Now, if King Crimson accepts responsibility for innovating its own tradition, you can't accept responsibility for the audience. And there is an enormous tangible weight of expectation, which comes from an audience attending a King Crimson concert.

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

I continue to explain that plot inconsistencies in B movies are consistent, and should not be allowed to undermine one's enjoyment of the action, nor the fundamental credibility of the storyline: the good & bad guys are clearly delineated & easily recognizable, the hero duffs over the baddies, things blow up loudly & spectacularly, the good guy wins. Entirely credible.

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

The concern of the musician is to play the music. It is there demanding to be given sound to.

Me and a book is a party. Me and a book and a cup of coffee is an orgy.