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Last Shadow Puppets Go Orchestral With Leonard Cohen's "Memories"

October 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Leonard Cohen, Music

Last Shadow Puppets – Hobby Band Makes Good The Last Shadow Puppets is a side-project of Miles Kane from The Rascals, a not obscure but hardly well known indie group, and his buddy, Alex Turner from the not at all obscure  Arctic Monkeys. In 2008, the Last Shadow Puppets toured with a set list spotlighting [...]

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Notes On The 2008 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Induction

March 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Leonard Cohen, Music

The Highlights Highlight #1: Leonard Cohen, Still Classy After All These Years Cohen, dapperly dressed in a black tux, thanked Lou Reed for his introduction and acknowledged that his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was “such an unlikely event” and “not a distinction that I coveted or even dared dream about.” [...]

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Lou Reed-Anjani Duet You've (Probably) Never Heard

March 7th, 2008 · Comments Off · Anjani Thomas, Leonard Cohen

Lou Reed and Anjani At “Came So Far For Beauty” Tribute While fact checking my post about Lou Reed officially inducting Leonard Cohen into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10 in New York,1 I serendipitously discovered a reference to Mr Reed and Anjani teaming up for a duet at the Dublin [...]

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Lou Reed And Leonard Cohen Back In New York

February 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Leonard Cohen, Music

Lou To Laud Lenny At Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction A hustle here and a hustle there New York City is the place where they said Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side I said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side – Lou Reed, Take A Walk on [...]

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