The Cage litany is either directly or indirectly lifted from the Heart Sutra, a classic text well known to zennies. The Heart Sutra litany (no eye, no ear, no taste, no suffering, no enlightenment...) is a distilled teaching on the buddhist take on form and emptiness. That wag!
Damn that plagiarist Cage! Though it sounds like he just took the form, no? In any case, his words were for the occasion of an exhibition of Rauschenberg's white paintings and seem apt.
Lars, haven't seen that one but my Netflix pic for this week is Cage's "One 11 with 103" on Mode.
"No" as a first word in a song title struck me as very cool back in the old days and still has resonances of that feeling for me. I remember getting Frith's solo LP on Caroline in '75, seeing the title, "No Birds" and getting a little frisson of delight.
Brian, you definitely need to watch that Variations VII dvd, one of the better things I've seen this year. The documentary is cool but the real gold is the audio part of the DVD with the complete performance of the piece on it. You can buy it from Microcinema or get it from Netflix. Either way definitely see it. BTW since I know you are also a Rauschenberg fan Microcinema has also put out his Open Score which along with Variations VII was part of the 9 Evenings event.
As for One^11 with 103 I have to say the video part of that is amazingly great. Its like a flicker Rauschenberg white painting, really among the most interesting abstract videos I've seen. There are two versions of 103 on the disc: the original recording by the WDR Symphony Orchestra and a new recording by the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Check em both out for yourself but I really didn't like the Spoleto take, I found it really lifeless.
Variations VII is indeed in my Netflix queue...along with 444 other discs. Since I'm using Cagean means of determining each week's selection (choosing a random number between 1 and x), who knows when it'll be the lucky pick?
Forgot to mention, I watched the Cage DVD over the weekend and loved it, something I should purchase one day. The visuals were fascinating (and, after watching the documentary footage, absurdly complex in their production), the music lovely, more steady state than I would have guessed.
The score itself, the watermarked and flame-treated paper, might be my favorite aspect of the piece.
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Have you watched the Variations: VII documentary over at Pitchfork, yet?
http://www.pitchfork.tv/week/john-cage-variations-vii/documentary-chapter-01
I think I still owe you a Max Roach bootleg.
no sex
no drugs
no wine
no women
no fun
no sin
no you
no wonder it's dark
-Vapors, 'Turning Japanese', 1980
:)
The Cage litany is either directly or indirectly lifted from the Heart Sutra, a classic text well known to zennies. The Heart Sutra litany (no eye, no ear, no taste, no suffering, no enlightenment...) is a distilled teaching on the buddhist take on form and emptiness.
That wag!
in comparison, the Vapors lyrics are likely entirely original.
Damn that plagiarist Cage! Though it sounds like he just took the form, no? In any case, his words were for the occasion of an exhibition of Rauschenberg's white paintings and seem apt.
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Lars, haven't seen that one but my Netflix pic for this week is Cage's "One 11 with 103" on Mode.
"No" as a first word in a song title struck me as very cool back in the old days and still has resonances of that feeling for me. I remember getting Frith's solo LP on Caroline in '75, seeing the title, "No Birds" and getting a little frisson of delight.
Brian, you definitely need to watch that Variations VII dvd, one of the better things I've seen this year. The documentary is cool but the real gold is the audio part of the DVD with the complete performance of the piece on it. You can buy it from Microcinema or get it from Netflix. Either way definitely see it. BTW since I know you are also a Rauschenberg fan Microcinema has also put out his Open Score which along with Variations VII was part of the 9 Evenings event.
As for One^11 with 103 I have to say the video part of that is amazingly great. Its like a flicker Rauschenberg white painting, really among the most interesting abstract videos I've seen. There are two versions of 103 on the disc: the original recording by the WDR Symphony Orchestra and a new recording by the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Check em both out for yourself but I really didn't like the Spoleto take, I found it really lifeless.
Variations VII is indeed in my Netflix queue...along with 444 other discs. Since I'm using Cagean means of determining each week's selection (choosing a random number between 1 and x), who knows when it'll be the lucky pick?
You are the man Brian :)
no fun, ha! there's antithesis for you....
Forgot to mention, I watched the Cage DVD over the weekend and loved it, something I should purchase one day. The visuals were fascinating (and, after watching the documentary footage, absurdly complex in their production), the music lovely, more steady state than I would have guessed.
The score itself, the watermarked and flame-treated paper, might be my favorite aspect of the piece.
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As an ex PhD student, I know dissertation writing takes a lot of time which causes a lot of trouble for the students. To avoid all these problems, I'll recommend cheap dissertation help to students.
The majority of students consider writing literature reviews to be quite challenging and it is why so many choose to buy a literature review online. To produce a first-rate paper, you are advised to undertake a careful study of the topic https://essay-edge.net/literature-review-writing-service
I am a student of the pedagogical faculty.
I study in the 4th year and sometimes there is not enough time to write course works independently.
That's why I always turn to https://perfect-essay-writer.com/proofreading/ for help.
They always know the work on time, and the quality of writing is impressive.
I always got only positive points
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