Cheap Imitation (1969). John Cage /poetic license/

Violinist Paul Zukofsky makes a rather hostile attempt makes a rather hostile attempt at enforcing copyright of his poet father's work:

<quote redacted by aworks as I have better things to do than have to potentially defend fair use. For that matter, I've scrubbed out the link to Zufofsky's site, just in case>

I find the MetaFilter analysis of same interesting, even if it remains perpexing. And I don't begin to understand the USC/Schoenberg archive controversy.

Still, Zukofsky playing Cage solo violin works does result in austere, ugly, and fascinating music:

Comments

[Michael L.]

See also Stephen Joyce.

I don’t pretend to under the dynamics in the PZ-LZ situation. But comments about gossip and about being protective of CZ make me think that a poet with the initials LN somehow figures into all of it.

[kinder speelgoed]

This makes perfect sense to me!!!