tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post6689518204711991871..comments2024-03-28T01:45:31.400-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: I'm not going anywhere, everUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-2843161394736764492022-01-08T03:12:11.827-08:002022-01-08T03:12:11.827-08:00I discovered Cohen in the 1980s. Never knew he'...I discovered Cohen in the 1980s. Never knew he'd dropped from success and had to hardscrabble his way back. Always he was a superstar to me. Poet, in the best sense. I don't know who's alive and young and doing Cohen-level work. He was better than Dylan, who loses points for not being able to sing. Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-9073607932360501312022-01-07T14:26:44.273-08:002022-01-07T14:26:44.273-08:00If I'm a fan of anybody, it's Leonard Cohe...If I'm a fan of anybody, it's Leonard Cohen. If you watched the video Doug kindly linked to, you might have noticed that there were an inordinate number of "old Leonard" photos and a dearth of "young Leonard". Of course, as someone progresses in his/her career, there are going to be more cameras clicking, but that usually happens in the subject's 30s and 40s. Why johnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-68761373735566007782022-01-06T04:00:30.826-08:002022-01-06T04:00:30.826-08:00Aw, man, that's a story as beautiful as the so...Aw, man, that's a story as beautiful as the song. I pity the fool who thinks men aren't supposed to have or share such happysad memories.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQk3wyFG6Fg" rel="nofollow">Live link to the soundtrack of the above</a>.<br />Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-52324776725394959452022-01-06T02:51:56.108-08:002022-01-06T02:51:56.108-08:00Your story with Maggie isn't exactly like the ...Your story with Maggie isn't exactly like the story Leonard Cohen tells in his song, "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye", but it's close enough for jazz, and Leonard has always, despite rumors to the contrary, been a jazzer.<br /><br />I have my own story, that I'll briefly? add to yours, then post the song and lyrics.<br /><br />In 1968 my high school sweetheart headed johnthebaskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066837787916271883noreply@blogger.com