Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Feb 8, 2010
Today's giveaway is a special live track - The Humans with Robert Fripp.

The band - Toyah Willcox, Bill Rieflin and Chris Wong with special guest member, Robert Fripp - are playing in the UK this month.

Concert details are as follows...

Monday 22nd February, 2010, The Assembly, Leamington Spa - tickets on sale now.

Tuesday 23rd February, 2010, The Junction, Cambridge - tickets on sale now

Wednesday 24th February, 2010, The Scala, London - tickets on sale now.

You can check out the sound The Humans makes via their myspace site.

A Racing Uncertainty
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Feb 8, 2010
My thanks to Alan A of Brisbane, Australia who got in touch with this piece of vital information. "I noticed in the sports pages that King Crimson raced in the 7th at Townsville racetrack on Feb 4. KC was wearing No.1 and starting from barrier 15.I haven’t been able to find out how the horse went as yet, possibly equal first past the post but refused to be in the photo!" Well, it made me laugh on a Monday morning!

Trey On The Blog
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Feb 6, 2010
Hurrah! Trey Gunn has started blogging again. 

Ade Tells A Story
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Feb 6, 2010
If you've ever wondered about the story that lies behind the song, Adrian Belew may well be able to help. Ade is taking part in a concert in April which sees him doing just that. For full details click here. Meanwhile Ade is looking at downsizing his rig - check out his updated blog. 

Get Yer Guzheng Out For The Lads
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Feb 5, 2010
Robert's updated diary contains more on JFC and pals and the mixing of In The Wake Of Poseidon - what's not to like?

One For The Gearheads
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Feb 5, 2010
Robert's updated diary contains a link to a rather spiffy new website detailing RF's historic gear. 

Jakko Giveaway
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Feb 5, 2010
Given his recent appearances in Robert's diary we thought it might be timely to run a fabbo DGM giveaway featuring Jakko Jakszyk. Those nice people at Panegyric have made available the reissue of Jakko's  album, The Bruised Romantic Glee Club.

Originally released in 2006 this is a double disc album which features contributions from Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Gavin Harrison, Ian Wallace, Ian McDonald to name but a few Crims. And if that's not enough to tempt there's Canterbury legends, Dave Stewart, Hugh Hopper and Clive Brooks.

Spread across two discs (disc 1 being all original material whilst disc 2 provides some intriguing cover versions of King Crimson tracks and numbers by Henry Cow and Soft Machine), John Kelman at All About Jazz, wrote "The first disc focuses on Jakszyk's own writing—a series of largely autobiographical songs whose complexity and diverse instrumentation place them firmly in the progressive camp, but with a refreshing pop sensibility and utter lack of pretension. Jakszyk's voice conveys deeply felt emotions without resorting to extravagance or melodrama. The arrangements are detailed, but not at the expense of a melodism that reflects Jakszyk's longstanding interest and occasional participation in the Canterbury scene.

Jakszyk's guitar work on this disc is even more impressive than his playing with 21CSB, because here he reveals more of himself. There are elements of Fripp, Allan Holdsworth and even a touch of Phil Miller, but all subsumed in an approach that leans towards greater overall lyricism. He's a virtuosic player, capable of ranging from the powerful intensity of "Catley's Ashes" to the David Sylvian-like ambience of "When We Go Home."

Classic T Lev & Colonic Irrigation
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Feb 4, 2010
Not two subjects that you normally find sitting together but Robert's updated diary manages to do just that!

Robert Prepares For One Of The Humans To Arrive
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Feb 3, 2010
Robert's latest dairy frenzy contains several tidbits. Amongst the news comes word that he's met up again with Tool's Adam Jones and that Human Bill Rieflin is about to arrive in Bredonborough.

Robert will be joining The Humans as their special guest later this month at several concerts in the UK where the band will be playing a selection of titles from their debut album...

The Humans Competition
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Feb 3, 2010
One day later than advertised, here’s the answer to last week’s competition question.  In order to win a copy of The Humans toe-tapper I asked “when did Robert last play in the UK where he wasn't soundscaping?” I figured the answer was Sylvian & Fripp at the Albert Hall. However, just to be on the safe side I cross-referenced with ol’ Chuckles himself. Here’s what he had to say.

“sid - this is a huge question! even with Sylvian i was soundscaping - i developed that approach with some of david's tech ideas. so, most likely SAOTW. i think their last show was at salisbury city hall in 1990? i didn't scape with Sunday.”

So, in the end Sunday All Over The World is the answer we were looking for.  Congratulations to Daniel Maciag in Tychy, Poland and to Dominic Waite. Stay tuned for another fabbo comp.