Weird Idiosyncracies of Musicians?

the fat of dead animals and mouldy fruit? I can't see that diet catching on.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Apparently Robert Fripp is the same way but not Steve Hackett(who's hand I shook). Speaking of Fripp though I made the mistake of trying to speak to him before a show(he was opening for Porcupine Tree as a solo act doing the soundscape thingy). Apparently what he does is he stands back and looks at the stage in order to prepare himself for his performance(a kind of a spiritual preparation I guess). When I spoke to him he gave me what I call "prayer hands" but didn't say anything.

I've got to say I understand Fripp very well here. I wouldn't exactly be in talkative mood either before important presentations (or the few gigs I did long ago).

I would've liked to contribute something about Fripp but I can't recall it properly. In the early eighties I read a feature, I think in Sounds, by a music journalist who wrote about his experiences. I thought it was Steve Lake but having done a bit of research about Steve Lake now I think that's wrong because I don't know whether he ever wrote for Sounds and by the end of the seventies he was already pretty much done as a music journalist whereas the person I'm talking about was new to the job 1975 at the earliest if I remember correctly. Anyway, this guy lived with Robert Fripp for a week or so (it was at some point between Red and Discipline with KC temporarily not existing) and wrote about a number of weird things like hygiene obsession and how Robert would go on about how the world wasn't ready for his genius. Pity that I have to recollect this from my not very reliable memory so don't take this as "information". Anyway, if anybody can remember this thing, please fill my holes. Probably unlikely but some people here are walking encyclopedias, aren't you? 

in his book Memoirs of An Amnesiac, Satie described his diet: “My only nourishment consists of food that is white: eggs, sugar, shredded bones, the fat of dead animals, veal, salt, coconuts, chicken cooked in white water, moldy fruit, rice, turnips, sausages in camphor, pastry, cheese (white varieties), cotton salad, and certain kinds of fish (without their skin). I boil my wine and drink it cold mixed with the juice of the Fuchsia. I have a good appetite, but never talk when eating for fear of strangling myself.”

BaldJean wrote: not prog, but composer Eric Satie ate only food that was white

Wow. I wonder why (and what he ate).

BaldJean wrote: not prog, but composer Eric Satie ate only food that was white

Wow. I wonder why (and what he ate).

Apparently the whole M&M thing was a test to make sure that the venue actually read through the important technical documents carefully. They had a fairly elaborate stage/lighting set-up (for the time) and it would have been a safety hazard if things weren't done to specification.

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