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This page is referenced by:
12021-03-19T21:47:51-07:00IGE Note 19plain2021-05-09T09:48:09-07:00Shultis, “A Living Oxymoron: Norman O. Brown's Criticism of John Cage,” in Perspectives of New Music 44, No. 2 (Summer, 2006): 66–87.
Brown cited Cage’s famous book Silence (1961) in his influential publication Loves Body (1966). Brown liked Cage but he criticized his work during Cage’s 75th birthday celebration at Wesleyan University (1988) and another event at Stanford before the composer’s death. Although they had a contentious relationship, Brown is unsurpassed as an exegete of Cage’s work.
A flyer from Cage's 75th birthday celebration at Wesleyan. Bottoms gave a talk on the Santa Cruz mycology collection durning this event. I would like to thank Rita Bottoms for providing this image from her private collection.
Bottoms's took extensive notes at this conference so she could get to know the many people actively involved in the experimental arts community during the late 1980s. I would like to thank Rita Bottoms for providing this image from her private collection.
