Cohen in Poland

Leonard Cohen, the Canadian poet-singer and a true frigging-super-mega-star in Poland, gave a (three hour!) concert yesterday (October 1 2008) at the Warsaw’s prominent hockey rink. You know, stuff like “Dance Me to the End of Love” (or my own painful death, whichever comes first.) His raspy-sultry voice of a ram with a heavy case of laryngitis reverberated in that cavernous place long after the concert ended, and his spirit will dwell there forever. Hallelujah! (No, he was not wearing a “Famous Blue Raincoat” but did sport a Fedora.) Tix prices? Equivalent of $200 US for good seats (average monthly pay in Poland – equivalent of around $1500 US.)