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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.

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. [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

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”.

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. [...]