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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 20, 2006
Page
17
A humorous reminiscence contrasts the narrator with Leonard Cohen, calling Cohen the poet laureate of pessimism while recalling a grade school guitar group where a solo went wrong. The speaker notes being silenced for singing off key and reflects on misfit musical dreams.
Shannon McKinnon notes Leonard Cohen weighs about the same as the columnist and muses on fame height and diet. The piece mixes biographical allusions with personal weight humor and a playful invitation to reflect on Cohen’s persona. It references Death of a Ladies Man and Cohen’s interview quotes while ending with a light self-deprecating farewell.
The Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation hosts a Feb 8 7 pm presentation at the public library where Rich McCrea will discuss 2005 season discoveries and PRPRC research in British Columbia including Kakwa site findings three trackways and new bone sites. Dr Charles Helm outlines 2006 plans and TRMF achievements while a new Sci Tech North interactive kiosk screen is unveiled. Admission is free with refreshments and rock or fossil identifications after the talk.
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