4'33'' (Skit Zoyd vs John Cage)

from The Cage Variations by Magic Bullet

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And this was it, Skit's alternative to my "big girl's blouse" version. His words, not mine. I trust the sudden leap in volume didn't make you jump too much. Well, we should have been suspicious, I know, too trusting by far. So Skit turns up one weekend, big warm smile on his face, offers to trim the hedge for us. How could we refuse? It's a sizeable hedge, you need one of those big noisy things to get right over the top of it, claustrophobic sweaty ear-protectors and all. Well, normal people do, Skit refused to wear them point blank.
"Ear bleed!" He shouted, "Bring it on! Yas!"
So Sam and I left him to it, going back indoors to make some tea and organise a plate of assorted biscuits, quite oblivious to the microphone stand that was being set up at the other end of the garden. I only realised what was going on when we saw him sidling up to the microphone with a victorious grin on his face. To be fair, he did actually make a rather nice job of the hedge. And, in a bizarre way, he rather proved Cage's point; there is no such thing as silence, certainly not when Skit's around...

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from The Cage Variations, released October 8, 2021

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Mick Magic England, UK

Formed psychotronic / experimental rock band Magic Moments At Twilight Time in 1986, went on to produce 13 albums across the following decade (with varying line ups). Founded the Music & Elsewhere underground tape label in 1992, releasing 600 titles up to 2003. A lost decade, then released some digital collections from 2013-19, now recording again with broad spectrum experimentalists Magic Bullet. ... more

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