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by Dem
Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: News
Topic: casting call - Hydra
Replies: 13
Views: 2230

Re: casting call - Hydra

Here is one more major newspaper report about it:

https://www.kathimerini.gr/culture/tv/5 ... tai-seira/

Dem
by Dem
Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: News
Topic: casting call - Hydra
Replies: 13
Views: 2230

Re: casting call - Hydra

Yes, there is some publicity about it in the greek press: https://www.protothema.gr/culture/article/1356776/leonard-cohen-i-zoi-kai-oi-erotes-tou-ginodai-tileoptiki-seira-stin-udra-ta-gurismata/ According to the newspaper above the mini-series will be titled "So Long, Marianne" and will be...
by Dem
Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:53 pm
Forum: News
Topic: In memoriam: When Leonard Cohen "met" Mikis Theodorakis
Replies: 1
Views: 1591

In memoriam: When Leonard Cohen "met" Mikis Theodorakis

https://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/poetas2.jpg https://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/poetas3.jpg This happened in the 1986 CBS Federico García Lorca tribute album "Poetas en Nueva York" https://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/poetasny.html It was there that Leonard originally released his beautiful ...
by Dem
Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:01 am
Forum: Tribute concerts, Cover versions & Soundtracks
Topic: Leonard Cohen Tribute | Athens | September 21
Replies: 0
Views: 1657

Leonard Cohen Tribute | Athens | September 21

On the day when Leonard Cohen would have turned 84, three young singers will come together in the Athens Concert Hall’s gardens to perform songs the late singer-songwriter branded with his low-toned, distinctive style. Nalyssa Green, Sugahspank and Lou Is promise to take listeners on a journey throu...
by Dem
Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:22 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Greek Public Radio tributes to Leonard Cohen
Replies: 0
Views: 1387

Greek Public Radio tributes to Leonard Cohen

Two Greek Public Radio stations are doing special features on Leonard Cohen this week. Kosmos 93.6 that plays World Music is doing a tribute all day today on the occasion of one year of his passing: http://webradio.ert.gr/kosmos/07-11-2016-07-11-2017-in-memoriam-o-dikos-mas-leonard-cohen/ Trito Prog...
by Dem
Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
Topic: Letter from the Mayor of Hydra
Replies: 7
Views: 7456

Re: Letter from the Mayor of Hydra

Hi all in case that some of our friends are wondering what is the need for a social supermarket or pharmacy in rich Hydra I can assure you that with Greece now in the 7th year of its financial crisis there are many people (unemployed, without social security, homeless) that benefit from the social s...
by Dem
Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:43 am
Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
Topic: Bench updates
Replies: 170
Views: 116082

Re: Bench updates

Finally!

As we say in Greece "κάλλιο αργά παρά ποτέ!" (better late than never)

Hydra didn't forget it's "Λεονάρδο".

Dem
by Dem
Wed May 24, 2017 12:09 am
Forum: Leonard Cohen 80 years on September 21, 2014
Topic: Bench updates
Replies: 170
Views: 116082

Re: Bench updates

Dear hydriot

the benches on the way to Mandraki are much more
simple than the original plan.

I don't know however what exactly the new plan looks like.

Dem
by Dem
Thu May 18, 2017 11:23 am
Forum: News
Topic: Nick Cave on Leonard Cohen
Replies: 2
Views: 3291

Nick Cave on Leonard Cohen

From the No1118 issue (3-9 May 2017) Les Inrockuptibles En 1991, tu participais à notre album de reprises de Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Fan. Sa mort t’a-t-elle beaucoup affecté ? Nick Cave: Nous le savions malade. Mais ça a quand même été une grande tristesse. Il a été un phare toute ma vie. Quand j’ét...
by Dem
Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:40 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Hydrians speak of Leonard Cohen
Replies: 0
Views: 3121

Hydrians speak of Leonard Cohen

hi friends the major Greek newspaper Ethnos published on 13th November this article where our friend Panayiotis Rappas and Yiannis Armadouros share some memories of Leonard on Hydra: http://www.ethnos.gr/koinonia/arthro/ta_kalokairia_mas_stin_ydra_me_ton_leonarnt-64652678/ Mr Rappas: "On the da...
by Dem
Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:39 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Terrible news from Hydra
Replies: 70
Views: 26586

Re: Terrible news from Hydra

All the members of the gang were finally arrested. 4 of them were sentenced to life in prison and the other 5 to many years imprisonment. But you have to know "life sentence" in Greece means in reality maximum 20 years in jail and often less. But it is sure good that justice has been serve...
by Dem
Fri Nov 11, 2016 10:32 am
Forum: News
Topic: Leonard Has Passed Away
Replies: 701
Views: 381654

Re: Leonard Has Passed Away

I had the chance once to ask Leonard what his stance towards death was and he answered that it was "the preliminaries" he was worried about. It seems from his sudden departure that the Universe was kind to him with "the preliminaries". It is a comforting thought. Real Poets never...
by Dem
Thu Oct 20, 2016 7:17 pm
Forum: You Want It Darker
Topic: The Darker album: Interviews and reviews in the media
Replies: 98
Views: 79402

Leonard's intereview to Les Inrockuptibles

Dear friends, I am posting here the short intereview (via email) that Leonard gave for the new issue of Les Inrockuptibles magazine in case someone would like to translate it for us in English. The google translator does a poor job and the nuances of Leonard's answers i am afraid are lost. Dem Quand...

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