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by merton
Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:13 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Replies: 14
Views: 1046

Re: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hello, thank you Jarkko and Eija. For keeping the Forum alive in a world that seems at present to be adrift. For the forum members who keep the conversation going, the channels open. Love and peace, love thy neighbour. The simple seems so difficult. Sleep well tonight and may 2024 awaken to hints of...
by merton
Wed May 24, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New Book on Leonard - Absent Friend
Replies: 12
Views: 5941

Re: New Book on Leonard - Absent Friend

Hi, If there is an advantage in having Covid then it must be the time to catch up on a pile of books to be read. Absent Friend was one that was slipping down the league table! I've heard John on the radio many times down the years and his voice, and intonation infuse his writing. What a wonderful re...
by merton
Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:59 pm
Forum: Related Artists
Topic: David Lindley RIP
Replies: 6
Views: 2608

Re: David Lindley RIP

Hi, Thanks for that B4Real and LisaLCFan Yes indeed. Rest in Peace, David. Be it solo, El Ray X or with Cooder, Zevon or Jackson Browne I loved your sound. I saw him on tv recently backing Linda Ronstadt in concert. The first clip is with Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Bobby King: https://www.youtube.co...
by merton
Sat Dec 24, 2022 7:43 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Happy Holidays, Friends!
Replies: 21
Views: 5544

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Hi, Appropriately chastened, Dar. Late getting Christmas cards out and presents together. But now hours before Santa arrives it is good to thank Eija for the beautiful image, redolent with the possibility of peace that this year has not really provided. But also to thank Jarkko and team for providin...
by merton
Sun Sep 11, 2022 4:10 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New Book on Leonard - Absent Friend
Replies: 12
Views: 5941

Re: new book on LC by John MacKenna

Hi B4Real,

Thanks for posting this. I look forward to reading John's novel. I wonder if there are hopes/intentions to resurrect Requiem and perform it again?

All the best,
merton
by merton
Fri Apr 29, 2022 11:02 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: Music You're Listening To
Replies: 537
Views: 189595

Re: Music You're Listening To

Hi,

Maud Hudson, wife of Garth Hudson (The Band) died recently. May you rest in peace, Maud. Take care, Garth.

All the best,
merton

https://youtu.be/lz4LRmXjkvU
by merton
Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Leonard Cohen, the Sufi Mystic
Replies: 0
Views: 927

Leonard Cohen, the Sufi Mystic

Hi,

Please delete if this article is elsewhere on the forum.

https://www.academia.edu/49959587/Leona ... ufi_Mystic

All the best,
merton
by merton
Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Happy Holidays, Friends!
Replies: 12
Views: 1688

Re: Happy Holidays, Friends!

Hi, Thank you Eija & Jarkko and all the forum moderators for allowing us in our own ways to express ourselves within a community of shared admiration/love for Leonard Cohen. I hope this Christmas and indeed the year to come will be uplifting and comforting for us all. May we all be well in body,...
by merton
Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:37 pm
Forum: Comments & Questions
Topic: Talking Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen with Larry "Ratso" Sloman, P.J. Grisar and singer-songwriter, Ismay
Replies: 0
Views: 2472

Talking Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen with Larry "Ratso" Sloman, P.J. Grisar and singer-songwriter, Ismay

Hi , I noticed this on Expecting Rain today : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2U1R-kVFx4&ab_channel=Forward Allow me a memory at this point. On Denise's twitter site there is a link to Richard Manuel's archive site which looks great. It brought me back to early 1986 - I was at the final The Ban...
by merton
Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:40 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: Music You're Listening To
Replies: 537
Views: 189595

Re: Music You're Listening To

Hi, Music for the Hours "introduced by Peter Phillips As part of Radio 3’s “Capturing Twilight” season, throughout the day the Tallis Scholars, world renowned for their exquisitely pure tone and shimmering choral sounds, evoke the ancient Christian tradition of the Divine Office" https://w...
by merton
Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: Comments & Questions
Topic: Music Archivist
Replies: 0
Views: 2530

Music Archivist

Hi, I can think of quite a few Leonard Cohen archivists attached to this forum who might be interested in the obituary below. Sad but true, the Obituaries in The Guardian every Saturday make for uplifting and sometimes awe-inspiring moments. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/26/pete-long-ob...
by merton
Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:22 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Heidegger and Leonard Cohen: “You Want It Darker”
Replies: 0
Views: 1035

Heidegger and Leonard Cohen: “You Want It Darker”

Hi,

A recently published article by Babette Babich:

Heidegger and Leonard Cohen: “You Want It Darker”

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/488/htm

All the best,
merton
by merton
Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:30 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: Music You're Listening To
Replies: 537
Views: 189595

Re: Music You're Listening To

Hi B4Real, My cello teacher is right as usual. Read the piece before you try playing it she keeps telling me. :D Likewise with Forum posts, I suppose. I'll keep an eye out. Hopefully, it will turn up for you. Perhaps in a lifetime or two, I'll be able to play the cello on this piece, maybe you on vi...
by merton
Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:04 pm
Forum: Other music
Topic: Music You're Listening To
Replies: 537
Views: 189595

Re: Music You're Listening To

Hello B4Real, "Btw - I’ve tried to find the single separate sheet music for this and so far, no joy :(" So far, I can see this: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Long_Journey_Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYJQslYE8g4 All the best, merton. I seem to recall that we took up ...
by merton
Wed Apr 21, 2021 6:29 pm
Forum: Comments & Questions
Topic: Pico Iyer - no mention of Leonard
Replies: 0
Views: 1781

Pico Iyer - no mention of Leonard

Hi, In these strange days a poignant article from Pico Iyer. Though not mentioned I sense Leonard's influence in the reflections: https://www.lionsroar.com/truth-in-fiction/?goal=0_1988ee44b2-7ba5ef4424-20959585&mc_cid=7ba5ef4424&mc_eid=85352b9cf6 Slowly emerging from all of this, I hope tha...

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