17 November 2016 Hallelujah Leonard Cohen, poet, song writer, singer: 1934 – 2016 by J.R.Thomas Everybody knows the fight was fixed. The poor stay poor, the rich get rich. That’s how it goes. Everybody knows. An extraordinarily pointed juxtaposition of events in the USA on Thursday last. President-elect Donald Trump and family rolled up to… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17:Hallelujah (J.R.Thomas)
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Issue 70:2016 09 08:We are not a muse (J.R,Thomas)
8 September 2016 Fading Icons – We Are Not A Muse Where should we look for inspiration? by J.R.Thomas It’s one of those stories that probably isn’t true, but should be. Leonard Cohen, writing his first album in New York whilst his great love, muse, and inspiration, Marianne, was in the Cohenesque paradise of… Continue reading Issue 70:2016 09 08:We are not a muse (J.R,Thomas)
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
12 November 2015 Neat and Nimble By Chin Chin When Flanders and Swan wrote their famous song about the gasman, they based the lyrics on those of a Victorian ditty in which the singer falls in love with a young woman who, while “dashing away with the smoothing iron,” steals his heart away. In fact… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Neat and Nimble
