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#809, HOTEL DESIGNER, W..,...

05.00 Driving in from Jersey, through the Lincoln tunnel, the skyline of Manhattan is now closer to...

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WATERSTONE'S COFFEE SHOP,...

14.42 Yippee! I am with my Little Luvvie! That is, not at this particular moment. Her afternoon sho...

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A CANTERBURY PUB.

18.26 This is a young persons pub. My now-regular pub, the Thomas Becket, was overly full half an h...

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18.55 Home! Hooray! Little Willcox will be home tonight in the early hours. I left her at noon in h...

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17.03 A quiet day at home with The Little Horse has become an e-frenzy. This comes via a third part...

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18.39 Yes - crossing the Amazon. That is, getting online with AOL & then retrieving e-mail whil...

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14.06 Sacred is where the spirit moves. A morning of desk clearing & organizing business. The...

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10.17 Another grey day. Rising at 05.45 my morning has already been busy. Wondering: the extent to...

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08.02 Another grey, damp day. To try is to fail. Then how to succeed? Four qualities of "to try":...

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09.32 A snowy morning at Chateau Belewboible. Snow has cast its forgiving whiteness over much of th...

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08.00 Snow in the night: the path between the buildings was covered at 06.50. The breakfast queue h...

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MOBILE HQ, CRIMBUS.

12.47 We left our hotel punctually at noon and are now heading towards Milwaukee. Opposite the hote...

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HOTEL QUITE ACCEPTABLE,....

23.15 And with free Ethernet access, too. A call to Toyah in Norwich made my day, and that before w...

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ROOM MOST ACCEPTABLE, HOTEL...

11.00 Driving snow is blowing past on the other side of the secondary-glazed window. Life without s...

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HOTEL QUITE ACCEPTABLE,....

20.04 Snowbound in Denver. Rising at 08.30, a notice came under the door at 09.00 -- Due to the we...

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It seems impossible to believe that Tom Redmond is no longer with us. We have a video chat every mon...

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THAT AWFUL MAN & THE VICAR -...

We have now reached the penultimate night on the Fripp/Singleton tour from last year. I struggle to...

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My father died yesterday. Certainly not a tragedy, as he was ninety-one. And he had been in great pa...

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APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA

Facebook is not an ideal platform, for anyone interested in giving thought to the comments posted th...

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APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA II

9november2024The League Of Gentlemen…1980 The League Of Gentleman were a second-division tou...

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20.48 AOL is refusing to accept me online. Pooey pooey. One of its access numbers is engaged. Anoth...

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THAT AWFUL MAN & THE VICAR-...

It's Monday - so another video from the Fripp/Singleton tour. We are running through these chronolog...

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AIRPORT MARRIOTT, SAN...

10.50 Waking with a stream of ideas for Fripp & Fripp flying by: rising, marking & record...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2 -...

07.08 Up at 06.30, now gently exercised & showered. There was the strange case of the dog barki...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2 -...

08.44 Hernan has dropped in to report on the rehearsals & preparations of The LCG last night, a...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2+ -...

06.32 Rising at 06.00 to a chilly morn. The water was hot, here in Director Lodge and up the slope...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2+ -...

06.32 The year long project, beginning in the second half of 2006, flew by to visit at 06.15 while...

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14.35 Rising at 06.46 and over the road to World HQ I…II...… for morning reading I&he...

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09.13 We only have a certain amount of time available in which to achieve an aim. A completed aim i...

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THE SPACE BETWEEN TOO LITTLE...

Two large poplar trees were sadly felled in our local park yesterday. They had been deemed unsaf...

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10.50 There is a seemingly endless stream of questions coming in, plus a messaged complaint: one...

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12.19 E-flurry done & it appears that we now all manage to grasp the concept of a three-stage p...

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21.54 Home! And is today a birthday? Backtracking. Thursday 9th. January: T&I visited pal Tim...

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10.27 A triumph of the mundane. I am seeking information on flights, interviews, DAT tapes, and lit...

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

19.08 #507, Sofitel, Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Leaving the Little Willcox in Chiswick was hard....

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

08.29 #507, Sofitel, Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Yes. It's that time again - battling to get onlin...

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

08.56 The hunt for AOL is underway and, this morning, it appears to be successful. Two interviews t...

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

10.06 The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and the hunt for AOL is underway once more.

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07.43 Less numbers at the sitting this morning. The walk between buildings is brisk & snow is o...

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#809, HOTEL DESIGNER, W..,...

05.00 Driving in from Jersey, through the Lincoln tunnel, the skyline of Manhattan is now closer to the skyline that King Crimson saw for the first time in 1969. And it will change again. It is always a privilege, and overwhelming, to be in this remarkable & overwhelming city. The hotel is close to the Town Hall, and contemporary designer minimalist. Fortunately, not to the extent that I can't find how to switch the lights on & off, as...

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WATERSTONE'S COFFEE SHOP,...

14.42 Yippee! I am with my Little Luvvie! That is, not at this particular moment. Her afternoon show in The Marlowe is at 14.30 & the second show at 19.30. I drove down after the press conference yesterday and joined her in Hotel-Modest-But-Sufficient opposite the theatre. It is a pub that accepted an unassuming place in the world perhaps 30-40 years ago, and continues to be unassuming (without claims to more than that) with furnishings and...

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A CANTERBURY PUB.

18.26 This is a young persons pub. My now-regular pub, the Thomas Becket, was overly full half an hour ago when I walked by after escorting Toyah to the Marlowe for her evenings performance. We have had a day gentling in Canterbury.

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18.55 Home! Hooray! Little Willcox will be home tonight in the early hours. I left her at noon in her dressing room & arrived back in time for a grocery & tastinesses shopping. Now I am making this entry in my Bredonborough local, The Star, which I shall soon be deserting for extended periods of Crimsonisation. In the corner seat here by the fireplace, business is quiet at the moment. It will get much busier later.

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17.03 A quiet day at home with The Little Horse has become an e-frenzy. This comes via a third party, from a person I recently met -- -- I see that King Crimson is playing in Toronto in March 2003 with Robert. It would be fantastic to be able to see this show from a complimentary (sic) position and even say hello to Robert. This is a good example of how the joy available in performance is nailed to earth, even by good people. Perhaps the Frenc...

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18.39 Yes - crossing the Amazon. That is, getting online with AOL & then retrieving e-mail while still living. A tasty lunch with Little Willcox in Worcester & then we took Barbara & Beric for tea at the Lygon Arms in Broadway. The Lygon is a Hotel Most Acceptable. The morning began with an e-flurry & arising business. 20.38 Arising business continues --

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14.06 Sacred is where the spirit moves. A morning of desk clearing & organizing business. The Horse set off for Darlington, and has called several times along the way. The most recent call was to say that a bunch of flowers from a Valentine were waiting in her dressing room. 14.39 An eruptile e-flurry -- 19.09 What without how, even assuming why, is not much help.

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10.17 Another grey day. Rising at 05.45 my morning has already been busy. Wondering: the extent to which, for those on the Guitar Craft course in Los Molinos, the term structural engineer has been recognized as a metaphor for one engaged in the process of constructing an interior architecture. 11.23 E-nonsense. Adrian is next door in StudioBelew attempting to remember material that we have spent years working on together. I am myself attempt...

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08.02 Another grey, damp day. To try is to fail. Then how to succeed? Four qualities of "to try": Attempt Undertake Endeavour Commit. Four qualities of "to succeed": Adequacy Competence Excellence Inspired. 10.04 E-eruption & telephone flurry. The European tour continues to give me extreme vexation, and embarrassment.

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09.32 A snowy morning at Chateau Belewboible. Snow has cast its forgiving whiteness over much of the garden, transforming the unrelenting greyness of the past week. At the bottom of the garden I noticed, for the first time this visit, the gentle cascade of the rivulet that snakes along the edge of the property. This was being what it is and doing what it does. And there it is. It has been waiting patiently for me to notice it, and re-acquaint m...

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08.00 Snow in the night: the path between the buildings was covered at 06.50. The breakfast queue has returned. 08.40 Breakfast service has returned to dysfunctional. Debra sang a song that, while not quite ready to be born, was pushed into active service nevertheless. For this the lights were turned off. Afterwards there was quiet and, as the shutters of the dining room were opened, the emerging light of day & snow whisked into flurries...

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MOBILE HQ, CRIMBUS.

12.47 We left our hotel punctually at noon and are now heading towards Milwaukee. Opposite the hotel lobby a large queue was queueing to get into a small pancake house. 13.43 We are pulling into Milwaukee. 23.18 A generous audience in a mixed standing-sitting venue. Something to my left was disturbing. Not quite violation, more off-putting. I found myself unable to go to the front of the stage and acknowledge the audience, without knowing qu...

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HOTEL QUITE ACCEPTABLE,....

23.15 And with free Ethernet access, too. A call to Toyah in Norwich made my day, and that before we even left Milwaukee. A straightforward & uneventful flight to the Land-of-Tents International Airport en route to downtown Denver. Suitcase & guitar arrived in this most acceptable room with the arrival of the Crewbus an hour ago. Now, dribbling gently.

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ROOM MOST ACCEPTABLE, HOTEL...

11.00 Driving snow is blowing past on the other side of the secondary-glazed window. Life without secondary glazing is tough, let's acknowledge. This is the first day-off - day-off since I arrived in Nashville. Devil Throat is now a cold, but lingers. There is little catch-up time on the road, particularly when there are more shows in a row than Crimson Standard Operating Procedure allows for (four). We have done six & five. Adrian continue...

On Living

HOTEL QUITE ACCEPTABLE,....

20.04 Snowbound in Denver. Rising at 08.30, a notice came under the door at 09.00 -- Due to the weather (and a city ordinance forbidding people to drive in it) the promoter has cancelled tonight's show. Downtown is closed and apparently 3,700 people are stuck in Denver airport . String Cheese Incident is currently stuck in Vale, tour manager MJK tells me, but the show tomorrow looks good. So, today an opportunity to catch up with stuff.

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It seems impossible to believe that Tom Redmond is no longer with us. We have a video chat every month - I missed the last one due to my daughter's wedding, and earlier this week I got an excited message from him confirming the next. Which it would appear he is now going to miss. Not sure if I can forgive him. He always had such life and positivity. I still find it hard to believe that he is no longer with us. Paul Richards mentioned tha...

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THAT AWFUL MAN & THE VICAR -...

We have now reached the penultimate night on the Fripp/Singleton tour from last year. I struggle to recall much about the venue - but I do recall the remarks that the person asking the two cheeky questions in the video made before asking his questions. He was a music teacher, I believe, who used Kanye West's "Power" as a way to interest his students in King Crimson - and, following on from a previous question about the efforts we were making to...

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My father died yesterday. Certainly not a tragedy, as he was ninety-one. And he had been in great pain with cancer for the last few weeks, so probably a blessed release. But still a sad, and major event in my life. I am now an orphan! Last year, at the time of his ninetieth birthday, I wrote a diary where I described my entire life as a voyage around my father. And it remains true that he was my lodestar, the sure and certain foundation on which...

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APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA

Facebook is not an ideal platform, for anyone interested in giving thought to the comments posted there, of Apologia Pro Vita Sua. The postings to date are collected here in a Diary entry, with more accurate formatting and links. APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA31october-8november2024 31october2024 John Richards: Robert, I love you; your sort of cerebral, standoffish ways; your voice all caught up in your throat, avoiding the belly, belly laughs,...

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APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA II

9november2024The League Of Gentlemen…1980 The League Of Gentleman were a second-division touring new wave instrumental dance band. A cooking live band, which failed to make a record. The recording, at Arny’s Shack in Parkstone, was compromised by Johnny Toobad’s health problems. After three days in the studio, Johnny returned to London to see his dealer, leaving the album about 70% finished. Indiscretions, voices recorded in...

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20.48 AOL is refusing to accept me online. Pooey pooey. One of its access numbers is engaged. Another doesn't ring. Another splashes away pitifully before disappearing. This morning Toyah & I with pal Veronnie from near Salisbbury went to visit artists working at Chettle & Tollard Royal, and then having lunch with William, glass artiste supreme, at The Museum in Farnham. I drove Toyah back to Downton through the Chalke Valley, past DGM...

On Living

THAT AWFUL MAN & THE VICAR-...

It's Monday - so another video from the Fripp/Singleton tour. We are running through these chronologically, which brings us to Albany, a city I have always enjoyed visiting. The first time we were there, I bought a large ceramic pot from an Arts shop, much to the amusement of everyone on the tour, who laughed and wondered how many pieces it would be in by the time I got it home to present to my wife. Pat's wife, Debs, I recall was more forgiving...

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AIRPORT MARRIOTT, SAN...

10.50 Waking with a stream of ideas for Fripp & Fripp flying by: rising, marking & recording them while they were hot & available. Then to a reading breakfast where T called, very excited about The Humans’ rough mixes. 15.52 A conference lunch with speech presentations. We are all wearing our laminates, declaring who we are & our favourite rock star. My favourite Rock Star is Toyah Willcox… An after-lunch...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2 -...

07.08 Up at 06.30, now gently exercised & showered. There was the strange case of the dog barking in the night. But, unlike Watson’s comment to Holmes, there was a dog barking in the night. It must have come from the village nearby & been horrendously loud for its keeper. Here, it was loud enough to wake me up around 02.35 and keep me awake for a while. Now, off to the sitting. 08.51 A busy morning ahead for all:...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2 -...

08.44 Hernan has dropped in to report on the rehearsals & preparations of The LCG last night, and how he sees the performance tonight. At breakfast the Level One character responsible for ringing the morning bell stood up and apologised for failing to do so this morning, offering to do the dish washing this evening as a gesture of apology; and promising to “try to do better” tomorrow. But this is not enough. A point of reliabili...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2+ -...

06.32 Rising at 06.00 to a chilly morn. The water was hot, here in Director Lodge and up the slope from the meeting cabins, but only after a very cold spirtle that brought the animal closer to life. 08.15 A full sitting withy roaring fire: this is a first. Also a first: the posting of the Guitar Craft House Rules on the notice board. These are called at the first meal, prior to the formal & official beginning of a course at the Inaugu...

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GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2+ -...

06.32 The year long project, beginning in the second half of 2006, flew by to visit at 06.15 while I was in the shower. What for today, here, I wonder? 08.16 Very good & interesting contrapuntal performance by The Lab Rats at breakfast, and the first time I recall counterpoint being this explicit in a home-grown Guitar Craft piece. Rob Rushin, who seemed to be leading the group, formed the Atlanta Guitar Circle not long ago and,...

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14.35 Rising at 06.46 and over the road to World HQ I…II...… for morning reading I…II...Onto computing.11.56 Paper organizing in the Home Study.14.44 On the DGM Guestbook…Photos :: Posted by hakram on February 29, 2012Please do remember, Mr. Fripp, when fans snap your picture, we are just excited to see you. It is we, the fans, who put you where you are. We, so-to-speak, fund you. I...

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09.13 We only have a certain amount of time available in which to achieve an aim. A completed aim is a process and, as with any process, comprises several stages. Each stage is allotted a period of time, within which that stage must necessarily be reached. If we fail to reach the required stage within the allotted period, the process goes off-course; it will not complete. If the aim is our life aim, the result is a tragedy. Valley Views I&helli...

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THE SPACE BETWEEN TOO LITTLE...

Two large poplar trees were sadly felled in our local park yesterday. They had been deemed unsafe, presumably because they sometimes lose small branches in storms. No-one would want a loved one to be hurt by a falling tree, but it does raise the question of the right balance between us and the natural world. My soon-to-be son-in-law, who studied philosophy (as I did) is writing a book on ethics, and is interested in extending the notion of ri...

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10.50 There is a seemingly endless stream of questions coming in, plus a messaged complaint: one poster is disappointed in me because I have not answered their burning questions. A constant state of disappointment with That Awful Man is an excellent way to go IMO. Why? Because expectations and demands of access to his unwavering attention, however inconsiderate and unreasonable, will eventually be abandoned. And then we can all have easier li...

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12.19 E-flurry done & it appears that we now all manage to grasp the concept of a three-stage press conference. And I am off with the Little Luvvie for a few days of holidaying! Yippee! Hoorray!

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21.54 Home! And is today a birthday? Backtracking. Thursday 9th. January: T&I visited pal Tim Faulkner in Jack And The Beanstalk in Stafford, where we stayed the night en route to Yorkshire and Hotel Wonderfully Acceptable near Bolton Abbey. Friday 10th. January: checked into HWA, swimmed & saunerised & whirlpooled & then eat tasty food. Saturday & Sunday 10/11th. January: more of this, with lots of walking along the valle...

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10.27 A triumph of the mundane. I am seeking information on flights, interviews, DAT tapes, and little is presenting itself willingly. Astrologically-oriented friends tell me that Mercury is in retrograde & this will impair communication. I know nothing of this but am prepared to believe them - I am booking a ticket to & from the US for Crimson touring, guessing the city and date of my return because no-one has told me either. 21.09 A...

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

19.08 #507, Sofitel, Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Leaving the Little Willcox in Chiswick was hard. There is something about seeing my Wife for several consecutive weeks that adds to the quality of my life. A straightforward, enjoyable flight to LAX to find a chauffeur waiting with my name on a board. This I was not expecting. Charlie Hewitt tells me that Vic Garbarini, my interview for tomorrow, & the Belewbeloible Ade are held up in Nashvi...

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

08.29 #507, Sofitel, Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Yes. It's that time again - battling to get online with AOL, then get e-mail while online, then stay online long enough to reply. The good news is, from several messages waiting I was able to receive one - from Vic Garbarini, stranded by a snowstorm in Nashville. Vic is wondering how & when to meet and interview in the changed conditions. But since no-one has given me a schedule of my intervi...

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

08.56 The hunt for AOL is underway and, this morning, it appears to be successful. Two interviews this morning, and the Playback/Q&A this evening at Sushi On Sunset.

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#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...

10.06 The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and the hunt for AOL is underway once more.

On Living

07.43 Less numbers at the sitting this morning. The walk between buildings is brisk & snow is on the ground. Wind whistles. Outside my door, the breakfast queue queues, but in the anticipation of more rapid access to food & drink. 08.35 Comments over breakfast on the performance. A good one: what to do, after a performance, with the energy that becomes available in the performance? And some info from the large Kitchen Team that played...

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