Tag Archives: Leonard Cohen

Buskin’ at the SLC Farmers’ Market

Posted on July 17, 2010 by

Shit.  I apologize for that last post.  I must have been drunk or depressed or both. This morning I got up early for a Saturday morning (about 7:30 or so), made coffee, gathered my harmonicas together, put my Carvin Cobalt … Continue reading →

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Ooh, Las Vegas!

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

My friend Doug and I are in Las Vegas to see Leonard Cohen. We drove from Salt Lake City, leaving yesterday morning at about 8:30 and arriving at about 3:00 PM. We’re staying at Bill’s Gambling Hall and Saloon, which … Continue reading →

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Gig at Alchemy Coffee, Oct. 10

Posted on October 11, 2009 by

I just finished up a grueling project for my online master’s degree in learning and technology.  I’m fried, which means that reconstructing the set list for last night’s gig is going to be a complete and total bitch!  So. . … Continue reading →

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The Rain God and The Pilgrims, Pt. 5

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

“The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold, and it’s overturned the order of the soul” “And even though it all went wrong, I’ll stand before the Lord of Song. . .” When we got off the Frontier Airlines … Continue reading →

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The Rain God and the Pilgrims: An Evening Without Leonard Cohen, Pt. 4

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

“You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children you must not do it anymore.” The Rain God is out today.  He is not angry, but he’s sobbing lightly.  He has several names, but I usually call him Tlaloc.  … Continue reading →

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The Rain God and the Pilgrims: An Evening Without Leonard Cohen, Pt. 3

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

“There’s a bar where the boys have stopped talking; They’ve been sentenced to death by the blues.” Cohen and Dylan seem to be stitched together in the fabric of the universe.  They both moved to New York from the North: … Continue reading →

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The Rain God and the Pilgrims: An Evening Without Leonard Cohen, Pt. 2

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

“And you know that she’s half-crazy, but that’s why you want to be there” I stumbled upon the Leonard Cohen’s music in an accidental way.  It started with a library book that I checked out an read when I was … Continue reading →

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The Rain God and the Pilgrims: An Evening Without Leonard Cohen, Pt. 1

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

“I heard there was a sacred chord that David played and it pleased the Lord” I have spent the last 20 years or so yearning to see Leonard Cohen live.  He is probably my second favorite songwriter, right behind Dylan, … Continue reading →

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