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Sid Smith
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Freelancer writing about music & musicians in print & online. I share an office with a cat called The Bug.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Starless (box set) - Wikipedia
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November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
From 2014. Now sold out I think
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I was lucky enough to be at the first public performance of the music from that album in Halmstad as a guest of the IB gang (I'd been going to their annual Expo for several years before). Hearing PH rehearsing with them at close quarters was, well, fucking astonishing.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Honestly, the best album Van der Graaf Generator never made.
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I salute your impeccable taste. It's certainly a beauty.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hard agree - gorgeous sound, superb playing = beautiful album.
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Mad, init!
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I was at the same gig. I'd travelled up from Newcastle with my sister Lesley. The last time we both saw Fripp on stage together was at Birmingham Town Hall in 1973, so there was a nice symmetry to it.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Terrific set.
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It's the steps to a railway bridge, late afternoon. The light had taken on a weird vibe due to impending snow or rain. Suddenly very cold and very quiet - no cars, no trains, and most tellingly, no birdsong - I stopped and took the pic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You beat me to it - I was planning on starting my own #ecmodyssey in January. Looking forward to following in your footsteps on this.
November 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Work of national importance.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM