I just discovered Leonard Cohen. It took a while for me to finally have the time to listen to his music. I got his first album and I immediately fell in love with the guy. I believe this artist is the first to touch me that way since Tom Waits. For many years I would hear " Leonard Cohen this, Leonard Cohen that ". Some months ago he got some sort of trophy for his career or something and I heard Suzanna and I was mystified. I ended up buying "Songs of Leonard Cohen" some months ago and I listened to it during the weekend and I must say it blew me away. I am still trying to figure out how I am to place this album within my usually untouchable top 10. Here's my current top 10 ( why not give your own top 10 if you comment? ):

1- Tool - Lateralus
2- Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
3- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4- Supertramp - Crime of the Century
5- Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
6- Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
7- Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
8- Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast ( Bat chain puller )
9- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
10- Pearl Jam - Vitalogy

Of course, there are many other great albums below my top 10 that I consider to be gigantic pieces of work ( Metallica's "Master of Puppets", Peter Gabriel's overall work, Radiohead's later albums, David Bowie's experimental works like "Low", etc... ).

By the way, how about the NHL playoffs? Anyone watching that? Who do you think will win the cup? I must admit the Calgary Flames have been my favorite team for many years now and I just saw them beat San Jose yesterday, avoiding elimination and forcing a 7th game - what a relief! I am also a Canadiens fan ( how can't I be, I live in the same province and they're the only team nearby ) and I fear they might be eliminated tonight. And how about Washington? Think Ovechkin will save the Caps and beat the Phillies? I want to have your thoughts on this if you are a hockey fan. Who will win the cup? When the playoffs started, I predicted that the Sharks would win it ( curse me for not trusting Iggy and the Flames! ), but now I'm not so sure. I'm thinking that the Stars proved to be quite a surprise by beating the Ducks... I think that Dallas has some chances of winning the cup.

And I won't even say anything about the most deceiving team ever: Ottawa.