Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Stefano Pocci <>]

On 27.07.2016 20:36, David Bellows wrote:
> Has anyone looked into Pauline Oliveros's account? Cage visited the
> anechoic chamber some 40 years before he died. Would the conditions
> that lead to his stroke been so easily observable to him then? In
> other words would it have been more likely that he would have had that
> stroke much earlier than he did if he really was hearing what Oliveros
> is saying here?
>
> In any case I hadn't heard that before and it is very interesting,
> thanks for sharing!


That testimony from Oliveros was really interesting. Never heard it 
before. Thanks for sharing.
I agree with Ninh though about the high frequency sound. I experienced 
it in a bog in Estonia in the fall of 2013. No wind, no animals, no cars 
in the distance. Absolutely nothing. Or something? :)

Stefano