutes.

Small details for the guitarist: which spectacles do I wear to read programmes in the Solar Voyager? I can see the band fine without, but good to be able to know what my rig is doing. What height the guitar stool/stand? Drum-stools were too low, bar-stools too high. My Kinsman guitar stool/stand in the UK is higher, but not available in the US. Note: the difference in stage lighting between soundcheck and showtime radically alters the sense of onstage.

That’s not taking into account the state of the audience and the personality of the venue.

Post-Performance players I…

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Leaving c. 22.00…

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… but neither of the two hotel keys worked. Pooey pooey. Gentling the Luvvie down, and to pre-packing.

23.49    Enough.


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