Prog Fetish

Wendy Lozenicins wants Adrian Belew in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She writes:
“Do you feel, as I do, that it’s about time that a Prog Rock artist got inducted into the hallowed halls of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Sadly, to my knowledge, at this time, there have been NO Prog [...]

By way of Krimson-News.com, comes word that Guitar Player magazine has chosen King Crimson’s Neal and Jack and Me as one the “50 essential guitar DVDs”. The DVD features two KC concerts: Three of a Perfect Pair-Live in Japan 1984 and The Noise-Live in Frejus 1982.

Apparently Adrian’s got a bad case of writer’s block, as he’s got “unfinished” songs that need to be completed - maybe by you? Over at the Elephant Blog, Adrian writes:
Complete any of the “unfinished” songs we’ve been releasing as downloads by adding your own melody, vocal, and/or words. Then send your completed masterpiece to webmaster [...]

Now wouldn’t this be an interesting collaboration? Adrian Belew has just blogged that Trent Reznor phoned and asked him to collaborate on new material in L.A. Says Adrian:
In my opinion, no one makes better sounding records than trent. I love what he does and I’m happy he feels the same.

Adrian Belew has recently listed two of his cars on eBay motors. They’ll be listed for another 6 days. Pictured below is a custom-bodied CRX si:
a quick agile little “pocket rocket” which I adore. I’ve had it since it was new in 1991 and still called a Honda CRX si. now it called a “Vitesse” [...]

The Adrian Belew Power Trio will be the featured performers at the NW Soberstock music festival on Saturday, September 15th at King County’s Marymoor Park in Seattle. Also on the roster is “TU” (aka Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto). Tickets are available here.

In his latest blog entry, Adrian Belew reminisces about life on-the-road with Frank Zappa:
“and so it was in June of 1977 I moved to L.A. to begin rehearsals with frank zappa. I rented a non-descript one bedroom apartment on Canyon Drive in North Hollywood not far from the famous Hollywood sign. who says ‘nobody walks [...]