{"id":514,"date":"2007-07-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/wordpress\/?p=514"},"modified":"2010-01-02T19:54:36","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T19:54:36","slug":"a-long-probably-one-sided-conversation-about-the-merits-of-tubular-steel-framed-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/2007\/07\/a-long-probably-one-sided-conversation-about-the-merits-of-tubular-steel-framed-furniture.html","title":{"rendered":"A long – probably one-sided – conversation about the merits of tubular steel-framed furniture."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now I know how the Fonz feels, because I got me a library card; specifically, a reader’s pass to the British Library. I wanted to find out more about John Cage and Ern\u0151<\/span> Goldfinger<\/span><\/a>, but couldn’t find a copy of Nigel Warburton’s<\/span> biography of Goldfinger<\/span> anywhere else.<\/div>\n
Warburton<\/span> takes time to mention Cage’s brief association with the architect, but has nothing more to add than what Cage has already written about the experience, other than the intriguing detail that Goldfinger<\/span> made his remark about the need for an architects to devote their lives solely to architecture while “preaching to some girlfriends”.<\/div>\n
There’s nothing about why Cage’s former professor chose Goldfinger<\/span> as the man to mentor Cage, but it can be inferred from the rest of the chapter. Goldfinger<\/span> had quickly established a reputation as something of an enfant<\/span> terrible<\/span> since arriving in Paris, making a lot of noise and getting himself introduced to the best and brightest in town. Except for Picasso: Goldfinger<\/span> refused to meet an artist he suspected would not treat him as an equal.<\/div>\n
In fact, the younger Goldfinger<\/span> could easily be a character out of a Wyndham Lewis<\/a> novel, judging from Warburton’s<\/span> book. As well as the harem kept in his offices, “Ern\u0151’s<\/span> wild spirits even resulted in a challenge to a duel. The source of the insult was his shimmying at a nightclub.” The duel (with sabres) was averted after both parties had their lawyers prepare and exchange “elaborate official apologies”. On another occasion he had “gone on the rampage after one Bal<\/span> des<\/span> Quat’z<\/span> Arts, where there was open hostility between the ateliers, storming off into the night intent on beating up homosexuals.” Just as well Cage didn’t stay around for long.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now I know how the Fonz feels, because I got me a library card; specifically, a reader’s pass to the British Library. I wanted to find out more about John Cage and Ern\u0151 Goldfinger, but couldn’t find a copy of Nigel Warburton’s biography of Goldfinger anywhere else. Warburton takes time to mention Cage’s brief association […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}