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Sunday, January 22, 2012
“Show Me the Place” by Leonard Cohen & A lost Leonard Cohen album?
Spotted this on Flavorwire this morning, and it leads to the video above.
Flavorwire » 5 Potentially Amazing Records the World Will Probably Never Hear:
Leonard Cohen — Songs For Rebecca
This was to be Cohen’s fifth album, recorded with the same producer (John Lissauer) who made New Skin for the Old Ceremony. Apparently only half the record was completed, but the project was eventually shelved in favor of the Phil Spector-produced Death of a Ladies’ Man. Two of the songs from Songs for Rebecca surfaced on that record, and three more on 1979′s Recent Songs, but beyond that, Songs for Rebecca just “evaporated,” in Lissauer’s words. There’s more information in a fascinating interview with the producer (who seems like a lovely guy, and appears very philosophical about the whole thing) here.
It sounds like the actual recordings emerged, though. When I think of lost albums, I think more of actual recordings that never made it out to see the light of day. Not planned albums scrapped or ideas that were never completed.
I think I’ll just keep my eyes on the new, completed album, Old Ideas, coming out on the 31st. Looking forward to that!
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Further wisdom from Caustic… Art is hard and it takes time
More wisdom from Caustic. Worth a read. Nothing here that any serious artist of any flavor hasn’t spent a lot of time contemplating, but it is always good to check in and be reminded of these things.
A good pep talk for those who do and a sign post for those who want to do…
Caustic: Doing Stuff is HARD: Putting in the Time:
There's a belief amongst artists that it takes 10 years or 1000 hours working on a craft before you're actually any good at it. That says a couple things to me:
1) Giving up means you're automatically screwed, and
2) Tenacity equals success
Most it means you/I/they have to work your/my/their asses off to succeed in whatever creative world we live in.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
What I Am Listening To Now: “Palaces Of Montezuma” by Grinderman
Bonus... Grinderman on Letterman (Whoda' thunk?)
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Monday, January 9, 2012
What I Am Listening To Now: “Invincible” by Paisley Rose
Been too long since I posted!
Wasn't listening to this now, but the music I was listening to made me think of them for some reason...
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