{"id":109,"date":"2012-01-22T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.99\/~alicecar\/2012\/01\/first-we-take-manhattan-my-day-with-leonard-cohen-exclusive-review-of-old-ideas.html"},"modified":"2022-01-21T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T21:02:14","slug":"leonard-cohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alicecarbone.com\/staging\/2381\/leonard-cohen\/","title":{"rendered":"My day with Leonard Cohen (+ EXCLUSIVE review of Old Ideas)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><b>A LEONARD COHEN STORY: MY EXCLUSIVE ENCOUNTER WITH LEONARD COHEN IN MANHATTAN.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><b>Note<\/b><\/span>: When I wrote this account, back in 2012, I didn&#8217;t know that he would actually read the novel and change my life.\u00a0 I owe Leonard a lot.\u00a0 When I went to New York, the novel was supposed to be a gift for him. The encounter would not have been possible without this blog and without Robert Kory, who then briefly became my manager and helped me immensely become a better writer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">It&#8217;s 2:00 PM in Manhattan.\u00a0 It is January 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a02012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Unfortunately, I&#8217;m not staying at the Chelsea Hotel, but at the Holiday Inn on W 57th St &#8211; Midtown West.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I am no Janis and I am no Edie; I was born too late. \u00a0But who knows, maybe he never had an Alice in his life. And, there ain\u2019t no cure for love.\u00a0 If you are confused, let me unfold the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Thanks to my writing and to this blog,\u00a0I flew from Los Angeles to New York City to meet the man who has somewhat changed my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I wear a white Chanel-style<b>\u00a0<\/b>coat. I want him to <i>see me<\/i> in the audience. And my lips are deep red, like blood\u2014not really strawberries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I am aware it&#8217;s quite early, but I ca&#8217;t wait any longer. I decide to have a smoke, and walk a couple of blocks to release the tension; I will get a taxi on the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I wear Chanel N\u00b05 for the occasion. I did not have any money, this unexpected trip cost me a lot, but Sephora had a great deal on Madison Avenue. And, with $10.00 I manage to get a small dose of it\u2014n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\">othing makes me feel feminine like a few drops of Chanel on my neck and wrists.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just what I need, feeling that I am doing something right today.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">When I get to <a href=\"https:\/\/publictheater.org\/programs\/joes-pub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe\u2019s Pub<\/a>, in the East Village\u2014where the listening party organized by Columbia Records will take place an hour later\u2014I realize I am the first one to arrive. So I take the time to admire the beautiful Public Theater the club is part of. \u00a0But I can&#8217;t concentrate on the architecture, the smell, the old photos and the posters of upcoming events on the walls. I notice a lot of dust on the bricks; the place is being renovated. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">That&#8217;s what I do when I try to switch the radio off, the one in my brain. I notice minor details of the surroundings in order not to pay attention to what is going on within. I can&#8217;t remember the last time I was so nervous.<\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I take a slow, deep breath. \u00a0It is time to tell myself this is not a dream. \u00a0I am really meeting Leonard Cohen.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I wish I could write forever, because I fear not being able to remember the emotion and the irresistibly sweet tone of his voice; my trepidation and the heartbeat, the exact words and the look in his eyes, sinful and innocent at the same time. \u00a0However, I am afraid you will be bored before I actually get to the &#8216;music part.&#8217; \u00a0So I will do my best to entertain you, while inking this day forever on my skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">With my surprise the audience is exceptionally small\u2014it&#8217;s a private and exclusive event. I&#8217;m the youngest one, which makes me very proud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I finally take my seat in the candlelight darkness of the velvet room; I go for the small round table in the front, not even thinking about who may be sitting next to me (later I will found out <em>he<\/em> is.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">The waiter offers me some wine, but I ask for a Pellegrino instead, with a straw. \u00a0My lipstick should last up to 8 hours, but you never know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">We are about to listen, for the first time, to <a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/U6TxmY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Old Ideas<\/a>, the new Leonard Cohen&#8217;s album that will be released on January 31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2012. \u00a0He will introduce the record, and then a chat with him will follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">You&#8217;re the lucky one<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> &#8211; the host, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/30\/obituaries\/rita-houston-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rita Houston<\/a>, who is sitting next to me, whispers in my ear: &#8220;Leonard will be sitting right here, to answer questions.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Minutes that seem hours pass. \u00a0He finally enters the room. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\">My heart seems to have stopped beating. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\">He is more handsome than I had imagined.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">We all stand up.\u00a0 He takes his hat off: <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8220;Thank you my friends.&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">He says, looking fragile and shy. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8220;Thank you for being here.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">And before I even realize it, something happens. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;\">He sees me; he looks at me and smiles.\u00a0 Yes, he sees me.\u00a0 I sweetly smile back acknowledging the mutual click.\u00a0 Magic just happened.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I am ready for his music now.\u00a0 I will think about the rest later.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">The album starts playing. And, as I lose myself into the fire of the burning candles in front of me, I finally relax. I let the melody of his words in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Cohen&#8217;s voice is deeper and lower than ever, despite the fact that he has quit cigarettes. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">And in between a rhythm from an old blues and a sweet melody that seems to come all the way from cold Eastern Europe, he tells a new story of Isaac. \u00a0Nevertheless, this time the gypsy boy seems to have found some kind of peace, or acceptance at least.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><strong>Show me The Place<\/strong> &#8211; which is very special in Cohen&#8217;s heart &#8211; is still my favorite song of this album.\u00a0<b>Amen <\/b>blew me away with its religious name and some kind of respectfully profane, erotic poetry that carries a deeper and universal message. \u00a0A warm Sharon Robinson<b> <\/b>in the chorus stands up, together with a gloomy yet sensual trumpet, with a gypsy violin by its side.\u00a0 <b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"><strong>Coming Home<\/strong> gets under your skin and really makes you want to <i>sleep with that lazy bastard in a suit.\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Not that I really care about age in a man, especially when talking Cohen, but at 77 he still knows how to speak to a woman. \u00a0In <b>Anyhow<\/b> you can almost smell him, while he whispers in your ear and arouses your brain with simple lines that shoot the bullet &#8211; <i>Dreamed about you baby, you were wearing half your dress, I know you have to hate me, but could you hate me less<\/i>? \u00a0<b>Crazy to Love You<\/b> is a step back into Leonard&#8217;s folk tradition but with a twist; a classic love ballad in the form of a <i>moyen-age<\/i> song.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><i><\/i><br \/>\n<i><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8220;Do you want anything to drink?&#8221;<\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">He asks me later, in his dressing room. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8220;I have water, nuts, and some fruit&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><i><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8220;How old are you, darling?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">I think that I should be the one asking questions&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><i><\/i><br \/>\n<i><\/i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">&#8220;Will you give me that manuscript or are you going to hold it in your hands, darling?&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">He says when we sit down for a chat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">The manuscript was my novel, a very raw draft. \u00a0How did the dream end?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">Some stories you just want to keep to yourself.\u00a0 Some stories must be protected, kept safe in your heart. \u00a0For such memories will never fade away.\u00a0 I can tell you that I spent some precious time with him, gave him my novel with a special dedication.\u00a0<b>Because Leonard has been that crack that allowed some light in during some of the darkest times of my life.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">With his charm, elegance and grace he touched my heart and gave me a life lesson that I will never forget. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;\"><i style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Thank you, Leonard for being exactly how I thought you would be; the most charming, gentle, handsome, sexy, and humble man I have ever met.\u00a0 And thank you,\u00a0<b>Robert<\/b> for making this dream come true.\u00a0 This blog is dedicated to you.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><b><br \/>\nNote<\/b><\/span>: When I wrote this account, back in 2012, I didn&#8217;t know that he would actually read the novel and change my life.\u00a0 I owe Leonard a lot.\u00a0 When I went to New York, the novel was supposed to be a gift for him. 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