Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp's Diary

Thursday 23 July 2009

Monasterio Nuestra Seora De Los

11.22

Monasterio Nuestra Señora De Los Angeles / Monjas Dominicas
Mare de Deu del Roser, 2.
Sant Cugat (08174),
Barcelona.

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Rising at 06.10.

Morning Sitting at 07.30 with one mosquito on each arm, both walking around having fun before tucking into breakfast.

Mosquito bites currently at 14.

Breakfast at 08.00 with two visiting guests, one from Italy & one from Vienna. Personal meetings after breakfast with both.

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12.30    Overview rehearsals at noon with The LCG. Lights flash – the Solar Voyager is ready for take-off…

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4.16    Performance at lunch by Alberto Mesirca, an exceptional young classical guitar player visiting from Italy.

The performance followed by The ESP. A strange sound emerged in the dining room during their performance.

And, intruding upon my focus, Island UMG.

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17.59    Practising. Tea at 16.00. More practising.

 Soundcheck with The LCG at 17.00 in a reconfigured ballroom…

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23.12    T’ai chi at 18.30.
Dinner at 19.00.

The ESP performed at 20.30 in the Boardroom.

RF & The LCG followed immediately afterwards in the ballroom, a cruelly hot ballroom, playing for c. 95 minutes overall. Fine-tuning is continuing, with more to be done. Returning for taking notes at. 22.45. Tomorrow is our debut performance at el CAT.

Yesterday’s posting on the board (Questions From A College In England)…

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… contains the 9-syllable term ontological necessity. A 3-syllable alternative, for non-academics such as myself, is being need.

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DISCOVER THE DGM HISTORY
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1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
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