interesting thread! however, I tend to find myself more captivated by Mr. Cohen's tenure in the Chelsea Hotel as I do his brief "thing" with Ms. Joplin. my gut feeling tells me that it was merely that, a simple evening they shared for lack of anything better to do. when two people, who connect on some level, find themselves with a free evening, stuff like this happens
that's cool that Mr. Cohen could have, possibly, resided in the ground floor of the Chelsea. he does mention at the Isle of Wight that he lived in "peeling rooms" there before becoming famous at which point they moved him to "well painted rooms." without attempting to veer too far off topic, I stayed on the ground floor at the Chelsea for a while and encountered some other worldly phenomena there. if any of you happen to find yourself on 23rd St. one evening, book a first floor room at the Chelsea. you'll leave a different person.
also, still trying not to go off topic but this question has been gnawing at me for a while, does anyone know if Mr. Cohen ever met Jim Morrison? I've been an avid Doors fan since I was 13 and know that The Doors played the Isle of Wight shortly before Mr. Cohen, but I also know that Jim hadn't slept for over a day before going on stage, so I have a feeling he crashed shortly after their set. I would find it a great tragedy if the two never crossed paths. both were/ are into poetry and had published collections of their written word before playing the IOW and both seem to have been connected to Nico. from what I gather in this thread, Mr. Cohen had a thing for her and around early '67, she was smitten with Jim. upon finding out that he liked red heads, she proceeded to dye her hair for him
) for posting it. I really enjoyed it!
