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John Cage’s Frequently Misunderstood 4’33” Remains a Masterpiece
ARTnews· 2 days agoJohn Cage’s 1952 work 4′33″ has proven a touchstone for artists, composers, and thinkers of all...
John Cage would probably want you to listen to Columbia's pro-Palestinian protesters
Mother Jones· 3 days agoFight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. John Cage, the influential composer and artist ...
New York Times columnist complains Columbia Palestine protesters are disrupting silent music piece
The Daily Dot· 3 days ago“Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were...
Opinion | I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
New York Times· 4 days agoLast Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were...
‘A true foot-stomping, cross-generational delight,’ plus the best of April’s classical concerts
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAfter the unexpected success of last year’s Northern soul Prom – the concert has had over a million...
John McWhorter on the Columbia Protests
Reason.com· 3 days agoLast Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were giving an in-class presentation on the composer John Cage ...
Nudity, caviar, Fidel Castro – the wildest art tour of the 20th century
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRobert Rauschenberg was an intensely sociable artist, a mile away from the brooding solitary genius...
Israel could be Biden’s Vietnam
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPundits and protestors are drawing parallels between Joe Biden and Lyndon B Johnson – another liberal presidency doomed by an ugly war. In so many ways,...
Why We Choose Not to Eat
The New Yorker· 4 days agoSlimFast was understood as a diet drink for vain women with nothing better to do than worry about how they looked; Soylent, meanwhile, was a life hack...
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/26/2024 | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 1 day ago~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Seattle Clean Air Collective, Presidential immunity, Susie Wiles, feared political operative and Trump's...