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3 Minutes And 27 Seconds (An analogy to the Bush strategy perhaps?)
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| 2nd Quarter, 2004
| unattributed
Posted on 09/16/2004 1:02:04 AM PDT by watsonfellow
Composer John Cage's 1950's piece entitled 3 Minutes and 27 Seconds is the world's quietest piece of music. In this arrangement, a piano player simply sits himself before his instrument for that period of time, and then leaves without playing a single note. Cage's concept? The ambient sounds made by the audience is the music.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bush; election; johncage
I think our beloved President is doing something similar. He is sitting down and letting his critics and the leftist media implode, they create the noise and he will not respond to it. Seems to be working in the polls!
To: watsonfellow
LOL! I believe you are on to something...very astute.
To: watsonfellow
Cool! (I'm from an earlier generation.)
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posted on
09/16/2004 1:10:23 AM PDT
by
Diddley
(Hey Kerry: The swiftees are comin' for ya')
To: watsonfellow
Wow. That's a piece even I could play.
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posted on
09/16/2004 1:19:06 AM PDT
by
farfromhome
(Not tested on animals... That means they're testing it on you!)
To: watsonfellow
No, he handed them all ropes, then they tied nooses, then they found a nice tall sturdy tree, next they tied the rope to a branch the put the noose around their neck tightened the knot... moved the knot to the left side a little bit so their neck would break on impact, then they jumped... and now we are seeing their eyes pop out...
To: watsonfellow
John Kerry could go for the Frank Zappa approach of political campaigning...
I remember borrowing an album from the school library when I was about 15 and was just starting to get into rock music. I picked the album because it had such a way out, cartoon-like cover. It was Frank Zappa's "Weasel's Eat my Flesh" or something like that. One of the tracks was seven minutes of the same note, played really loud at a live concert somewhere. When the "song" finished, the crowd went wild. Must have been a lot of recreational pharmaceuticals consumed there.
I have never listened to another Frank Zappa record since.
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posted on
09/16/2004 1:27:25 AM PDT
by
Bandaneira
(Water Weasel's Eat My Flesh - Watch Live on "Xtreme Water-skiing" CNNNN)
To: farfromhome
Wow. That's a piece even I could play. You sir have NO TALENT!!!!!!
I could play that piece with one hand tied behind my back!!!! roflmao
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posted on
09/16/2004 3:08:33 AM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: watsonfellow
Actually, it was 4'33".
Although I concede that it would be difficult to tell.
+
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posted on
09/16/2004 4:19:25 AM PDT
by
Erasmus
To: Bandaneira
Zappa was a wild one. He was a phenomenal musician who would write intricate pieces, ruthlessly practice his musicians, then put them on stage and secretly switch the order of the songs at every musician's stand, so that when they started, each was playing a different song.
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posted on
09/16/2004 4:36:54 AM PDT
by
LS
To: LS
Yes I have heard from zealous music aficionados I know that Frank Zappa was a very talented musician. I'll have to listen to his music again one day when I have some time. I thnk music is a bit like food. Only trying one type leads to a very dull life. As they say..."Variety is the spice of life !"
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posted on
09/16/2004 4:42:50 AM PDT
by
Bandaneira
(The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon...)
To: Bandaneira
Let me recommend, "Who Are the Brain Police?" or "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow," or "Dental Floss." Zappa's lyrics were both funny and weird.
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posted on
09/16/2004 5:15:51 AM PDT
by
LS
To: LS
Some incredible musicians worked with Zappa, Jean Luc Ponty is the first one that springs to mind.
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posted on
09/16/2004 5:18:41 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: watsonfellow
The old rope-a-dope.
Working to a tee.
To: watsonfellow
Nice to see John Cage finally mentioned on FR. I had the opportunity to see Mr. Cage back in 1971. I mean, it's not something you'd want to listen to every day, but he was a pretty cool guy. My buddy went to his hotel room to play chess. He took some nice photos, a couple of which I still have.
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posted on
09/16/2004 5:29:20 AM PDT
by
zook
To: Bandaneira
I have never listened to another Frank Zappa record since.To your great loss. Some of his stuff was noise, and purposely so, but he was a truely inspired guitarist and composer IMO.
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posted on
09/16/2004 6:55:56 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(If the gov. =must= assign me a number, it could at least be prime. How about 10980432398542099813?)
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