Now they know how many minutes of silence it takes to fill the Albert Hall. posted by Gelatin at 5:43 AM on July 9, 2012 [2 favorites]
And how many comments it takes before someone makes a 4'33" joke in a Cage thread. posted by howfar at 7:21 AM on July 9, 2012 [5 favorites]
And how many comments it takes before someone makes a meta-comment in a mefi thread. posted by ubiquity at 7:24 AM on July 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
What is the true Meta-Mefi-Cage constant? The next great puzzle in science now that we've gotten the Higgs Boson sorted out. posted by kmz at 7:28 AM on July 9, 2012
How would one design a Mefi-Cage supercollider? posted by lathrop at 7:38 AM on July 9, 2012
I don't know for sure what Cage would have thought of the chords of the Curran piece, but I doubt he would have enjoyed it. I know for a fact he would have disenjoyed the jazz elements.
"You stand for allowing anything, so you have to approve of my traditionalism" is so played out.
I usually enjoy Curran, but seeing him do his same old thing in a Cage tribute bothers me. posted by idiopath at 9:33 AM on July 9, 2012
The Claudia Molidor piece is exquisite, nice fidelity and encoding, and well worth listening to on something better than computer speakers.
Much more what I would expect from a Cage tribute, though it's relation to the framing concept of capturing a place seems abstract at first listen. posted by idiopath at 9:39 AM on July 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
The David Shepherd piece on the other hand is not only musically appropriate, but also has some aspect of the place in the intro. The extended techniques are also a nice nod to Cage (as an aside, I wish the Cage cliche was "use the instrument wrong" rather than "silence" -- not that I think he should be reduced to some kind of meme). posted by idiopath at 9:44 AM on July 9, 2012 [1 favorite]
Ian Dearden / David Sheppard that is posted by idiopath at 9:45 AM on July 9, 2012
The epigraph for the Sawer piece ("where does discarded music go, is there a refuse system?") is all too appropriate, because to my ears it was rubbish. posted by idiopath at 9:55 AM on July 9, 2012
posted by Gelatin at 5:43 AM on July 9, 2012 [2 favorites]