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- Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:52 pm
- Forum: Book of Longing
- Topic: Listen to the 2nd KCRW interview
- Replies: 75
- Views: 81470
Re: Listen to the 2nd KCRW interview
"Thanks for the Dance" closes it out and puts me in tears. This interview feels nearly as much about the beauty of their relationship as it does about Leonard's book, and their recent and upcoming album. The symbiotic quality of Dick's photo in the park can be heard throughout this intervi...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:51 pm
- Forum: Book of Longing
- Topic: Book of Longing / Adelaide Festival 2008
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17620
Re: Book of Longing / Adelaide Festival 2008
Certain poems, in simple rhyme or blank verse, evoke Zen-like equilibrium. In others, he's "back on Boogie Street": Cohen's mindscape of wine, women and general dissipation. The book's title indicates that desire has not been subdued. "I'm not working from an ideological or theoretica...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:50 pm
- Forum: Book of Longing
- Topic: You Are Right, Sahara
- Replies: 57
- Views: 53011
Re: You Are Right, Sahara
Interesting conjecture on what may be the origin of Sahara's name. Thank you for the rich reading, D.Cohen :D . You're a wonderful addition here and with your Jewish heritage bring even more to the table 8) . Thanks, Simon. I'll look it up and see if there is anything I can add to that thread. Might...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:49 pm
- Forum: Book of Longing
- Topic: info needed about a new edition of Book of Longing
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13373
Re: info needed about a new edition of Book of Longing
I copied the description to Google Translate and it detected Chinese but the translation makes no sense! Here is the original edition of the translation in traditional Chinese, published in Taiwan by The Performing Art Review in Taipei. (I have this book. Unfortunately I am now not at home and canno...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:48 pm
- Forum: Blue Alert
- Topic: Blue Alert
- Replies: 26
- Views: 38096
Re: Blue Alert
The name of it makes me think of that little terrorism alert scale here in the US. Blue is pretty much nothing going on. I can't get past that. I absolutely LOVE the album. Anjani's voice is fantastic, clear and unpretentious and so are the songs. One of the best CDs I have.