Karlheinz Stockhausen died yesterday, age 79.

His music along with John Cage had a powerful influence on me as a child. With a reel to reel recorder and two tracks my brother and I explored a world where EVERYTHING had music ...it only needed to be discovered - clocks, bottles, water, gas, fire, papers, pipes - what fun!

Nice review of his influence here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aHnVNGrn2tHc&refer=home

Sincerely,
Gargoyle