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John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change

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218 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 15:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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labrador ◴[03 Apr 25 17:38 UTC] No.43572988[source]▶
639 years? Big deal, The Long Now foundation built a clock to last 10,000 years. I hate John Cage since I got his massive world-wide hit 4′33″ stuck in my head.
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speed_spread ◴[03 Apr 25 18:23 UTC] No.43573483[source]▶
One thing I like about 4′33″ is that it is very compressible, especially the studio version. The live version, a little less so.
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1. labrador ◴[03 Apr 25 23:28 UTC] No.43576698[source]▶
I like it stretched. The 800% slower version is amazing.