Heck Of A Guy

... I never had a chance. I was – and this is the only word that fits – smitten. She was overwhelmingly intelligent and quick-witted, although it took three more years for me to recognize that she was, in fact, much smarter than me, and then another two years to forgive her for that. And, she was surpassingly good-looking, with an unmistakable aura of sexiness.

The unlikely story of how Julie and I fell in love and - 2 husbands, 1 wife, and 2 careers later - spent an outrageously wonderful 20 years together is unlike anything else you will find in this blog, and perhaps anywhere else.

The story starts, appropriately, at This Is How A Love Story Began

Answer: Displaying One's Erection As Part Of A Lecture At A Scientific Meeting

Question: What Happens In Vegas That Doesn't Stay In Vegas?

Giles Brindley
Extreme Show & Tell

Note: This link is to a post on AlignMap.com, my treatment adherence site, but an appreciation of Professor Brindley's presentation requires no medical expertise.

"Do I Have To Dance All Night" was performed many times in concerts but was never released in the US.

As part of my crusade to popularize this song, I've cobbled together 2 videos - one for the semi-funky 1976 version with Laura Brannigan and one for the 1980 more gypsy, less disco version - that kinda sorta fit the music.

• 1976 Do I Have To Dance All Night Video
• 1980 Do I Have To Dance All Night Video

Both videos include links to keys to the sources of the clips and the identities of the backup singers and others who are featured.

The complete story of "Do I Have To Dance All Night" is available at The Best Leonard Cohen Song You've Never Heard (Probably)

Special Photos, Music, Videos, Events, Oddities, & Insights From The Leonard Cohen 2008-2009 World Tour

Unreleased music from Anjani's performances in Warsaw, Poland and Joe's Pub, New York.

• Whither Thou Goest (Warsaw Concert)
• Never Got To Love You (Warsaw Concert)
• Leonard Cohen and Anjani Duets Video (Joe's Pub, NY)

Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen had a fling in the 1960s that, for unspecified reasons, was short-lived, with Cohen instigating the parting.

It was then and is now a complex connection. In 1988, Cohen said, “I’m still very friendly with Joni - I had dinner with her before the tour, and I have the same admiration for her as you do. But I think it was Noel Harrison who came up to me in the LA Troubadour and said ‘How d’you like living with Beethoven?’”

The full story is at Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell: Just One Of Those Things

Cohen interviews on CBC

• A Leonard Cohen Primer
• L Cohen Article - Mojo 9/94
• Leonard Cohen Nicknames
• Leonard Cohen Lookalikes
• L Cohen Lyrics - Word Trees
• L Cohen Lyrics - Tag Cloud
• L Cohen Lyrics - Wordle