The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
Music magazine The WORD, Issue 108 - February 2012, has a very good review of 'Old Ideas' written by Dorian Lynskey.: About a page and a half, with 2 photos.
"Cohen: a poet with tunes, preoccupied with what Philip Larkin called "age,and then the only end of age".
"On GOING HOME the narrator forces Leonard ("a lazy bastard living in a suit")to sing about death("going home behind the curtain")when the singer would rather write "a manual for living with defeat". That's an elegant summary of a whole career spent confronting disappointment with dignity."
But it also has a caricature of Leonard and PJ Harvey on the front cover - the story "Whatever Happenned to Singing?"
The cover story is an article by David Hepworth : "What do we mean when we call somebody a great singer?Does it denote the ability to elicit tears, shatter glass or impress Gary Barlow? Or is singing music's most powerful way of communicating the uniqueness of a personality?In this celebration of the brilliant diversity of singing, David Hepworth tries to untangle the issues, while 21 writers and musicians pick the singers who do it for them." Mark Cooper, creative Head of LATER...etc) chooses Leonard Cohen.
- Dave
(Sorry, unable to provide scan).
"Cohen: a poet with tunes, preoccupied with what Philip Larkin called "age,and then the only end of age".
"On GOING HOME the narrator forces Leonard ("a lazy bastard living in a suit")to sing about death("going home behind the curtain")when the singer would rather write "a manual for living with defeat". That's an elegant summary of a whole career spent confronting disappointment with dignity."
But it also has a caricature of Leonard and PJ Harvey on the front cover - the story "Whatever Happenned to Singing?"
The cover story is an article by David Hepworth : "What do we mean when we call somebody a great singer?Does it denote the ability to elicit tears, shatter glass or impress Gary Barlow? Or is singing music's most powerful way of communicating the uniqueness of a personality?In this celebration of the brilliant diversity of singing, David Hepworth tries to untangle the issues, while 21 writers and musicians pick the singers who do it for them." Mark Cooper, creative Head of LATER...etc) chooses Leonard Cohen.
- Dave
(Sorry, unable to provide scan).
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Thanks, Dave.
Sounds intriguing.... I'll try to find a copy.
Sounds intriguing.... I'll try to find a copy.
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Excellent, thanks Dave!
I'll try and get hold of it to scan the relevant bits.
I'll try and get hold of it to scan the relevant bits.
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Has anyone seen the Feb issue in the shops yet (or know when it will be available)? My local store still has the Jan 2012 issue on the shelves.
Wendy
Wendy
Re: The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
My local newsagents say they'll have it tomorrow.
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Re: The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
My subscription copy usually arrives a few days before the new issue reaches the shops - so it should be available in the next few days.
From today it appears on the official website:
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/
- Dave
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Re: The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies"~ Groucho Marx
Re: The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
Thanks for the info Davido and remote. I will have another look for it on my next trip to the shops.
Wendy
Wendy
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Sorry, but I've only got a cheap scanner. If you click on the pictures, though, and then on the magnifying glass, it gets clear enough to read.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this last album thesis blown out of the water? The next album is already in the can?
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The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
And hopefully has Born In Chains on it.
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Once again I must say thanks to Dave and Natalie for this info
You two seem to have a great combination going!
....and I didn't need my magnifying glass to read it either.
This made me smile -

You two seem to have a great combination going!
....and I didn't need my magnifying glass to read it either.

This made me smile -
Can you even imagine what his record collection looks like?
It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to B4real ~ me
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!
Attitude is a self-fulfilling prophecy ~ me ...... The magic of art is the truth of its lies ~ me ...... Only left-handers are in their right mind!
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Thanks for the information.
I didn´t kill myself when things went wrong
I didn´t turn to drugs or teaching
I tried to sleep, but when I couldn´t sleep
I learned to write.
I learned to write what might be read
on nights like this by one like me.
(Leonard Cohen)
I didn´t turn to drugs or teaching
I tried to sleep, but when I couldn´t sleep
I learned to write.
I learned to write what might be read
on nights like this by one like me.
(Leonard Cohen)
Re: The WORD mag. - Old Ideas Review + Cover Feature
Indeed. Well, if not "in the can," it is at least in the works. The Man himself said so, right here on this forum (these reviewers ought to check in here from time to time. They might learn something!).Jonnie Falafel wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this last album thesis blown out of the water? The next album is already in the can?