[bmauer]

Cage represents my point about hybridity perfectly. One of Cage's students is Brian Eno, who has had a huge impact on rock and jazz. Eno, like Cage is a theorist. One of the things about the pure avant-garde is that the original experiments, while not "popular," have tremendous power to influence the culture. That's what I mean by Cage being one of the giants of the 20th Century avant-garde. His influence is almost incalculable. So is Duchamp's. Both are progenitors of the "found object" and of "sampling," perhaps the most significant inventions in 20th century media culture.

[justshutupandtakeit]

And it also makes my point since Eno is of little interest to most rock fans. Minor group, minor hits, minor influence.