KW-32-2023: Leonard Cohen …. about Kelley Lynch

„I want to thank the Defendant Ms. Kelley Lynch for insisting on a Jury Trial, thus exposing to the light of day her massive depletion of my retirement savings and yearly earnings, and allowing the Court to observe her profoundly unwholesome, obscene and relentless strategies to escape the consequences of her wrongdoing.”
It gives me no pleasure to see my one-time friend shackled to a chair in a court of law, her considerable gifts bent to the service of darkness, deceit and revenge. I fear that her obsessive commitment to these activities will resume as soon as Ms. Lynch is released, therefore I will be grateful for whatever respite the court will allow my children, my grandchildren, my friends and associates, and myself. It is my prayer that Ms. Lynch will take refuge in the wisdom of her religion, that a spirit of understanding will convert her heart from hatred to remorse, from anger to kindness, from the deadly intoxication of revenge to the lowly practices of self-reform. Many thanks, Your Honor, for this hospitality, and for this opportunity to address the court“- Leonard Cohen in the Court deposition .

KW-32-2023: Gitarrist Robbie Robertson von The Band (Ex-Bob Dylan-Band) ist tot. Nach seiner Zeit mit Bob Dylan veröffentlichte er später eigene Alben. Jetzt ist Gitarrist und Mitbegründer Robbie Robertson nach langer Krankheit gestorben. Der Kanadische Siunger/ Sonwgriter & Gitarrist wurde 80 Jahre alt und verstarb am 9. August 2023.

Bob with Robbie and Ex-Teen-model Charlotte Ayanna (actress), at the Elton John 10th annual Aids foundation Party, Moomba restaurant, West Hollywood, 2002
(photo by Ron Gallela)

KW-31-2023: unanswered questions – Did Leonard Cohen live in London? – Yes! – It was in December 1959 that Leonard Cohen moved into Jake and Stella Pullman’s boarding house at 19b Hampstead High Street in London. Leonard described the living arrangement to Jarvis Cocker in a January 2012 BBC interview. – Hat Leonard Cohen jemals in London gelebt? – Ja

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Cohen kam 1959 als 25-Jähriger nach London und nahm ein Zimmer in der Hampstead High Street 19b (heute Petit Bateau), einer Pension von Stella Pullman an der Ecke zur Gayton Road. Die Wirtin ließ ihn auf einem Feldbett im Wohnzimmer übernachten, dem einzigen Platz, der zur Verfügung stand, vorausgesetzt, er brachte die Kohle herein, zündete das Feuer an und schrieb jeden Tag drei Seiten seines Romans „Das Lieblingsspiel“.

Leonard Cohen besuchte die Pubs König Wilhelm IV. und König von Böhmen und liebte Hampstead wegen seines literarischen Erbes. Und Cohens Zeit in London lieferte ein weiteres bedeutendes Stück Cohenabilia: Sein berühmter blauer Regenmantel, der noch nicht an der Schulter zerrissen war, wurde hier gekauft.

Im Dezember 1959 zog Leonard Cohen in die Pension von Jake und Stella Pullman in der Hampstead High Street 19b in London. Leonard beschrieb die Wohnsituation gegenüber Jarvis Cocker in einem BBC-Interview im Januar 2012:

„Ich wohnte 1959 an der Ecke Gayton Road und Hampstead High Street. Ich wohnte bei meiner Vermieterin, Frau Stella Pullman. Ich hatte ein Bett im Wohnzimmer und hatte einige Aufgaben zu erledigen, wie z.B. jeden Morgen die Kohle heraufzubringen, um das Feuer zu entfachen. Sie sagte zu mir: ‚Was machst du im Leben?‘ und ich sagte: ‚Ich bin Schriftstellerin.‘ Sie fragte: ‚Wie viel schreibst du?‘ und ich sagte: ‚Drei Seiten pro Tag.‘ Sie sagte: „Ich werde am Ende eines jeden Tages nachsehen. Wenn du deine drei Seiten nicht geschrieben hast und die Kohle nicht heraufbringst, kannst du nicht hier bleiben.“ Sie hat das getan, Stella Pullman, und unter ihrer strengen und mitfühlenden Überwachung habe ich meinen ersten Roman geschrieben, The Favourite Game an der Ecke Gayton Road und Hampstead High Street, also habe ich einige tiefe Gefühle für diese Momente, die ich dort verbracht habe.“

Cohen arrived in London in 1959 as a 25-year-old and took a room at 19b Hampstead High Street (now Petit Bateau) a boarding house run by Stella Pullman on the corner of Gayton Road. The landlady let him stay on a cot in the living room, the only space available, provided he brought in the coal, lit the fire and wrote three pages of his novel “The Favourite game”, each day.

Leonard Cohen frequented the King William IV and The King of Bohemia pubs and loved Hampstead for its literary heritage. And Cohen’s time in London provided another significant slice of Cohenabilia: his famous blue raincoat, not yet torn at the shoulder, was bought here.

It was in December 1959 that Leonard Cohen moved into Jake and Stella Pullman’s boarding house at 19b Hampstead High Street in London. Leonard described the living arrangement to Jarvis Cocker in a Jan 2012 BBC interview:

„I lived at the corner of Gayton Road and Hampstead High Street in 1959. I lived with my landlady, Mrs Stella Pullman. I had a bed in the sitting room and I had some jobs to do, like bringing up the coal to start the fire every morning. She said to me, ‘What do you do in life?’ and I said ‘I’m a writer.’ She said, ‘How much do you write?’ and I said, ‘Three pages a day.’ She said, ‘I’m going to check at the end of every day. If you haven’t written your three pages and you don’t bring up the coal, you can’t stay here.’ She did that, Stella Pullman, and it was under her fierce and compassionate surveillance that I wrote my first novel, The Favourite Game at the corner of Gayton Road and Hampstead High Street so I do have some deep feelings about those moments I spent there.“

KW-30-2023: Joni Mitchell veröffentlicht nach Jahren ein neues Live-Album von ihrem Newport-Festival-Auftritt von vergangenem Jahr. JONI MITCHELL AT NEWPORT

Joni Mitchell stunned the Newport Folk Festival audience last summer when she gave a surprise performance – her first in 20 years – delivering a heartfelt set filled with some of her greatest songs. Mitchell’s triumphant return to the stage on July 24, 2022, will be featured on a new live album from Rhino, AT NEWPORT, available on July 28, 2023 on CD and 2-LP black vinyl. Produced by close collaborator Brandi Carlile, along with Mitchell, the music will also be released the same day on digital and streaming services and Dolby Atmos.

Titelverzeichnis

1 Introduction (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022) – Carlile, Brandi
2 Big yellow taxi (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
3 A case of you (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
4 Amelia (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
5 Both sides now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
6 Just like this train (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
7 Summertime (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
8 Carey (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
9 Help me (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
10 Come in from the cold (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
11 Shine (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)
12 The circle game (Live at the Newport Folk Festival July 24th 2022)