RE: DJ Shadow/Fun with accidents/John Cage

Michael Aregood (maregood@comcastpc.com)
Fri, 15 May 1998 10:53:41 -0400

I was reading recently in an Alan Watts book (zen philosipher) where he
speaks of an "eccentric" musician friend of his who played the piano. He
actually had a performance at a concert hall where he didn't play a
single note. The performance consisted of (like below) silence,
occasional cough, and an uncomfortable gradual rustling around, etc.
etc. How funny is that? Was probably only amusing once though. Doesn't
sound like he is going to keep very much of a following he keeps pulling
stunts like that! =) I think it's great though, when an artist can do
something to force you to look at something seemingly ordinary and see
it in a different light.

argo

> ----------
> From: k kiernan
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 6:09 PM
> To: aj
> Subject: Re: DJ Shadow/Fun with accidents/John Cage
>
> true story--i was the production manager on a sampledelic group's
> album, and
> one track was of the ambient noise around the burial place of an
> historical
> figure. we actually had a meeting with the lawyers to go through all
> the
> samples, and someone pipes up that "30 seconds of silence can be
> considered
> a sample of john cage's "4:33"--maybe we should clear it"
>
> we didn't....
>
> kevin k
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Steinhart <angst@psych.colorado.edu>
> To: Jon Logan <jon@criticalpath.net>
> Cc: acid jazz list <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 6:48 PM
> Subject: RE: DJ Shadow/Fun with accidents
>
>
> >On Thu, 14 May 1998, Jon Logan wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Actually, I think Scanner wins this debate hands down. He has been
> doing
> >> the 'eavesdropper/found sound' thing for years.... that's why he
> has the
> >> name Scanner.
> >>
> >
> >What about John Cage? You can get a CD recording of his 4'33 Sonata,
> and
> >if I'm not mistaken (I've seen it performed, but don't have a
> recording)
> >what you hear is the audience shuffling in their seats, and murmering
> about
> >why they're not hearing anything.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >
>