AGED ZEN BUDDHIST JEW composes Christmas smash: who said pop music was lost to irony?
Venerable bohemian Canadian poet-monk gets his first (and no doubt last) number one, moreover, thanks to a TV talent show and a young performer who plainly has not a single clue what she is singing.
Just as well, really. Leonard Cohen, were he to bother to comment, would no doubt judge all this to be droll.
Read Ian's column in full here.
