John Cage performing "Water Walk" in January, 1960 on the popular TV show I've Got A Secret.

via WFMU:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/ 2007/04/john_cage_on_a_.html

"At the time, Cage was teaching Experimental Composition at New York City's New School. Eight years beyond 4:33, he was (as our smoking MC informs us) the most controversial figure in the musical world at that time. His first performance on national television was originally scored to include five radios, but a union dispute on the CBS set prevented any of the radios from being plugged in to the wall. Cage gleefully smacks and tosses the radios instead of turning them on and off.

While treating Cage as something of a freak, the show also treats him fairly reverentially, cancelling the regular game show format to allow Cage the chance to perform his entire piece. "

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HomeWord recently won Missoula in Motion's Commuter challenge!

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Modwest recently won Missoula in Motion's yearly commuter challenge!

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Alexander Dmitriev plays Flight of the bumble bee from Korsakov on the Accordion (bayan). Perfect! He is wonderful!

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Jeremiah A. Wright. No more half truths, see the whole context. Available on ITunes.

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Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution Center, on matters not just of race and recent remarks but of the fundamental path by which America can work together to pursue a better future.

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