A gentle day so far, with the hint of exciting possibilities of future-perspectives appearing unbidden, while sitting at the back door. This an alternative sitting, reading & quaffing site now that Pat the Demon Mastelotto has covered my reading desk with CD burning and computer equipment. The sky blue, and weather a surprisingly warm backdrop to the autumnal leaf-dropping.
A flurry of e-mail now discharged, I'm off to a Pencil Frenzy.
14.36 The Rhythm Buddies, Pat & Trey, are now an effective and convincing single Duo. They have begun to construKct parts which function as one of two hands cKlapping, that is, P+T do not function as an accompaniment to the front line. This is a characteristic of Crim sections, and is a very English characteristic. American back lines appear to have the idea that they are there to support the other players.
Frequently, historically, Crim rhythm sections seek to reverse the equal integrity of front & back line by taking over. The front line is then used as an excuse for the back line to charge off in various exciting & interesting directions. In the present Crim, my sense is that the front & back lines (only a metaphor!) are well balanced. Actually, a working Double Duo.
Trey's comment on this: "When you think this group is only 2 1/2weeks old!".
Unrelated issues: a clue to the Six Degrees puzzle: Diane the Wonder Aldahl worked with Murray Gell-Mann at the Santa Fe Institute before moving to England. There! That's given it away.
Toyah flew to Dublin upon her return from Malaysia, where she's filming until Friday.
To Jesse P.: No.
20.17 A Fayman/Fripp soundscape collage is accompanying this Diary entry. Today addressed "Larks' IV" and "The ConstruKction Of Light", with the aim of moving the playing into the body. Each day a step forward. The most interesting development in the past two days has been the phase transition of the Rhythm Buddies. On Monday, two great players. On Wednesday, a Crimson rhythm section.
From the guitar stool, I see two players approaching their parts in the same way that Michael & Peter Giles did. This is surprising: there is no way that either Pat or Trey could know how Michael & Peter went about being a section. To a degree, this is the same approach that Michael & Greg took. To a greater degree, also Bill & John. As if something is leading Pat & Trey to the same strategy / approach as the archetypal Crim team.
And yet again, I'm beat & wiped flat.
"Cynicism is death to the artist."
