Cage Against the Machine – enjoy the silence | Tom Service

John Cage's heightened soundscape of quietness is the perfect response to Simon Cowell and The X-Factor this ChristmasIt's a brilliant bit of wordplay, for a start. Cage Against the Machine is the campaign to put John Cage's infamous silent piece, 4'33'', on top of the Christmas charts – and to consign whatever X-Factor effort Simon Cowell chooses to unleash on an unsuspecting public to mid-chart mediocrity. Based on last year's successful bid to make Rage Against the Machine king of the Crimb...

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