A review of Leonard Cohen’s April 11 live performance at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Change the stitching on your stockings and change the “To:” name on your year-end wish list – Santa Claus is now SantiClaus.

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I was too young to recognize when I saw U2’s Rattle and Hum in theaters back in the early 90’s that it is shot by Jordan Cronenweth (the DP of Blade Runner fame), but revisiting it on HD-DVD – it is an amazing thing to behold. I consider this to be U2’s golden period – when they immersed themselves in roots American music and produced amazing tracks like Angel of Harlem, recorded at Sun Studios or employed a gospel choir to revisit With or Without You. A landmark music doc that merits at least one more look.

Oh btw, HD-DVD R.I.P.

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