KW-51-2020: Mal schauen, ob das stattfindet …50 Leute in London können „Keith James in concert – The Songs of Leonard Cohen“ live erleben. – Wo? In London, old Bakery Studios – Wann? Sat 16 Jan 2021 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM GMT

Keith James in concert – The Songs of Leonard Cohen

These remarkable songs – stripped back, their brave honesty exposed

Strictly 50 tickets available only.  Cabaret seating, table service.  Masks in & out the one way system, not necessary when seated for eating/drinking. Doors and bar opens 630PM.  Show 730 – 10PM.  Tickets £18 + booking fee.

‘There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’ Cohen’s most memorable and visionary line from his song ANTHEM. If ever there was a sentence in modern poetry to reflect on and give hope and understanding to us all, it is this line. This Concert begins with ANTHEM.

Enigmatic, mysterious and sub textural, songwriter Leonard Cohen was an unflinching character, with an exact sense of prose, wry humour and the courage to wrestle with the unspoken, forgiving human frailty with the stroke of each word.

The chilling announcement of Leonard’s death marked the end of an era. His music befriended an entire generation. Within every line of his writing, he has been challenging us to listen more carefully, speak more thoughtfully, think more deeply and recognize our own fragility. Our World misses him very much.

With a lifetime reputation of performing in this exact way and an undying love of the ‘pure song’ Keith James gives you a concert of Cohen’s amazing material in the most intimate and sensitive way imaginable, exposing the solitary inner strength of his greatest songs in their original perfect form. Keith has performed an extensive tour of this concert in Theatres and Arts Centres across the UK, giving almost 500 concerts – close to 150,000 people. This has proved to be one of the greatest honours in Keith James’ 40 year career. Keith lives in Powys, Wales and sometimes in Andalusia, Spain.

Included in the concert are Cohen’s well known songs: Famous Blue Raincoat, Sisters of Mercy, Suzanne and Hallelujah alongside his rarer and profound writing such as Who by Fire, Joan of Arc and Secret Life. Also included are songs from his posthumous album Thanks for the Dance and Keith’s dramatic performances based on the work of Federico Garcia Lorca – Cohen’s greatest influence. Keith has also transcribed into song one of Leonard’s poems from his collection ‘Book of longing’ written whilst on retreat during the 1990s.

KW-51-2020: There is an upcoming Master Thesis On Leonard Cohen – Here you can participate on a questionaire: FRAGEBOGEN zu LEONARD COHEN für eine wisenschaftliche Master Thesis.

A short questionnaire about Leonard Cohen

As part of my master’s thesis, I am working on how Leonard Cohen’s memory is preserved on the Internet. By answering this short anonymous questionnaire, you will help me be as close as possible to reality. It will only take you a few minutes, promise!

The beginning of the questionnaire is about general background, while the rest of the questions are focused on the memory of Leonard Cohen.

I would like to thank you all sincerely for filling in my questionnaire about Leonard Cohen 😊 Your contribution will be of great help to me in the writing of my master’s thesis.
I really enjoyed reading your answers, some of them were quite moving, others very relevant, in any case they enlightened me on the community composed of all Leonard Cohen fans.
Thanks again, and happy holidays to all of you!
If you haven’t seen my post and would still like to participate, here is the link to the questionnaire: https://forms.gle/cPuYU8Me4B6Us4H2A.

KW-50-2020: #Natural_Born_Killers? – Der Filmtitel passt zur Zeit…. Leonard Cohen steuerte zu dem Film-Soundtrack zwei Songs bei: Einer so passend wie der andere: #The_Future und #Waiting_For_The_Miracle

Natural Born Killers ist ein Spielfilm des Regisseurs Oliver Stone aus dem Jahr 1994, dessen Drehbuch auf einer Story von Quentin Tarantino basiert.

 

 

Oliver Stones Film Natural Born Killers ist ein unkonventioneller, gewagter Kommentar zu Voyeurismus und Gewalt in Amerikas Medienkultur. Woody Harrelson und Juliette Lewis spielen zwei umherziehende Serienmörder. Nachdem ein Fernsehproduzent (Robert Downey Jr.) beschließt ihren Wahnsinn für eine Riesenstory auszubeuten, werden die beiden im Handumdrehen zu Berühmtheiten. Oliver Stone überarbeitete das Originaldrehbuch von Quentin Tarantino und verwendete eine Vielzahl an popkulturellen Bezügen sowie unterschiedliches Film- und Videomaterial um die Grenze zwischen Realität und rauschhaften visuellen Erfahrungen zu verwischen (die traumatische Vergangenheit von Juliette Lewis‘ Figur wird beispielsweise als Sitcom dargestellt, in der Rodney Dangerfield, ein bekannter amerikanischer Schauspieler, auftaucht). Entstanden ist ein diskussionswürdiger, teilweise ins Experimentelle weisender Film, der speziell in den USA für großes Aufsehen sorgte. Auch wenn Natural Born Killers nicht sein bester Film ist, bleibt Oliver Stone jedoch einer der wichtigsten, kontroversesten Regisseure unserer Zeit.