King Crimson

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2003 20:43 schreef Seborik het volgende:
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Dit boxje wordt m'n eerstvolgende King Crimson aankoop. Ik heb er nu al honderd keer naar staan kijken bij de platenwinkel in Bergen op Zoom. Hij staat er al jaren en wil maar niet verkocht worden.

De muziek blijft iets uitdagends hebben, ongeacht het aantal luisterbeurten en nummers als Epitaph en Starless blijven met hun schoonheid in staat om mij tot emotie te roeren.

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Op zaterdag 28 juni 2003 20:58 schreef Seborik het volgende:

Lark's Tongues in Aspen.

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Which brings me back to an ongoing personal topic: performance satisfaction. The presence of photographers waiting to pounce was palpable. It is a constant, ongoing threat that confirmed the decision that followed Valencia: this is not the way I can live my performance life: playing with the constant threat/presence of violation. As I was afraid it would be from the beginning, when the first plans for this Eurotour being presented too late to reject, this is The King Crimson Farewell Tour Of Europe (2003).

The history of the band should teach me never to say never again, that nothing is final. So, instead, this: I cannot foresee any conditions under which I can be part of a King Crimson that tours Europe in the future. Ade loves touring Italy, so convince Italian Crimson fans not to take photographs. Poland is remarkably supportive of Crimson, so find an appropriate venue. And so on. And so on.

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Op maandag 21 juli 2003 07:48 schreef Zander het volgende:
Ik ben blij dat ik ze dan een keer gezien heb, en het verklaart wel waarom Fripp met zijn rug naar het publiek toespeelde op NSJ.

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Friday Night Saturday Monring 4-5th. July, 2003; 01.13

Crimbus Outside Venue, Barcelona.

Another fucking spoiled evening.

My playing has suffered in response to the constant photography. Or maybe I'm just not playing well. The flashes tonight carried a different intent to usual: tonight many were deliberate spoiling moves. There was a vindictiveness behind the flashes. And they succeeded. They had an effect that will carry beyond this evening. So, I should begin to plan an alternative future to one based on live performance.

I asked John to reposition my rig tomorrow, to put the Lunar Module at 90 degrees to the front of stage. This faces me away from the audience more than usual, more than ever. It marks a qualitative shift in my performance mode, to exclude the audience from my focus to an extent that substantially invalidates my being onstage.

I am not playing well, and that disturbs me.

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Today's performance: we went onstage at 18.00 following an inappropriate announcement regarding photography.

Firstly, better not to ask for a situation where there is no hope of successfully achieving that situation. Secondly, don't get a festival announcer to make a finely-tuned & considered announcement (prepared by our Production Team): he will interpret, translate & colour the announcement to make it "better". The "improvement", or what-you-would-have-said-if-you-had-been-able-to-express-it-as-well-as-the-announcer, will become "self-expression".

The announcement as planned was gentle. The announcement as made was brutal. When a request is made, any non-compliance can only be intrusive, non-consensual. And so it was. It ruined my show and led directly to a number of clams in Elektrik.

Otherwise, what would conventionally be called a good audience & strong show. Conventionally.

A personal highlight: the number of women leaving as Adrian began his solo in LTIA IV.

Afterwards, I walked with Pat to cheer for Van The Man. The festival assistant responsible for taking care of artists didn't, mis-directed us, and we had no hope of getting even close. We went to see Cassandra Wilson instead. The house lights were on full, the stage lights were on full. I liked this lighting. There were flashes every 30 seconds. They drove me out. Back to the hotel through a packed mass of heaving people.

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Backtracking
Friday 11th. July: Dour Festival. An hour and ten minutes is a good amount of time to play: the focus is close. There were flashes, but they didn't have the impact they would at a dedicated King Crimson performance. Why?

When Crimson plays within a context determined by others, we accept the House Rules of the event. This has the effect that:

1. We have no responsibility for the event as a whole. Our responsibility is limited to the band's performance within that event.
2. Accepting the House Rules, behaviour within those Rules is therefore consensual.

So, I didn't welcome the photography, didn't encourage it, but accepted that this was part of the performance practice at this event.

We had the impression that many of the audience would not otherwise get to see Crimson: new ears. Hooray! this was the aim in playing the festivals. Pat commented that when Ade hit his solo in Level Five, heads turned.

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Op zaterdag 9 augustus 2003 18:38 schreef CloseToTheEdge het volgende:
Toch vreemd dat niemand het over Starless and Bible Black heeft, terwijl ik dat een van de betere albums vind. Vooral Fracture vind ik een fantastisch opgebouwd nummer.

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DGM and Sanctuary Records are bound to release the new King Crimson DVD, "Eyes Wide Open", on Tuesday, October 7.

The two-disc set includes two concerts from the 2000 "ConstruKction of Light" and 2003 "Power to Believe" tours and bonus footage of improvs, rehearsals, and sound checks.

The track listing:

- Disc 1 -

Live in Japan: Tokyo, Kouseinenkin Kaikan, April 16, 2003

Introductory Soundscape - The Power to Believe I (A Cappella) - Level Five - ProzaKc Blues - The ConstruKction Of Light - Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With - Elektrik - One Time - Facts Of Life - The Power To Believe II (Power Circle) - Dangerous Curves - Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part IV - The Deception Of The Thrush - The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum

Bonus footage: Tokyo Sound & Camera Check

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Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire: London, July 3, 2000

Into The Frying Pan - The ConstruKction Of Light - VROOOM - One Time - London Improv I: Blasticus SS Blastica - Dinosaur - The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum - London Improv II: C Blasticum Cage - ProzaKc Blues - Larks' Tongues In Aspic: Part IV - Three Of A Perfect Pair - The Deception Of The Thrush - Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream - Heroes

Bonus footage: Improvising Crimson

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het zal wel de "K" in de maand zijn....

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Op maandag 29 september 2003 12:30 schreef MuadDib het volgende:
En dan 15 oktober nog de 21st Century Schizoid Band in De Boerderij...

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