Re: plunderphonics

Miguel Frasconi <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:12:44 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.music.john-cage
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class=3D"">=EF=BB=BFHello,</span><br style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" =
class=3D""><br style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" class=3D"">I was spending time with =
both Johns around the time that Oswald introduced the term =
=E2=80=9Cpluderphonics,=E2=80=9D but it never seemed relevant to ask =
Cage about it. This was mainly because, at least at that time, the only =
music Cage listened to was live performances. He did not have any sound =
system, turntable, or CD player in his apartment. He did have a Sony =
cassette machine with a built in speaker that he would pull out of a =
closet when I brought a cassette for him to listen to. Since this aspect =
of Oswald=E2=80=99s work was purely media based, it didn=E2=80=99t seem =
like something Cage would have been aware of.</span><br =
style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" class=3D""><br style=3D"font-family: =
TrebuchetMS;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" =
class=3D"">Best,</span><br style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" =
class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" class=3D"">Miguel =
Frasconi</span><br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Jan 9, 2020, at 5:21 AM, =
chris cutler &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
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space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">i can=E2=80=99t =
find any reference but&nbsp;<div class=3D"">is anyone aware of any =
evidence that cage was aware of this<div class=3D"">notion or ever made =
any comment about it?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">thanks</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">c</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
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 class=3D"">Chris Cutler&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br =
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href=3D"http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag" =
class=3D"">http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag</a></div></div>
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