(urth) grumble at wolfe comment made attached to guardianarticle

[Daniel Petersen]

Francis Schaeffer mentioned on a Gene Wolfe website.  Cool.  Schaeffer's
commentary on Cage was the first thing I thought of when you mentioned
picking mushrooms with him.

DOJP

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:23 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mr. Hamm, honestly, when I wrote that analogy, I KNEW it would pull you
> from the woodwork. And, yet, it fit.
> I listen to much of his stuff and say, "He seems to know what he's doing. I
> just don't want to hear him do it."
>
> Wow, mushroom hunting. What a stereotypical activity to do with John Cage!
> It's like saying "I fought bulls with Hemmingway" or "I entered a frog
> jumping competition with Mark Twain."
>
> ;-D
>
> On 2/7/2011 5:03 PM, hammstu at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>> I knew John Cage....used to go Mushroom hunting with he and merce
>> cunningham....the prepared piano pieces?? Hauntingly beautiful when played
>> by someone who knows what they are doing...imho
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>
>> >Sender: urth-bounces at lists.urth.netDate: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:31:10
>> >To: The Urth Mailing List<urth at lists.urth.net>
>> >Reply-To: The Urth Mailing List<urth at lists.urth.net>
>> >Subject: Re: (urth) grumble at wolfe comment made attached to
>> guardianarticle
>> >I'll accept your opinion of her novels. I really only know her from her
>> >short stories..genre and literary. I recognize her technical ability,
>> >but I consistently have walked away from her stories feeling unbuzzed.
>> >It's like listening to a John Cage symphony.  "Fossil-Figures" was just
>> >the final straw.
>> >
>> >u+16b9
>>
>
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