Perhaps I'm being carried away with Donal's characterization (without actually accepting it) of Cohen's musical contribution as an elaboration of a particular way of being...and for the audience that's dependent on what they're getting from the songs. So his public persona is an elaboration of a tune. I don't get 'tube'. Fallopian tube? Vacuum tube? The London Tube? Tube socks? YouTube? Test tube? Eustachian tube? I guess I'll wait for the discussion on Saturday. U in NB Sent from my kitchen... On 2012-01-19, at 11:51 AM, Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It IS 'tube'. > > p ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html