Tuesday, July 18, 2006

John Cage meets Sun Ra!!

John Cage meets Sun Ra!!!John Cage Meets Sun Ra (1987)
So...I'm done downloading from Live Music Archives for the weekend and decide to get all intellectual and go visit UBU Web.

A great site full of poets...readings....poets reading...and....
John Cage Meets Sun Ra!!!!

A complete album from 1987 and recorded June 8th, 1986 at the "Sideshows by the Seashore: Coney Island, NY".

What to expect with these 2
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musicians?

let's see...sounds like a flute...bells...a synth?...chimes!?
some nice conversation between the 2...

John Cage laughs!!!hello sun...hello john
nice day...yes it is
wanna freak people out?...sure.

oh oh..john's in a trance!!!!
hey...where did everybody go?? hello? hello? um...hello?
all i hear is a crackle...
WAIT
this is john fucking cage...
this IS the song!!!

Sun Ra cries!!!oh...he came back!!!
hi john! where's sun?
this sounds like a sad sound poem about aging...* sigh *
i hear ya john
...damn he's gone again.
what?!
there's a crowd??
the most polite crowd...EVER!!
now it's....beautiful.

and the first side ends
and the second begins

ominous
then...silence...
getting their shit together?

oh, hi john

as i listen...
i understand...

the value of silence...

they applaud the silence
...a great crowd!!

now they're rockin'!
intensity
interactions
entwined genius

what???
it's done!!!!
way too fast!!

This is a great listen, and can be downloaded from UBU Web...

great wild shit...

Verdict: worth the download
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2 comments:

steven edward streight said...

Ubu Web is amazing.

I am now listening to the two Mauricio Kagel noise concertos from 1968 and 1971: Der Schall and Acustica.

Gordon Mumma is over there.

And conversations betweeen Johnny Cage and Morty Feldman.

Harvey Dog said...

I have to check out those Mauricio Kagel concertos. Sounds very interesting.

I first went to Ubu Web for the poetry readings, but there's so much more! Awesome site.