Bocephus's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Bocephus1999-11-14T09:06:45ZDouble Trio (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Bocephus/writeups/Double+TrioBocephushttp://everything2.com/user/Bocephus1999-11-14T09:06:45Z1999-11-14T09:06:45Z<a href="/title/Robert+Fripp">Robert Fripp</a>'s name for the incarnation of King Crimson which recorded the 1995 album <a href="/title/THRAK">THRAK</a>. It is comprised of two "power trios." Fripp's original goal was to have a trio <a href="/title/Pat+Mastelotto">Pat Mastelotto</a>, <a href="/title/Trey+Gunn">Trey Gunn</a>, and himself opposite a trio of <a href="/title/Adrian+Belew">Adrian Belew</a>,&<a href="/title/Tony+Levin">Tony Levin</a>, and <a href="/title/Bill+Bruford">Bill Bruford</a>. The idea worked better in theory than in practice.<p>
On another note, the symbol Fripp chose for the Double Trio is the same as that of the <a href="/title/Discordians">Discordians</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Pat Mastelotto (person)http://everything2.com/user/Bocephus/writeups/Pat+MastelottoBocephushttp://everything2.com/user/Bocephus1999-11-13T09:59:07Z1999-11-13T09:59:07Z<p>A longtime session drummer who played the skins for Mr. Mister in the 1980s. His first significant gig after that (other than a brief period with <a href="/title/XTC">XTC</a>) was playing drums on an album by <a href="/title/David+Sylvian">David Sylvian</a> and <a href="/title/Robert+Fripp">Robert Fripp</a>. When Fripp reformed <a href="/title/King+Crimson">King Crimson</a> in late 1993, Mastelotto was called in to be the second drummer in the <a href="/title/Double+Trio">Double Trio</a>, alongside the godlike <a href="/title/Bill+Bruford">Bill Bruford</a>.</p>
<p>Mastelotto is more of a groove-based drummer than Bruford, and his playing reflects this.</p>Atom Heart Mother (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Bocephus/writeups/Atom+Heart+MotherBocephushttp://everything2.com/user/Bocephus1999-11-13T09:16:46Z1999-11-13T09:16:46Z<p>A <a href="/title/progressive+rock">progressive rock</a> <a href="/title/album">album</a> by <a href="/title/Pink+Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>. It was made in 1970, at the height of the <a href="/title/orchestration">orchestration</a> fad in British <a href="/title/music">music</a>, fueled by bands such as the <a href="/title/Moody+Blues">Moody Blues</a> and <a href="/title/King+Crimson">King Crimson</a>. it contains a bizarre, 24-minute-long suite written with the assistance of a <a href="/title/modern">modern</a> <a href="/title/composer">composer</a>, a 13-minute exercise in non-aggressive music entitled "<a href="/title/Alan%2527s+Psychedelic+Breakfast">Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast</a>", and three excellent <a href="/title/pop">pop</a> songs.</p>Chapman stick (thing)http://everything2.com/user/Bocephus/writeups/Chapman+stickBocephushttp://everything2.com/user/Bocephus1999-11-13T09:13:10Z1999-11-13T09:13:10Z<p>A fiendishly difficult instrument to play. It has the scale length of a <a href="/title/bass">bass</a> and the range of a <a href="/title/piano">piano</a>. It is played with a technique somewhat reminiscent of <a href="/title/Eddie+Van+Halen">Eddie Van Halen</a>'s famous two-handed <a href="/title/tapping">tapping</a>, except that the right hand, which plays the bass strings (which are reversed from their normal order on a bass guitar, to make the instrument more symmetrical), is held perpendicular to the instrument. Famous users include <a href="/title/Tony+Levin">Tony Levin</a>, <a href="/title/John+Myung">John Myung</a> of <a href="/title/Dream+Theater">Dream Theater</a>, and <a href="/title/Trey+Gunn">Trey Gunn</a>.</p>