Tag Archives: Leonard Cohen
Essential Listening: The Best Albums Of 2016
For progressives (a term I loathe personally, as it implies – and it most cases applies – a self-righteous monopoly on the truth) 2016 may well go down as one of the worst in recent memory; Brexit, Trump’s unfathomable election, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Cameron, Autechre, Blackstar, Blond, David Bowie, Elseq, Essential Listening, Fat White Family, Frank Ocean, Furfour, Grumbling Fur, Jessy Lanza, Jumping The Shark, Konnichiwa, Leonard Cohen, Merry Christmas everyone, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Oh No, Skeleton Tree, Skepta, Songs For Our Mothers, The Best Albums Of 2016, You Want It Darker
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We blew it.
Leonard Cohen once prophesied ‘Democracy is coming, to the USA’. But despite its lyrical brilliance I highly doubt he would have pictured Donald Trump ever becoming America’s president when ‘Democracy’ was penned twenty-five years ago. I recognise there’s something macabre … Continue reading
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Tagged Cohenism is better than all the other isms, Democracy is coming to the USA, Destructive soapboxing, Digitalism, Disengaged age, Donald Trump, Easy Rider, Facebook, Gone for politics as the category but I dunno really, Justifiably karmic, Leonard Cohen, Media, Newspapers, Nigel Farage, Piousness, Reaganism, RIP Lenny, Terrorism, Thatcherism, The Future, The Simpsons were right, Twitter, We blew it, Will people wake up and stop being so cuntish?, Wyatt and Billy blew it too man
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Song Of The Day – Tribute to Mum
My mum died a year ago today. This isn’t the time or place for me to write something thoughtful or sufficiently thorough, the kind of eulogy her formidable nature deserved, so to honour her I’ll use the one medium that … Continue reading
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Tagged Blondie, Boney M, Joan Armatrading, Leonard Cohen, Song Of The Day, Tribute to Mum, Van Morrison
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Looking For Inspiration
I’m a writer, looking for inspiration Hoping to avoid the grisly realisation, That stark desperation And impending frustration, At my imagination’s constipation, Which is blocking inspiration So I try to find inspiration By looking at the trees Growing their … Continue reading
