Remembering Leonard Cohen

Honouring the singer-songwriter, novelist and poet whose music inspired so many and whose words changed lives

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

@jmp_nyc The Internet got it wrong. Shocking! It was 2009. Here is an article about what happened. Cohen donated all proceeds to a group dedicated to peace comprised of Israeli and Palestinian parents. https://t.co/rtT4zZwzIf

[David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense @davereaboi]

Leonard Cohen and Sonny Rollins playing “Who By Fire” on NBC’s one of a kind Nightmusic (1989). We have the late Hal Wilner and David Sanborn to thank for dreaming up and producing the greatest music show that’s ever been on tv.

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

Great feature article in The Jerusalem Post about the status of the Leonard Cohen Archives.
https://t.co/1m6J3IVuwh

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

Wish Leonard had performed this song during his final tour.

“There Is A War”

"There is a war between the rich and poor
A war between the man and the woman
There is a war between the ones who say there is a war
And the ones who say that there isn't"

https://t.co/whts2q1cMN

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

“One of the downsides of growing old is that you have to surrender your vices one by one. I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I don’t court women. So I have a lot of free time.” -- Leonard Cohen

Photographer unknown.📷

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

Leonard and his band performed at the famed Austin City Limits on Halloween night, 1988. The performance proved to be one of the program’s most popular broadcasts.
https://t.co/w3T3EAIfgC

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

On this day in 2009, Leonard performed at Coachella. LA Weekly: “Last night Cohen's tattered vocal cords and smoke-stained throat delivered "Hallelujah" as only the creator of the song could…”
https://t.co/n1FoWdyjRy

[Conjunto Santander @ConjSantander]

🎭✨ El prestigioso Ballets Jazz de Montréal presenta: Dance Me

Con música de Leonard Cohen, vive un homenaje escénico que une danza, música y poesía en una experiencia profundamente emotiva e inolvidable ✨

📅 30 y 31 de mayo en el Conjunto Santander
🎟️ Boletos en 👉  https://t.co/X1N5A84PmM

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

“Please Don’t Pass Me By (A Disgrace)”

"But I promise you, friends, that you're gonna be singing this song. May not be tonight, may not be tomorrow, but one day, you'll be on your knees. And I want you to know the words when the time comes.”

https://t.co/cRmC72pAzb

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

“I wish women would hurry up & take over. It’s going to happen, so let’s get it over with. Then we can finally recognize that women really are the minds, & the force that holds everything together, & men really are the gossips & artists.”

Photo: Cohen & Marianne’s son Axel

[Variety @Variety]

Leonard Cohen's Manager Cleared of Financial Wrongdoing After 10-Day Trial https://t.co/yc9jEeE0aG

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

@globeandmail For anyone interested in reading it, here is the entire Report and Recommendation.
https://t.co/xYpuEHPipJ

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Judge finds Leonard Cohen’s manager did nothing wrong, countering claims by songwriter’s heirs https://t.co/tcOcOLPlQI

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Recognize that your struggle and your suffering is the same as everyone else's, I think that's the beginning of a responsible life. Otherwise, we are in a continual savage battle with each other with no possible solution, political, social, or spiritual.”

— Leonard Cohen

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

Thanks to Jack Whatley at Far Out Magazine for pointing us to this fabulous, rare song youtube compilation, The Other Songs of Leonard Cohen. https://t.co/Yeb4hX5iy0

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

“And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife”
--“Famous Blue Raincoat”

Video from Live in Dublin
https://t.co/uiUAyVj4WE

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

"An enlightened cannibal is still a cannibal."

Leonard Cohen’s response to Phoebe Hoban, New Yorker Magazine, when asked if he was finally happy now that his life-long depression had lifted, May 14, 2006. Photographer unknown.

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

Sometimes you just need to bury yourself in Leonard. Check out this bootleg. Leonard Live at Casino Barriere de Montreux from 1976. The amazing Laura Brannigan ("Gloria!") provided the backing vocals along with Cheryl Barnes.

https://t.co/dNGibLLwkR

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

On this day 30 years ago, the documentary Leonard Cohen: Spring 1996 was released on Norwegian television. Directed by Armelle Brusq, the film provides an in-depth look at Leonard’s life on Mt. Baldy and his efforts to keep the music flowing.
https://t.co/GUk6AI9cg6

[Remembering Leonard Cohen @ACrackInEveryt2]

Leonard: “When the center can no longer defend itself, a kind of centrifugal force drives people into extreme positions, which are generally oversimplified. If we can’t identify w/a visionary position of brotherhood, of commonality, we’re flung to the periphery, where we...
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