well, my feelings are very different. The CD leaves me cold: while on 'TCOL' there was some feeling of new things coming (more 'rock' rhythm section, electronics), the new one is just repetiotion. I really like 'happy with...' (the song), and it was a great moment of the show. Otherwise, when they played older material (ET, FbF, Red), I was wondering how evident it was that the older tunes are better then the new ones. As for the 'off night' hypothesis - well, Fripp looked very happy after the show, he put his hand on his heart while thanking the crowd (which went absolutely mad). More probable is that it's me who is no more impressed by their music. Well, time passes, and it may be i'm more a Crimhead. But when they played ET, I could not stop thinking, 'jeez, what a incredible tune it is' - really, it sets a whole style. But Naked City was just unbelievable! They also played the old stuff, but enthousiasm was there, and they were just too incredible. They played, IMO, 3 new tunes: a FF 'algerian' piece, a masada tune, and one new radio-like thing. Everyone was very happy to play those tunes. I think that this band needs to be head live to see how the music is build. Marcin ----- Original Message ----- From: <ssmith36@sprynet.com> What a complete surprise and delight, then, to come away from the current tour feeling like the band had rediscovered its spark. Much of the new material was really strong live; the band had truly gelled and the improvisatory quotient was up again (though certainly not to the level of '72-'74). Maybe you just caught an "off" night -- Fripp has certainly kvetched about playing Europe (and particularly Poland) in the past.