Lost my voice in New York City
never heard it again after sixty-seven
Now I talk like you
Now I sing like you
Cigarette and coffee to make me sick
Couple of families to make me think
Going to see my lawyer
Going to read my mail
Lost my voice in New York City
Guess you always knew
The Pro (1973) from Death of a Lady's Man
+ Leonard Cohen: Beacon Theatre, New York, February 19, 2009
As you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it's already happened.
― Douglas Coupland
Eurythmics: I've Tried Everything
Sent to me by my Leonard Cohen fundamentalist Muse.
+ Leonard Cohen told us back in 2008 why he loved seeing other artists cover his songs.
+ Leonard Cohen : Une brèche en toute chose
by Vladimir Nabokov. Larger when you click on the image.
This poem reminded me of Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For by Nick Cave..."I knew you'd find me, 'cause I longed you here"
I read somewhere that as you get older, the brain cells associated with anxiety begin to die. [Pauses] A lot of other brain cells die, too, so you’ve got to watch out
Leonard Cohen
Hayden: Starting Over And I feel like starting over / More now, as I'm older
It's been years since I had a birthday I liked. I hope I get to go to NYC again next year.
"The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?
Neil Gaiman
Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired.
Leonard Cohen
Please don’t understand me too quickly.
André Gide
//Nicola Samori, L'Occhio Occidentale
+ Rachel Yamagata - Even If I Don't.live
I can't think of a song that better pin points where my heart is at right now than the above song by the lovely Miss Yamagata. I thought this other song below was also close but then I realized more than halfway into it that it could actually be from The Girl towards Me.
+ Rachael Yamagata - You Won't Let Me.live
Mikko Kuorinki, Wall Piece with 200 Letters, 2010-11
There are many in your life
And many still to be
You are a light
You are a shining light
So there's many that you'll see
I've got to deal with my own envy
When you choose the precious few
Who've left their pride on the other side of
Coming back to you
You are outside life, you are above life, you have miseries which the ordinary man does not know, you exceed the normal level, and it is for this that men refuse to forgive you, you poison their peace of mind, you undermine their stability. You have irrepressible pains whose essence is to be inadaptable to any known state, indescribable in words. You have repeated and shifting pains, incurable pains, pains beyond imagining, pains which are neither of the body nor of the soul, but which partake of both. And I share your suffering, and I ask you: who dares to ration our relief? We are not going to kill ourselves just yet. In the meantime, leave us the hell alone.
Antonin Artaud
[ Starsailor: It Hurts Too Much ]
Untitled By OhhhLordy.NSFW
My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.
Leonard Cohen
By juiceboxgasoline
1) Today is my birthday.
2) It is also Read Comics in Public day!
I missed the 7th anniversary of this blog. A Post from that summer that I liked, represented:
...not only am I lonely but alone. I am like an eye dangling by a few nerves from a man’s socket, and I long for detachment or to be part of the body whole, anything but blind useless pain. I have not given up by any means so don’t let me depress you. There are insights to be gained from the tedious chaos. I could do so without such an education but since I have no choice I might as well learn. Laughter is a first in the face of the gods and I will make those heavenly faces bloody and blue
This blog has been active since July 2003. Now that I'm done with the May Mix that I worked on during my sabbatical I can say that for the first time since its inception I'm writing without a muse in mind. I have no idea what that will mean for it.
+ U2: STATELESS
+ If I Told You
+ Try Again
overgrown
Photos: I forgot
I'm a Fool to Want You
The Air That I Breathe
The Girl I Love
Falling At Your Feet
Do You Remember The First Time?
I'm In Love With The Tip Of Your Iceberg
I am not protected from your agitation of my heart
Some Kinda Love
Romantic Desires As Inconveniences
Bobbing for Apples
Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?
Won't you be my baby, baby
Crazy To Love You
people /Love/ each other
It's A Long Life To Always Be /Longing/
Do You Miss Me Tonight?
sneaking into oblivion and other arbitrary choices I have not made
I GOTTA GET TO YOU, GET TO YOU SOMEHOW
'Cause I can't find the words and I can't find the songs
+ Seal: Prayer For The Dying
Life Carries On, It Goes On
Previously: Momma
headstone sunset by ~bunnyolove
Ben Trovato
I want to send a big thank you to my collaborators.
I want to dedicate my efforts to my mom who was sick and in ICU all through Christmas week but is now doing better. My newlywed friend. My NYC/Boston friends. And my PYT muse.
+ Jimi Hendrix-Stone Free live at Royal Albert Hall
Dear xxxx,
I know you miss your pills, holding on to a memory and time traveling into sleep. The illuminations. The feelings your friends don't and will never understand. The escape. The inspiration. The turmoil. Even though the line is about Scientology, I think of you now when I listen to "Famous Blue Raincoat" and he sings did you ever go clear?
+ Leonard Cohen-Lisbon 2009, Famous Blue Raincoat
Happy Pills
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