GILES

Michael Giles on the Giles,Giles & Fripp song “Erudite Eyes,” recorded in 1968:

“We’d found an area of freedom where you weren’t a jazzer or a rocker, you just got into this other zone. 
It’s an exciting place to be. There are some fabulous moments where you’ve got an instrument in front 
of you and you’ve got the ability to manipulate this set of tools… you get to a higher level and something
else is playing you, something else is telling you what to do.”

(source: Sid Smith’s In the Court of King Crimson)

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About Jay Babcock

I am an independent writer and editor based in Tucson, Arizona. I publish LANDLINE at jaybabcock.substack.com Previously: I co-founded and edited Arthur Magazine (2002-2008, 2012-13) and curated the three Arthur music festival events (Arthurfest, ArthurBall, and Arthur Nights) (2005-6). Prior to that I was a district office staffer for Congressman Henry A. Waxman, a DJ at Silver Lake pirate radio station KBLT, a copy editor at Larry Flynt Publications, an editor at Mean magazine, and a freelance journalist contributing work to LAWeekly, Mojo, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Vibe, Rap Pages, Grand Royal and many other print and online outlets. An extended piece I wrote on Fela Kuti was selected for the Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 anthology. In 2006, I was somehow listed in the Music section of Los Angeles Magazine's annual "Power" issue. In 2007-8, I produced a blog called "Nature Trumps," about the L.A. River. From 2010 to 2021, I lived in rural wilderness in Joshua Tree, Ca.