First of three shows at the Park West. I've been to the Park West a number of times, for King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and Concrete Blonde, among others. Not sure what the capacity is officially, it has a main floor and a balcony (not to mention they serve alcohol inside the club so that the alcoholics in the crowd can get liquored up without missing a song). I assume the capacity is a little larger than the Belcourt, maybe 400-500. They have a couple of screens for audio-visuals, but they didn't really get much use tonight.
I sat on the right side and so was able to see Fripp directly, and so was reminded of just how brilliant his playing was. I long ago stopped playing guitar but can understand just how good he is.
The song list:
1) Drum duet
2) ConstruKtion of Light, Pt1
3) ConstruKtion of Light, Pt2
4) Frame by Frame
5) Red
6) Neurotica
7) Three of a Perfect Pair
8) Vroom/Coda:Marine 475
9) One Time
10) B'boom
11) Dinosaur
12) Level Five
13) Talking Drum
14) Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2
Encore:
15) Drum duet
16) Thela Hun Ginjeet
17) Indiscipline
18) Elephant Talk
The crowd was pretty hot, giving a standing ovation for almost every song. They really wanted another encore, and they teased it for a minute or so before lifting the lights.
It'll be interesting to see if they move the set list around much for the next two nights.