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On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Becoming present is always an act against gravity... Two Principles on the road to Recognition&hell...
25 Nov 2024

On Living

MOUNT JULIET.
09.32 A snowy morning at Chateau Belewboible. Snow has cast its forgiving whiteness over much of th...
23 Feb 2003

On Living

#809, HOTEL DESIGNER, W..,...
05.00 Driving in from Jersey, through the Lincoln tunnel, the skyline of Manhattan is now closer to...
05 Mar 2003

On Living

MOBILE HQ, CRIMBUS.
12.47 We left our hotel punctually at noon and are now heading towards Milwaukee. Opposite the hote...
16 Mar 2003

On Living

HOTEL QUITE ACCEPTABLE,....
23.15 And with free Ethernet access, too. A call to Toyah in Norwich made my day, and that before w...
17 Mar 2003

On Living

ROOM MOST ACCEPTABLE, HOTEL...
11.00 Driving snow is blowing past on the other side of the secondary-glazed window. Life without s...
18 Mar 2003

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 we...
19 Mar 2003

On Living

TOM REDMOND
It seems impossible to believe that Tom Redmond is no longer with us. We have a video chat every mon...
22 Sep 2023

On Living

THAT AWFUL MAN & THE VICAR -...
We have now reached the penultimate night on the Fripp/Singleton tour from last year. I struggle to...
25 Apr 2023

On Living

FAREWELL DAD
My father died yesterday. Certainly not a tragedy, as he was ninety-one. And he had been in great pa...
29 Oct 2023

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
John Richards: Robert, I love you; your sort of cerebral, standoffish ways; your voice all caught up...
31 Oct 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
9november2024The League Of Gentlemen…1980 The League Of Gentleman were a second-division tou...
09 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Is this the right time and place to address the right question to the right person?... QUESTIONS F...
21 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
A burning question does not come from the head… An apophatic clue to burning questions: a bu...
23 Nov 2024

On Living

MOUNT JULIET.
08.02 Another grey, damp day. To try is to fail. Then how to succeed? Four qualities of "to try":...
22 Feb 2003

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
When our head is placed where sunshine never falls, better not to comment on the weather… It...
26 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
All that we properly have in life is the quality of our attention… The beginning of seeing o...
10 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
I am no longer prepared to absorb the desires of others, particularly where this undermines my integ...
11 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
My life as a professional musician changed irrevocably from that point… Wednesday 23rd. Dece...
12 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Any right is accompanied by a corresponding obligation… A primary characteristic of being pr...
14 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
The comments below continue on from my response to a discussion between several members of The Guita...
15 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Arguments, agreements, advice, answers…  Chris Fleming: It’s unclear to me why Ro...
16 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Better to sign autographs and posture for photography… Monday 14th. December, 1998; DGM Worl...
17 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Fixed attitudes, prejudices, beliefs and performance practices limit the possibilities for the perfo...
18 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Rules Of Engagement.   I engage with goodwill. If someone wanders into my world, head placed...
01 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
To engage with others requires that we are available to engage. Simple, unadorned comments where KC...
03 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Questions, questions… I am setting my affairs in order, a mess after decades of outer moveme...
07 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
In seeking to raise the frequency level of engagement… In seeking to raise the frequency lev...
08 Nov 2024

On Living

#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...
19.08 #507, Sofitel, Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Leaving the Little Willcox in Chiswick was hard....
16 Jan 2003

On Living

THAT AWFUL MAN & THE VICAR-...
It's Monday - so another video from the Fripp/Singleton tour. We are running through these chronolog...
06 Feb 2023

On Living

AIRPORT MARRIOTT, SAN...
10.50 Waking with a stream of ideas for Fripp & Fripp flying by: rising, marking & record...
15 Feb 2008

On Living

GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2 -...
07.08 Up at 06.30, now gently exercised & showered. There was the strange case of the dog barki...
26 Jan 2002

On Living

GUITAR CRAFT LEVELS 1 & 2 -...
08.44 Hernan has dropped in to report on the rehearsals & preparations of The LCG last night, a...
31 Jan 2002

On Living

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...
12 Feb 2002

On Living

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...
15 Feb 2002

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
14.35 Rising at 06.46 and over the road to World HQ I…II...… for morning reading I&he...
08 Mar 2012

On Living

DGM HQ.
09.13 We only have a certain amount of time available in which to achieve an aim. A completed aim i...
29 Mar 2007

On Living

THE SPACE BETWEEN TOO LITTLE...
Two large poplar trees were sadly felled in our local park yesterday. They had been deemed unsaf...
05 Jul 2023

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
20.48 AOL is refusing to accept me online. Pooey pooey. One of its access numbers is engaged. Anoth...
06 Jan 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
12.19 E-flurry done & it appears that we now all manage to grasp the concept of a three-stage p...
09 Jan 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
21.54 Home! And is today a birthday? Backtracking. Thursday 9th. January: T&I visited pal Tim...
13 Jan 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
10.27 A triumph of the mundane. I am seeking information on flights, interviews, DAT tapes, and lit...
14 Jan 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
10.50 There is a seemingly endless stream of questions coming in, plus a messaged complaint: one...
09 Jan 2022

On Living

#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...
08.29 #507, Sofitel, Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. Yes. It's that time again - battling to get onlin...
17 Jan 2003

On Living

#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...
08.56 The hunt for AOL is underway and, this morning, it appears to be successful. Two interviews t...
18 Jan 2003

On Living

#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...
10.06 The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and the hunt for AOL is underway once more.
19 Jan 2003

On Living

LOS MOLINOS.
07.43 Less numbers at the sitting this morning. The walk between buildings is brisk & snow is o...
30 Jan 2003

On Living

LOS MOLINOS.
08.00 Snow in the night: the path between the buildings was covered at 06.50. The breakfast queue h...
31 Jan 2003

On Living

WATERSTONE'S COFFEE SHOP,...
14.42 Yippee! I am with my Little Luvvie! That is, not at this particular moment. Her afternoon sho...
06 Feb 2003

On Living

A CANTERBURY PUB.
18.26 This is a young persons pub. My now-regular pub, the Thomas Becket, was overly full half an h...
07 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
18.55 Home! Hooray! Little Willcox will be home tonight in the early hours. I left her at noon in h...
08 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
17.03 A quiet day at home with The Little Horse has become an e-frenzy. This comes via a third part...
09 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
18.39 Yes - crossing the Amazon. That is, getting online with AOL & then retrieving e-mail whil...
10 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
14.06 Sacred is where the spirit moves. A morning of desk clearing & organizing business. The...
11 Feb 2003

On Living

MOUNT JULIET.
10.17 Another grey day. Rising at 05.45 my morning has already been busy. Wondering: the extent to...
16 Feb 2003

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Becoming present is always an act against gravity... Two Principles on the road to Recognition…   I have the right to be seen!I deserve to be acknowledged! The principle is this: we pay for what we receive.The principle is this: where we have a right, we have an obligation. If we feel we are not receiving what we deserve, good to check whether we have paid in advance.Where we feel our right is not being honoured, good to see whet...
25 Nov 2024

On Living

MOUNT JULIET.
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...
23 Feb 2003

On Living

#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...
05 Mar 2003

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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...
16 Mar 2003

On Living

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.
17 Mar 2003

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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...
18 Mar 2003

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.
19 Mar 2003

On Living

TOM REDMOND
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...
22 Sep 2023

On Living

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...
25 Apr 2023

On Living

FAREWELL DAD
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...
29 Oct 2023

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APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
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, the guts; your avoidance Vega iota maybe spawned by being on the spectrum maybe; but stop answering questions with more questions! That’s a ruse to control the conversation without adding to it. If you are going to host these supposed dialogs, then engage in a dialog and cut the patriarchal...
31 Oct 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
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...
09 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Is this the right time and place to address the right question to the right person?... QUESTIONS Four criteria to reconsider: 1. Is this the right question?2. Is this the right person to whom this right question is being addressed?3. Is this the right time to address this right question being asked of the right person?4. Is this the right time and place to address this right question to the right person being asked to answer it? Question: how...
21 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
A burning question does not come from the head… An apophatic clue to burning questions: a burning question does not come from the head. Head questions are, mostly, associational. The first nominal question carries along in its wake at least one more, associationally generated, questions. There is little power in these questions, and to answer them is an energy drain. I feel my will to live slipping away. They give nothing in return. An an...
23 Nov 2024

On Living

MOUNT JULIET.
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.
22 Feb 2003

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
When our head is placed where sunshine never falls, better not to comment on the weather… It doesn’t matter to me if someone is stupid. It matters to me if they don’t know they’re stupid, because then they’re dangerous. Once we know we’re stupid, when we know our ignorance, this is the beginning of practical knowledge: knowing who and what we are. An opinion is useless. Our experience is substantial. A consi...
26 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
All that we properly have in life is the quality of our attention… The beginning of seeing others, is to see them. This is on the ground floor. Little Me, the egotism, only sees itself. This is in the Basement. This is a lonely place, because Little Me is all there is, bumping blindly around. We are apart from the world, and the world is only our projection of what we think it might be: a larger Basement than ours. To escape this lonelin...
10 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
I am no longer prepared to absorb the desires of others, particularly where this undermines my integrity and compromises my aim.Responses to the DGM Guestbook: 1. The Award for Dopiest Post of Recent Weeks goes to Joe Anstett. In reference to the illicit taper at a ProjeKct Four performance in Boulder, Joe moves to defend the right of bootleggers to spittle-free footwear when challenged in the midst of their illicit acts, and indicates the Vena...
11 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
My life as a professional musician changed irrevocably from that point… Wednesday 23rd. December, 1998;          15.50 I met Karin Durbin when she was writing an article on The Roches for the Village Voice. Karen was interested in interviewing the producer of their debut record on Warner Bros., and through Karen I met M. Mark. These two sharp, sophisticated and articulate women, and living in...
12 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Any right is accompanied by a corresponding obligation… A primary characteristic of being present is that, in “seeing” ourselves, we see others. If we are present to ourselves, we make no demand on others for acknowledgement: acknowledging myself is sufficient. If there are others in the room who are present, they also see me: no demand from me upon them is necessary. If we are not present, we are blind to others. And, not se...
14 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
The comments below continue on from my response to a discussion between several members of The Guitar Circle attending the course in Argentina, Monday 15th. – Sunday 21st., April 2024 https://guitarcraft.com/event/the-world-needs-us-right-now-2024. IVThe Guitar Circle Nothing is compulsory, but some things are necessary. A primary aim for me on courses is to support conditions where attendees can explore who and what they are, their resp...
15 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Arguments, agreements, advice, answers…  Chris Fleming: It’s unclear to me why Robert Fripp is posting this…Djogo Patrão: Why Fripp answers internet trolls? He is around since ET so he should know better.RF: Two or three clicks away… https://www.dgmlive.com/news/why-publish-negative-posts Why Publish Negative Posts? ITo refine my personal practice 1. To develop equanimity, to find a Still Point within th...
16 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Better to sign autographs and posture for photography… Monday 14th. December, 1998; DGM World Central, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire; 21.50 Guestbook Responses: "Professional" philosophising is not for me. Although seeking to understand my life and living of it, and therefore life and the living of it by others, is ongoing. "Professional" musicianship is not for me.Although seeking to understand the nature and the power of the creative impu...
17 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Fixed attitudes, prejudices, beliefs and performance practices limit the possibilities for the performance taking on a life of its own… Some further comments taken from my response to a discussion between several members of The Guitar Circle who attended the course in Argentina, Monday 15th. – Sunday 21st., April 2024 https://guitarcraft.com/event/the-world-needs-us-right-now-2024. VIILunlunta Performances There were two performan...
18 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Rules Of Engagement.   I engage with goodwill. If someone wanders into my world, head placed where sunshine never falls and comments on the weather, good to be prepared for rain. We are responsible for our comments.We are accountable for our actions.We are held publicly accountable for our public actions, including posting and commentary.We are not asked to passively accept any idea / comment presented to us.Rather, we are encouraged to...
01 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
To engage with others requires that we are available to engage. Simple, unadorned comments where KC, and other music associated with me, supported people in their lives - good times, bad times, and times in between – these I cherish. They support my life, which has itself had some batterings. I have experimented directly with various ways of engaging with audients, and those who have taken an interest in my work, since Frippertronics at t...
03 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
Questions, questions… I am setting my affairs in order, a mess after decades of outer movement and touring.My present stage, in the process of a life, is one of recapitulation: to digest my experience in the past that it may inform, direct and nourish my tomorrow. So while I am measuring / weighing the past, with the aim of releasing me tomorrow, today I am in between. To re-enter my experience of before requires of me that I enter my ex...
07 Nov 2024

On Living

APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
In seeking to raise the frequency level of engagement… In seeking to raise the frequency level of engagement, in order to see the humanity of the other person directly, I have used different approaches at different times, places and situations. For example… The application of reason: to present arguments as to why the demand is inappropriate. To challenge the reason for the demand. To call out the assumption. Michael Dornbi...
08 Nov 2024

On Living

#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...
16 Jan 2003

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...
06 Feb 2023

On Living

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...
15 Feb 2008

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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:...
26 Jan 2002

On Living

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...
31 Jan 2002

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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...
12 Feb 2002

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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,...
15 Feb 2002

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BREDONBOROUGH.
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...
08 Mar 2012

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DGM HQ.
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...
29 Mar 2007

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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...
05 Jul 2023

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BREDONBOROUGH.
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...
06 Jan 2003

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BREDONBOROUGH.
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!  
09 Jan 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
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...
13 Jan 2003

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BREDONBOROUGH.
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...
14 Jan 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
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...
09 Jan 2022

On Living

#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...
17 Jan 2003

On Living

#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.
18 Jan 2003

On Living

#507, SOFITEL, BEVERLY BLVD.,...
10.06 The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and the hunt for AOL is underway once more.
19 Jan 2003

On Living

LOS MOLINOS.
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...
30 Jan 2003

On Living

LOS MOLINOS.
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...
31 Jan 2003

On Living

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...
06 Feb 2003

On Living

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.
07 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
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.
08 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
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...
09 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
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 --
10 Feb 2003

On Living

BREDONBOROUGH.
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.
11 Feb 2003

On Living

MOUNT JULIET.
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...
16 Feb 2003

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