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Surely this is the zenith of the history of the footnote.

1. The truth about John Cage (1912-1992) is even more telling than Borstlap’s claim that he “never intended to be a serious musician.” As Torres and I have noted, Cage did aspire to a musical career, but he was hampered by lack of talent and devastated by poor reviews. His failure as a composer is what led him to abandon music entirely to engage in his anti-art shenanigans. (See What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand [search for “aimed to compose pieces”], pp. 221-22.)

And here’s what is likely to a lot of you a familiar clip illustrating some “anti-art shenanigans.”