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Fripp on Touring

progfetish — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:29:01 +0000

Robert Fripp, in his online diary, explaines the “professional realities” of touring. This in response to a forum post asking why Crimson won’t be playing Europe.

“21st Century Schizoid Man” Transcribed

progfetish — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:58:50 +0000

Things With Strings, a blog dedicated to transcribing songs with too many notes, has posted King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man”. Check it out.

Fripp is Underrated

progfetish — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:03:50 +0000

Apparently, he’s the 14th most underrated guitarist of all time, to be precise. So says UndertheBlackHat.com in their list. Prince is numero uno.

Weekly Crimson Archive “Rare Gems”

progfetish — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:19:58 +0000

Yesterday marked the debut of DGMLive.com’s Mister Stormy’s Monday Selections:

Every week our brave and intrepid engineer puts on a safety harness and dangles precariously over the voluminous pit that houses the dusty DGM archives. This week it’s a bunch of radio ads. These are free but you’ll need to have a DGMLive account to access them.

Yesterday’s ads include:

Larks Tongues In Aspic US Ad 0.54
Starless And Bible Black US Ad 1.03
Starless And Bible Black UK Ad 0.33

New League of Crafty Guitarists Tour Dates

progfetish — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:03:52 +0000

DGMlive.com has posted more LCG dates:

Oct 29 – Birchmere, Alexandria, Virginia
Oct 30 – The Arts Center, Carrboro, North Carolina
Oct 31 – Rams Head Tavern, Annapolis, Maryland
Nov 01 – N.Y. Society for Ethical Culture, New York, New York
Nov 02 – Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA,
Nov 03 – The Egg, Albany, New York
Nov 05 – World Cafe Live, Philadelphia,, Pennsylvania
Nov 06 – Somerville Theatre, Somerville, Massachusetts
Nov 09 – Park West, Chicago, Illinois
Nov 10 – The Majestic Theater, Madison, Wisconsin

Elephant Talk Debuts Marketplace

progfetish — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:25:29 +0000

Do you have any King Crimson paraphernalia that you’d like to sell? Elephant-Talk.com has just the place for you. Meet the ETWiki Marketplace.

Crimson’s “The Great Deceiver” to be Re-Issued

progfetish — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:56:35 +0000

DGMLive.com has announced that The Great Deceiver will be reissued in October as two 2CD sets with new artwork: Containing all the original diaries & notes from the original editions & including (for completists & the curious) a link to a digital pdf scan of the original box & interior art, the track listing remains read more »

DGMLive.com is Nominated

progfetish — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:17:23 +0000

DGMLive.com (aka Discipline Global Mobile) is a nominee in BT’s Digital Music Awards in the the People’s Choice category for Best Official Music Site. Congrats! Voting is open through September 30th. King Crimson fans can click here to vote.

Daryl Hall on Fripp

progfetish — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:36:41 +0000

PitchforkMedia.com features an interview with Daryl Hall where he reflects back on 4 decades in the music biz, including his collaborations with Robert Fripp on the Exposure LP:

I met Robert through a friend in about 1974, and we became friends right away. We have a lot of the same interests, and we just got along. I was first starting to spend a lot of time in England then, so I would stay at his house, and he used to stay at my house, and all that. We were really good friends.

DGM to Release Eno & Fripp Collaboration

progfetish — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:22:09 +0000

Krimson-News.com announced today that DGM will begin accepting pre-orders September 1st for Unreleased Works of Startling Genius, a collaboration between Brian Eno and Robert Fripp. The initial release will be a limited-edition 2 CD set with one of the CDs “running in a continuous mix”. Mark your calendars.

Fripp Album Available for Download

progfetish — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:54:21 +0000

Robert Fripp’s That Which Passes album is now available for (purchased) download from DGMLive.com. The album was originally released in 1996, and there no plans to offer a CD re-issue.

Terrifyingly bleak in places and beautifully uplifting in others, Fripp regarded it as a companion album to A Blessing of Tears “a personal eulogy to my dear Mother” he wrote in the sleeve notes at the time. That Which Passes he says is “a series of reflections on mortality and dying”.

League of Crafty Guitarists Tour Dates

progfetish — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:53:22 +0000

From Krimson-News.com:

Coming up in October and November, The League of Crafty Guitarists will be touring venues in the eastern United States. Robert Fripp will be opening these dates with Soundscapes.

View the tour schedule at the LCG’s official website.

Fripp Guitar Diary

progfetish — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:45:09 +0000

Checkout this fascinating journal series, How to Build Robert Fripps Guitar, from Ben Crowe of CrimsonGuitars.com. Ben is the creator of the Fripp Custom Model and he’s posting an online dairy of his workshop’s production “from design to completion”.

Fripp US Dates Announced

progfetish — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:28:45 +0000

US tour dates for Robert Fripp have been announced by dgmlive.com:

Oct. 29, Alexandria, Virginia The Birchmere
Oct. 30, Carrboro, North Carolina The Arts Center
Oct. 31, Annapolis, Maryland Rams Head On Stage
Nov. 01, The New York Society For Ethical Culture
Nov. 03, Albany, New York The Egg
Nov. 05, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania World Cafe Live
Nov. 06, Boston, Massachusetts Somerville Theater
Nov. 09, Chicago, Illinois Park West

Fripp CD Receives 5 Stars

progfetish — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:20:12 +0000

Robert Fripp’s latest CD, At the End of Time: Churchscapes, Live in England & Estonia, receives a five-star review in the Times Online entertainment section today. And is “Pop CD of the Week”, no less. Read the full review here.