Robert Fripp's Diary

Hotel Acceptable Nagoya Well it

03.07

Hotel Acceptable, Nagoya.

05.25  Well, it took a little time for my addled wits to kick in, but I managed to get online & acquire the AT&T access code & call T at home in Bredonborough.

06.23  Ahead…

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11.25  A very, very tasty breakfast buffet offering eastern & western delights.

New reading of the morning, acquired in the University Bookshop, Seattle: Stewart Gordon’s Mastering The Art Of Performance (Oxford 2006).

News online…

Sanctuary shares plummet Fiona Walsh, business editor

Thursday November 23, 2006

Shares in Sanctuary crashed more than 25% this afternoon - from 9.75p to 7.25p - as the troubled music group warned of losses at Rough Trade Records and said it may need to take extra provisions of between £15m and £18m this year.

http://money.guardian.co.uk/businessnews/article/0,,1955329,00.html

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13.38  A walk around the block.

One of the interesting features of Japanese cities, to me, is the continuing presence of small buildings that seem very out of place with more recent construction…

… in style & scale…

A little further…

… and there’s a Starbucks!...

 A soy latte later, and back to Happy Gigster Instant Launderising in the handbasin.

What is this machine in the bathroom? I…

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Seeking to avoid disturbing the delicate sensibilities of innocent visitors to this Diary, sufficient to relate that the inexperienced Gigster is likely to experience the unexpected when mounting the Chamber of Easement.

Not quite sure what time the body is registering, but it feels like night time.

14.30  One small joy: having handed over responsibilities for frontline touring to a younger generation, the sight of hovering fan-type persons in the lobby is no longer a fear, with accompanying instantaneous visceral response. Five years ago in this country, I was running towards elevators & away from characters chasing, shouting my name & waving artifacts for signing. The cumulative effect of this, over decades, has been substantial.

To bed.