response 26 of 39:

Jun 30 21:09 UTC 1995

I've been wondering that myself.  :)

Hey, did they play "Sleepless"?  I can;t remember if they did or not.

response 28 of 39:

Aug 23 18:30 UTC 1995

I just got red, and I don't remember anything at the concert from it.
Red is good, sounds like VROOOM, but not quite as "dense" sounding.
Fallen angel is ok, kind of generic sounding.  Another Red Nightmare is also
good.  Starless is GREAT!  not typical king crimson, and more mainstream
sounding (except for the middle section), but very nice all the same.

response 30 of 39:

Aug 24 13:38 UTC 1995

"Red" is one of my favorite Crimson albums.  The bass line in Fallen Angel
is extraordinarily melodic (though I doubt Wetton could play it and sing
at the same time.)  The whole first side is great.

response 32 of 39:

Oct 14 02:19 UTC 1995

Ok, it's been almost 2 months since I mentioned being impressed by "Frame by
Frame", and now I'm getting good enough at following 7/8 to be able to count
out part of "Frame by Frame", except that there appear to be parts in 15/16,
or else 15/8 at double the tempo... Wow is that a tricky tune!

Re: 30 - "Fallen Angel" is not that difficult - back when Sting was in the
Police he did much trickier bass/vocal parts (lots of counter rythms, etc.
between the bass parts and the vocals), and I was able to learn most (if not
all) of those tunes.

response 34 of 39:

Nov 10 23:48 UTC 1995

I believe that WDIV (Detroit Channel 4) carries Conan O'Brien on tape delay,
so warm up your VCR if you're not a night owl.  Don't konw about Channels 10
or 24 in Lansing and Toledo respectively (yes, I did say 24, as they and 13
have traded affiliates).

response 36 of 39:

Nov 12 17:22 UTC 1995

OK, Conan O'Brien at ~2:00 am.

King Crimson at State Theatre, Detroit, Tuesday Nov. 28!
Don't know if I'm going, but I think I will...

response 38 of 39:

May 27 23:48 UTC 1996

Wow, not a lot ov movement in this item lately.

A couple three reviews of Crimson-related music:

1.      Robert Fripp String Quintet - RF, Trey Gunn, and the California Guitar
Trio.  Various live bits, classical music, scary depressing music, etc.
Pretty interesting.

2.      Trey Gunn, "One Thousand Years" - Sort of New Agey, but not offensively
so.  Lots of neat detail in fairly repetitive songs.  Takes a bit of time to
appreciate, best listened to while doing something like painting your house.

3.      Adrian Belew, "Guitar as Orchestra" - a guitar synth/sample album of
modern classical music.  In other words, sounding like an orchestra with a
guitar controlling modern technology.  Pretty good, but a bit dissonant and
arhythmic for some people.

This stuff is mostly available at really big music stores.  Borders in Ann
Arbor has at least two of the three listed here.  There's also an offshoot
of the label (the label being Discipline Global Mobile) called Possible
Productions, which carries all the stuff including *all old Crimson albums*,
solo and other albums by Crimson alumni and related acts like California
Guitar Trio.

(California Guitar Trio is a group of 3 acoustic guitarists.  They do
classical pieces like Toccata and Fugue in B minor, also things like movie
themes, and good original music.  No vocals.  The story is that these
musicians were in Robert Fripp's "Guitar Craft" workshops, and are some of
the real standout musicians from that program.  An interesting note (pun!)
is that they use the Guitar Craft "New Standard Tuning" which covers a wider
range than the normal tuning.  Hence higher highs and lower lows.  They have
two albums out, "Yamanshi Blues" and "Invitation".  I don't have either of
those, but I've given them as gifts and they are good albums.)