AKMA’s Random Thoughts

On Café Performers

At opposite ends of the chronological spectrum: On the young end, Josiah and his pal Ian were joined by a Real Musician Tripp at Open Mic night at Kafein. It was dimly lit, the only room for Pippa and me was pretty far from the stage, and the inverse square law made photography, well, a blurry experience (though, as Pippa notes, with some artsy surrealistic effects).

And at my end of the age span, today is Leonard Cohen’s seventieth birthday. I’m pretty blasé about the sixtieth birthdays of my rock’n’roll culture heroes, and I know that Cohen was (obviously) always older than his r’n’r admirers, and I’m not a big follower of his. Still, that seems more of a landmark than most that I’ve heard of; best wishes, Mr. Cohen, and many more.