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Leonard Cohen in the Wall Street Journal's Sport section?!
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:29 pm
by brightnow
I couldn't believe my eyes. And I still can't make up my mind as to whether this is positive or negative press...
"...Watching it, we were reminded of what a tame event the Super Bowl halftime show has become, thanks largely to Mr. Jackson's sister, Janet. We like Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty just fine, but neither one is going to break out the look-alikes or the smoke cannons and embrace the showbiz glory of the NFL's glitziest stage. Eventually, we're going to run low on safe, popular entertainers, and you're going to wind up with Leonard Cohen in a fedora at midfield. Which, actually, might be pretty awesome."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124624184841267047.html
Re: Leonardrd Cohen in the Wall Street Journal's Sport section?!
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:54 pm
by bridger15
brightnow wrote:I couldn't believe my eyes. And I still can't make up my mind as to whether this is positive or negative press...
Eventually, we're going to run low on safe, popular entertainers, and you're going to wind up with Leonard Cohen in a fedora at midfield. Which, actually, might be pretty awesome."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124624184841267047.html
This sounds awesomely positive to me!
Re: Leonard Cohen in the Wall Street Journal's Sport section?!
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:41 pm
by Pomona
Oh Avi, you beat me to it!
I just logged on to post this, and, as god is my witness, I was going to use the EXACT words and punctuation that you did for the Subject. Exact, I tell you!
In any case, my husband brought this to my attention this morning & my reaction was the same as yours. Hmmmm, what is he saying here - that Leonard is the "safest" of all popular entertainers? My husband thought I was reading too much into it & that the writer is clearly a fan wanting to plug Leonard in his piece. I'm going to go with that interpretation.
Re: Leonard Cohen in the Wall Street Journal's Sport section?!
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:31 pm
by brightnow
Pomona wrote:Oh Avi, you beat me to it!
I just logged on to post this, and, as god is my witness, I was going to use the EXACT words and punctuation that you did for the Subject. Exact, I tell you!
In any case, my husband brought this to my attention this morning & my reaction was the same as yours. Hmmmm, what is he saying here - that Leonard is the "safest" of all popular entertainers? My husband thought I was reading too much into it & that the writer is clearly a fan wanting to plug Leonard in his piece. I'm going to go with that interpretation.
Great minds Lori
And I think you got it right with the writer (Jason Gay), apparently he has mentioned LC before (link below), definitely a fan.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124079391438557919.html
Re: Leonard Cohen in the Wall Street Journal's Sport section?!
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:19 am
by Pomona
Good find, Avi. Very interesting, indeed. OK, so I guess I'll be skimming the sports section from now on . . .
First one to post Jason Gay's next LC reference wins!
Re: Leonard Cohen in the Wall Street Journal's Sport section?!
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:03 am
by MaryB
Oh yeah - this is definitely positive Avi.