tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post1674877147694920509..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: A Song for the Irving Layton CentenaryBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-31046727197066788952014-03-12T20:40:25.889-04:002014-03-12T20:40:25.889-04:00Thank you, Anna. Being in St Marys, I missed all t...Thank you, Anna. Being in St Marys, I missed all the Layton festivities. The wonderful thing, of course, is that the centenary was acknowledged at all. In this country such a thing is fairly miraculous. Says something about the man that it was.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-42259982793024418092014-03-12T18:53:52.167-04:002014-03-12T18:53:52.167-04:00A little late with some info, but we were in Toron...A little late with some info, but we were in Toronto for either a tribute event for Irving or a PEN Int'l thing, or the launch of his latest book. Moses Znaimer, a former student of Irving's, brought us to MuchMusic where Denise Donlon interviewed these two. It was fun, to put it mildly. Anna Pottierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346274267730410272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-19190918527079070382012-03-13T12:47:54.205-04:002012-03-13T12:47:54.205-04:00Wish I knew, John. I suppose he got caught up in t...Wish I knew, John. I suppose he got caught up in the moment. Not his best performance, but I'll take Cohen hitting all the wrong notes over CĂ©line Dion hitting all the right ones any day.<br /><br />I like the idea of two old poets appearing together on MuchMusic. Such a thing would never happen today.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-2732575362135037002012-03-13T11:56:30.660-04:002012-03-13T11:56:30.660-04:00Cohen gets hardly any of those notes right. He nee...Cohen gets hardly any of those notes right. He needs an accompanist. What was the reason for singing that jingle?J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com