RIP, Leonard Cohen
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nuke_diver
Riding Solo
this seems appropriate given today is Remembrance day/Veterans Day
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
Yep, the actuarial tables are against us. Musicians from the 60s through the 80s are moving into that stage of life when death is more likely. Such is life.
Grant Gross
Kick Henry Jackassowski
This one is hitting me harder than even Bowie or Prince. I may be in the minority, but I was a bigger fan of Leonard's. The best of his stuff spoke to me in ways that few other musicians have.
tompetty
Sporting a hammer...
Lyrical, and for that matter also a melody genius..
If you're in the minority then we are arm in arm in the minority....
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Theodore
I gotta move
In 2017, after a worldwide economic collapse, American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The U.S. government pacifies the populace by broadcasting game shows where convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), where "runners" attempt to evade "stalkers", armed mercenaries, around a large arena, and near-certain death for a chance to be pardoned by the state.
Two years later, Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a police helicopter pilot wrongly convicted of a massacre during a food riot in California, escapes from a labor camp and seeks shelter at his brother's apartment. He finds it is now occupied by Amber Mendez (María Conchita Alonso), a composer for ICS, the network that broadcasts The Running Man. Richards asks Mendez about the whereabouts of his brother, and she says that he was taken for "re-education", possibly hinting at his fate.