Re: plunderphonics

Mode Admin <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:27:43 -0500
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Further to Miguel's post, and off topic re plunderphonics:
I remember that cassette deck well. John always made a point to try to=20
listen to every tape that was sent to him, solicited or not, by=20
strangers or friends. I found that quite amazing about him. I can't say=20
the same for me at Mode Records!

Brian Brandt


On 1/13/20 11:12 AM, Miguel Frasconi wrote:
> =EF=BB=BFHello,
>
> I was spending time with both Johns around the time that Oswald=20
> introduced the term =E2=80=9Cpluderphonics,=E2=80=9D but it never seeme=
d relevant to=20
> 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=20
> Sony cassette machine with a built in speaker that he would pull out=20
> 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=99=
t seem like=20
> something Cage would have been aware of.
>
> Best,
> Miguel Frasconi
>
>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 5:21 AM, chris cutler <[email protected]=20
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> i can=E2=80=99t find any reference but
>> is anyone aware of any evidence that cage was aware of this
>> notion or ever made any comment about it?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> c
>>
>>
>> Chris Cutler
>>
>> http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag
>>
>

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    <p><font face=3D"Optima">Further to Miguel's post, and off topic re
        plunderphonics:<br>
        I remember that cassette deck well. John always made a point to
        try to listen to every tape that was sent to him, solicited or
        not, by strangers or friends. I found that quite amazing about
        him. I can't say the same for me at Mode Records!</font></p>
    <p><font face=3D"Optima">Brian Brandt</font></p>
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 1/13/20 11:12 AM, Miguel Frasconi
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        <span style=3D"font-family: TrebuchetMS;" class=3D"">I was spendi=
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          time with both Johns around the time that Oswald introduced
          the term =E2=80=9Cpluderphonics,=E2=80=9D but it never seemed r=
elevant 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 someth=
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