> > Yes - it is whatever happens in 4:33. My music theory instructor in college > went to a John Cage lecture many years ago - he opened with that piece > (sitting on a stool smoking a cigarette). It annoyed the audience to the > point of wanting to leave. Sure makes the lecture easier to memorize ;-) I > have performed that piece many times when I should be using the notes on the > keyboard instead. > > Dedric I went to one of his concerts 15 years ago or so, where he was sitting on the stage watching his concerto for prepared piano and orchestra. When the tuba player screamed like bloody hell into the bell of his tuba, I just lost it and burst out laughing. The whole audience was looking at me like I'd blasphemed, but John just sat there with a big grin on his face. Apparently we were the only two people that got the joke. -Dan