so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

mp3: leonard cohen – master song
i know this is all in good fun… more for the amusement of the participants than any imagined audience. but i’ve got to object to what the record club has done to “master song”. i can imagine the artists assembled in that room putting together an amazing cover of [...]

this would have been a great one for sixth and i… maybe next time… tonight, at 9:30 club…
video: bat for lashes – trophy

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video: other lives – the partisan (l. cohen cover)

mp3: vandaveer- hey, that’s no way to say goodbye ….. [buy]
can’t recall if i’ve posted this leonard cohen cover before… but i’m leaning towards no. it’s from before the goldrush, a benefit comp for teach for america released late last year. it’s for charity, so i should probably encourage you to buy it… instead, i’ll [...]

mp3: nick cave and the bad seeds – avalanche
leonard cohen is coming to merriweather monday, may 11… somewhere towards the end of a series of shows that are apparently his first in this country in over 15 years. tickets go on sale february 27, but you can grab em tomorrow during the presale (here) from [...]

i just saw an old episode of later with jools holland in which k.d. lang makes some horrible attempt to cover leonard cohen’s “hallelujah”. i remember being pretty disappointed by the artists covering cohen for the i’m your man tribute concert, but none of them were as bad as this. beyond the fact that [...]