Roger Zahab on Working with John Cage
Must see TeeVee! Jess Hohman videotaped an extensive interview with Roger Zahab at Pitt’s Music building, in anticipation of entelechron’s all-Cage concert at The Andy Warhol Museum on March 5. The interview happened over two days, and on the first, the fire alarms went off and everyone had to clear out of the building. But it was an unusually nice day, so Jess and Roger continued the interview outside while the rest of us milled around wondering what to do next. Jess worked some of the outdoor sounds in throughout the video, and I suspect Cage would have enjoyed this very much.
February 28, 2011 at 4:07 pm
April 10, 2011 at 8:16 pmrudywein
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Roger, I enjoyed your Cage interview here in Mexico, more than a month after the Cage concert. You make one comment that I wish you had expanded on–because it very much pertains to me. To some, you say, (some of) Cage’s music seems arbitrary. Query: what must one do, understand, so that it does not seem arbitrary? See you in Pittsburgh. —Rudy Weingartner