I just finished reading the ~500 page On Some Faraway Beach. If you love his work, especially the early years, take your time reading this one. As the background, personalities and processes behind songs are revealed, I looked up the video or music for each one on archive.org or youtube (and never saw a single ad, amazingly, thanks cool guy at google whomever you are). So much more meaning now.

Yeah in his art school, physical media were shunned and role playing was emphasized. So he kind of painted with sound in some ways. Also, at that time, Cagian systems and processes were the popular approach.

Yup knowing the history of it all provides much more meaning.