Always my pleasure, FYS

And ha! Yeah, I smiled at those two statements

I know this is a very old thread (nearly 20 years) but I thought I'd add the latest info about LC's house on Hydra here - maybe I should have posted it in the Hydra section :) Of Love and Legacy: Inside Leonard Cohen's House in Hydra https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/09/22/of-love-and-legacy-inside-le...

Leonard Cohen - ‘Songs From a Room’ Looking back on the simplicity and intimacy of 'Songs From a Room', the second album from poet-turned-lyricist Leonard Cohen. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/leonard-cohen-songs-from-a-room-album-review/ Long before Leonard Cohen was a lyricist, he was a poet. The C...

Hi Marie, I had previously posted my birthday message in remembrance of Leonard in the Comments section here - https://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=380551#p380551 and saw you have now started another thread so thought I should post it here too. Re: Remembering Leonard on his Birthday Po...

JACKSON BROWNE OVERSEES REMASTERING AND PACKAGING OF HIS DEBUT ALBUM JACKSON BROWNE September 20, 2023 Available September 22 through Inside Recordings https://www.jacksonbrowne.com/featured/jackson-browne-oversees-remastering-and-packaging-of-his-debut-album-jackson-browne/ https://www.jacksonbrow...

I wanted to acknowledge here that today 21st Sept would have been Leonard’s 89th birthday. Having just said that, these lines he sang in 1967 from 3 takes of his song “The Middle of the Night” sprang to mind – Your birthday travelled through me Like a thread goes through a bead And when the thread f...

Here's some info about another book (unpublished) about life on Hydra including LC called “The Unyielding Memory” by New Zealand-born novelist, journalist, editor and publisher, Redmond Frankton “Bim” Wallis. https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-a-fresh-perspective-on-leonard-cohen-and-the-islan...

Some info for those wanting to know what Javier Más has done lately with another LC admirer - https://www.worcestermag.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/08/24/irish-folk-singer-niall-connolly-makes-worcester-debut-at-bolands/70588016007/ The Irish Times has called folk singer Niall Connolly "O...

More cast members have been added to this mini series. https://www.tv-eh.com/tag/so-long-marianne/ https://i0.wp.com/www.tv-eh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Marianne.jpg?w=624&ssl=1 Crave and NRK announced today additional Canadian cast members for the highly anticipated new drama series SO LON...

Here's some related info - https://journalofmusic.com/listing/25-07-23/bird-wire-songs-leonard-cohen Bird on the Wire: The songs of Leonard Cohen Show on Thursday, 23 November 2023, 8.00pm at HAWK'S WELL THEATRE, SLIGO Bird On The Wire, a collaborative interpretation of The Leonard Cohen Songbook by...

Roger Waters Announces Reinterpretation of Famous 1973 Album The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux for Oct 2023 release https://music.mxdwn.com/2023/07/24/news/roger-waters-announces-reinterpretation-of-famous-1973-album-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-for-oct-2023-release/ Taylor Swift, step aside — Rog...

I am really beginning to dislike all this artificial intelligence stuff... Coincidentally, this morning I listened to a radio programme about A1 and even some of the people who are involved in that industry have major concerns about it. One of them said we will have to invent good A1 to overcome th...

AI Writes "Hallelujah" in the Style of Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley https://americansongwriter.com/we-asked-ai-to-write-a-hallelujah-2-0-duet-in-the-styles-of-leonard-cohen-and-jeff-buckley-check-out-the-results/ Written by the poet-musician Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah” was released in 1984...

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/140338/holding-the-note-by-david-remnick/ NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and editor of The New Yorker gathers his writing on some of the essential musicians of our time—intimate portraits of Leonard Cohen , Buddy Guy, Mavis...

Ha! Now that's a l-o-n-g neck