14.36
Bredonborough.
Another grey day. Practicalities continue, despite feeble wits: the boilers have been serviced at World HQ & here.
The inbox is down to 215.
Interest has been expressed in King Crimson performing in Spain. This is wildly unlikely, but not impossible; the odds are about the same as cold fusion becoming widely available for domestic energy within the next 5 years.
Why as likely as this? The quick answer is, Spanish audiences and music industry practices. A performance involves music, musicians, audience & industry. I can vouch for the musicians, and our relationship with music. How can I vouch for audiences & industry in a territory where grief, aggravation, cluelessness & mischief characterises KC audiences in my recent years touring there? The widespread assumption is, artists do as they’re told & put up with whatever they’re shovelled. This is a given in the industry. Audiences: how about photos, viddying & recording? These are consumer rights, after all. The Iberian penny has yet to drop: there are repercussions from any act, intentional, clueless & whatever is in between.
I note, the artist has recourse to only two strategies: withdrawal of labour & access to publicity. You read it here, and KC are not going to Spain until cold fusion heats our Aga.
Jet lag continues. Dribble.
19.23 An afternoon practising.
22.14 An evening computing. And now to a late-evening practising.
"Quiet is the absence of sound, silence the presence of silence."
