happy birthday, leonard cohen.

you give me hope.

thank you,

-tom

devendra is the future. "rejoicing in the hands" is an excellent album but i recommend starting from the begining with "oh me, oh my." either way, though, you can't go wrong. there is something so joyous and magical about his music...it's almost inexplicable- you would have to he...

the genius of bob dylan is almost too much for me to wrap my head around. it's hard to believe that he is just one person. there is nothing that "pisses me off" about leonard cohen's music. as a fan and admirer of his art i place my complete trust in his vision even if i, at first, cannot ...

The Window i think that the live version, on field commander cohen, is superior to the recent songs version. i always enjoyed it when i would listen to recent songs but, after hearing it performed live, it was quickly catapulted into my top five favorite leonard cohen songs (of the moment, at least...

as far as i'm concerned spirituality refers to an individuals search for internal meaning or substance. something beyond the ordinary and mundane exterior and experiences. i don't think spirituality has anything to do with "a soul" or "heaven." it is more about those intangibles ...

i can't imagine a life without some sort of spiritual yearning or wonder. i've never heard of someone who does not eventually embark upon a spiritual journey of some sort but, then again, maybe what some think of as sprituality others might think of as a living philosophy. a life without philosophic...

there was a tibetan mystic by the name of osho (who's body left the earth a few years ago, sadly) that wrote some amazing books concerning the buddhist way of life. check out "the book of wisdom" and "the book of secrets." both offer a relatively accessible introduction to tibeta...

dylan bright eyes (if you haven't heard singer/songwriter conor o'berst yet you should) neutral milk hotel ( in the aeroplane over the sea is one of the top five albums ever recorded) pink floyd syd barrett and roger water's solo material iron and wine nick drake the beatles nirvana etc..ect..ect.

i've been a leonard cohen fan for quite a few years but i just recently discovered message boards. i'm twenty three years old and i don't know a person outside of my immediate group of close friends who is familiar with leonard's music with the exception of the occasional "isn't he the dude wit...

this is easy:

...the patron saint of envy and the grocer of despair...