In the radio here in Ireland, they were talking about the US elections and then playing "Democracy"! Itis just strange how he always is years ahead, and behind at the same time...
Has the song been used anywhere in the US since the elections?

Hello! from feb 8 till march 3, there's an exhibition of paintings by Seoirse o'Dochartaigh in the military museum, Fort Dunree,on the Inishowen Penisula in north Dônegal! the êxhibition is titled "the secret life", and the painter sâys that listening to Cohen songs brought him images of d...

hi monk, looks like a nice place for trying sares lüngerl! however, i'd rather prefer saure zipfel (sausage cooked in acid(?) sauce). in berlin, maybe you'd like to try Berliner Schnitzel, but beware (and everybody should!): it's not a normal Schnitzel which are fine and can't be spoiled by anything...

hi everybody! so if you ask "was ist in der wurst?" - what is in the sausage, be prepared: GOOD ANSWERS: fleisch - meat schwein - pig rind - cattle geflügel - chicken gewürze - spices BAD ANSWERS (at least the things you might not like:) Leber - liver Niere - kidney Gehirn - brain that jus...

in a tv show in germany last saturday ("wetten dass") there was a woman who was blind from birth. she said she could feel colours. with the help of her sister who explained to her what colours are she could improve this incredible ability. in the show she was shown telling the colour of se...

hi simon, that's right, the button jar, that's a very special thing. add to the smell the sound when going through it to find a certain one, and it's a very strong childhod memory. greta, linda, lizzy and diane, how nice to hear that the stable smells also mean something to you! it is true that the ...

in case of hobbies, here are some country autumn smells: the smell of my horse's coat the smell in the stable the smell of newly bought good leather bridles the smell of my old riding sweatshirt when putting it finally on after a week in the city the smell of my sleeping back when i'm going to sleep...

i very much like the fact that canada is bilingual. it is good not to be restricted to only one language and, thus, way of thinking. and that was another great point for doing a practice there last year. not only that i could go and see montreal and this park mentioned so often in "the favourit...

apart from your first suggestions, Diane, there are some more that are typical of late summer:
-hay brought freshly in the barn
-the last flowers on the pastures in golden sun
-a collection of leaves and fruits for autumn decoration

it is definitely a great song which is so powerful in transferring feelings. no wonder it's so famous. adn it is different from many other cohen songs in that it is quite musical, not like the other songs that are more poetic (and fortunately there are still so many of them!). that may also be a rea...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!
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with all the best wishes for many happy years to come!
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anna edith, munich

many thanks to jarkko for having created such a great side and keeping it alive!
i have appreciated it for a long time now and really like it a lot, it is very different in a positive way from so many other websites!

bee-would you mind staying polite?

i absolutely agree with thocho and tri-me. our world needs "bleeding heart, left wing, fairy dust queen" and all those other creatures like saints, good witches, magicians with powerful words... to fight the trolls and poison-spreading dragons that can't behave in community! and here in th...

it's very interesting to read all your opinions! it seems that we mainly agree that one does give a message with what one is wearing, and i do believe that it is not only percieved consciously, but also in the deeper parts of the mind. and now matter how far the evolution of the humans is, the uncon...