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Please, Nominate LC 4 Canada's Walk of Fame ONLINE

Post by BoHo »

Nominate LC for Canada's Walk of Fame Online by the end of the month:

http://tinyurl.com/2rgeqr

or

http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/contes ... ns.xml.htm

Copying and pasting your comments here may help other nominators to focus on other elements or salient aspects of LC's career, cultural contribution, and oeuvre to give his nomination more thrust, strength, and force.

Personally, I have never understood this blinding oversight; perhaps, with our energy and none-too-shabby powers of persuasion, we could correct it.

Read 'em and, in some instances, weep (Pam Anderson before our Beautiful Creep?):

Bryan Adams Musician (Kingston, ON) 1998
Pam Anderson Model & Actress 2006
Paul Anka Singer/Songwriter (Deschambault QC) 2005
Denys Arcand Film Director (Deschambault QC) 2004
Jann Arden Musician 2006
Kenojuak Ashevak Painter / Sculptor (Ikirlsak, NU) 2001
Margaret Atwood Author (Ottawa, ON) 2001
Dan Aykroyd Actor (Ottawa, ON) 2002
Jean Béliveau Hockey Player (Trois Rivieres, QC) 2001
Pierre Berton Author (Whitehorse, YT) 1998
Scotty Bowman Hockey Coach (Montreal QC) 2003
Kurt Browning Figure Skater (Caroline, AB) 2001
John Candy Actor (Newmarket, ON) 1998
Jim Carrey Actor (Newmarket, ON) 1998
Juliette Cavazzi Singer (Winnipeg, MB) 1999
George Chuvalo Boxer (Weyburn SK) 2005
Cirque du Soleil Circus Troupe (Gaspé, QC) 2002
Michael Cohl Producer / Concert Promoter (Toronto, ON) 2005
Alex Colville Painter/Printmaker (Toronto, ON) 2002
Pierre Cossette Producer (Valleyfield, QC) 2005
Toller Cranston Skater (Hamilton ON) 2003
Crazy Canucks Olympic ski champions 2006
David Cronenberg Director (Toronto, ON) 1999
Hume Cronyn Actor London, ON 1999
Céline Dion Singer (Charlemagne, QC) 1999
Shirley Douglas Actor (Weyburn SK) 2004
Jim Elder Equestrian (Toronto ON) 2003
Linda Evangelista Model (St. Catharines, ON) 2003
Timothy Findley Novelist/Playwright (Toronto, ON) 2002
Maureen Forrester Singer (Montréal, QC) 2000
David Foster Music Producer (Victoria, BC) 2002
Michael J. Fox Actor (Edmonton, AB) 2000
Brendan Fraser Actor 2006
Glenn Gould Musician (Toronto, ON) 1998
Robert Goulet Singer & Actor 2006
Nancy Greene Downhill Skier (Ottawa, ON) 1999
Wayne Gretzky Hockey Player (Brantford, ON) 2002
The Guess Who Musicians (Winnipeg, MB) 2001
Monty Hall Game Show Host/Humanitarian (Winnipeg, MB) 2002
Evelyn Hart Ballet Dancer (Toronto, ON) 2000
Rex Harrington Dancer (Montreal QC) 2005
Ronnie Hawkins Musician (Huntsville, AK) 2002
Arthur Hiller Film Director (Edmonton, AB) 2002
Gordie Howe Hockey Player (Floral, SK) 2000
William Hutt Actor (Toronto, ON) 2000
Lou Jacobi Actor (Toronto, ON) 1999
Ferguson Jenkins Baseball Player (Chatham, ON) 2001
Harry Winston Jerome Sprinter (Prince Albert, SK) 2001
Norman Jewison Director (Toronto, ON) 1998
Lynn Johnston Cartoonist (Collingwood, ON) 2003
Karen Kain Ballet Dancer (Hamilton, ON) 1998
John Kay Musicians (Toronto ON) 2004
Diana Krall Musician (Nanaimo BC) 2004
Daniel Lanois Hollywood Pioneer 2005
Mario Lemieux Hockey Player (Montreal QC) 2004
Robert Lepage Film Director / Playwright (Montréal, QC) 2001
Eugene Levy Comedian 2006
Gordon Lightfoot Musician (Orillia, ON) 1998
Rich Little Impressionist (Ottawa, ON) 1998
Guy Lombardo Bandleader (London, ON) 2002
Louis B. Mayer Hollywood Pioneer 2004
Lorne Michaels Producer (Toronto ON) 2003
Joni Mitchell Singer (Fort McLeod, AB) 2000
Alanis Morissette Hollywood Pioneer (Montreal, QC) 2005
Anne Murray Singer (Springhill, NS) 1998
Mike Myers Actor (Scarborough ON) 2003
Leslie Nielsen Actor (Regina, SK) 2001
Bobby Orr Hockey Player (Parry Sound, ON) 1998
Walter Ostanek Polka King (Duparquet, QC) 2001
Mary Pickford Actor (Toronto, ON) 1999
Luc Plamondon Musician (Saint-Raymondde-Portneuf QC) 2003
Christopher Plummer Actor (Toronto, ON) 1998
Ivan Reitman Producer / Director (Komarmo, Czechoslovakia) 2001
Ginette Reno Singer (Montréal, QC) 2000
Maurice Richard Hockey Player (Montréal, QC) 1999
Jean-Paul Riopelle Painter (Montréal, QC) 2000
Robbie Robertson Musician (Toronto ON) 2003
Royal Canadian Air Farce Comedy Troupe (Montréal, QC) 2000
Rush Musicians (Toronto, ON) 1999
Buffy Sainte-Marie Songwriter (Piapot Reserve, SK) 1999
Mack Sennett Hollywood Pioneer (Montreal, QC) 2004
Barbara Ann Scott Figure Skater (Ottawa, ON) 1998
SCTV Comedy Troupe (Toronto, ON) 2002
Paul Shaffer Musician 2006
William Shatner Actor (Montréal, QC) 2000
Helen Shaver Actor (St. Thomas ON) 2004
Martin Short Actor (Hamilton, ON) 2000
David Steinberg Comedian/Actor/Director/Writer (Winnipeg MB) 2003
Teresa Stratas Opera Soprano (Toronto, ON) 2001
Donald Sutherland Actor (Saint John, NB) 2000
Kiefer Sutherland Actor (St. Thomas ON) 2005
Veronica Tennant Ballet Dancer (London, England) 2001
The Tragically Hip Musicians (Kingston, ON) 2002
Alex Trebek Game Show Host 2006
Shania Twain Musician (Windsor ON) 2003
Jacques Villeneuve Race Car Driver (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC) 1998
Jack Warner Hollywood Pioneer (London, ON) 2004
Wayne and Shuster Comedy Duo (Toronto, ON) 1999
Fay Wray Hollywood Pioneer (London, ON) 2005
Neil Young Singer (Toronto, ON) 2000

BoHo
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THE ITEM THAT HE SENT HER:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/leonardcohen.html
ADAGIOS III — ELECTRA'S BENISON, BOUND!
http://www.oberonpress.ca/titles.pl?v=new
JUDITH FITZGERALD'S EVER-EVOLVING WRITESITE:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/
LEONARD COHEN'S OPEN BOOK OF LONGING:
http://tinyurl.com/yno7z7
POET PARLIAMENTAEIRIAL JUDITH FITZGERALD:
http://tinyurl.com/38ssjq
THE AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW:
http://tinyurl.com/2h6op6
SUNITI NAMJOSHI'S BRIGHTSITE:
http://tinyurl.com/37jjvy
J.F. ON AL PURDY & ELI MANDEL @ CBC:
http://tinyurl.com/2vdrdq
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Post by lizzytysh »

:shock: What a list :shock: ~ and what a :shock: that Leonard is not on it! It seems there must be some 'hold-out' deep in the corridors of decision-making [or is it strictly a 'vote' ~ U.S.-style :? ] that has precluded Leonard's being there. It's got to be politics... surely this can't represent the best thinking of those responsible for such an uneven list :shock: .

Thanks for posting them all, Judith. You get a much better sense of it all, that way.


~ Lizzy
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Post by BoHo »

It is political, Lizzy. That's why we need an overwhelming show of support. The rich have got their channels and one of the richest, Moses Z., used to employ Denise D., at his media empire until she left said Emperor (who is, BTW, the father of one of the children of Kelley L.), to go to Sony; and, given these initial facts, since MZ is a friend of LC and, I've heard said, a DBD (as astonishing as that seems to me), it would be very awkward for LC to be a part of any Walk, day or night, moon or earth to grudgifying hellmasters. It is so hard for some people to say, simply, I am sorry I hurt you; I am sorry we will never speak again; I valued your friendship, and I will give it my all to ensure you are a part of my world. It would go a long way towards getting LC on the right Walk of Fame, though.

A simple apology would cure most of the rancour in the world; but, too many people nurse grudges and it breaks my heart (and, keeps me away from a lot of discussions here and always will because I am afraid of being attacked). That's another gory story . . .

But, it makes me think of Irving's couplet, one of the first things he sent me when we met through the mails when I was fourteen, each time I see a name of someone whom I love and was once a friend, it makes me very sad. I never go on the offensive and, I wouldn't say anything to hurt anyone, I might go over the top sometimes and say outrageous things; but, my aim is true and never malicious; I only want attention, like any human being; but, I have said things I wish I hadn't and done things I wish I could take back (like, punching my sister on the arm when she wouldn't give me the orange from her lunch when I was nine and still not adopted and I never got to say I was sorry and never will; it was the only time I've ever struck anyone and it learned me good).

I will apologise if I hurt someone inadvertently and always do. You know that first hand :). But, when I am under attack, after working in the trenches of the dirtiest bizth in the world for thirty-plus years, I am going to defend myself with the skills I had to learn in order to swim with the sharks but never become one of them; OTOH, I am not going to apologise for being a human being being human, not anymore, never again. Irving taught me that, too. His couplet is my motto and, gawd, I miss him so much, especially now, given it's around the first anniversary of his death, I just have so many questions I never got to ask, still, after forty years of friendship, damn):

Lord, I understand, the truth is out;
I kill him, he kills me, change and change about.

He wrote that to me when I was fifteen, when truth was "in" and "out." It grows with you as you grow with it. And, you finally accede: Nobody's perfect (or, everybody is). I feel so close to everything we've lost, we'll never have to lose it -- go nuts -- again :( . . . Ah, I always get sadly philosophicalifragious when I am procrastinating, L!

Someone mentioned you need to live in the sponsoring newspapers' areas. If anyone needs additional information and doesn't care about winning the trip (after all, it's for Leo, not me-me-meo), I suggest using a number beginning with the first six digits and inventing one with the last four. You can use your own email and, so, if you do win the trip, I'm pretty sure the committee will do its best to contact the winner via email as well:

416.535.xxxx
416.967.xxxx
416.325.xxxx
416.367.xxxx
416.585.xxxx

All are Toronto, Ontario designated numbers so, fit the criteria in that regard.

You're on a tour, er, tear, this morning, Sweetness. Good to see you up and attem, as always.

Back to the struggle; will try to put in an appearance this weekend or so . . .

Love, Jf/ox
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THE ITEM THAT HE SENT HER:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/leonardcohen.html
ADAGIOS III — ELECTRA'S BENISON, BOUND!
http://www.oberonpress.ca/titles.pl?v=new
JUDITH FITZGERALD'S EVER-EVOLVING WRITESITE:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/
LEONARD COHEN'S OPEN BOOK OF LONGING:
http://tinyurl.com/yno7z7
POET PARLIAMENTAEIRIAL JUDITH FITZGERALD:
http://tinyurl.com/38ssjq
THE AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW:
http://tinyurl.com/2h6op6
SUNITI NAMJOSHI'S BRIGHTSITE:
http://tinyurl.com/37jjvy
J.F. ON AL PURDY & ELI MANDEL @ CBC:
http://tinyurl.com/2vdrdq
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Post by lizzytysh »

Hi Judith ~

The area where the newspaper is published... or of its readership? If the latter... hard copy or online? Run a ballot in the newspaper? Or, instead, have the locals trek down to the newspaper's home office and stick a paper ballot in the designated box :roll: . Who cares where the newspaper is published? What does that have to do with a person's fame or impact on an industry?

In today's world, it doesn't make sense [at least to me] that one would need to live near the building where it's generated... and, with so many laptops and satellite-style contributions coming in from PCs and laptops... what does it matter... know what I mean? Talk about politics... especially when 'fame' is a 'worldwide' concept, certainly moreso than not. So, the question becomes, "Who in our neighbourhood thinks . . . " In fact, seems to me that the question might better preclude the 'locals' and have those further out in those concentric circles be asked, "Which person has reached and impacted the outermost territories, fame, y'know, fame?" Is that not the nature of true fame? If you want a provincial vote, make it a provincial award... Local Favourites 2007 Award. If you want fame, ask those who are out of earshot, but have still heard and been positively impacted.

More later on the rest...


~ Lizzy
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Post by lizzytysh »

Dear Judithia ~
A simple apology would cure most of the rancour in the world; but, too many people nurse grudges and it breaks my heart (and, keeps me away from a lot of discussions here and always will because I am afraid of being attacked). That's another gory story . . .

Truth and sadness in one fell swoop... there are so many discussions here that would benefit by your input, your knowledge, your perceptions, your experience, your expression. There are also safe paths leading from the high road to the well for refreshing nourishment and pleasure... continuous walking without hydration will leave us, well... high and dry :wink: . We will draw it and drink together ~ "Here's to you... " There's nothing I'd love more at the moment than to see BoHo appear in the BoM thread... and any number of other elsewheres 8) .

I wish I could have known Irving, personally, as you and select others came to know him. At this point, I'd settle for at least having met him. That point has passed, though; the way life has a way of doing.

Ah, yes, learning by experience... what a way to go. Experience teaches us many things... and, in several, we've been each other's best teachers :D ~ well, okay, and some credit to a couple who walk the corridors of airports :wink: . "Here's to you, who forgive what you do, and to those who don't even care... " ~ I think of Gypsey Wife [MzV] when I see or hear those lyrics 8) .

For Leonard, we need to do all we can to break this political filibuster... take it to the Senate floor, guys... it has no place here.


Love,
Lizzy :D
BoHo

Post by BoHo »

Elizabest:

SWIM!!1!

Love, Jf/ox
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THE ITEM THAT HE SENT HER:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/leonardcohen.html
ADAGIOS III — ELECTRA'S BENISON, BOUND!
http://www.oberonpress.ca/titles.pl?v=new
JUDITH FITZGERALD'S EVER-EVOLVING WRITESITE:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/
LEONARD COHEN'S OPEN BOOK OF LONGING:
http://tinyurl.com/yno7z7
POET PARLIAMENTAEIRIAL JUDITH FITZGERALD:
http://tinyurl.com/38ssjq
THE AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW:
http://tinyurl.com/2h6op6
SUNITI NAMJOSHI'S BRIGHTSITE:
http://tinyurl.com/37jjvy
J.F. ON AL PURDY & ELI MANDEL @ CBC:
http://tinyurl.com/2vdrdq
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Post by lizzytysh »

Hey, Judithia ~

I believe for every drop
of rain that falls...
a flower grows...
some tears may flow...
but trust enfolds...
be/comes pure gold...
oh, I believe...
yes,
I believe...

. . .

Sunshine on my shoulders
makes me happy...
sunshine in my mind
can make me smile...

. . .
I love to go a wandering,
Along the mountain track.
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.
Valderi, valdera, valdera,
Valde ha ha ha ha ha ha,
Valderi, valdera,
My knapsack on my back.

I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun.
So joyously it calls to me.
"Come join my happy song."
Valderi, valdera, valdera,
Valde ha ha ha ha ha ha,
Valderi, valdera
"Come join my happy song."

I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From every greenwood tree.
Valderi, valdera, valdera,
Valde ha ha ha ha ha ha,
Valderi, valdera
From every greenwood tree.

High over head, the skylarks wing,
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing,
As o'er the world we roam.
Valderi, valdera, valdera,
Valde ha ha ha ha ha ha,
Valderi, valdera,
As o'er the world we roam.

Oh, may I go a wandering,
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing,
Beneath God's clear blue sky!
Valeri, valdera, valdera,
Valde ha ha ha ha ha ha,
Valderi, valdera
Beneath God's clear blue sky!

Love, lotsa love, tons of love, G~d's love,
Lizzy

I'm glad you're here, Judith :D .
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Post by Andrew McGeever »

I attempted to post my vote, but I'm not a Canadian subject...end of.
Who made this list?
I'll tell you this: if Mr. Cohen isn't fit to receive a nomination, there's no future for art in Canada 8)
C'est La Vie,

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Post by Tchocolatl »

It is the hall of fame, buddy, not the hall of art. Hockey players and models ant tutti quanti on it. Look carefuly.

Hall of fame.... ppfff...Leonard Cohen entered alive in the legend, not only in Canada, but all over the world. This hall is only a detail that has no importance in his career at this point. Nothing much. But Ey! Nothing bad also.

And a little more yac-waka-de-yaaaAAAaaak around celebrities can not do wrong for people whose job needs visibility. And to complete your information, take a walk in objective reality, and you'll see the truth : Leonard Cohen is regarded as a huge respected star & art in Canada is going very well. Très très bien. I sware on the Irish blood of my grand-mother. 8)

But :? you are Scotch not Irish, isn't it? What the eck. It is true. Dot.

P.S. : Leonard Cohen is a hall of fame.

Where everybody put grafitii on it.

P.S. (2) : But ey!
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Post by BoHo »

> I attempted to post my vote, but I'm not a Canadian subject...end of.<<

Erm . . . Just a minute, there, Handy Man o' Mine! You can submit your nomination using the location Toronto, Ontario and make a 'phone number with the first six digits I listed in an earlier message. You don't have to physically be in Canada (though, I must admit, art would be on the upswing, and so would a few hearts if you were). You might be a bizthness d00d in Scotland on bizthness and just cannot resist nominating our man from your laptop, right? So, get thee to a ballotry.

> Who made this list<<

Wreck execs, mostly, IYAM. Bizthicianists. Assholes. The steaming scheming works, IOW.

> I'll tell you this: if Mr. Cohen isn't fit to receive a nomination, there's no future for art in Canada<<

Well, he did number among the top three influential maestros of the twentieth century in The Globe and Mail's millennium poll, right? That's what matters; that's where the art (still) is. LC, McLuhan, and Glenn Gould. And, I wouldn't call that Walk of Fame list art, not by a country smile, no way, no hell. It's part of what Debord call's The Spectacle, image becoming nothing but mere capital. It's all about the cheques, right, in the twenty-worst century?

Where's Marshall McLuhan, k.d. lang, J. K. Galbraith, Ignatieff, Paul Martin, Trudeau, Irving, David Staines, all the top-of-the-croppers? Nowhere. Because? They don't make cash registers sing (even if that's a myth based on payola, and back-room shenanigans. Syndicate or Corporate, take yer pickets elsewhere :)). That's why LC doesn't have "hit singles." He never played the game, never forked over the half-mil in "promotional fees" to the record companies, was never vain enough to "hire-a-hit" (thank gawd).

C'est La Vie? Que sera sera (and, Holly Cole does a lovely cover of that one, too, to tie up the loose rends, on Don't Smoke In Bed). Her register isn't really firm on the high end of the scale; but, she's dirty sweet and completely real. She covered one of my songs, Unnecessarily Blue (I've got a demo of it somewhere, just everything's still packed here except my books I need to write the Leo book) when she was just starting her career; we used to hang together around A Space and the Music Gallery with Victor Coleman, bp Nichol, et.allofem. Those were wonderful magical times.

C'est la vie. That's life (largesse).

Jf/ox
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THE ITEM THAT HE SENT HER:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/leonardcohen.html
ADAGIOS III — ELECTRA'S BENISON, BOUND!
http://www.oberonpress.ca/titles.pl?v=new
JUDITH FITZGERALD'S EVER-EVOLVING WRITESITE:
http://www.judithfitzgerald.ca/
LEONARD COHEN'S OPEN BOOK OF LONGING:
http://tinyurl.com/yno7z7
POET PARLIAMENTAEIRIAL JUDITH FITZGERALD:
http://tinyurl.com/38ssjq
THE AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW:
http://tinyurl.com/2h6op6
SUNITI NAMJOSHI'S BRIGHTSITE:
http://tinyurl.com/37jjvy
J.F. ON AL PURDY & ELI MANDEL @ CBC:
http://tinyurl.com/2vdrdq
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Post by jimbo »

Hi Liz :) Iknow the name of that song" The happy wanderer"
and the music so ILL play it if you sing it?fal da re fal da ra fal da ha ha ha ha ha ........... good night Madame buterfly
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Post by lizzytysh »

:D Oh, that's great, Jimbo... I love that song... I've always loved that song. I said to a friend recently that it's one where it's impossible for singing of the song and sadness to exist in the same space... like smiles are said to have the same effect, even if only at a molecular level, as we all know how smiling can be when we do feel sad, as in barely helping at all. So, laughter, might be the better example and, not coincidentally, it's one song that contains that very thing beautifully. For me, the song, even if you don't feel good in the beginning of it, picks you up as you go.

I remember reading the book "Heidi" when I was a little girl and, similar to the scenes there, I've always imagined a mountain trail in the Alps or Ireland, when I sing it. How's about if you play it and we'll sing it together? Have a good night's rest, Jimbo.


~ Lizzy
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I CANT SING i cant dance,,,,,,,,
.........and anyway we are in a different time zone

YOUR 12 hours or something like that behind me its 2 35 am Gmt here so you tell me :!: :)
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Post by lizzytysh »

Oh, dear, have a good half-night's rest :wink: ? Not 12 hours, at all, either... only 5 :) .

I know... Can't sleep? Get on the pc and vote for Leonard!


~ Lizzy
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Post by dick »

Bo's suggestion does work....

Used Toronto,Ontario and a 416-368-xxxx tel number and received a thank you reply....

Hope we can get Leonard this long-delayed recognition.
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