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The guests go in to supper.

"It was my birthday, and I saw the best headline I'd ever seen in a newspaper. I've become obsessed with it. It was in the Chronicle and the headline was 'Extinct Gene Cloned.' Unbelievable story about the guagga." from the interview with Laurie Anderson in The guests go in to supper.

The guests go in to supper. Texts by, and interviews with, John Cage, Robert Ashley, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, Charles Amirkhanian, Michael Peppe, and Kenneth Atchley. Edited by Melody Sumner, Kathleen Burch, Michael Sumner, Burning Books, Oakland, 1986). $30

 
  This book compilation, devoted to he work of composers who employ speech and texts in their work, was elegantly designed and printed in a limited edition of 3000 in 1986. Long out of print, a few copies of the first (and only) edition in mint condition have been made available for sale on this website at the original price. Classic texts include Cage's MUSHROOMS et Variationes," Robert Ashley's "Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)," songs by Yoko Ono and Laurie Anderson, Charles Amirkhanian's "Hypothetical Moments in the Intellectual Life of Southern California," Michael Peppe's "Actmusikspectakle V" and K. Atchley's "Edison's Las Project(ion)," all introduced by Charles Shere.

—Charles Amirkhanian

John Cage
John Cage
John Cage
John Cage
John Cage
John Cage
John Cage


BURNING BOOKS
MCMLXXXVI
EDITED AND DESIGNED BY MELODY SUMNER KATHLEEN BURCH
MICHAEL SUMNER
 
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson




Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley


Charles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian
Charles Amirkhanian
Michael Peppe
Michael Peppe
Michael Peppe
Michael Peppe
Michael Peppe
Michael Peppe
Michael Peppe


Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono


K. Atchley
K. Atchley
K. Atchley
K. Atchley
K. Atchley
K. Atchley
K. Atchley

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