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Hey everyone — this is the final posting on the Old Ideas blog. For more Leonard Cohen tour blogs, follow my very own blog here. Manchester Evening News Arena; MEN for short, which always made me titter. Oh but now … Continue reading →

          Reminder: this blog is going to go into stasis soon, so if you want to follow the LC tour happenings, catch a ride on Writing Man — the worldly opinions of a man trapped in … Continue reading →

After Oslo we stopped for a day-and-a-half in Hamburg, sunny with a comfortable temperature, staying in the same hotel as before the July 14 show. In the wee hours of Friday morning we drove to Zurich, arriving 1 p.m.-ish, checking … Continue reading →

The Winning Team landed on their feet at oh you’ve heard it all before: we get somewhere, we set something up, a bunch of stuff works, we line-check it, eat something, huuuuuegh! The final word of the previous sentence is the … Continue reading →

It was a fairly easy morning for The Winning Team in Odense. We are playing outdoors in a park, on a temporary stage, and most departments loaded in last night, leaving backline and video things until this morning. Arriving on … Continue reading →

And — we’re back. When Mallorca ended I must admit, I was torn between staying forever and getting the hell out; I think I was becoming acclimated to the great yellow ball and skin-sizzling heat. But with a schedule to … Continue reading →

I have yet to master the typographical equivalent of an exasperated sigh, but if I could, I would employ its power to precede the statement, ‘Dear baby Jesus it’s warm.’ It feels hotter and certainly more humid than yesterday; thank … Continue reading →

According to a local security team member, we should expect the audience to be terribly slow at finding their seats. I believe the words went something like, “They’ll still be coming in during the last song.” This sort of local … Continue reading →