via vgermuse"Here are a couple of scans. The first [bottom] scan is the cover of a vintage electronic music magazine, Numus West, the May, 1974 issue with a lead article by John Cage, "the future of music". The second scan is an advertisement in that issue of the EML 101. Enjoy!"
John Cage - Water Walk
YouTube via holotone. No synths, but I'll take advantage of the John Cage flyer to post this video. :) Love it when that happens.
"1960 on the popular TV show I've Got A Secret.
via WFMU:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04...
"At the time, Cage was teaching Experimental Composition at New York City's New School. Eight years beyond 4:33, he was (as our smoking MC informs us) the most controversial figure in the musical world at that time. His first performance on national television was originally scored to include five radios, but a union dispute on the CBS set prevented any of the radios from being plugged in to the wall. Cage gleefully smacks and tosses the radios instead of turning them on and off.
While treating Cage as something of a freak, the show also treats him fairly reverentially, cancelling the regular game show format to allow Cage the chance to perform his entire piece. "
This is really interesting, considering that I've Got a Secret was basically a comedy show rather than a "serious" game show. I'm surprised that Goodson-Todman didn't book him instead on What's My Line, which often featured academics as guests.
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