Detroit bar before the show

[lizzytysh]

Oh, wow... 'if only' on the front row or even that close... but I'm GRATEFUL to have a seat, at all! A gracious, VERY gracious friend got my ticket for me, when my own money wouldn't allow, with reimbursement when we meet... and I am simply not cut out for all the online madness that happens with pre-sales. So, I'm there and that's what matters. So, in two ways, my friend saved the day in a very major way !!

. . . 52.083 a week to catch up to you - easily do-able .

That's what I thought!

But, hold on there girlie! How are Diana and I going to catch up with you when you have over 70 posts in one day

And that's what I realized ~ almost simultaneously !

Oh, my... you can see well I didn't do on waiting till tonight to even get here! Addiction thread, here I come!

Meanwhile, I'm glad you concur on the number of bananas and I like your idea of a personal gift for Fred, delivered separately. I know the cd has to mean even more to you now .

Yes ~ we will not be the ones holding the other helium balloons ...


~ Lizzy

[MaryB]

Lizzy and Diana,

You stingy ladies! One banana ? What if Dino or Javier or Bob or Roscoe or Raphael or Neil or Sharon or Hattie or Charley want a banana - would you deny them ? Tsk, tsk. And, it should not be a problem at the meetup (see, I'm on topic ) if you two divy up the stash in your LC Beacon Show canvas bags

Generous regards,
Mary

[lizzytysh]

One slippery, quickly-oxidating, i.e. browning, empty banana peel is sufficient for any one show. You know how they are, they start the decomposing process immediately . Perhaps, moreso than any other fruit container.

I'm certain the rest of the band will be well nourished and can just wait until intermission or after the show to have a banana. The price of not being Leonard. Divvying up the goods sounds like a great idea, except for all I know, I might be in Row N, too... and then what . Hand off a banana all the way down? By the time it reaches the stage, the song will be over. Not everyone will have had a chance to eat before the concert, either, and if we hand off more than one banana, a half-eaten one or one or two fewer may end up at the stage. Then what? Leonard's suddenly confronted with who does and doesn't get a banana... and then everyone will be all abuzz as to why this or that one didn't make the cut. Whoever that upstanding woman is... I think she's going to be like gold to us in all of this. Yes... I still say... One banana .

I know what. How about if Leonard gets the banana and for the rest a loaf of banana bread to split [banana-nut bread, if we want to symbolically include ourselves ].


~ Lizzy

[MusicCityGypsy]

Haha...

All this banana throwing talk is making my day! I can just imagine during a certain song 100's devoted Fred & Cohen fans chucking banana's at the stage from all over the theater and of course some of them smashing against the band and crew and then hitting the infamous fedora hat right off of Leonard Cohen's head...oops! I had an idea to get fred a smaller girlfriend monkey...but decided against it...I saw a really CUTE girl monkey at the store the other day...she had eyelashes ha! I think they have fedora hats at craft stores for teddy bears, wonder if they'd fit Fred...or someone said something about making a shirt...that would be easy with either getting a newborn baby shirt (or teddy bear shirt) and iron on letters or a steady hand and a sharpie

See y'all soon!
Cara

[MaryB]

Cara,

Oooooh a cute girl monkey for Fred . Maybe that will distract him from his new 'playmate' and 'women tearing their blouses off'. And never fear, if Fred is hungry, he's got a great catching arm, or should I say, 2 arms and 2 legs, when put in motion, would never reach anyone on stage.

Warmest regards,
Mary

Hope someone takes the time to finalize the meetup plans before the concert. You're all getting close! FOCUS!

[lizzytysh]

. . . and then hitting the infamous fedora hat right off of Leonard Cohen's head...oops!

"Bananas Gone Wild" starring Leonard Cohen and Monkey Fred


Mary ~

I think it's The Fox restaurant at Five... that's what Lady Di and I will be doing, anyway. It seems we're a bit of a raggle-taggle group for arrangements, but eh . How can anyone miss a helium balloon, anyway? We're likely to meet people who've never even heard of the Forum.


~ Lizzy

[mwaldman]

Hope someone takes the time to finalize the meetup plans before the concert. You're all getting close! FOCUS!

Mary,

Get real. How do you expect forum addicts to FOCUS on anything but their next post?

Skeptical,
Mike

[MaryB]

Mike,

This coming from someone who joined the forum one day before me and has almost double the post ? Come join us on the forum addicts topic - we'll glady 'safely gather you in' .

Addicted regards,
Mary

[MusicCityGypsy]

so should we try and get a head count and see if we can reserve a table or tables? I think we will be eating a late breakfast that day with some friends but the cheesecake on the menu looks inviting! Let me know if I should call and ask if they can reserve us an area and if you all want...i'd be willing to place a banana on stage ...

let me know.

Cara

[MusicCityGypsy]

I edited this because the picture sizes were too big and freaking me out each time I saw banana's!

but I had to leave: Fred's cousin?



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DETROIT MEETUP (had to include it...right? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)

[MaryB]

MusicCityGypsy

I LOVE the hat ! Can Fred have one pleeeease?

Detroit meetup seems to be coming along nicely .

Hysterical regards,
Mary

[lizzytysh]

Hey, Cara ~

I like the idea of a fedora for Fred, but I feel it oughta be a grey one, so he fits the theme of Leonard and the band .

Those banana boxes are toooo cute. Precious. And the banana labels are outright funny . It still puts us in the plural for the bananas, though .


What I'm wondering [yeah, seriously ], at this point, however, is whether Leonard's not picking up the rose that KaimiK threw onto the stage [distance, as well as a barrier, between them] and then demuring on a chocolate that Sharon offered him from the box, after she ended up getting it... is a signal of some sort to not keep deluging his, otherwise, pristine show. I could be wrong, of course, yet I wonder. Wish there were some way to know for sure.


~ Lizzy

[MusicCityGypsy]

lizzy- I do agree...perhaps a gift to the band members before the show would be a better route, if any at all.

I wish there was a REAL stage door at the Fox to try and drop something off with someone but it appears to be hidden behind a LARGE fence, I don't want to be the one on the news getting arrested for trying to hop a 20 ft. fence while carrying a banana!

I am so excited about the Detroit show that i can't focus on "real life" it's like i'm living in pre-Cohen-tour anxiety, can't wait for it to be here but will be really sad when it's over.

[lizzytysh]

I wish there was a REAL stage door at the Fox to try and drop something off with someone but it appears to be hidden behind a LARGE fence, I don't want to be the one on the news getting arrested for trying to hop a 20 ft. fence while carrying a banana!

I'd volunteer to take your place, Cara, but uhm... I feel sorta like you do about that . What a royal bummer, though! An inaccessible stage door! Now what ?? Don't MAKE us throw that banana on the stage ! I mean, I guess we could carry one into the pre-show gathering and if we see a band member, give it to them. The ones with your special-made labels would be wonderful for that! The small box and the fedora, too [in grey, of course ... I mean, our little Fred has to maintain his image of cool, right?]

Well, I'd typed a whole paragraph on the speculation aspect and lost it all. So, I'll post this and try to redo it.

[lizzytysh]

Okay... back to the speculation ... admitting, first off, that it is just that. What I was saying, or trying to, was that I don't mean to be a spoil sport. This is how I feel, though... Leonard is so kind and absorbs so much, so we likely wouldn't be able to tell. Still, I can't help but wonder whether he really didn't see the rose and chocolates, or he simply chose to not engage with them... and even demured when offered. If it's the latter, he may be feeling, "okaaaay, guys... enough is enough... " Not that we'd know that's what he's feeling, but what if he really was? Reminds me of when he responded to some woman in the audience, in the Conversation with him and Philip Glass, when she asked what is enough [admittedly poorly paraphrased, and I believe it was regarding his spartan lifestyle] and he said, "Enough is enough" [not being sarcastic, just being straight and serious]. When I think of how long he has meticulously prepared to make this a perfect show for all of us... "I practiced every night and now I'm ready... "... and, in fact, he practices nearly every day for hours... at least on the days of the show... and then "First we take Manhattan and then we... Oh! Here comes a banana! A rose! A box of chocolates! Another monkey! Where was I? Oh! And then we take a box! No, I mean Berlin!" It seems like it could throw his concentration off [if even a bit] and, with Leonard's commitment to precision... I [personally] just prefer erring on the side of caution. I readily admit that those who have watched lots of bands may be the ones who are right on this, because I KNOW they get a kick out of responsive audiences and I could so definitely be wrong with all these thoughts... and it really could be worth all the fun... for everyone... but Leonard is just so precise... and committed... to doing things his way when it comes to his music and presentation of his songs. Still, I know that the items get placed on the stage, before the songs begin, so if you wanna just tell me to shut up, that's okay, too . I'll understand.