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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Pinder on Fri, 09 May 2014, 18:30:24

Title: Important question!
Post by: Pinder on Fri, 09 May 2014, 18:30:24

If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it
would a hipster buy the soundtrack?

Title: Re: Important question!
Post by: paicrai on Fri, 09 May 2014, 18:30:59

 :blank:

Title: Re: Important question!
Post by: Novus on Fri, 09 May 2014, 18:31:03

No

Title: Re: Important question!
Post by: paicrai on Fri, 09 May 2014, 18:32:13

Randomly selected GIF for good measure.
[attachimg=1]
Randomly selected indeed.

Title: Re: Important question!
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 09 May 2014, 21:24:22

4'33'' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3)

Title: Re: Important question!
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 10 May 2014, 00:10:21

Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 09 May 2014, 21:24:22

4'33'' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3)

Is it bad that I actually have some John Cage on my computer?

Title: Re: Important question!
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 10 May 2014, 01:45:20

Blue!

No ... 17!

No ... sandwich!

Title: Re: Important question!
Post by: YummyTreeSap on Sat, 10 May 2014, 02:31:14

Quote from: nubbinator on Sat, 10 May 2014, 00:10:21

Quote from: IvanIvanovich on Fri, 09 May 2014, 21:24:22

4'33'' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3)

Is it bad that I actually have some John Cage on my computer?

Of course not—John Cage is the man.  Was the man.  I guess he is just a corpse now.  I know a lot of people's knowledge of John Cage is limited to a mocking understanding of 4'33", but he was much more than that and had immeasurable impact on the role of randomness in music.  I do think 4'33" is reasonably important, however, and I also question why we retrospectively look upon such works as though the composers/artists were humorless beings.