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Leonard Cohen and Quentin Tarantino: Heavy Video

oh my god, i only just found out that hes pretty much confirmed to tour.

cohen makes perfect sense as the headliner of sydney festival 09, yeah?

cohen makes perfect sense as the headliner of sydney festival 09, yeah?

Yeah! We'd had Cohen tributes and he's the perfect artist to anchor the festival... he'll make the middle aged ladies swoon and the young coolsies swarm

also: do gals actually respond to cohen songs or is that a myth?

i've got his poetry book and his novel. its all a bit... eh. too much Canadian sex

i want to see him play so badly.

yeah i would pretty much die of happiness if he toured.

That would be good wouldn't it.. Where would he play? Opera house, with a dimly lit stage? Ooh boy, my dad would be so jealous

my dad is obsessed

i'm thinking Opera House, yeah. and a book signing/poetry thing at the state library

3 night stint at the state theatre, i reckon.

poetry recital would be sexy

cohen my dad's favourite too. he played it in my room when i was a baby. then as i grew we listened to his records while my mum would holler from the other room 'TURN THAT SUICIDE MUSIC OFF!' we would smile at each other because we knew she didn't understand.

i love him.

when i was 15 my dad said i was 'old enough' and gave me some Leonard Cohen albums. i thought he mean i was 'old enough' to listen to them by myself and get depressed. I used to have big debates with hin on Dylan vs Cohen... which got worse once i leant my dad's valuable cohen poetry book to a girl at uni

a few months ago i realized dad was probably saying 'use this music to get action' but i was a bit oblivious

i dig cohen but i still blush a bit at some of his stuff

also at uni we had to bring in a favorite song and i brought in a cohen song and this cute sad girl who never smiled smiled

poetry recital would be sexy

It would be, but not if tickets were $120!

It would be, but not if tickets were $120!

it'd be kinda worth it though

Ween is good.This would be better.

... I can’t think of anything more off-putting than having to listen to our own record while fucking. That’s dreadful. But I do have a funny story: a friend of a friend of mine once slept with Leonard Cohen, and he did exactly that. He left the girl in a bedroom and said “I’m going to slip into something more comfortable,” or whatever, and went and lit some scented candles and came back in a robe and put one of his own records on...

Germany has certainly helped that band forget how derivative they are. If they get successful and write a biography they'll have to lease of it from Cave. Moral of the story; at least Cave knows he will never EVER beat Cohen.

Wasn't there something about him playing at an arts festival in Adelaide with Philip Glass a few months ago?

UK and Ireland Tour dates

June 2008
14 Dublin IMMA
15 Dublin IMMA
17 Manchester Opera House
18 Manchester Opera House
19 Manchester Opera House
20 Manchester Opera House
29 Glastonbury Festival

July 2008
16 Edinburgh Castle
17 London o2 Arena

Manchester and Dublin shows on sale from 9am this Friday (14 Mar)

Also playing Beniccasim...

there were tix still on sale for this on sat for $115. do it!

i'd heard it sold out, but could be wrong

saturday up there is currentyly forecast for 22c with slight change of rain

Where are tickets still available hippo?

They've been sold out for over a week or so via ticketek

I've been trying to get 2 tickets on ebay but the prices are massive.

Brian Wise's said so on Sat. There's something on the website about tix possibly being released on the day....?

On a sidenote, Hobart was lovely. Intimate, even.

I just scored a free ticket to this hanging rock thing. i know nothing about it.

what's the deal? is it BYO? can i bring food? do you bring a rug to sit on? do you pay for parking? i can't find this info anywhere

cheers in advance

not byo, if its ga you'll want a rug or a chair, parking is $10 prebought or $15 on the night.

all info here: http://www.frontiertouring.com/index.php?action=retail&form_name=view_retail&merchant_id=1112

thanks anonymous, although it took me half an hour to find that info tab on that screen

Went today- MIDI SAX

Amazing show but fuck the organisation re: parking was woeful.
Near on 2 hours to drive the 6km in from the tunroff and then we were stuck in the carpark for another 2 hours before we even started moving on the way home.

It was a fantastic gig though.

Fucking carpark what a disaster, spoilt the fucking day. Useless cunts waving red glo sticks and detours everywhere. Heard a local saying they closed off a few roads. Why???

Yeah the drive in was shit. Decided to leave just before encores and got out fine. First set was not good for me due to excess of midi sax and general comfy old baby boomer stylings but set two was far better

Went today- MIDI SAX

Did you catch a glimpse of the MIDI bassoon?

Anyhow, awesome gig. He did all the songs you could have wanted (although my own personal wish list would have included Alexandra Leaving and The Story of Isaac with an encore of Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On).

The band was interesting. I mean, the sound was very dated and cheesy but Lennie seemed to transcend that. To my ears (and feel free to disagree) everything was arranged to highlight the songs above the individual players. Sure, there were plenty of solos but they functioned in a way that supported the story of the song and the integrity of the words. Normally I'd hate that kind of band and those kinds of solos but in the context it worked.

Ding Dong Mr Cohen?

Invite only.

Heard a local saying they closed off a few roads. Why???

Truck hit a tree or a tree fell on a truck or something.

Not a fan, but I love to give, so...

Leonard Cohen – The Columbia Records Radio Hour presents Leonard Cohen Live! (Promo)
Recorded: April 18 1993
Label: Columbia
Catalog Number: CSK 5249 SI
Notes: Ultra Rare Live Columbia Radio Hour promo CD

“…A Sunday morning concert by Leonard Cohen at The Complex, on April 18, 1993, recorded by Leanne Ungar for Columbia Radio Hour. A special CD was released later for 100 participating radio stations (CBS promo CSK 5249).

Two of the songs, “I’m Your Man” and “Coming Back To You” were also released on the collection CD “Columbia Records Radio Hour, Volume 1”, produced in 1994 by Sony Music Entertainment Inc/Columbia (CK 66466). The other six songs are only available on this disc. The disc comes in an unwrapped paper sleeve with a title sticker on it…”

01 – First We Take Manhatten
02 – Ain’t No Cure for Love
03 – Coming Back to You
04 – Dance Me to the End of Love
05 – Democracy
06 – Waiting for the Miracle
07 – The Future
08 – I’m Your Man

LINK

SBS 2 are airing the Isle of Wright gig tonight at 8:30pm.

awesome doco on the tibetan book of the dead narrated by l. cohen himself.