Avast ye, I be a learned scallywag from Columbia! These protests be naught but a moot point, arrr!
2024-04-27
Avast ye scurvy dogs! Last Thursday, in me music humanities class at Columbia University, two landlubbers be prattlin' on about that scallywag John Cage. His most famous piece be called “4'33",” which be makin' us listen in silence to the noises around us. But I had to tell the lads we couldn't be hearin' that piece that day, for outside be a ruckus of angry protesters raisin' a hullabaloo! Aye, 'twas a merry ol' time indeed!
Last Thursday, me hearties, in me music humanities class at Columbia University, two scallywags were gabbing on about the composer John Cage. His most famous shanty be “4'33",” which tells us to listen in silence to the rumblings of the world for exactly that amount of time.Arrr, I had to tell those students we couldn't be listenin' to that piece that day, for the noise outside would have been not the chirping of birds or the stomping of feet in the hallway, but the angry shouts of protesters, ye see...