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Posted on 01/06/2006 4:42:30 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges
Looks like we'll have to wait until 2639 for the boxed set. At an hour per disc, that would come to about 5,597,640 CDs. That's a lot of those annoying jewel boxes to pry open.
To: GSWarrior
Do symphony orchestras actually perform 4:33? It's also called "Intermission"...
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:48:21 PM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: Borges
Can't wait to see the video
To: xsmommy; sitetest
Cage, the infantile fruitcake. I saw a film of 4'33'' ages ago on PBS "performed" by Cage on a street corner near Harvard. The morons standing around actually applauded at the "end" when he left the piano.
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:49:34 PM PST
by
Argh
To: Revolting cat!
You're so ugly you could be a Modern Art masterpiece!
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:50:10 PM PST
by
Borges
To: okie01
Oh don't even compare Cage to Picasso! The latter was to Art what Stravinsky was to music (and Joyce to literature).
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:52:15 PM PST
by
Borges
To: MozartLover
Is anyone using this church? How will people nearby tolerate having to listen to some note being played for several years? I suppose this is a good post-modern gesture -- an empty church where empty, pretentious "music" is being performed. But "performed" is the wrong word. This is non-music being not-performed. I can only imagine that Cage and his supporters intended this to be a mockery.
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:52:56 PM PST
by
Wilhelm Tell
(True or False? This is not a tag line.)
To: Borges
..."Cage's avant-garde oeuvre includes works such as the notorious "4'33", a piece comprising four minutes and 33 seconds of total silence, all meticulously notated."Reminds me of the famous painting "Tundra":
Quality stuff.
To: Appalled but Not Surprised
Hehe! I know what you mean but I actually like some of his work.
To: Borges
Oh don't even compare Cage to Picasso! The latter was to Art what Stravinsky was to music (and Joyce to literature). You're right.
That's giving Cage too much credit.
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:54:59 PM PST
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: AmishDude
That painting was already posted at #118. I can't decide which rendition I like more.
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:55:07 PM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
Makes you wish that Dixie Chicks, Brbra, Green Day and a few others would take a hint from John Cage's 4:33. And Kenny Chesney too, while we're at it!
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posted on
01/06/2006 6:56:17 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: Borges
Yes, Pollack did some very high-quality work before he became famous for his scam art.
To: EveningStar
I know I must have heard something by Cage at some time in my life. I just can't remember what.
You got a pretty good sample of one of Cage's finer works about two hours after the last time you ate beans.
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posted on
01/06/2006 7:00:02 PM PST
by
Semi Civil Servant
(The Main Stream Media: Al-Qaeda's most effective spy network.)
To: Revolting cat!; Admin Moderator
Can FR pull this post please? It violates copyright. This is not fair use.
To: Borges
All right let's put our money where our mouths is! This is where the tire meets the road.
Would you rather listen to John Cage's 4:33 or to Just a Hoe by a rap artiste named 'Livio'?
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posted on
01/06/2006 7:05:50 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: Wolfstar
I actually heard 4'33" being performed. That's the absolute truth.
At least, it was listed in the program. I guess I really couldn't tell you whether it was truly performed, or whether the pianist sat down, forgot what he was supposed to do, and finally stood up (to much applause and acclaim from the same kind of people who wear berets and black clothing, smoke foreign cigarettes, and vote Democrat).
The only hint was that the pianist used a STOPWATCH to time the piece, so I guess maybe it was performed correctly.
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posted on
01/06/2006 7:07:48 PM PST
by
Scoutmaster
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred)
To: Borges
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
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posted on
01/06/2006 7:12:40 PM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: biggerten
Oh yes. I see it'd played on a Blockwerk organ. That was a good movie.
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posted on
01/06/2006 7:15:06 PM PST
by
Semi Civil Servant
(The Main Stream Media: Al-Qaeda's most effective spy network.)
To: GSWarrior
My version of this holds up well against the original.My version of "4'33" includes some counterpoint that I composed myself. It is so good that no matter how closely you listen, you will still not hear it.
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posted on
01/06/2006 7:19:09 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(Time to clean up for the cleaning people)
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