Frippertronics at the Mab/ was FIRST LOOPING MEMORIES

[landman@wco.com (Mark Landman)]

Rick,

That is indeed somewhat amazing that we were "there", and are now "here".

It seems a disproportunately large amount of LD'ers were powerfully
motivated/inspired by RF & Frippertronics, which also amazes me, because,
frankly for years I thought nobody else would be interested in that sort of
thing...

I would imagine it's a pleasant thing for RF to know that something he did
affected people in a lasting and positive manner.

Mark


>Mark Landman wrote:
>
><But seeing Fripp do his Frippertronics thing live at the Mabuhay Gardens
>(an old punk rock icon) in July of 1979 was a powerful experience.>
>
>
>Wow, Mark, reading yours and Max's posts really made me feel nostalgic
>and......................
>
>..........I was at the same Frippertronics gig at the Fab Mab in '79!!!!
>
> Amazing!!!
>
>I screwed up my courage and went up to talk to Fripp (who was like a major
>god to me then----he's still kind of a minor deity to this day) and waited
>until everyone talked to him and approached him.   I had studied with
>Gregory Bateson in college and his name came up and we ended up having 
>this
>pretty long conversation about Summerhill and alternative education.  He 
>was
>really nice and genuinely seemed to care about what I had to say.  I was
>impressed by his
>'realness' (he, after all, was a god :-).
>
>
>ah............as Bill McNeil would say in News Radio,  "Good times....good
>times?
>
>Rick Walker (loop.pool)