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.<div><br></div><div>DOJP<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:23 PM, James Wynn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com">crushtv@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Mr. Hamm, honestly, when I wrote that analogy, I KNEW it would pull you from the woodwork. And, yet, it fit.<br>
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."<br>
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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."<br>
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;-D<br>
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On 2/7/2011 5:03 PM, <a href="mailto:hammstu@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">hammstu@sbcglobal.net</a> wrote:<br>
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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<br>
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>Subject: Re: (urth) grumble at wolfe comment made attached to guardianarticle<br>
>I'll accept your opinion of her novels. I really only know her from her<br>
>short stories..genre and literary. I recognize her technical ability,<br>
>but I consistently have walked away from her stories feeling unbuzzed.<br>
>It's like listening to a John Cage symphony. "Fossil-Figures" was just<br>
>the final straw.<br>
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>u+16b9<br>
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