Re: [microsound] O.T.: J.Cage in a quiz show

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 1:32 PM +0000 7/23/04, scott allison wrote:

> Yoko Ono taught Cage to live a macrobiotic diet, he had extreme 
> arthritis and macrobiotic is known to help for this, anyhow 
> mushrooms became a major stable of his diet and he became obessed 
> with them to the point that he was known as one of the worlds 
> leading experts on micology

Not to dispute the Yoko/macrobiotic connection, but I've always 
understood that Cage's interest in mushrooms started during his 
Seattle period in the 1940s. In any case his micological expertise 
and Italian quiz show predate his adoption of the diet by at least 
ten years.
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