tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post7334214897715350829..comments2023-12-28T16:38:26.304-08:00Comments on ACravan: FILE UNDER POPULAR (TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS)ACravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-64285862852134375902012-08-21T10:02:21.822-07:002012-08-21T10:02:21.822-07:00Thank you. That's the nicest thing anyone has...Thank you. That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. I intend to print out your kind words and show them to my daughter at opportune moments. I hope you visit again. I try to keep things varied, as you have probably seen. Curtis ACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-70723764237107991792012-08-21T08:14:58.512-07:002012-08-21T08:14:58.512-07:00I discovered your web site via Google while lookin...I discovered your web site via Google while looking for a related subject, lucky for me your web site came up, its a great website. I have bookmarked it in my Google bookmarks. You really are a phenomenal person with a brilliant mind! <a href="http://phoenixpaintinganddrywall.com/" rel="nofollow">phoenix painting</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-30564149561163382032012-08-12T03:52:59.943-07:002012-08-12T03:52:59.943-07:00Thank you for this additional note. I've been...Thank you for this additional note. I've been remiss at answering correspondence lately because I've been (uselessly) on pins-and-needles about certain things I can't control and equally stressed by other things I can control. Recent scientific/spiritual data confirms, however, that I've now surpassed the "this too shall pass" limiting pseudo-barrier. I will check out everything you mention. Greetings from the Hudson Valley. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-21926067726217216192012-08-01T11:45:02.332-07:002012-08-01T11:45:02.332-07:00His website has some other examples of his excelle...His website has some other examples of his excellent writing. It's worth looking for some other examples come to think of it. Of course he's politically outspoken. And quite a good lyricist.<br /><br />Subsequently it occurred to me the Henry Cow's 'Legend' and King Crimson's 'Lark's Tongue in Aspic' were contemporary. This possibly set the stage.<br /><br />I have a friend who actually worked for Cutler and Recommended for a time. The fellow's also an avid Sun Ra fan. A nice memory was accompanying him to a '78 Sun Ra Arkestra concert at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, after it moved to Michigan Avenue and The Blackstone Hotel temporarily. The Arkestra was around 20 pieces then, plus June and some other dancers, so Joe Segal was allowed to use the ballroom. Quite a spectacle needless to say. After the performance there was a sort meet and greet and album sale. My pal bought some of the legendary records with the hand drawn sleeves. My pal tells me that Cutler also bought many of these. I can't say I shared his love for them, although I do like them. 'Magic City' and a couple of others I can't remember just now graced my long gone vinyl collection. I mentiond before about the Blegvad Trio concert. Well at that I gave Cutler a tape of a Sun Ra tribute concert I made, that was a broadcast of the Chicago Jazz Fsetival that Sun Ra performed at several times. Quite good also, some of his veterans like Pat Patrick. Cutler seemed pleased.Gary A Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212510186968039070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-73075840270117758272012-08-01T09:49:51.468-07:002012-08-01T09:49:51.468-07:00It's great to receive your note and I fully un...It's great to receive your note and I fully understand regarding the King Crimson issue. But given the shortcomings of most other music writing, I am grateful that Chris Cutler both writes and drums. I kind of like his snare sound, but I am not a musician. (My daughter is.) Currently, I'm functioning as a house painter whose back is getting really sore. Best, CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720858203931120530.post-8457622410795559342012-08-01T06:42:53.927-07:002012-08-01T06:42:53.927-07:00Chris Cutler avoids mentioning King Crimson in thi...Chris Cutler avoids mentioning King Crimson in this book. That sort of unmarked it for me, I was puzzled and asked some people. Cutler didn't think that Crimson was 'progressive' enough. Ridiculous, I thought. There must be more to it, considering Robert Fripp's involvement with Centipede and Matching Mole. Eventually I read that Cutler was upset that his drumming had never been discussed in any of the major music publications, and he mentions Bill Bruford as an example of someone who had. I thought Cutler was well covered myself. Being American I'm sure I read different publications. So I'm still guessing about the acrimony. I think it was a bit of jealousy and possibly some sort of altercation. You have to hand it to Brian Eno for working with Fripp, Robert Wyatt and Fred Frith. He cut right through that controversy. I'd actually be afraid to bring it up to Cutler, who I actually spoke to several times.<br /><br />That said, he's a good musician and writer, and being a drummer myself, one of my favorites. Although I'm not always pleased with his snare sound. His work with Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer is superb.<br /><br />Thanks Acravan.Gary A Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212510186968039070noreply@blogger.com