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So Long
Antonia and I had been talking about Leonard Cohen tonight, eating a hotdog down the street, watching television screens displaying both Agnes Varda’s Cleo from 5 to 7 as well as the original Highlander film. With the sound off – Cleo had subtitles – it was interesting to see the parallel themes of the existential [...]
Posted in Books, Music, Occult
Tagged acid, Agnes Varda, Bird On a Wire, death, existentialism, French, Highlander, Israel, Jew, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Ihlen, mortality
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Leonard Cohen Acid Test
I’ll finish up three days of Leonard Cohen posts with this last gem that reminds us that it’s Cohen’s dazzling songs and intensity as a performer that have won him almost five decades of attention from music listeners with ears to hear his erotic prayers and sensual meditations on love, sex, ecstasy, women, death and [...]
Posted in Cinema, Music
Tagged 1972 tour, acid, Bird On a Wire, Europe, Israel, Jerusalem, Leonard Cohen, LSD, So Long Marianne, tears, The Army, Tony Palmer
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