{"id":1862,"date":"2015-12-31T11:35:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T09:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.leonardcohen.de\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2016-01-02T12:31:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T10:31:59","slug":"kw-53-2015-leonard-cohen-und-schlagzeilen-die-letzte-fuer-dieses-jahr-ist-dass-es-weitaus-bessere-schlagzeilen-in-bezug-auf-die-person-leonard-cohens-gibt-die-website-vom-dr-heck-of-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonardcohen.de\/?p=1862","title":{"rendered":"KW-53-2015: Leonard Cohen &#8230; und &#8222;Schlagzeilen&#8220; ? Die letzte f\u00fcr dieses Jahr ist, dass es weitaus bessere Schlagzeilen in Bezug auf die Person Leonard Cohens gibt. Die Website vom &#8222;Dr. Heck Of A Guy&#8220; hat herrliche &#8222;Nicknames&#8220; in Schlagzeilen gefunden und diese mit Quellen versehen. Gratulation. Hier die internationale Sammlung. &#8211; Danke Allan Showalter. Morgen, im neuen Jahr liefert die &#8222;Cohenpedia&#8220; das deutsche Pendant dazu. See you all in 2016."},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Lord Byron Of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll<sup><a id=\"identifier_0_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Unplugged by Pico Iyer. Originally published in Buzz, Los Angeles, April 1998: The \u2018Lord Byron of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll,\u201d as he is too often called, has always been a man of surprises\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_0_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">1<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of The Boudoir<sup><a id=\"identifier_1_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"At 71, Leonard Cohen Finds His Voice Anew by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, July 14, 2006: \u2026 the 71-year-old pop icon and bard of the boudoir hasn\u2019t toured in a dozen years\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_1_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">2<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Ladies\u2019 Man<sup><a id=\"identifier_2_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 The Ladies Man In Concert Bootleg Album Title, Date: 1993-05-21; Also, The Return Of A Ladies\u2019 Man  by Judith Fitzgerald, originally published in The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2000: The Return Of A Ladies\u2019 Man  [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_2_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">3<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grandson Of The Prince Of Grammarians<sup><a id=\"identifier_3_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Lunar Refractions: Longing for Perfect Porn Aristocrats and Other Delights by Alta L. Price in 3 Quarks Daily blog, June 12, 2006: Well, to echo the rampant name-calling that follows him everywhere, the Ladies\u2019 Man, the Grocer of Despair, grandson of the Prince of Grammarians, has just published a new old book, titled Book of Longing, \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_3_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">4<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Erotic Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_4_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Re: Master of Erotic Despair from alt.music.leonard-cohen. 2000\/01\/28: Michael S. Connaghan wrote: Nearly thirty years ago I purchased my first Leonard Cohen album. I had seen an ad in the National Lampoon that billed L.C. as the Master of Erotic Despair and I was intrigued.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_4_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">5<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Romantic Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_5_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"In Anjani Thomas, Leonard Cohen Finds a New Voice by Alan Light, New York Times, May 21, 2006: Leonard Cohen is not known for being prolific. In a recording career approaching its 40th year, this master of romantic despair has released a mere 11 studio albums.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_5_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">6<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>High Priest Of Pathos<sup><a id=\"identifier_6_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"\u2018I never discuss my mistresses or my tailors\u2019 by Nick Paton Walsh, Guardian. October 14, 2001: Leonard Cohen is the high priest of pathos.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_6_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">7<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Pessimism<sup><a id=\"identifier_7_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Interview with Leonard Cohen by Richard Guilliatt, The Sunday Times Magazine (London), December 12, 1993: Yet here is Leonard Cohen \u2013 the poet laureate of pessimism, the world heavyweight champion of existential despair \u2013 getting cheerfully drunk in a Chinese Restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_7_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">8<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grocer Of Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_8_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Derived from lyrics of \u201cField Commander Cohen;\u201d Hydra \u2013 Walking in Leonard Cohen\u2019s footsteps by grhomeboy, Homeboy Media News October 8, 2006: On a dismal rainy afternoon in April 1960, after spending three months in a boarding house on Hampstead High Street completing a manuscript, the 25-year-old \u201cgrocer of despair\u201d found himself wandering bleakly around London\u2019s East End, his spirits further depleted by raging toothache.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_8_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">9<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prophet Of Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_9_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65  by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: \u201cHe once read an ad in National Lampoon titled Leonard Cohen: The Prophet of Despair. \u201cI laughed my head off,\u201d he told me years ago, \u201cbecause I thought it was the Lampoon spoofing me. Then I saw the same ad in Rolling Stone, and I wasn\u2019t laughing any more.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_9_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">10<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Commitophobes<sup><a id=\"identifier_10_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65  by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201cBeautiful Creep\u201d and \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201cbard of bedsits,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe poet laureate of commitophobes.\u201d Leonard Cohen: Several Lifetimes Already by Pico Iyer. Shambhala Sun: The man who has been the poet laureate of commitophobes, who has never found in his 63 years a woman he can marry or a home he won\u2019t desert\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_10_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">11<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Bedsits<sup><a id=\"identifier_11_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65  by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201cBeautiful Creep\u201d and \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201cbard of bedsits,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe poet laureate of commitophobes.\u201d Cohen, Leonard MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music: A gloomy poet who became the bard of bedsits.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_11_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">12<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kevorkian Of Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_12_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65  by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201cBeautiful Creep\u201d and \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201cbard of bedsits,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe poet laureate of commitophobes.\u201d Exile on Main Street by Brett Grainger, Elm Street, Canada. November 2001: It\u2019s gotten him a bit of a reputation along the way. \u201cPrince of bummers,\u201d \u201cpoet of pessimism,\u201d \u201ctroubadour of travail,\u201d \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song\u201d \u2013 journalists can\u2019t seem to get enough of the clich\u00e9 of the dark knight, the tortured soul spinning his suffering into gold.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_12_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">13<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Beautiful Creep<sup><a id=\"identifier_13_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65  by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201cBeautiful Creep\u201d and \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201cbard of bedsits,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe poet laureate of commitophobes.\u201d Reward for a Ladies\u2019 Man by Jamie Lee, The Ottawa Citizen. December 14, 2007: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finds a place for the \u2018beautiful creep\u2019 Beautiful Creep by Richard Goldstein. Village Voice, December 28, 1967: \u201cMy songs are strangely romantic,\u201d he admits, \u201cbut so are the kids. I somehow feel that I\u2019ve always waited for this generation.\u201d He pulls out a letter from a young girl who wonders over his unremitting despair. He frightens her because she senses that he has achieved an understanding of life, but he is sad despite it. She prays that the comprehension he seeks will not bring her such misery. She prays for him, and for herself, that he is really blind. And she ends by calling Leonard Cohen a \u201cbeautiful creep.\u201d Real tears form in the corners of his eyes, but modestly they do not flow. He sighs for real. \u201cThat\u2019s what I am \u2013 a beautiful creep.\u201d He excuses himself and you grab for the letter when he is gone. That too is real.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_13_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">14<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Gloom<sup><a id=\"identifier_14_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"We love Leonard Cohen The Independent, 20 May 2004: The most gifted songwriters of our time are paying tribute to the Godfather of Gloom this weekend. Fiona Sturges celebrates his enduring appeal.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_14_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">15<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Doom \u2018N\u2019 Gloom<sup><a id=\"identifier_15_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen\u2019s Nervous Breakthrough by Mark Rowland. Musician, July 1988: He\u2019s the reigning auteur of folk noir, the godfather of doom \u2018n\u2019 gloom.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_15_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">16<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prince Of Bummers<sup><a id=\"identifier_16_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Zen, Lawsuits, and Poetry by Phoebe Hoban, New York Magazine, May 14, 2006: With his deadpan delivery and dark lyrics, Leonard Cohen could be called the creator of his own musical genre: song noir. Even his friend Leon Wieseltier once memorably dubbed him \u201cthe Prince of Bummers.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_16_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">17<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Troubadour Of Travail<sup><a id=\"identifier_17_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Exile on Main Street by Brett Grainger, Elm Street, Canada. November 2001: It\u2019s gotten him a bit of a reputation along the way. \u201cPrince of bummers,\u201d \u201cpoet of pessimism,\u201d \u201ctroubadour of travail,\u201d \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song\u201d \u2013 journalists can\u2019t seem to get enough of the clich\u00e9 of the dark knight, the tortured soul spinning his suffering into gold.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_17_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">18<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Laughing Len<sup><a id=\"identifier_18_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen and the Death of Cool by David Sprague. Originally published in Your Flesh magazine, 1992: [Leonard Cohen speaking] I was reading the reviews of this in England, and there they were calling me Laughing Len and saying they oughta sell razor blades with this record)\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_18_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">19<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Laughing Lennie<sup><a id=\"identifier_19_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Rock\u2019s Backpages Audio, February 1988: Laughing Lennie talks to Mat Snow about songwriting, meditation and religion, the collapse of literary culture, and the misperception of him as a Gloom Merchant\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_19_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">20<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Captain Mandrax<sup><a id=\"identifier_20_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Fiction Of Leonard Cohen by T.F. Rigelhof, Originally published in Paragraph: Canadian Fiction Review, Volume 19, No. 4, Spring 1998, pp. 2-5: He\u2019d never played with professional musicians and was so heavily into tranquillizers that he\u2019d picked up the nickname Captain Mandrax.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_20_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">21<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Rock and Roll<sup><a id=\"identifier_21_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Return of Leonard Cohen by Mick Brown, Sounds, July 1976: The poster outside the Colston Hall, Bristol announced the appearance that evening of \u201cThe Poet of Rock and Roll\u201c\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_21_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">22<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master of the Egg Salad Sandwich<sup><a id=\"identifier_22_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Contributed by Anjani via email, 20 March 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_22_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">23<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet of the Holy Sinners<sup><a id=\"identifier_23_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Poet of the Holy Sinners by Jay Michaelson. Jewish Daily Forward. Apr 20, 2007: Leonard Cohen: Poet of the Holy Sinners [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_23_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">24<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Dirge<sup><a id=\"identifier_24_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Dirge. Uncylopedia:  The Rise of Leonard Cohen, King of Dirge [Heading]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_24_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">25<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Existential Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_25_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"This Is The Album Introducing Leonard Cohen to the World by Barron Laycock, Amazon Reviews \u2013 Songs of Leonard Cohen, June 10, 2000: He known as the \u201cpoet of existential despair\u201c, a man of soaring visages and terrible nightmares, all put to beautiful and classic melodies.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_25_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">26<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Jikan\/Jikan The Useless Monk\/Silent One<sup><a id=\"identifier_26_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"\u201cJikan The Useless Monk\u201d is a self-reference Leonard Cohen uses in \u201cThe Book of Longing\u201d poems, combining his given Dharma name of \u201cJikan\u201d (Silent One) with his own descriptive phrase, \u201cThe Useless Monk\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_26_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">27<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Bedsit Angst<sup><a id=\"identifier_27_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen\u2019s Way by Mat Snow. The Guardian, 1988. There\u2019s a new comic touch to the poet of bedsit angst\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_27_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">28<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Misery<sup><a id=\"identifier_28_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"I\u2019m Your Man: Leonard Cohen | Music for the Masses by Matthew Moyer. Library Journal, Feb 1, 2012: On paper, it seemed like a dream. Leonard Cohen, poet laureate of misery, teamed up with Phil Spector\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_28_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">29<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Gloom Merchant<sup><a id=\"identifier_29_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Rock\u2019s Backpages Audio, February 1988: Laughing Lennie talks to Mat Snow about songwriting, meditiation [sic] and religion, the collapse of literary culture, and the misperception of him as a Gloom Merchant\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_29_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">30<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bourgeois Individualist Poet<sup><a id=\"identifier_30_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen\u2019s Nervous Breakthrough by Mark Rowland. Musician, July 1988: So I went down there [Cuba] and immediately found myself accurately described as a \u201cBourgeois Individualist Poet.\u201d I said, \u201cThat\u2019s right. Suits me to a tee.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_30_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">31<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Love And Loss<sup><a id=\"identifier_31_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen to Release Live Album, DVD by Ryan Dombal. Pitchfork, Feb 17, 2009: Last year, the bard of love and loss set out on his first tour in 15 years \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_31_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">32<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grand Master of Melancholia<sup><a id=\"identifier_32_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen Regrets by Alastair Pirrie. New Musical Express, March 10, 1973: Leonard Cohen, Grand Master of Melancholia, slipped quietly in and out of London last month\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_32_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">33<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Misery<sup><a id=\"identifier_33_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen, Leonard : Ten New Songs by John Mulvey. NME, Oct 16, 2001: King of misery returns from monastery with synthesizer [Subtitle]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_33_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">34<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Our Dreams<sup><a id=\"identifier_34_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Beck Plays Leonard Cohen by Matthue Roth. MyJewishLearning, Sept 8, 2009: I hardly need an excuse to write more about Leonard Cohen, the \u2026 poet laureate of our dreams.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_34_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">35<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Durable Hipster<sup><a id=\"identifier_35_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ten or More Questions I Should Have Asked Leonard Cohen by Ira B. Nadel. 2 July 1993: [Nadel: All of the following adjectives have been used to describe you; are any correct? \nbard of the bedsits\napocalyptic lounge lizard\ndurable hipster\nJeremiah of Tin Pan Alley\nlegendary ladies man\namiable gangster\nexistential comedian\npoetic playboy\nspin doctor for the Apocalypse\nemotional imperialist\ngrizzled prophet\nrestless pilgrim\ndamaged priest\nthe Godfather of Gloom\nhippie icon\npatron saint of angst\nthe prince of bummers[Cohen] \u201cAll of them.\u201d \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_35_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">36<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Legendary Ladies Man<sup><a id=\"identifier_36_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_36_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">37<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Existential Comedian<sup><a id=\"identifier_37_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_37_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">38<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Spin Doctor For The Apocalypse<sup><a id=\"identifier_38_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_38_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">39<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grizzled Prophet<sup><a id=\"identifier_39_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_39_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">40<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Damaged Priest<sup><a id=\"identifier_40_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_40_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">41<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Hippie Icon<sup><a id=\"identifier_41_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_41_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">42<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Apocalyptic Lounge Lizard<sup><a id=\"identifier_42_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_42_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">43<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Jeremiah Of Tin Pan Alley<sup><a id=\"identifier_43_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_43_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">44<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Amiable Gangster<sup><a id=\"identifier_44_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_44_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">45<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poetic Playboy<sup><a id=\"identifier_45_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_45_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">46<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Emotional Imperialist<sup><a id=\"identifier_46_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_46_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">47<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Restless Pilgrim<sup><a id=\"identifier_47_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_47_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">48<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Angst<sup><a id=\"identifier_48_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_48_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">49<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Smiling Dada Of Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_49_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Epic Display From Smiling Dada Of Despair by Barry Egan. Independent. June 15 2008: An Epic Display From The  Smiling Dada Of Despair [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_49_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">50<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Montreal Mensch<sup><a id=\"identifier_50_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Epic Display From Smiling Dada Of Despair by Barry Egan. Independent. June 15, 2008: Watching the Montreal mensch on stage at the Royal Kilmainham Hospital on Friday night, you could also add wise man, Zen-prophet, soothsayer, visionary, seer, bard, guru, godhead, high priest, soul-counsellor, troubadour, non-manic street preacher, chronicler of pain, Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and holy man to that list.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_50_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">51<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prince Of Pain<sup><a id=\"identifier_51_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen fans shrug off credit crunch by Jeremy Miles. Daily Echo. Nov 12 2008:  He may be dismissed by some as the Prince of Pain, a droning bed-sit troubadour who produces little more than music to slash your wrists to. But singer-songwriter, poet, novelist and one-time Buddhist monk Cohen is so much more than that. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_51_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">52<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Mount Baldy<sup><a id=\"identifier_52_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen by John Walsh.  The Independent, October 27, 2006: Naked truths from the bard of Mount Baldy [Subtitle]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_52_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">53<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Our National Muse<sup><a id=\"identifier_53_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Our National Muse by Judith Fitzgerald. The Toronto Star, August 1, 1999: Our National Muse [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_53_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">54<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of The Monotone<sup><a id=\"identifier_54_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Maestro Of The Monotone by Mekella Broomberg. Jewish Quarterly: Vol 54, Issue 2, 2007: Maestro Of The Monotone \u2013 on the Leonard Cohen Revival [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_54_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">55<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Crown Prince of Pain<sup><a id=\"identifier_55_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"We Love Leonard Cohen by Fiona Sturges. The Independent. May 20, 2004: The irony is that, while Cohen remains the crown prince of pain, he has found much to be happy about in his twilight years. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_55_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">56<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_56_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Master Of Melancholy by Richard Harrington. The Nation, July 24, 2006: Master Of Melancholy [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_56_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">57<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Our Man<sup><a id=\"identifier_57_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"He\u2019s Our Man: Leonard Cohen at the Paramount, Oakland by Phil Fountain. ANewsCafe.com,  April 19, 2009: He\u2019s Our Man: Leonard Cohen at the Paramount, Oakland [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_57_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">58<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Great Singers Who Can\u2019t Sing<sup><a id=\"identifier_58_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen The Godfather Of Great Singers Who Can\u2019t Sing by Mike Ross. Gigcity, Nov 17, 2012: Leonard Cohen The Godfather Of Great Singers Who Can\u2019t Sing [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_58_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">59<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Joking Troubadour of Gloom\/Troubadour of Gloom<sup><a id=\"identifier_59_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Joking Troubadour of Gloom by Tim Rostron. The Telegraph.  April 26, 1993: The Joking Troubadour of Gloom [Title] and The troubadour of gloom continues: \u201cI think those descriptions of me are quite inappropriate to the gravity of the predicament that faces us all. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_59_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">60<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Sexy Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_60_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Joking Troubadour of Gloom by Tim Rostron. The Telegraph.  April 26, 1993: Leonard Cohen, that master of sexy melancholy, is giving two sell-out concerts in London next month. And, he tells Tim Rostron, he is feeling fairly cheerful.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_60_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">61<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>High Priest Of Solitude<sup><a id=\"identifier_61_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Snapshots of Leonard Cohen by Peter Goddard. Toronto Star. February 11, 2001: When last heard from, the high priest of solitude was dividing his time between a Zen Buddhist retreat on Mount Baldy near Los Angeles and downtown L.A. itself, where \u2013 depending on whom you talk to \u2013 he may be resuming his career.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_61_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">62<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Word And Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_62_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 O2 Arena, London (21 June, 2013). Neon Filler: June 27, 2013:  It\u2019s not so strange that this master of word and song somehow achieves such intimacy \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_62_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">63<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard On A Wire<sup><a id=\"identifier_63_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: The bard on a wire by Jian Ghomeshi. Vancouver Sun, April 15, 2009: Leonard Cohen: The bard on a wire [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_63_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">64<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canadian Bard<sup><a id=\"identifier_64_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Waxed \u2013 Record Review: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Dear Heather by Don McLeese. No Depression, January-February, 2005: \u2026 I don\u2019t mean to suggest the Canadian bard is in any hurry to join Johnny Cash across the great divide, \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_64_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">65<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Melancholy Bard<sup><a id=\"identifier_65_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Canada\u2019s Melancholy Bard. CBC Digital Archives: Leonard Cohen: Canada\u2019s Melancholy Bard [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_65_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">66<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canadian Bard Of The Holy And Profane<sup><a id=\"identifier_66_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Dear Heather Review by by Thom Jurek. AllMusic, 2004: Cohen, who turned 70 in September of 2004, offers no air of personal mortality \u2014 thank God; may this elegant Canadian bard of the holy and profane live forever.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_66_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">67<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_67_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"CD of the Year: Old Ideas \u2013 Leonard Cohen by Mark Kidel, Dec 24, 2012: Leonard Cohen has been the king of melancholy ever since he set out on his slow journey through the dark side.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_67_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">68<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Disappearing Mr. Mysterioso<sup><a id=\"identifier_68_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Snapshots of Leonard Cohen by Peter Goddard. Toronto Star. February 11, 2001: This Disappearing Mr. Mysterios bit has long been business-as-usual for Cohen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_68_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">69<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Misery<sup><a id=\"identifier_69_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"First Night: Leonard Cohen, Opera House, Manchester by David Pollock. The Independent. 18 June 2008: A happy return for the master of misery [Subtitle].\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_69_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">70<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_70_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Determinator Details, July, 1993: Leonard Cohen, the maestro of melancholy, answers questions on love, obsession, and despair [Subtitle].\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_70_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">71<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Magnificent Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_71_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Praise Be\u2026 Or How \u201cHallelujah\u201d Man Leonard Cohen\u2019s Comeback Actually Happened by Johnny Black. Rocks Back Pages Archives: January 9, 2009: Hallett found himself enraptured by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, the maestro of magnificent melancholy.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_71_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">72<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Love<sup><a id=\"identifier_72_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Book Review: Caged Author Cohen Off Key by Bonnie Sumner. Sunday Star Times.18 January 2009: Hallelujah that he\u2019s known as the Poet of Love then, \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_72_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">73<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Disappointment<sup><a id=\"identifier_73_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Death of a Ladies\u2019 Man by Michael Fountain. Blood for Ink. January 2009: \u2026 if this is the Dark Night of the Soul come back for a visit (and yes, it stinks after three days) then this is the night (you win, Doris) for the patron saint of disappointment, Leonard Cohen\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_73_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">74<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Hearts<sup><a id=\"identifier_74_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The King Of Hearts, Leonard Cohen. HMV Ad, Feb 2012: The King Of Hearts, Leonard Cohen [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_74_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">75<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_75_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen\u2019s O2 Concert Is Part Of A Remarkable Renaissance by Luke Turner. The Quietus: July 21, 2008: \u2026  even the biggest venue makes for a perfect pulpit for the master of song.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_75_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">76<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Goth<sup><a id=\"identifier_76_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The 10 Best Leonard Cohen Songs by James Jackson Toth. Stereogum, Oct 19, 2012: Cohen was a maverick, a risk taker of the highest order, and was never content to rest on his laurels as earnest godfather of goth.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_76_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">77<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Ageless Troubadour Of Montreal<sup><a id=\"identifier_77_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"I\u2019m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons by Liz Thomson. The Independent, Nov 17, 2012: The ageless troubadour of Montreal at last has a biography that does him justice.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_77_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">78<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prince Of Precision<sup><a id=\"identifier_78_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Green Grass, Sunshine, Wine and Leonard Cohen by Lyn Geisel. Melbourne Live. 25 January 2009: The Prince of precision, Leonard Cohen, graced the Rochford winery in the Yarra Valley \u2026. Note: This is probably an error on the part of the blogger. \u201cPrince of Precision\u201d is the description Cohen has typically used in introducing Rafael Gayol, the percussionist during the Leonard Cohen World Tour.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_78_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">79<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Bedsit Depressives<sup><a id=\"identifier_79_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"A Broken Offering by  Tim Footman. Aeon, Nov 16, 2012:  It was a potential congregation of gloom and despondency, almost a parody of Cohen as the patron saint of bedsit depressives. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_79_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">80<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Pleasure And Pain<sup><a id=\"identifier_80_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Poet Of Pleasure And Pain Leaves \u2019em Swooning by Simon Houpt. Globe and Mail. February 20, 2009: Poet Of Pleasure And Pain Leaves \u2019em Swooning [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_80_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">81<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Apostle Of Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_81_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen at Your Service by Pirkko Kotiranta, Helsingin Sanomat, Jan 22, 2012: Leonard Cohen, the Apostle of Melancholy, the writer-musician who cultivated his decades-long depression and love affairs into big art, takes his audience, once again.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_81_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">82<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Our Great Depression<sup><a id=\"identifier_82_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Bard of Our Great Depression by Gary Weiss. Gary-Weiss.com. 26 February 2009: The Bard of Our Great Depression [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_82_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">83<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Miserablism<sup><a id=\"identifier_83_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"First Night: Leonard Cohen, Opera House, Manchester by David Pollock. The Independent. June 18, 2008: Yes, Cohen \u2013 the godfather of miserablism \u2013 looks happy to be with us.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_83_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">84<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Field Commander Cohen<sup><a id=\"identifier_84_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Name of a song by Leonard Cohen and of his live album released in 2001. It is also used by others, e.g.,  Liel Leibovitz: A Broken Hallelujah \u2013 Leonard Cohen\u2019s Secret Chord by Alan Taylor. The Herald: June 27, 2014: He [Leonard Cohen] was a leader, Field Commander Cohen, in charge of a band called Army, singing of war and armageddon, angels and pain, love and hate.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_84_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">85<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Montreal<sup><a id=\"identifier_85_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Herohill vs. Leonard Cohen:: The Bard of Montreal. Herohill web site, April 2 2012: Leonard Cohen:: The Bard of Montreal [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_85_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">86<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Hippy-Era Bedsit Angst<sup><a id=\"identifier_86_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Hello, I Must Be Cohen by Gavin Martin. New Musical Express, January 9, 1993: Laughing Len, the king of hippy-era bedsit angst, Prince Of Darkness, has released a new record.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_86_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">87<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s High Priest Of Poetry<sup><a id=\"identifier_87_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, 680News. Dec 5, 2012: Canada\u2019s high priest of poetry Leonard Cohen treated fans at the Air Canada Centre to a show \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_87_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">88<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Coolest White Man On The Planet<sup><a id=\"identifier_88_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Interview with John Sakamoto by Drew Dernavich. The New Yorker. June 20, 2008: \u2026 I got to sit down with Leonard Cohen. I remember someone describing him as \u201cthe coolest white man on the planet,\u201d and I wouldn\u2019t disagree\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_88_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">89<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Melancholy Bard Of Popular Music\/Canada\u2019s Melancholy Bard Of Popular Music<sup><a id=\"identifier_89_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Encountering Cohen: A Reminiscence on the Eve of a New World Tour by Steve Venright. Mondo, Aug 15, 2008: But such was the allure of Canada\u2019s \u201cmelancholy bard of popular music.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_89_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">90<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Literary Enfant Terrible<sup><a id=\"identifier_90_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Mixes Movie-Making And Zen by Paul King. The Gazette, July 16, 1983: The celebrated  poet, novelist, songwriter, singing-star \u2013 once branded \u201cCanada\u2019s literary enfant terrible\u201d \u2013 seems at last serene.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_90_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">91<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>High Priest Of Lyrical Minimalism<sup><a id=\"identifier_91_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Lent with Leonard by Chris Cuthill.  Cardus, April 5, 2012:  As the high priest of lyrical minimalism, [Leonard Cohen] chooses his words with more circumspection than most of us take when choosing a spouse.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_91_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">92<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Swinging Suicides<sup><a id=\"identifier_92_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 If This Is Depression Let\u2019s All Have Some by David Hepworth. The Word. 19 July 2008: The notion that Leonard Cohen has always had a reputation as the poet of swinging suicides is now so deeply embedded in people\u2019s heads\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_92_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">93<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Duende<sup><a id=\"identifier_93_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, That\u2019s How the Light Gets In by Susan Browne. Red Room. April 15, 2009: I saw Leonard Cohen last night, master of duende.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_93_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">94<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bleak Baritone<sup><a id=\"identifier_94_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen\u2019s Money Troubles Benefit Fans of Bleak Baritone by Daniel Taub. Bloomberg.com. April 13, 2009: Leonard Cohen\u2019s Money Troubles Benefit Fans of Bleak Baritone [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_94_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">95<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Poet Laureate Of Existential Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_95_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Review of Energy of Slaves by Pieter Uys. Amazon, Feb 9, 2003: At one stage known as Canada\u2019s poet laureate of existential despair, Cohen published a number of poetry books \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_95_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">96<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Troubadour Of Love<sup><a id=\"identifier_96_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Troubadour of Love by Patricia Zohn. Huffington Post. May 17, 2009: Leonard Cohen, Troubadour of Love [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_96_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">97<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Cat In The Hat<sup><a id=\"identifier_97_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Is The Cat In The Hat by DrHGuy. Heck Of A Guy. April 27, 2008: Leonard Cohen Is The Cat In The Hat [Title]. Note: I typically would not include a Cohen nickname from my own blog in this list. In this case, however, I feel it is justified because since then the \u201cCat In The Hat\u201d appellation has been applied to Cohen in at least a couple of other pieces, including one for the The Sunday Times and Leonard Cohen Works For A Living \u201cWritten for The Huffington Post\u201d and, as far as I know, my post was the first to use this alias in connection with Cohen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_97_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">98<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prince Of Anguish<sup><a id=\"identifier_98_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Intimate Conversation with\u2026Leonard Cohen by Elena Pita. Magazine, Sunday Supplement to El Mundo. September 26, 2001: Perhaps he cannot speak of optimism \u2014 this one they call the prince of anguish and the king of cool \u2014 but yes, he has gained a certain amiability in his years of practice.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_98_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">99<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Cool<sup><a id=\"identifier_99_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Intimate Conversation with\u2026Leonard Cohen by Elena Pita. Magazine, Sunday Supplement to El Mundo. September 26, 2001: Perhaps he cannot speak of optimism \u2014 this one they call the prince of anguish and the king of cool \u2014 but yes, he has gained a certain amiability in his years of practice.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_99_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">100<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Wine, Women And Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_100_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen calls down angels in the palace of Caesar by Michael Mishak. Las Vegas Sun: Nov 13, 2009: The 75-year-old poet laureate of women, wine and song performed an unlikely Las Vegas miracle \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_100_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">101<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Beat Apocalyptic Prophet<sup><a id=\"identifier_101_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"100 Best Canadian Songs Ever  by Joshua Ostroff, Sarah Kurchak, Aaron Brophy. Huffington Post, June 30, 2014: It\u2019s hard to deny Cohen as beat apocalyptic prophet.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_101_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">102<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Mel Torme of the Terminally Downbeat<sup><a id=\"identifier_102_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia by Oliver Trager. p. 227, 2004: The Mel Torme of the terminally downbeat, Leonard Cohen (born September 21, 1934, Montreal Quebec) was an underground hero during the 1960s and 1970s and is a poet and songwriter whose work should be regarded as highly as Bob Dylan\u2019s but isn\u2019t.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_102_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">103<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prince of Prurience And Loss<sup><a id=\"identifier_103_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Prince of Prurience and Loss by John Leland. GQ. November, 2001. The Prince of Prurience and Loss [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_103_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">104<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>International Man<sup><a id=\"identifier_104_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Several Lifetimes Already by Pico Iyer. Shambhala Sun. September 1998. \u201cRoshi knows me for who I am,\u201d Cohen had said, \u201cand he doesn\u2019t want me to be any other. \u2018International Man,\u2019 \u2018Culture Man,\u2019 he calls me \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_104_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">105<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Culture Man<sup><a id=\"identifier_105_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Several Lifetimes Already by Pico Iyer. Shambhala Sun. September 1998. \u201cRoshi knows me for who I am,\u201d Cohen had said, \u201cand he doesn\u2019t want me to be any other. \u2018International Man,\u2019 \u2018Culture Man,\u2019 he calls me \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_105_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">106<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Architect Of Angst<sup><a id=\"identifier_106_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Tower of Song by Gary Singh. Metroactive. November 11, 2009: For decades, critics have pilloried him with sobriquets like, \u201cthe godfather of gloom,\u201d the \u201cpoet of pessimism\u201d or the \u201carchitect of angst.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_106_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">107<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of The Lonely-Hearted<sup><a id=\"identifier_107_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Primer: Leonard Cohen by Steven Hyden &amp; John Semley. A.V. Club, Feb 2, 2012: Cohen rasps, \u201cLie beside me baby, that\u2019s an order\u201d on the record\u2019s title track, shuffling into his late-game role as poet laureate of the lonely-hearted.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_107_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">108<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prince Of Pessimism<sup><a id=\"identifier_108_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: He\u2019s Grammy\u2019s Man by Joshua Ostroff. Spinner. January 29, 2010: Cohen, known by some as the prince of pessimism, came by his musical darkness naturally.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_108_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">109<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Felonious Monk<sup><a id=\"identifier_109_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Felonious Monk by Sylvie Simmons.  MOJO, November 2001: Felonious Monk [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_109_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">110<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Anguish<sup><a id=\"identifier_110_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Intimate Conversation with\u2026Leonard Cohen by Elena Pita. Magazine, Sunday Supplement to El Mundo. September 26, 2001: At 67, the poet of anguish returns to songwriting with Ten New Songs, a lovely and tranquil CD that goes on sale October 8.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_110_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">111<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>God In The Black Suit<sup><a id=\"identifier_111_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Concert at The Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland, July 8, 2008 by Christof Graf. Leonard Cohen Files. 2008: Leonard Cohen. The \u201cGod in the black suit\u201d, as he was called by the Swiss press,  and  \u201920 Minutes\u2019 called him twice \u201cGott im schwarzen Anzug\u201d, God in the black suit. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_111_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">112<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Misery <sup><a id=\"identifier_112_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Glastonbury Gets Stuck In The Mud by Johnny Dee. The Week, Apr 30,  2008: This year\u2019s Glastonbury Festival line-up will include a Welsh Elvis (Shakin\u2019 Stevens), the most despised man in pop (James Blunt) and the godfather of misery (Leonard Cohen), has been greeted with a groundswell of disenchantment.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_112_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">113<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>World\u2019s Only Interesting Canadian<sup><a id=\"identifier_113_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The World\u2019s Only Interesting Canadian by Stephen Foster. Stephen Foster\u2019s Blog. August 9, 2010. The World\u2019s Only Interesting Canadian [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_113_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">114<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Musical Bard Of Canada<sup><a id=\"identifier_114_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 The Musical Bard of Canada by Dale Estey. Red Room, Dec.08.2010: Leonard Cohen \u2013 The Musical Bard of Canada [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_114_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">115<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Existential Serenader<sup><a id=\"identifier_115_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, the Existential Serenader, Is Still Glad to Be Glum by Andy Gill. Independent, 13 May 1993. Leonard Cohen, the Existential Serenader, Is Still Glad to Be Glum [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_115_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">116<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Purveyor Of Razor Blades<sup><a id=\"identifier_116_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Bob  Harris\u2019s Whispers by Bob Harris. Rock Compact Disc Magazine, June 1993: I [Leonard Cohen] was thought of as a grocer of despair, a master of melancholy, the purveyor of razor blades, the sage of suicide \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_116_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">117<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Those On The Road<sup><a id=\"identifier_117_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer. Simon and Schuster, Nov 4, 2014: Leonard Cohen had become poet laureate of those on the road.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_117_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">118<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Sage Of Suicide<sup><a id=\"identifier_118_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Bob  Harris\u2019s Whispers by Bob Harris. Rock Compact Disc Magazine, June 1993: I [Leonard Cohen] was thought of as a grocer of despair, a master of melancholy, the purveyor of razor blades, the sage of suicide \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_118_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">119<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Arch Bard Of Miserabilism<sup><a id=\"identifier_119_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: A troubadour at Charles\u2019s court by Neil Spencer. The Observer, 21 May 2006. Cohen \u2026 The Arch Bard Of Miserabilism [Subtitle]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_119_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">120<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Eminence Grise Of Art Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_120_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads by Richard Harrington. Washington Post, October 30, 1988: He is still the eminence grise of art song, 21 years after Judy Collins\u2019 version of \u201cSuzanne\u201d made him a semi-household word. [Photo Caption]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_120_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">121<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prince Of Golden Oldies<sup><a id=\"identifier_121_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen Talent Never Old Hat by Ian Frazer. Newspaper unidentified. At 79 Leonard Cohen is the prince of golden oldies.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_121_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">122<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of The Heart<sup><a id=\"identifier_122_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"That\u2019s How The Light Gets In by Lawrence Moore. Mustard Seeds, August 30, 2006: Leonard Cohen has been called \u201cThe poet of the heart.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_122_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">123<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Romantic Doom\/Croaky Poet Of Romantic Doom<sup><a id=\"identifier_123_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 \u2018Darkness\u2019. Fact Magazine, January 11, 2012: Everyone\u2019s favourite croaky poet of romantic doom, Leonard Cohen, has a new album on the way.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_123_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">124<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Canadian Folk Music<sup><a id=\"identifier_124_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen bringing Old Ideas to Winnipeg by Darryl Sterdan. Winnipeg Sun. Jan 9, 2013: The Montreal-born poet laureate of Canadian folk music last visited MTS Centre in April of 2009, putting on a masterful three-hour performance of hits\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_124_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">125<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>God\u2019s Dearest Sunbeam<sup><a id=\"identifier_125_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"God\u2019s dearest sunbeam, Leonard Cohen \u2026  is preparing a new album for later this year. London Evening Standard, 13 May 2011. God\u2019s dearest sunbeam, Leonard Cohen \u2026  is preparing a new album for later this year.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_125_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">126<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Prose<sup><a id=\"identifier_126_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Master of Prose by Andrew Saikali. The Millions: Jan 4, 2005: Leonard Cohen, Master of Prose [Title] and So this, then, is about Leonard Cohen, master of prose \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_126_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">127<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Visceral Romantic<sup><a id=\"identifier_127_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Beautiful Creep by Richard Goldstein. Village Voice, December 28, 1967: But Leonard Cohen is a Visceral Romantic and he can hit you unawares because his emotions are recollected in anything but tranquility. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_127_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">128<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Renaissance Mensch<sup><a id=\"identifier_128_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Renaissance Mensch. Playboy, November 1968: Leonard Cohen: Renaissance Mensch [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_128_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">129<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Loneliness<sup><a id=\"identifier_129_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Poet Of Loneliness Spawns Losers\u2019 Treat by Ron Binns. The Ubyssey. Vol. LVI, No. 3, January 10, 1975: Poet Of Loneliness Spawns Losers\u2019 Treat [Title].\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_129_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">130<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Timing<sup><a id=\"identifier_130_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Our National Muse by Judith Fitzgerald. The Toronto Star, August 1, 1999: Ah, those days, those nights, those times, drawls the mischievous Maestro of Timing, it seems so long ago \u2026 \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_130_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">131<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>\u00c9minence Grise Of Art Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_131_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, October 30, 1988:  Twenty-one years after Judy Collins\u2019 version of \u201cSuzanne\u201d made Cohen a semihousehold name, he\u2019s still the e\u2019minence grise of art song.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_131_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">132<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Envy<sup><a id=\"identifier_132_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Gifts Of Light From The Warrior Of Love by David Whiteis. Chicago Reader, date unknown (Review of November 7, 1988 Park West, Chicago Concert): Irony flows like a bittersweet river through the poetry and music of Leonard Cohen. The self-styled patron saint of envy \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_132_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">133<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prophet Of The Heart<sup><a id=\"identifier_133_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Prophet Of The Heart by L. S. Dorman. Music Sales Corp, April 1991: Prophet Of The Heart [Book Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_133_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">134<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of The Alta-Cockers<sup><a id=\"identifier_134_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Hoot &amp; Holler, or Shout Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen rapturous at Barclay Center by Jamie Frey. Jersey Beat, Dec 2012:  The king of the alta-cockers would be Leonard Cohen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_134_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">135<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of The Self-Obsessed<sup><a id=\"identifier_135_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"All dressed up for `Naked\u2019 by Howard Reich. Chicago Tribune: May 16, 2002: But Cohen\u2019s decades-long career as poet laureate of the self-obsessed in fact has produced a stylistically varied songbook.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_135_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">136<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Moving On<sup><a id=\"identifier_136_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"A Room Not Of One\u2019s Own by Marni Jackson. Globe And Mail, Aug. 11 2001: The maestro of moving on, of course, is Leonard \u201cI am a Hotel\u201d Cohen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_136_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">137<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Cohen The Miserablist<sup><a id=\"identifier_137_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Growing Old Passionately by Alan Jackson. Observer, November 22, 1992:  Instead there is the lingering stereotype of Cohen the Miserablist.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_137_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">138<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Miss Dale\u2019s Farm<sup><a id=\"identifier_138_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, The Patron Saint of Miss Dale\u2019s Farm. Steve Sherry\u2019s The Vagabonds of \u201974: Leonard Cohen, The Patron Saint of Miss Dale\u2019s Farm [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_138_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">139<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Partisan Der Liebe (Partisan Of Love)<sup><a id=\"identifier_139_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Partisan der Liebe by Christof Graf, VGS Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne, Germany, 1996: Leonard Cohen: Partisan der Liebe [Book Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_139_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">140<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Montreal Mope<sup><a id=\"identifier_140_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Disc Of The Week: From Leonard Cohen, Even Old Ideas Are Worthwhile by Brad Wheeler. The Globe And Mail, February 4, 2012: Old Ideas, from the 77-year-old Montreal mope, is a charismatic record \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_140_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">141<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>White Barry White<sup><a id=\"identifier_141_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Rebirth Of A Ladies\u2019 Man by Steven Blush. Seconds No 22, June\/July 1993: Leonard\u2019s the white Barry White, both too old to rock n\u2019 roll and too young to die.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_141_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">142<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Troubadour Of Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_142_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Still Miserable After All These Years, Cohen Goes Back On Tour by Jonathan Brown. The Independent, March 12, 2008: Leonard Cohen, the troubadour of melancholy whose career as a poet, writer and musician has spanned more than half a century, is to embark on a world tour.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_142_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">143<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Young People Living In Cities, Waiting For Something To Happen<sup><a id=\"identifier_143_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Looking For Leonard (2002) by RickMcGinnis:  The Leonard in the title of Matt Bissonnette and Steven Clark\u2019s Looking for Leonard is Leonard Cohen, patron saint of young people living in cities, waiting for something to happen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_143_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">144<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Titan Der Worte (Titan Of The Words)<sup><a id=\"identifier_144_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 Titan Der Worte by Christof Graf, Edel Books, Germany, 2010: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Titan Der Worte [Book Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_144_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">145<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Dark Poet<sup><a id=\"identifier_145_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The dark poet puts on a rather apologetic pretty face\nby Daphne Carr, MOJO, February 2001: The dark poet puts on a rather apologetic pretty face [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_145_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">146<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Don Of Depression<sup><a id=\"identifier_146_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Brother of Mercy by Mikal Gilmore. Spin, March 2002:  Left, the don of depression practices his moves, 1967. [Photo Caption]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_146_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">147<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prophet Of Love<sup><a id=\"identifier_147_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Prophet Of Love Looks Into The Abyss: A Conversation With Leonard Cohen by Thom Jurek. Los Angeles Reader, August 27, 1993: The Prophet Of Love Looks Into The Abyss [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_147_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">148<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Brother Of Mercy<sup><a id=\"identifier_148_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Brother of Mercy by Mikal Gilmore. Spin, March 2002: Brother Of Mercy [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_148_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">149<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Solitary Cliff, Cliff<sup><a id=\"identifier_149_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Felonious Monk by Sylvie Simmons.  MOJO, November 2001: He [Roshi] has given me a few names. \u2026 I was Solitary Cliff for a while. You can just call me Cliff.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_149_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">150<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Post Henry And June Evangelical Pimp Of All Centuries<sup><a id=\"identifier_150_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Waiting for Leonard \u2013 Part III by Caia Hagel. The Believer, Sept 26, 2013: I think I love and worship you Leonard, you are so totally Post Henry and June Evangelical Pimp of All Centuries.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_150_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">151<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Love\u2019s Hard Man<sup><a id=\"identifier_151_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Love\u2019s Hard Man by Alan Franks. The Times Magazine, October 13, 2001:  Love\u2019s Hard Man [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_151_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">152<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>High Priest Of Passion And Pain<sup><a id=\"identifier_152_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Love\u2019s Hard Man by Alan Franks. The Times Magazine, October 13, 2001: The high priest of passion and pain has spent much of the last decade living the restricted life of a Zen monk.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_152_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">153<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Roving Poet Laureate Of Rock\u2019n\u2019roll<sup><a id=\"identifier_153_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Ten Best Rock\u2019n\u2019roll Comebacks by John Hall. The Independent, June 30, 2009: Years of depression and stage fright meant that Leonard Cohen didn\u2019t tour for over 15 years \u2013 all but ending his role as roving poet laureate of rock\u2019n\u2019roll.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_153_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">154<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poetul De La Microfon\/Poet Of The Microphone<sup><a id=\"identifier_154_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 Cine-I Poetul De La Microfon. Viva: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Cine-I Poetul De La Microfon [Leonard Cohen \u2013 Who Is The Poet Of The Microphone] [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_154_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">155<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Cool<sup><a id=\"identifier_155_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Hats Off To Cohen by Vicki Anderson.  Stuff.co, November 4, 2010: The Godfather of cool, Cohen is one of a kind and this was one of the best shows I\u2019ve seen in a long time.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_155_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">156<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Young Prince Of Montreal<sup><a id=\"identifier_156_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Irving And Leonard by Rich Baines. Leonard Cohen Files: If one wishes to understand the work and words of Leonard Cohen, \u2026 one must first investigate the passion that was handed down to the \u201cYoung Prince of Montreal\u201d from his verse-clad forefathers of page and song.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_156_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">157<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Prince Of Montreal<sup><a id=\"identifier_157_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Notes from Tower of Song tribute album by Tom Robbins, 1995: A quill in his teeth, a solitary teardrop a-squirm in his palm, he was the young poet prince of Montreal, handsome, immaculate, searching for sturdier doors to nail his poignant verses on.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_157_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">158<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Badass Of Dark Verse<sup><a id=\"identifier_158_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Prince of Prurience and Loss by John Leland.  GQ. November 2001: The Badass Of Dark Verse [Photo Caption]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_158_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">159<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Murky Mirth<sup><a id=\"identifier_159_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2014 Haute Dog by David Goggin, Music Smarts, July 10, 2010: After steeping ourselves in his music for many days and nights, can I tell you what a pleasure it was to lunch with this maestro of murky mirth?\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_159_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">160<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Troubadour of Song &amp; Verse<sup><a id=\"identifier_160_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Canada\u2019s Troubadour of Song &amp; Verse by Jeff Bateman. The Music Scene, No. 349,  November-December 1984: Canada\u2019s Troubadour of Song &amp; Verse [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_160_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">161<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Melancholy Troubadour<sup><a id=\"identifier_161_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen by C.F. The Sheffield Star, May 15, 1976: The melancholy troubadour came to Sheffield last night with his own unique brand of depression \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_161_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">162<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Anarchist Without A Bomb<sup><a id=\"identifier_162_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Anarchist Without A Bomb, Der Spiegel, November 3, 1969: Anarchist Without A Bomb [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_162_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">163<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Somnambulist Without An Alarm Clock<sup><a id=\"identifier_163_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Your Man Cohen, Der Spiegel, April 4, 1988: The New York Times characterized the usually clad-in-black Cohen as \u2018anarchist without a bomb\u2019 in the 1960s. It seems that a German critic was more to the point who called the singer during his previous tour a \u201csomnambulist without an alarm clock\u201c \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_163_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">164<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Chief Apocalyptist<sup><a id=\"identifier_164_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Solitude and Carnival by Von Gatterburg. Der Spiegel, November 17, 1997:  The chief apocalyptist will take pleasure in this edition.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_164_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">165<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Melancholy Hero<sup><a id=\"identifier_165_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Melancholy Hero by by Christoph Dallach. Der Spiegel, September 29, 2008: Melancholy Hero  [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_165_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">166<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Legendary Grouchy Bard From Montreal<sup><a id=\"identifier_166_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Melancholy Hero by Christoph Dallach. Der Spiegel, September 29, 2008: Leonard Cohen, the legendary grouchy bard from Montreal, known for knowing what women are about, undertakes another expansive world tour after fifteen years\u2026.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_166_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">167<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Legendary Bard From Montreal<sup><a id=\"identifier_167_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Turks, Tours, and Triumph. Der Spiegel. May 31, 2007: Since the legendary bard from Montreal is among the reticent members of his guild, \u2026 \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_167_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">168<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Late-Romantic Existentialist<sup><a id=\"identifier_168_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Young Colin, Old Cohen  by Jan Wigger, Der Spiegel, November 25, 2008: At its [a haberdashery\u2019s] door, a photo of the late-romantic existentialist \u2026 \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_168_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">169<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Saint Porn<sup><a id=\"identifier_169_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Saint Porn, Der Spiegel, July 13, 1979: Saint Porn [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_169_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">170<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather of Hipsterism<sup><a id=\"identifier_170_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Godfather of Hipsterism \u2013 Leonard Cohen by Dallas Vietty. Website Of Dallas Vietty, October 23, 2007: Godfather of Hipsterism \u2013 Leonard Cohen [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_170_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">171<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Exaggerated Emotion<sup><a id=\"identifier_171_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Saint Porn. Der Spiegel, July 13, 1979: His fans usually listen to Cohen, the bard of exaggerated emotion, in a state of cult-like rapture\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_171_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">172<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Cohen The Sensualist<sup><a id=\"identifier_172_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Growing Old Passionately by Alan Jackson. Observer, November 22, 1992: Non-devotees remain unfamiliar with Cohen the Sensualist.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_172_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">173<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_173_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Out Of The Monastery And Back On The Road by Simon Worrall. The Independent, June 15 2008: And the former poet laureate of despair might even be singing with a smile on his face\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_173_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">174<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Leonard The Versifier<sup><a id=\"identifier_174_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard The Versifier by Sylvie Simmons. Mojo, April 1958: Leonard The Versifier [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_174_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">175<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Depressive Rock<sup><a id=\"identifier_175_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Brother of Mercy by Mikal Gilmore. Spin, March 2002: He\u2019s the Godfather Of Depressive Rock, an acclaimed poet and novelist, \u2026[Photo Caption]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_175_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">176<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>F. Scott Fitzgerald Of Popular Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_176_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen by Kristine McKenna. Another Room Magazine, Spring 1985: The F. Scott Fitzgerald of popular song, Cohen is a supremely elegant romantic existentialist.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_176_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">177<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Pop Music\u2019s Perpetual Old Man<sup><a id=\"identifier_177_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Pop Music\u2019s Perpetual Old Man, Now 74, Is Back on the Road  by Nate Chinen. New York Times, February 20, 2009 : Pop Music\u2019s Perpetual Old Man, Now 74, Is Back on the Road [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_177_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">178<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Sorrow<sup><a id=\"identifier_178_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen In Zagreb by Anita Ruje. SATA, July 20, 2010: The musician, known as the \u2018King of Sorrow,\u201d has  released 11 studio albums in his 43-year career. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_178_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">179<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Laureate Of Creative Agony<sup><a id=\"identifier_179_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Loneliness of The Long-Suffering Folkie by Wayne Robins. Newsday \u2013 Long Island, November 22, 1992: Cohen has been the laureate of creative agony since the 1960s \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_179_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">180<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grinning Reaper<sup><a id=\"identifier_180_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen Grows Into The Future Gracefully, And With A Grin by Peter Howell. Toronto Star, November 19, 1992: You might call Leonard Cohen the Grinning Reaper.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_180_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">181<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>World Heavyweight Champion Of Existential Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_181_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"An Interview with Leonard Cohen by Richard Guilliatt, The Sunday Times Magazine (London), December 12, 1993: Yet here is Leonard Cohen \u2013 the poet laureate of pessimism, the world heavyweight champion of existential despair \u2013 getting cheerfully drunk in a Chinese Restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_181_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">182<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Singular Voice Of Terminal Melancholia<sup><a id=\"identifier_182_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Desolation Angel by Al Walentis, Reading Eagle,  May 1, 1985: No one will ever confuse Cohen, the singular voice of terminal melancholia, with a movie idol like Kristofferson.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_182_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">183<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Mel Brooks Of Misery<sup><a id=\"identifier_183_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Back to Life with a Blast from the Rocket Man by Ben Thompson. The Independent on Sunday, May 16, 1993: Cohen is the Mel Brooks of misery.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_183_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">184<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Munificent Magnanimity<sup><a id=\"identifier_184_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: The latest on the greatest by Judith Fitzgerald. The Globe and Mail, Nov 6, 2009: The maestro of munificent magnanimity will call it a wrap in Zagreb, Croatia \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_184_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">185<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>One Man Joy Division<sup><a id=\"identifier_185_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Profiled (2010): Life Of A Ladies\u2019 Man by Graham Reid. Elsewhere, October 25, 2010: Even the writer Pico Iyer, who knows him better than most, concedes Leonard Cohen \u2013 so melancholy he used to be referred to as \u201ca one man Joy Division\u201d \u2013 presents a problem.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_185_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">186<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Unbeautiful Winner<sup><a id=\"identifier_186_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Unbeautiful Winner: Leonard Cohen by Robert Christgau. The Beat Patrol, October 18, 2009: Unbeautiful Winner: Leonard Cohen [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_186_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">187<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Virgin-Pilgrim War Hero<sup><a id=\"identifier_187_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Waiting for Leonard \u2013 Part III by Caia Hagel. The Believer, Sept 26, 2013: Leonard, my Virgin-Pilgrim War Hero, I pledge allegiance to you.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_187_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">188<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canadian Bob Dylan<sup><a id=\"identifier_188_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Never Leave Home Without Leonard Cohen by Max Kirchner.  Seattlest, December 15, 2011: \u2026 Max Kirchner, who shares with us the relationship he\u2019s had with the music and voice of Leonard Cohen, the man formerly known as the Canadian Bob Dylan, now known largely as a languidly-voiced libertine.  [Editor\u2019s Note].\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_188_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">189<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Baritone-Voiced Scholar Of Heartache And Cultural Decay <sup><a id=\"identifier_189_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen: New Spin from an Old Ceremony by I-Huei Go. New York Observer, April 16, 2001: For more than three decades, Leonard Cohen has been \u2026 our baritone-voiced scholar of heartache and cultural decay.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_189_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">190<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Outrage And Romantic Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_190_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, October 30, 1988: Leonard Cohen, once described by Rolling Stone as \u201d the poet laureate of outrage and romantic despair\u2026is  sipping serenely at his tea in a New York hotel.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_190_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">191<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Suicides<sup><a id=\"identifier_191_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"What Can Writers Learn From Songwriters: Leonard Cohen by Derek Flynn. Rant, with occasional music, May 16, 2012: He\u2019s [Cohen\u2019s] not the \u201cPatron Saint of Suicides\u201d or \u201cMr. Misery\u201d or any of the other epithets that have been lazily applied to him over the years by people who haven\u2019t taken the time to listen to him.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_191_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">192<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Mr. Misery<sup><a id=\"identifier_192_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ibid. He\u2019s [Cohen\u2019s] not the \u201cPatron Saint of Suicides\u201d or \u201cMr. Misery\u201d or any of the other epithets that have been lazily applied to him over the years by people who haven\u2019t taken the time to listen to him.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_192_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">193<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Aficionado Of Gloom<sup><a id=\"identifier_193_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, October 30, 1988: Leonard Cohen, once described by Rolling Stone as \u201d \u2026 the aficionado of gloom, is  sipping serenely at his tea in a New York hotel.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_193_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">194<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grand Master Of Bedroom Angst<sup><a id=\"identifier_194_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Jarvis Cocker, and an Audience at London\u2019s May Fair Hotel by Tony Hardy. Consequence of Sound, January 20, 2012: The grand master of bedroom angst was in London Wednesday night to preview Old Ideas, his first album in seven years, \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_194_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">195<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Black-Clad Troubadour Of The Minor Key<sup><a id=\"identifier_195_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles by Ethlie Ann Vare, Billboard, June 9, 1985: And with that, the black-clad troubadour of the minor key cracked a smile.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_195_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">196<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Popular Music\/Undisputed King Of Popular Music<sup><a id=\"identifier_196_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Essential Leonard Cohen. Readings: There is no doubt that Leonard Cohen is the undisputed king of popular music.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_196_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">197<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Mortification<sup><a id=\"identifier_197_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"A Short Biography Of Leonard Cohen by Larry Sloman. The Future Tour Book, 1993: Songs From a Room (1969), his second album, and Songs of Love and Hate (1971 ) further reinforced Cohen\u2019s standing as the master of mortification and the sentry of solitude.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_197_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">198<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Sentry Of Solitude<sup><a id=\"identifier_198_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"A Short Biography Of Leonard Cohen by Larry Sloman. The Future Tour Book, 1993: Songs From a Room (1969), his second album, and Songs of Love and Hate (1971 ) further reinforced Cohen\u2019s standing as the master of mortification and the sentry of solitude.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_198_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">199<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grand Overlord of Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_199_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Listen to a Fantastic New Leonard Cohen Song by Tom Hawking. FlavorWire, January 10, 2012: The lyric manages to poke fun at Cohen\u2019s reputation as the Grand Overlord of Melancholy\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_199_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">200<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Ewige Verf\u00fchrer [Eternal Seducer]<sup><a id=\"identifier_200_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen ist der ewige Verf\u00fchrer by Heinrich Oehmsen.  Hamburger Abendblatt, July 16, 2013: Leonard Cohen ist der ewige Verf\u00fchrer [Leonard Cohen is the eternal seducer [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_200_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">201<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Old King Cohen<sup><a id=\"identifier_201_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Old King Cohen by Indrajit Hazra, Hindustan Times, February 11, 2012: Old King Cohen [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_201_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">202<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Sage From Mt Baldy<sup><a id=\"identifier_202_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Bow Down Before The Sage From Mt Baldy by Gautam Malkani, Financial Times, January 27, 2012: Bow Down Before The Sage From Mt Baldy [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_202_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">203<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of The Depressed<sup><a id=\"identifier_203_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen\u2019s Demons Haunt Still by Steve Morse, Boston Globe, October 12, 2001: Bard of the depressed, maestro of the downbeat, and prophet of dark-alley dreams. These phrases jump to mind when thinking of Leonard Cohen \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_203_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">204<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of The Downbeat<sup><a id=\"identifier_204_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen\u2019s Demons Haunt Still by Steve Morse, Boston Globe, October 12, 2001: Bard of the depressed, maestro of the downbeat, and prophet of dark-alley dreams. These phrases jump to mind when thinking of Leonard Cohen \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_204_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">205<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prophet Of Dark-Alley Dreams<sup><a id=\"identifier_205_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen\u2019s Demons Haunt Still by Steve Morse, Boston Globe, October 12, 2001: Bard of the depressed, maestro of the downbeat, and prophet of dark-alley dreams. These phrases jump to mind when thinking of Leonard Cohen \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_205_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">206<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Hallelujah Hitmaker<sup><a id=\"identifier_206_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen Thanks Ex-Manager At Sentencing. Express, April 18, 2012: The Hallelujah hitmaker read aloud a statement as his ex-manager and onetime lover Kelley Lynch was sentenced \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_206_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">207<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Holy (Wholly) Existential Sensualist<sup><a id=\"identifier_207_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Holy (Wholly) Existential Sensualist  \u2013 Leonard Cohent by A.D. Amorosi. Blurt, January 30, 2012: Holy (Wholly) Existential Sensualist \u2013 Leonard Cohen [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_207_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">208<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Irreverent Master of Prayer<sup><a id=\"identifier_208_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen As Irreverent Master of Prayer by Shefa Siegel. Sojourners Magazine, March 2013: Leonard Cohen As Irreverent Master of Prayer [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_208_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">209<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Lazy Bastard Living In A Suit<sup><a id=\"identifier_209_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Derived from lyrics of Coming Home (Old Ideas album) by Leonard Cohen, released January 31, 2012: I love to speak with Leonard \/ He\u2019s a sportsman and a shepherd \/ He\u2019s a lazy bastard \/ Living in a suit ... [Lyrics found at LeonardCohen.com], this phrase has been used in a number of articles and posts to refer to Cohen.  For example, Leonard Cohen, Jarvis Cocker, and an Audience at London\u2019s May Fair Hotel by Tony Hardy. Consequence of Sound, January 20, 2012: \u201cThe lazy bastard living in a suit,\u201d to quote opening track \u201cGoing Home\u201d, appeared dapper in dark grey with trilby pulled down over his brow, occasionally lifted to reveal a carpet of closely cropped grey hair.   Also  \u2018He\u2019s a Lazy Bastard Living in a Suit\u2019 by Sarah Toa.  A WineDark Sea, April 4, 2012: \u2018He\u2019s a Lazy Bastard Living in a Suit\u2019  [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_209_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">210<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Elegant Aesthete<sup><a id=\"identifier_210_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: \u2018I\u2019m a closet optimist\u2019 by  Andy Morris. Gigwise, Sept 16, 2014: The elegant aesthete discusses new LP Popular Tunes at the Canadian Embassy,\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_210_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">211<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Kafka Of The Blues<sup><a id=\"identifier_211_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"E-mail from Bob Dylan, read at first annual PEN New England Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence, John F. Kennedy Library, February 26, 2012. Reported at Chuck Berry, Leonard Cohen honored at JFK Library \u2013 Bob Dylan sends his regards by Harold Lepidus, Examiner, February 26, 2012: To Chuck, the Shakespeare of rock and roll, congratulations on your PEN award, that\u2019s what too much monkey business will get ya . . . Say hello to Mr. Leonard, Kafka of the blues, \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_211_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">212<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Gentleman Zen<sup><a id=\"identifier_212_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 Gentleman Zen by Gilles Tordjman. Rolling Stone, French edition, September 2008: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Gentleman Zen [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_212_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">213<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>The Virtueless Monk<sup><a id=\"identifier_213_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Virtueless Monk  by Elena Comelli, translated by Andrea Della Rossa. La Nazione (Florence), November 25, 1998. The Virtueless Monk [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_213_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">214<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Black Romanticist<sup><a id=\"identifier_214_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Referenced in text of the 1976 Leonard Cohen Tour Program, which was itself extracted from The Rock Encyclopedia (Rowolht Publications), which in turn attributed the term to Time magazine: The \u201cblack romanticist\u201d (Time), who turned down a Canadian prize for literature \u2026 \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_214_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">215<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Baleful Buddhist<sup><a id=\"identifier_215_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, The Baleful Buddhist by Gerry Kopelow. The Dharma Centre of Winnipeg. Leonard Cohen, The Baleful Buddhist [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_215_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">216<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet of Rock Music<sup><a id=\"identifier_216_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Title used on 1976 Tour Posters.  See The Leonard Cohen Munich Concert Poster Mystery and Leonard Cohen \u2013 Poet Of Rock Music \u2013 On Poems Vs Songs, His Withdrawn Novel, Janis Joplin In LA, Album Titles, &amp; The Perfect Ass\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_216_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">217<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>The Man With The Hat<sup><a id=\"identifier_217_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: The Man with the Hat by James McShane. Aardvarkian Tales, September 12, 2012: Leonard Cohen: The Man with the Hat. [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_217_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">218<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>High Priest Of Minimalism<sup><a id=\"identifier_218_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The high priest of minimalism by Simon Schama. The Guardian, 27 June 2008: The high priest of minimalism \u2026 From the start Leonard Cohen was out to surprise [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_218_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">219<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Seer Of Montreal<sup><a id=\"identifier_219_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Ballads Of Kilmainham Gaol  by N. Kelly. Independent, Sept 1, 2012: Incredibly, the seer of Montreal\u2018s quartet of gigs in the grounds of IMMA at Kilmainham will be his fourth visit to this island in almost as many years \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_219_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">220<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Life\u2019s Beautiful Losers<sup><a id=\"identifier_220_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Rock Snob Encyclopedia \u2013 Leonard Cohen by Jonathan Valania. Philadelphia Weekly, June 13, 2001: Leonard Cohen: Patron Saint Of Life\u2019s Beautiful Losers.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_220_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">221<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Papou<sup><a id=\"identifier_221_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Viva Cohen, personal communication\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_221_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">222<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Elder Statesman Of Showmanship<sup><a id=\"identifier_222_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Buzzlist: From The Bright Young Things To Elder Statesmen Of Showmanship\u2026 Top 5 Live Acts Of 2012 by Team Buzzine. Buzzine Music, December 27, 2012: From The Bright Young Things To Elder Statesmen Of Showmanship\u2026 Top 5 Live Acts Of 2012 [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_222_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">223<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard of Harlequin<sup><a id=\"identifier_223_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Bell: Cohen concert not quite what it might have been by Mike Bell. Calgary Herald, Nov 17, 2012: No, the Bard of Harlequin, himself, wasn\u2019t a disappointment.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_223_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">224<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Godfather Of Blissful Doom<sup><a id=\"identifier_224_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Godfather of Blissful Doom by Mike Ross. Edmonton Sun, Nov 18, 2012: \u2026  the 78-year-old Godfather of Blissful Doom performed like he had nothing to lose.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_224_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">225<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master Of Romantic Angst<sup><a id=\"identifier_225_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"`Song Of Leonard Cohen` Documents Musician`s Life by Lynn Van Matre. Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1989: This documentary on the life and music of the Canadian-born master of romantic angst was released \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_225_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">226<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Ghost Of \u201960s Past<sup><a id=\"identifier_226_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Pain Free by Sheldon Teitelbaum. Los Angeles Times: April 05, 1992: Cohen has in fact staked out a surprisingly resilient stronghold as what someone once called \u201cthe Ghost of \u201960s Past,\u201d brazenly haunting the periphery of pop.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_226_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">227<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Warrior Of Love<sup><a id=\"identifier_227_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Gifts of Light from The Warrior of Love by David Whiteis. Chicago Reader, date unknown (Review of November 7, 1988 Park West, Chicago Concert): Gifts of Light from The Warrior of Love [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_227_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">228<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Master of Delicate Sadness<sup><a id=\"identifier_228_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: The Master of Delicate Sadness Takes the Wang Theatre Stage This Weekend by Jim Sullivan. Jim Sullivan Ink, Dec 15, 2012:  Leonard Cohen: The Master of Delicate Sadness Takes the Wang Theatre Stage This Weekend [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_228_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">229<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Tortoise-Shell Hero &amp; Tortoise <sup><a id=\"identifier_229_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Tortoise-Shell Hero  by Biba Kopf. New Musical Express, March 2, 1985: Tortoise-Shell Hero [Title] &amp;  It is not through excessive caution that the tortoise, the Canadian poet\/songwriter of out title story, got there at all.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_229_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">230<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Byronic Bullfrog<sup><a id=\"identifier_230_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Review of April 30, 1985 Leonard Cohen Concert in Philadelphia, mentioned by Cohen at his May 4, 1985 Boston show: He also called me a \u201cByronic bullfrog.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_230_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">231<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Doyen De Ces Papys Du Rock [Dean Of The Granddads Of Rock]<sup><a id=\"identifier_231_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Musique : les papys du rock by Antoine Dreyfus. Le Parisien \u2013 Le Magazine, June 10, 2013: A 78 ans, c\u2019est le doyen de ces papys du rock. [Google Translate: Leonard Cohen: At 78 years, the dean of the granddads of rock. ]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_231_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">232<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Melancholiker Der Alten Schule [Old School Melancholic]<sup><a id=\"identifier_232_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Pop im Wiegeschritt. by Werner Rosenberger.  Kurier, June 19, 2013: The old school melancholic opens his suitcase and holds rags from 40 years back to the light.  [Google Translate]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_232_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">233<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of Canada<sup><a id=\"identifier_233_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Ticketmaster Tries to Pull a Fast One on Canada\/Leonard Cohen, Fails by Kat Gardiner. Tiny Mix Tapes:  Mar 3, 2009: Looks like the company is doing just that with tickets to see The Patron Saint of Canada Leonard Cohen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_233_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">234<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Human Darkness<sup><a id=\"identifier_234_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Born with the Gift of a Golden Voice \u2013 Leonard Cohen at the O2 World, Berlin by Sascha Krieger. Stage And Screen, July 24, 2013: The poet of human darkness has turned into an illuminator, a humble but amazingly vital old man bringing us the light.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_234_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">235<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Philosopher King\/Poet Laureate Of The Human Condition Set To Music<sup><a id=\"identifier_235_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: \nPopular Problems by Sean Mageean. Santa Barbara Independent. Oct 15, 2014:  If Leonard Cohen isn\u2019t the philosopher king\/poet laureate of the human condition set to music, who is?\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_235_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">236<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Hipsters\u2019 Idol<sup><a id=\"identifier_236_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Is A Poet Who Is Trying To Be Free by Marci McDonald. Toronto Daily Star. April 26, 1969: By this week, when he was awarded the 1968 Governor General\u2019s prize for poetry, Leonard Cohen had been elevated to \u201chipsters\u2019 idol\u201d \u2013 a tag strong enough to transcend geography or job, magic enough to fill a concert hall, sell a million dollars worth of records and send shivers down an adolescent spine.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_236_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">237<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Naked Saint<sup><a id=\"identifier_237_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: \u201cNew Skin For The Old Ceremony\u201d by Bill Henderson. Sept 28, 1974: With a slight sigh, the naked saint goes to war again.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_237_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">238<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Professor Of Cool<sup><a id=\"identifier_238_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Professor Of Cool by Perri Pagonis. Athens News, August 1, 2008: Leonard Cohen, Professor Of Cool   [Title].\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_238_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">239<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Buster Keaton Of Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_239_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 Hammersmith Odeon by Graham Lock. New Musical Express, Dec 12, 1979: \u2026 [Leonard Cohen is] a lot funnier than most people will credit. A stone-face Lenny Bruce; the Buster Keaton of despair.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_239_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">240<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of Romantic Despair<sup><a id=\"identifier_240_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Porridge? Lozenge? Syringe? by Adrian Deevoy. Q Magazine, Nov 1991: But that\u2019s why he is Leonard Cohen, poet of romantic despair, and we are not. \" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_240_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">241<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Harbinger Of The Heart<sup><a id=\"identifier_241_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"At 71, Leonard Cohen Finds His Voice Anew by Richard Harrington. Washington Post, July 14, 2006: He appears in generous interview footage that inspires reconsideration of someone who has acquired sobering sobriquets over the decades: poet laureate of pessimism, godfather of gloom, agent of anguish, sentry of solitude, master of miserabilism, harbinger of the heart, so on and so forth.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_241_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">242<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Popular Music<sup><a id=\"identifier_242_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: The poet laureate of popular music by Lauren Haas, AXS, May 24, 2014: Leonard Cohen: The poet laureate of popular music [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_242_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">243<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Liquid Soul<sup><a id=\"identifier_243_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"CD  Reviews: Bard of liquid soul; Leonard Cohen \u2013 Dear Heather (Columbia)  by Andrew Cowen. The Birmingham Post, Nov 13, 2004: CD  Reviews: Bard of liquid soul; Leonard Cohen \u2013 Dear Heather [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_243_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">244<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>High Priest Of Lyrical Beauty<sup><a id=\"identifier_244_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen; He is the Man! by Rick Keene. The Rick Keene Music Scene,  July 25, 2012: Gladly the monk [Leonard Cohen] \u2013 the high priest of lyrical beauty, allows people blessed with more talent to display his songs in their golden cases \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_244_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">245<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Prophet Of Our Times<sup><a id=\"identifier_245_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Prophet of Our Times by Saul Austerlitz. BeliefNet: Leonard Cohen: Prophet of Our Time [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_245_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">246<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Jewish Theology<sup><a id=\"identifier_246_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Better than Hallelujah? by Liel Leibovitz. Tablet, Dec 21, 2010: The list got me thinking about which one of the poet laureate of Jewish theology\u2019s songs is most befitting for inclusion in a top 100 countdown.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_246_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">247<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Jewish Dean Martin<sup><a id=\"identifier_247_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen As Irreverent Master of Prayer by Shefa Siegel. Sojourners Magazine, March 2013: It is a joke you know Cohen has cracked a hundred times, the kind that makes my brother call him the Jewish Dean Martin.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_247_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">248<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Zen Master Of Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_248_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen at BIC, Bournemouth by Stephen Dalton. The Times, Aug 28, 2013: This marathon two-act soiree by the Zen master of song proved a masterclass in grace, generosity \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_248_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">249<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Misery<sup><a id=\"identifier_249_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Gig of the Week \u2013 Leonard Cohen at Royal Hospital Kilmainham by  Aisling O\u2019Brien. Golden Plec: Sept 12, 2012: The maestro of misery\u2019s concerts are never short of amazing \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_249_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">250<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Numero Uno Agent Of Anguish\/Agent Of Anguish<sup><a id=\"identifier_250_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Return Of A Ladies\u2019 Man by Judith Fitzgerald. The Globe And Mail, Sept 25, 2000: Leonard Cohen\u2019s manager Kelley Lynch reports that Canada\u2019s Numero Uno agent of anguish \u2014 who turned 66 last Thursday \u2014 has never felt better in his life. \/ At 71, Leonard Cohen Finds His Voice Anew by Richard Harrington. Washington Post, July 14, 2006: He appears in generous interview footage that inspires reconsideration of someone who has acquired sobering sobriquets over the decades: poet laureate of pessimism, godfather of gloom, agent of anguish, sentry of solitude, master of miserabilism, harbinger of the heart, so on and so forth.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_250_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">251<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of The Blackened Heart<sup><a id=\"identifier_251_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Autumn\u2019s 10 Best Music Books by Kitty Empire, Michael Hann, Jude Rogers.  The Observer, Sept 2012: Leonard Cohen, the poet laureate of the blackened heart, was nearing retirement age when \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_251_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">252<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Crooner Des Crooners, Le Croonerissime [Crooner Of Crooners, The Ultimate Crooner]<sup><a id=\"identifier_252_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Est Vivant, Et Bien by Christophe Barbier; L\u2019Express, July 8, 2009: Trois heures de show, pas un probl\u00e8me de voix ni de m\u00e9moire, un plaisir visible et un perfectionnisme aff\u00fbt\u00e9: le crooner des crooners, le croonerissime, a enthousiasm\u00e9 la salle. [Three hours of show, not a problem of voice or memory, a pleasure and a visible sharp perfectionism: The crooner of crooners, the ultimate crooner, has excited the audience.]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_252_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">253<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Folk-Rock\u2019s Poet Laureate<sup><a id=\"identifier_253_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Folk-Rock\u2019s Poet Laureate Returns By Jeff Bradley 1988. AP story printed in Times Daily, Sept 3, 1988: Folk-Rock\u2019s Poet Laureate Returns [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_253_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">254<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Troubadour Trickster<sup><a id=\"identifier_254_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Pain Free by Sheldon Teitelbaum. Los Angeles Times: April 05, 1992: The troubadour trickster also hopes to complete his own new album sometime this spring.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_254_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">255<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grim Grocer Of Grief<sup><a id=\"identifier_255_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Nice Cohen by Judith Fitzgerald. The Globe and Mail, Sept 25, 2000: What brings the grim grocer of grief \u2014 the guy often accused of writing songs many consider soundtracks to eat a gun by \u2014 joy?\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_255_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">256<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Songsters<sup><a id=\"identifier_256_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Leonard Cohen of World Lit \u2013 Jos\u00e9 Saramago, novelist by Sarah Kerr. Slate, Oct 18, 1998: Cohen has always been praised as the poet laureate of songsters.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_256_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">257<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Dalai Cohen<sup><a id=\"identifier_257_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"El Regreso Del Dalai Cohen [The Return of the Dalai Cohen] by Juan Carlos Merino. La Vanguardia, July 5, 2001: El Regreso Del Dalai Cohen [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_257_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">258<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Dry Wit And Tattered Romance<sup><a id=\"identifier_258_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Is Still Your Man, Still Touring by Michael Sarko. American Rock,  March 27, 2012: Promoting his latest LP Old Ideas, the poet laureate of dry wit and tattered romance is heading out on a European tour.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_258_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">259<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Elder Statesman Of Angst<sup><a id=\"identifier_259_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Review: \u2018Leonard Cohen\u2019  by Ethlie Ann Vare. Variety, July 14, 1993:  At 59, he [Leonard Cohen] has become the elder statesman of angst. The poet laureate of pain. Edith Piaf with chest hair.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_259_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">260<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Pain<sup><a id=\"identifier_260_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Review: \u2018Leonard Cohen\u2019  by Ethlie Ann Vare. Variety, July 14, 1993:  At 59, he [Leonard Cohen] has become the elder statesman of angst. The poet laureate of pain. Edith Piaf with chest hair.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_260_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">261<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Savagely Compassionate Bard Of Spiritual, Romantic, And Political Chiaroscuro<sup><a id=\"identifier_261_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen on the Inner Workings of His New Album \u2018Popular Problems\u2019 by Todd Aaron Jensen. Bio, Dec 1, 2014: \u2026  there is but one vocal exudation worth truly hearing, and it belongs to Cohen, the savagely compassionate bard of spiritual, romantic, and political chiaroscuro.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_261_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">262<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Edith Piaf With Chest Hair<sup><a id=\"identifier_262_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Review: \u2018Leonard Cohen\u2019  by Ethlie Ann Vare. Variety, July 14, 1993:  At 59, he [Leonard Cohen] has become the elder statesman of angst. The poet laureate of pain. Edith Piaf with chest hair.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_262_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">263<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Irreverent Master Of Prayer<sup><a id=\"identifier_263_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Can You Hear My Song? by Shefa Siegel, Jewish Independent. September 13, 2013: Leonard Cohen \u2013 irreverent master of prayer. [Heading]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_263_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">264<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Melancholia<sup><a id=\"identifier_264_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate by GurS. Sputnik Music: Oct 9, 2005: Cohen is undoubtedly the poet laureate of melancholia.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_264_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">265<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Patron Saint Of All Things Soulful And Romantic<sup><a id=\"identifier_265_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Canadian Idol by Claire Crighton. Maisonneuve Magazine, June 1, 2006:  Canada has venerated Cohen as its patron saint of all things soulful and romantic.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_265_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">266<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Montreal\u2019s Patron Saint Of Songwriting<sup><a id=\"identifier_266_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Interview: J.F. Robitaille by Michael Raine. Quip: June 18, 2012: His vivid lyricism, sparse acoustic instrumentation, and almost-spoken singing style has earned him constant comparisons to Montreal\u2019s patron saint of songwriting, Leonard Cohen\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_266_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">267<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Stimme der Endzeit, Stimme der Lieb [Voice Of The End Times, Voice Of Love]<sup><a id=\"identifier_267_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Der Mann, Der Uns Alle Kennt by Helmut Sch\u00fcmann, Der Tagesspiegel, Oct 5, 2008: Stimme der Endzeit, Stimme der Liebe: Leonard Cohen gibt ein seligmachendes Konzert in der Berliner O2-Arena. [Voice of the End Times, Voice of Love: Leonard Cohen is a happy-making concert at Berlin\u2019s O2 Arena.] [Subtitle]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_267_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">268<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of Wine, Women And Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_268_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Hallelujah! Leonard Cohen meets Uncut by Brian D Johnson. Uncut, Dec 2009 (reprinted Nov 2012): Leonard Cohen may be the poet laureate of wine, women and song. But at 73, touring for the first time in 14 years, he now seems stoically devoted to song.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_268_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">269<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Great Bard Of Late-Night Melancholy<sup><a id=\"identifier_269_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Cohen: New Spin from an Old Ceremony by I-Huei Go. New York Observer, April 16, 2001: For more than three decades, Leonard Cohen has been our great bard of late-night melancholy.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_269_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">270<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u00b4s Dark Bohemian Wise Baritone<sup><a id=\"identifier_270_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Barb Jungr \u2013 Hard Rain: The Songs of Bob Dylan &amp; Leonard Cohen by Alejandro De Luna. TSOD, March 23, 21014: Jungr pays her respects (again) to the septuagenarian genius from Minnesota, Bob Dylan, and Canada\u00b4s dark bohemian wise baritone, Leonard Cohen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_270_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">271<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Thinking Man\u2019s Godfather Of The Boudoir<sup><a id=\"identifier_271_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Live In London Review by Chris Jones. BBC, 2009: He \u2026 still looks and sounds like the thinking man\u2019s Godfather of the boudoir.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_271_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">272<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Ascetic Prophet Of Acoustic Disaffectedness<sup><a id=\"identifier_272_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"What Happened When Phil Spector Met Leonard Cohen? By Harvey Kubernik. The Los Angeles Phonograph, January 1978: In a year of unlikely artist\/producer combinations \u2013 Reddy\/Fowler, Flack\/Ezrin, Grand Funk\/Zappa, etc. \u2013 this is perhaps the most unlikely: Phil Spector, demon genius of the rock-and-roll production number, producing Leonard Cohen, ascetic prophet of acoustic disaffectedness.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_272_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">273<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>America\u2019s Musical Prophet Of The Apocalypse<sup><a id=\"identifier_273_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Sacred Soul, Profane Flesh from Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music by  David A. Janssen, Edward J. Whitelock. Counterpoint Press, 2009: Cohen was well suited to become America\u2019s musical prophet of the apocalypse.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_273_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">274<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Pop\u2019s Patron Saint Of Those Who Consider Themselves Sensitive Searchers<sup><a id=\"identifier_274_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Pop Music Review : Leonard Cohen: Mainly, A Man Of His Words by Robert Hilburn. Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1985: Leonard Cohen, a songwriter and poet who examines despair and guilt to achieve understanding and hope, is pop\u2019s patron saint of those who consider themselves sensitive searchers.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_274_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">275<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Seduction<sup><a id=\"identifier_275_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Review: Leonard Cohen\u2019s epic election-eve set at Nokia Theatre by Randall Roberts. Los Angeles Times, Nov 6, 2012: Even pushing fourscore years, Cohen remains king of seduction.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_275_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">276<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>King Of Pop<sup><a id=\"identifier_276_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Who\u2019s King of Pop Now? by Jesse Kornbluth. New York Times, Feb 11, 2012: And this codger is, however briefly, the King of Pop?\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_276_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">277<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Lichtbringer [Lightbringer]<sup><a id=\"identifier_277_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Der Lichtbringer by  R\u00fcdiger Schaper. Der tagesspiegel, July 18, 2013: Der Lichtbringer [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_277_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">278<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Rock Star Monk<sup><a id=\"identifier_278_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Rock Star Monk by Geoff Wood. ABC: The Rhythm Divine, November 8, 2013: Leonard Cohen, Rock Star Monk [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_278_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">279<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Our Poet Of The Apocalypse<sup><a id=\"identifier_279_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Our Poet Of The Apocalypse by Brian D. Johnson. Maclean\u2019s, Oct 15, 2001: Our Poet of the Apocalypse: In the wake of September 11, Leonard Cohen reflects on love and death [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_279_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">280<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate of Songwriters<sup><a id=\"identifier_280_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Joe Dolce on Leonard Cohen: Jikan. Poet Laureate of Songwriters.  Red Wolf Press, Nov 2, 2013: Joe Dolce on Leonard Cohen: Jikan. Poet Laureate of Songwriters [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_280_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">281<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Languid Len<sup><a id=\"identifier_281_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Slow and steady wins the race for languid Len: Adrian Thrills reviews singer\u2019s latest album Popular Problems by Adrian Thrills. Daily Mail: Sept 25, 2014: Slow and steady wins the race for languid Len [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_281_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">282<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Coolest Octogenarian In Music<sup><a id=\"identifier_282_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen\u2019s Popular Problems \u2013 from the coolest octogenarian in music, and beyond by Eamon Carr. The Independent.ie: Sept 20, 2014: Leonard Cohen\u2019s Popular Problems \u2013 from the coolest octogenarian in music, and beyond [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_282_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">283<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Desolation Angel<sup><a id=\"identifier_283_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Desolation Angel by Al Walentis. Reading Eagle,  May 1, 1985: Desolation Angel [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_283_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">284<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>High Priest Of Suicide Rock<sup><a id=\"identifier_284_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"No. I\u2019ve Never Contemplated Suicide, Says Leonard Cohen by Peter Wilmoth. The Age, May 24, 1985: \u2026 Leonard Cohen, long known as the high priest of suicide rock \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_284_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">285<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Canada\u2019s Poet-Singer Of The Lovable And The Livable<sup><a id=\"identifier_285_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen Scores In Paris by Tim Creery. Montreal Gazette, May 14, 1970: Leonard Cohen, Canada\u2019s poet-singer of the lovable and the livable, had young Paris at his feet.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_285_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">286<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>America\u2019s Poet\/Prophet Of The Sacred And Profane<sup><a id=\"identifier_286_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems by Ed Whitelock. Pop Matters, Sept 25, 2014: Cohen is America\u2019s poet\/prophet of the sacred and profane, and he delivers majestically on this brief but powerful album.\u201d Pop Matters Review Of  Popular Problems.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_286_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">287<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Rockens Yoda [Rock Yoda]<sup><a id=\"identifier_287_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Plateanmeldelse: Leonard Cohen \u2013 \u00abPopular Problems\u00bb by Morten St\u00e5le Nilsen. VG, Sept 15, 2014: Det er en uts\u00f8kt glede \u00e5 f\u00e5 f\u00f8lge ham, denne rockens Yoda, inn i solnedgangen. [It is an exquisite pleasure to follow him, this rock Yoda, into the sunset.]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_287_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">288<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Mournful Poet Laureate Of Folk-Rock<sup><a id=\"identifier_288_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Folk-Rock\u2019s Poet Laureate Returns By Jeff Bradley 1988. AP story printed in Times Daily, Sept 3, 1988:  But after years in the wilderness, Leonard Cohen, the mournful poet laureate of folk-rock, has a new hit album in which he laughs at his own dour image.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_288_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">289<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Nightingale Of The Sinai<sup><a id=\"identifier_289_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Culture Warrior? by J.L. Wall. First Things, Dec 3, 2014:  In 1973, he flew to Israel to enlist in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War. Sent instead to raise troop morale with his guitar, Cohen sang for Ariel Sharon and his tank crews as \u201cthe Nightingale of the Sinai.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_289_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">290<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grand Rabbi Of Poetry And The Blues<sup><a id=\"identifier_290_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Album of the Year: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Popular Problems by Mark Kidel. The Arts Desk: December 24, 2014: Leonard Cohen, grand rabbi of poetry and the blues, turned 80 this year, and like a perfectly matured brandy, he only gets better and better.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_290_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">291<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grandfatherly Mobster<sup><a id=\"identifier_291_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: \u2018All I\u2019ve Got To Put In A Song Is My Own Experience\u2019 by Dorian Lynskey. The Guardian, Jan 19, 2012: Looking like a grandfatherly mobster, he doffs his hat and smiles graciously \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_291_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">292<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Rat Pack Rabbi<sup><a id=\"identifier_292_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Crazy for Love: Review of  \u201cI\u2019m Your Man\u201d by Sylvie SImmons by  A. M. Homes. New York Times. Oct 12, 2012: A man of many generations, Leonard Cohen is still debonair, \u201clooking like a Rat Pack rabbi.\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_292_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">293<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Frauenphantasie [Woman\u2019s Fantasy]<sup><a id=\"identifier_293_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen \u2013 Frauenphantasie by Roderich Fabian. BR,de. April 30, 2015 : Leonard Cohen- Frauenphantasie [Woman\u2019s Fantasy] [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_293_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">294<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bard Of Misery<sup><a id=\"identifier_294_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Album review: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Can\u2019t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour by Ed Power. Irish Examiner. May 13, 2015: \u2026 despite his reputation as the bard of misery, Cohen\u2019s winning asset is his tremendous humanity.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_294_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">295<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Secular Saint<sup><a id=\"identifier_295_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"A Secular Saint by Brian Boyd. Irish Times, Jan 28, 2012: Secular Saint [Title]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_295_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">296<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li><wbr \/>Lebensgef\u00fchlpr\u00e4ger [One who has impacted our generation\u2019s experience of life]<sup><a id=\"identifier_296_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Der Grosse Jahresr\u00fcckblick 2014 by Kurt Kister, Alter Meister. S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung: Dec 31, 2014.   Und so wie eigentlich nur der vom Gitarren-Folkie zum Au\u00dferirdischen mutierte Bob Dylan ist Cohen ein Lebensgef\u00fchlpr\u00e4ger geworden und geblieben.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_296_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">297<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Grand Rabbi Of Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_297_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Happy Birthday, Leonard Cohen! by Liel Leibovitz. Tablet. Sept 21, 2015. The grand rabbi of song turns 81 [Subtitle]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_297_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">298<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Soldier Of Sorrow<sup><a id=\"identifier_298_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Beautiful Loser, Beautiful Comeback by Judith Fitzgerald. The National Post, March 24, 2001: The soldier of sorrow spent much of the \u201980s in near-oblivion till Jennifer Warnes\u2019s exquisite 1987 tribute, Famous Blue Raincoat \u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_298_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">299<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Meister Der Balladen [Master Of Ballads]<sup><a id=\"identifier_299_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen in Premiere. Ooe.Orf.At, Oct 20, 2015:  \u2026 wir ein besonderes Leonard Cohen Konzert, in dem der Meister der Balladen mit einer hervorragenden Begleitband \u00fcberzeugt. [an exceptional Leonard Cohen concert\u2013a truly convincing performance by the master of ballads and his excellent band.]\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_299_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">300<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Laureate Of The Bedroom<sup><a id=\"identifier_300_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life by Anthony Reynolds. Music Sales Limited, Nov 30, 2010: Immediately prior to the release of his debut album, the poet laureate of the bedroom continued to test himself live\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_300_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">301<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Poet Of The Sad Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_301_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"The Prince of Prurience and Loss by John Leland. GQ. November, 2001. This is Leonard Cohen, poet of the sad song, telling a joke.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_301_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">302<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Melancholy King Of Cool<sup><a id=\"identifier_302_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen + Dad of New Canadian PM = BFF by Leah Falk. Jewniverse. October 29, 2015:  \u2026. he also has family ties to the melancholy king of cool, Leonard Cohen.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_302_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">303<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Ambassador Of Melancholia<sup><a id=\"identifier_303_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Happy At Last by Mireille Silcott, Saturday Night. September 15, 2001: The Vogue is full of seafoam-green carpeting \u2026 \u2014 not the kind of place for the ambassador of melancholia.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_303_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">304<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Dark Prince Of Intellectual Song<sup><a id=\"identifier_304_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Leonard Cohen, Happy At Last by Mireille Silcott, Saturday Night. September 15, 2001: Hearing Leonard Cohen medicalizing his melancholia, the state so central to his work, so integral to the whole Cohen persona \u2014 the dark prince of intellectual song \u2014 was like hearing \u2026\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_304_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">305<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Maestro Of Melancholic Munificence<sup><a id=\"identifier_305_1133\" class=\"footnote-link footnote-identifier-link\" title=\"Live from New York\u2026. by Judith Fitzgerald. Globe And Mail. Feb. 19, 2009:  \u2026 the maestro of melancholic munificence will commence the second leg of his wildly successful world-wide tour tonight.\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#footnote_305_1133\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-size: small;\">306<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol class=\"footnotes\">\n<li id=\"footnote_0_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/buzz.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Unplugged<\/span><\/a> by Pico Iyer. Originally published in Buzz, Los Angeles, April 1998: <em>The \u2018<strong>Lord Byron of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll<\/strong>,\u201d as he is too often called, has always been a man of surprises<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_1_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/13\/AR2006071300478.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">At 71, Leonard Cohen Finds His Voice Anew<\/span><\/a> by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, July 14, 2006: <em>\u2026 the 71-year-old pop icon and<strong> bard of the boudoir<\/strong> hasn\u2019t toured in a dozen years<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_2_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cds.jrd.org.uk\/list\/cd.leo.tlmic.shtml\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 The Ladies Man In Concert<\/span><\/a> Bootleg Album Title, Date: 1993-05-21; Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/gm-250900.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Return Of A Ladies\u2019 Man <\/span><\/a>by Judith Fitzgerald, originally published in The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2000: <em>The Return Of A <strong>Ladies\u2019 Man<\/strong> <\/em>[Title] []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_3_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3quarksdaily.blogs.com\/3quarksdaily\/2006\/06\/lunar_refractio.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Lunar Refractions: Longing for Perfect Porn Aristocrats and Other Delights<\/span><\/a> by Alta L. Price in 3 Quarks Daily blog, June 12, 2006: <em>Well, to echo the rampant name-calling that follows him everywhere, the Ladies\u2019 Man, the Grocer of Despair, <strong>grandson of the Prince of Grammarians,<\/strong> has just published a new old book, titled Book of Longing, \u2026<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_4_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lcngarc.twoshakesofalambstail.com\/2000\/01\/2000011320.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Re: Master of Erotic Despair<\/span><\/a> from alt.music.leonard-cohen. 2000\/01\/28: <em>Michael S. Connaghan wrote: Nearly thirty years ago I purchased my first Leonard Cohen album. I had seen an ad in the National Lampoon that billed L.C. as the <strong>Master of Erotic Despair<\/strong> and I was intrigued.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_5_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/05\/21\/arts\/music\/21ligh.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">In Anjani Thomas, Leonard Cohen Finds a New Voice<\/span><\/a> by Alan Light, New York Times, May 21, 2006: <em>Leonard Cohen is not known for being prolific. In a recording career approaching its 40th year, this <strong>master of romantic despair<\/strong> has released a mere 11 studio albums.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_6_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/observer.guardian.co.uk\/life\/story\/0,6903,573496,00.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">\u2018I never discuss my mistresses or my tailors\u2019<\/span><\/a> by Nick Paton Walsh, Guardian. October 14, 2001: <em>Leonard Cohen is the <strong>high priest of pathos<\/strong>.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_7_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/st93.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Interview with Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Richard Guilliatt, The Sunday Times Magazine (London), December 12, 1993: <em>Yet here is Leonard Cohen \u2013 the <strong>poet laureate of pessimism<\/strong>, the world heavyweight champion of existential despair \u2013 getting cheerfully drunk in a Chinese Restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_8_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Derived from lyrics of \u201cField Commander Cohen;\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/grhomeboy.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/08\/hydra-walking-in-leonard-cohens-footsteps\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hydra \u2013 Walking in Leonard Cohen\u2019s footsteps<\/span><\/a> by grhomeboy, Homeboy Media News October 8, 2006: <em>On a dismal rainy afternoon in April 1960, after spending three months in a boarding house on Hampstead High Street completing a manuscript, the 25-year-old \u201c<strong>grocer of despair<\/strong>\u201d found himself wandering bleakly around London\u2019s East End, his spirits further depleted by raging toothache.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_9_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/gazette.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65 <\/span><\/a>by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: \u201cHe once read an ad in National Lampoon titled Leonard Cohen: The <strong>Prophet of Despair<\/strong>. <em>\u201cI laughed my head off,\u201d he told me years ago, \u201cbecause I thought it was the Lampoon spoofing me. Then I saw the same ad in Rolling Stone, and I wasn\u2019t laughing any more.\u201d<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_10_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/gazette.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65 <\/span><\/a>by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: <em>Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201cBeautiful Creep\u201d and \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201cbard of bedsits,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe <strong>poet laureate of commitophobes<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shambhalasun.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1941\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Several Lifetimes Already<\/span><\/a> by Pico Iyer. Shambhala Sun: <em>The man who has been the poet laureate of commitophobes, who has never found in his 63 years a woman he can marry or a home he won\u2019t desert<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_10_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_11_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/gazette.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65 <\/span><\/a>by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: <em>Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201cBeautiful Creep\u201d and \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201c<strong>bard of bedsits<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe poet laureate of commitophobes.\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicweb-international.com\/encyclopaedia\/c\/C178.HTM\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen, Leonard<\/span><\/a> MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music: <em>A gloomy poet who became the bard of bedsits.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_12_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/gazette.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65 <\/span><\/a>by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: <em>Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201cBeautiful Creep\u201d and \u201cthe <strong>Dr. Kevorkian of song<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201cbard of bedsits,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe poet laureate of commitophobes.\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/elmst.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Exile on Main Street<\/span><\/a> by Brett Grainger, Elm Street, Canada. November 2001: <em>It\u2019s gotten him a bit of a reputation along the way. \u201cPrince of bummers,\u201d \u201cpoet of pessimism,\u201d \u201ctroubadour of travail,\u201d \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song\u201d \u2013 journalists can\u2019t seem to get enough of the clich\u00e9 of the dark knight, the tortured soul spinning his suffering into gold.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_13_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/gazette.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Zen Robes Retired As Singer Turns 65 <\/span><\/a>by Juan Rodriguez, The Montreal Gazette, September 18, 1999: <em>Yet Cohen is an acquired taste. His voice is a mournful monotone, his songs dirge-like. \u201cOnly an extremely inattentive listener would willingly follow Suzanne to her place by the river after hearing Cohen\u2019s song,\u201d sniped The Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll. While Europeans, with poetry in the blood, embrace him as a hero (and bona-fide pop star), Americans have marginalized him: \u201csongs to slit your wrists by.\u201d He\u2019s been dubbed \u201c<strong>Beautiful Creep<\/strong>\u201d and \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song,\u201d \u201cthe poet of pessimism\u201d and \u201cbard of bedsits,\u201d \u201cthe prince of bummers,\u201d and \u201cthe poet laureate of commitophobes.\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/ottawacitizen\/news\/story.html?id=ff53b67a-0c86-4617-b06e-ef0b6635309d\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Reward for a Ladies\u2019 Man<\/span><\/a> by Jamie Lee, The Ottawa Citizen. December 14, 2007: <em>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finds a place for the \u2018beautiful creep\u2019<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/villv67.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Beautiful Creep<\/span><\/a> by Richard Goldstein. Village Voice, December 28, 1967: <em>\u201cMy songs are strangely romantic,\u201d he admits, \u201cbut so are the kids. I somehow feel that I\u2019ve always waited for this generation.\u201d He pulls out a letter from a young girl who wonders over his unremitting despair. He frightens her because she senses that he has achieved an understanding of life, but he is sad despite it. She prays that the comprehension he seeks will not bring her such misery. She prays for him, and for herself, that he is really blind. And she ends by calling Leonard Cohen a \u201c<strong>beautiful creep<\/strong>.\u201d Real tears form in the corners of his eyes, but modestly they do not flow. He sighs for real. \u201cThat\u2019s what I am \u2013 a <strong>beautiful creep<\/strong>.\u201d He excuses himself and you grab for the letter when he is gone. That too is real.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_14_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohen.co.uk\/weloveleonard.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">We love Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> The Independent, 20 May 2004: <em>The most gifted songwriters of our time are paying tribute to the <strong>Godfather of Gloom<\/strong> this weekend. Fiona Sturges celebrates his enduring appeal.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_15_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/mus0788.htm#musician\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen\u2019s Nervous Breakthrough<\/span><\/a> by Mark Rowland. Musician, July 1988: <em>He\u2019s the reigning auteur of folk noir, the <strong>godfather of doom \u2018n\u2019 gloom<\/strong>.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_16_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/arts\/books\/profiles\/16782\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Zen, Lawsuits, and Poetry<\/span><\/a> by Phoebe Hoban, New York Magazine, May 14, 2006: <em>With his deadpan delivery and dark lyrics, Leonard Cohen could be called the creator of his own musical genre: song noir. Even his friend Leon Wieseltier once memorably dubbed him \u201cthe <strong>Prince of Bummers<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_17_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/elmst.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Exile on Main Street<\/span><\/a> by Brett Grainger, Elm Street, Canada. November 2001: <em>It\u2019s gotten him a bit of a reputation along the way. \u201cPrince of bummers,\u201d \u201cpoet of pessimism,\u201d \u201ct<strong>roubadour of travail<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cthe Dr. Kevorkian of song\u201d \u2013 journalists can\u2019t seem to get enough of the clich\u00e9 of the dark knight, the tortured soul spinning his suffering into gold.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_18_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/flesh92.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen and the Death of Cool<\/span><\/a> by David Sprague. Originally published in Your Flesh magazine, 1992: <em>[Leonard Cohen speaking] I was reading the reviews of this in England, and there they were calling me <strong>Laughing Len<\/strong> and saying they oughta sell razor blades with this record)<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_19_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a>Rock\u2019s Backpages Audio<\/a>, February 1988: <em><strong>Laughing Lennie <\/strong>talks to Mat Snow about songwriting, meditation and religion, the collapse of literary culture, and the misperception of him as a Gloom Merchant<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_20_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/rigelhof.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Fiction Of Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by T.F. Rigelhof, Originally published in Paragraph: Canadian Fiction Review, Volume 19, No. 4, Spring 1998, pp. 2-5: <em>He\u2019d never played with professional musicians and was so heavily into tranquillizers that he\u2019d picked up the nickname <strong>Captain Mandrax<\/strong>.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_21_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/article.html?ArticleID=4392\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Return of Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Mick Brown, Sounds, July 1976: <em>The poster outside the Colston Hall, Bristol announced the appearance that evening of \u201cThe <strong>Poet of Rock and Roll<\/strong>\u201c<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_22_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Contributed by Anjani via email, 20 March 2008 []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_23_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forward.com\/articles\/leonard-cohen-poet-of-the-holy-sinners\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Poet of the Holy Sinners<\/span><\/a> by Jay Michaelson. Jewish Daily Forward. Apr 20, 2007: <em>Leonard Cohen: <strong>Poet of the Holy Sinners<\/strong> <\/em>[Title] []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_24_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uncyclopedia.wikia.com\/wiki\/Dirge\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Dirge<\/span><\/a>. Uncylopedia: <em>The Rise of Leonard Cohen, <strong>King of Dirge<\/strong><\/em> [Heading] []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_25_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R2G64UCWMYE79O\/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">This Is The Album Introducing Leonard Cohen to the World<\/span><\/a> by Barron Laycock, Amazon Reviews \u2013 Songs of Leonard Cohen, June 10, 2000: <em>He known as the \u201c<strong>poet of existential despair<\/strong>\u201c, a man of soaring visages and terrible nightmares, all put to beautiful and classic melodies.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_26_1133\" class=\"footnote\">\u201c<strong>Jikan The Useless Monk<\/strong>\u201d is a self-reference Leonard Cohen uses in \u201cThe Book of Longing\u201d poems, combining his given Dharma name of \u201cJikan\u201d (Silent One) with his own descriptive phrase, \u201cThe Useless Monk\u201d []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_27_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohen.co.uk\/cohen%27sway.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen\u2019s Way<\/span><\/a> by Mat Snow. The Guardian, 1988. <em>There\u2019s a new comic touch to the <strong>poet of bedsit angst<\/strong><\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_28_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.libraryjournal.com\/2012\/02\/media\/music\/im-your-man-leonard-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">I\u2019m Your Man: Leonard Cohen | Music for the Masses<\/span><\/a> by Matthew Moyer. Library Journal, Feb 1, 2012: <em>On paper, it seemed like a dream. Leonard Cohen, <strong>poet laureate of misery<\/strong>, teamed up with Phil Spector\u2026<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_29_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocksbackpages.com\/artist.html?ArtistID=cohen_leonard\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Rock\u2019s Backpages Audio<\/span><\/a>, February 1988: <em>Laughing Lennie talks to Mat Snow about songwriting, meditiation [sic] and religion, the collapse of literary culture, and the misperception of him as a <strong>Gloom Merchant<\/strong><\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_30_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/mus0788.htm#musician\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen\u2019s Nervous Breakthrough<\/span><\/a> by Mark Rowland. Musician, July 1988: <em>So I went down there [Cuba] and immediately found myself accurately described as a \u201c<strong>Bourgeois Individualist Poet<\/strong>.\u201d I said, \u201cThat\u2019s right. Suits me to a tee.\u201d<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_31_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/34629-leonard-cohen-to-release-live-album-dvd\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen to Release Live Album, DVD<\/span><\/a> by Ryan Dombal. Pitchfork, Feb 17, 2009: <em>Last year, the <strong>bard of love and loss<\/strong> set out on his first tour in 15 years \u2026<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_32_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/nme2.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen Regrets<\/span><\/a> by Alastair Pirrie. New Musical Express, March 10, 1973: <em>Leonard Cohen, <strong>Grand Master of Melancholia<\/strong>, slipped quietly in and out of London last month<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_33_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/leonard-cohen\/5743\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen, Leonard : Ten New Songs<\/span><\/a> by John Mulvey. NME, Oct 16, 2001: <em><strong>King of misery<\/strong> returns from monastery with synthesizer<\/em> [Subtitle] []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_34_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myjewishlearning.com\/blog\/blog\/culture\/beck-plays-leonard-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Beck Plays Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Matthue Roth. MyJewishLearning, Sept 8, 2009: <em>I hardly need an excuse to write more about Leonard Cohen, the \u2026 <strong>poet laureate of our dreams<\/strong>.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_35_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwo.ca\/english\/canadianpoetry\/cpjrn\/vol33\/nadel.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Ten or More Questions I Should Have Asked Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Ira B. Nadel. 2 July 1993: <em>[Nadel: All of the following adjectives have been used to describe you; are any correct? <\/em><em><br \/>\n<strong>bard of the bedsits<br \/>\napocalyptic lounge lizard<br \/>\ndurable hipster<br \/>\nJeremiah of Tin Pan Alley<br \/>\nlegendary ladies man<br \/>\namiable gangster<br \/>\nexistential comedian<br \/>\npoetic playboy<br \/>\nspin doctor for the Apocalypse<br \/>\nemotional imperialist<br \/>\ngrizzled prophet<br \/>\nrestless pilgrim<br \/>\ndamaged priest<br \/>\nthe Godfather of Gloom<br \/>\nhippie icon<br \/>\npatron saint of angst<br \/>\nthe prince of bummers<\/strong><\/em><em>[Cohen] \u201cAll of them.\u201d <\/em>[]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_36_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_36_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_37_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_37_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_38_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_38_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_39_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_39_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_40_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_40_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_41_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_41_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_42_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_42_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_43_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_43_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_44_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_44_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_45_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_45_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_46_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_46_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_47_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_47_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_48_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_48_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_49_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/national-news\/an-epic-display-from-smiling-dada-of-despair-1410445.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Epic Display From Smiling Dada Of Despair<\/span><\/a> by Barry Egan. Independent. June 15 2008: <em>An Epic Display From The <strong> Smiling Dada Of Despair<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_49_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_50_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/national-news\/an-epic-display-from-smiling-dada-of-despair-1410445.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Epic Display From Smiling Dada Of Despair<\/span><\/a> by Barry Egan. Independent. June 15, 2008: <em>Watching the <strong>Montreal mensch<\/strong> on stage at the Royal Kilmainham Hospital on Friday night, you could also add wise man, Zen-prophet, soothsayer, visionary, seer, bard, guru, godhead, high priest, soul-counsellor, troubadour, non-manic street preacher, chronicler of pain, Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and holy man to that list.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_50_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_51_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bournemouthecho.co.uk\/news\/features\/3835335.Cohen_fans_shrug_off_credit_crunch\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen fans shrug off credit crunch<\/span><\/a> by Jeremy Miles. Daily Echo. Nov 12 2008: <em>He may be dismissed by some as the <strong>Prince of Pain<\/strong>, a droning bed-sit troubadour who produces little more than music to slash your wrists to. But singer-songwriter, poet, novelist and one-time Buddhist monk Cohen is so much more than that. <\/em>[<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_51_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_52_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/reviews\/book-of-longing-by-leonard-cohen-421698.html#\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by John Walsh. The Independent, October 27, 2006: <em>Naked truths from the <strong>bard of Mount Baldy<\/strong><\/em> [Subtitle] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_52_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_53_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/torontostar.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Our National Muse<\/span><\/a> by Judith Fitzgerald. The Toronto Star, August 1, 1999: <strong><em>Our National Muse<\/em><\/strong> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_53_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_54_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/.U38kUShiqJQ#.U38keShiqJQ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Maestro Of The Monotone<\/span><\/a> by Mekella Broomberg. Jewish Quarterly: Vol 54, Issue 2, 2007: <em><strong>Maestro Of The Monotone<\/strong> \u2013 on the Leonard Cohen Revival<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_54_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_55_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/we-love-leonard-cohen-564008.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">We Love Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Fiona Sturges. The Independent. May 20, 2004: <em>The irony is that, while Cohen remains the <strong>crown prince of pain<\/strong>, he has found much to be happy about in his twilight years. <\/em>[<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_55_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_56_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Master Of Melancholy by Richard Harrington. The Nation, July 24, 2006: <strong><em>Master Of Melancholy<\/em><\/strong> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_56_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_57_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anewscafe.com\/2009\/04\/19\/hes-our-man-leonard-cohen-at-the-paramount-oakland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">He\u2019s Our Man: Leonard Cohen at the Paramount, Oakland<\/span><\/a> by Phil Fountain. ANewsCafe.com, April 19, 2009: <em>He\u2019s <strong>Our Man<\/strong>: Leonard Cohen at the Paramount, Oakland<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_57_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_58_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigcity.ca\/2012\/11\/17\/leonard-cohen-the-godfather-of-great-singers-who-cant-sing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen The Godfather Of Great Singers Who Can\u2019t Sing<\/span><\/a> by Mike Ross. Gigcity, Nov 17, 2012: <em>Leonard Cohen The <strong>Godfather Of Great Singers Who Can\u2019t Sing<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_58_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_59_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/feb93.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Joking Troubadour of Gloom<\/span><\/a> by Tim Rostron. The Telegraph. April 26, 1993: <em>The <strong>Joking Troubadour of Gloom<\/strong><\/em> [Title] and T<em>he <strong>troubadour of gloom<\/strong> continues: \u201cI think those descriptions of me are quite inappropriate to the gravity of the predicament that faces us all. <\/em>[<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_59_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_60_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/feb93.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Joking Troubadour of Gloom<\/span><\/a> by Tim Rostron. The Telegraph. April 26, 1993: <em>Leonard Cohen, that <strong>master of sexy melancholy<\/strong>, is giving two sell-out concerts in London next month. And, he tells Tim Rostron, he is feeling fairly cheerful.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_60_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_61_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lcngarc.twoshakesofalambstail.com\/2001\/02\/2001020338.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Snapshots of Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Peter Goddard. Toronto Star. February 11, 2001: <em>When last heard from, the <strong>high priest of solitude<\/strong> was dividing his time between a Zen Buddhist retreat on Mount Baldy near Los Angeles and downtown L.A. itself, where \u2013 depending on whom you talk to \u2013 he may be resuming his career.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_61_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_62_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neonfiller.com\/wordpress\/?p=8806\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 O2 Arena, London (21 June, 2013)<\/span><\/a>. Neon Filler: June 27, 2013: <em>It\u2019s not so strange that this <strong>master of word and song<\/strong> somehow achieves such intimacy \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_62_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_63_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/Leonard+Cohen+bard+wire\/1499564\/story.html#ixzz1jC2PlWiG\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: The bard on a wire<\/span><\/a> by Jian Ghomeshi. Vancouver Sun, April 15, 2009: <em>Leonard Cohen: The <strong>bard on a wire<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_63_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_64_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.nodepression.com\/2005\/01\/leonard-cohen-dear-heather\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Waxed \u2013 Record Review: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Dear Heather<\/span><\/a> by Don McLeese. No Depression, January-February, 2005: <em>\u2026 I don\u2019t mean to suggest the <strong>Canadian bard<\/strong> is in any hurry to join Johnny Cash across the great divide, \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_64_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_65_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.cbc.ca\/arts_entertainment\/music\/topics\/93\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Canada\u2019s Melancholy Bard<\/span><\/a>. CBC Digital Archives: <em>Leonard Cohen: <strong>Canada\u2019s Melancholy Bard<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_65_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_66_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/dear-heather-r715467\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Dear Heather Review<\/span><\/a> by by Thom Jurek. AllMusic, 2004: <em>Cohen, who turned 70 in September of 2004, offers no air of personal mortality \u2014 thank God; may this elegant <strong>Canadian bard of the holy and profane<\/strong> live forever.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_66_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_67_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/new-music\/cd-year-old-ideas-leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">CD of the Year: Old Ideas \u2013 Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Mark Kidel, Dec 24, 2012: <em>Leonard Cohen has been the <strong>king of melancholy<\/strong> ever since he set out on his slow journey through the dark side.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_67_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_68_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lcngarc.twoshakesofalambstail.com\/2001\/02\/2001020338.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Snapshots of Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Peter Goddard. Toronto Star. February 11, 2001: <em>This <strong>Disappearing Mr. Mysterios<\/strong> bit has long been business-as-usual for Cohen.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_68_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_69_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/reviews\/first-night-leonard-cohen-opera-house-manchester-849314.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">First Night: Leonard Cohen, Opera House, Manchester<\/span><\/a> by David Pollock. The Independent. 18 June 2008: A happy return for the<strong> master of misery<\/strong> [Subtitle]. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_69_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_70_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/detls793.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Determinator<\/span><\/a> Details, July, 1993: Leonard Cohen, the<strong> maestro of melancholy<\/strong>, answers questions on love, obsession, and despair [Subtitle]. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_70_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_71_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/music.yahoo.com\/blogs\/rocks-backpages\/praise-be-or-how-hallelujah-man-leonard-cohens-comeback-actually-happened.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Praise Be\u2026 Or How \u201cHallelujah\u201d Man Leonard Cohen\u2019s Comeback Actually Happened<\/span><\/a> by Johnny Black. Rocks Back Pages Archives: January 9, 2009: <em>Hallett found himself enraptured by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, the <strong>maestro of magnificent melancholy<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_71_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_72_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/sundaystartimes\/4822054a6619.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Book Review: Caged Author Cohen Off Key<\/span><\/a> by Bonnie Sumner. Sunday Star Times.18 January 2009: <em>Hallelujah that he\u2019s known as the <strong>Poet of Love<\/strong> then, \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_72_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_73_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelfountain.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/death-of-ladies-man.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Death of a Ladies\u2019 Man<\/span><\/a> by Michael Fountain. Blood for Ink. January 2009: <em>\u2026 if this is the Dark Night of the Soul come back for a visit (and yes, it stinks after three days) then this is the night (you win, Doris) for the <strong>patron saint of disappointment<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_73_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_74_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drhguy.com\/2012\/02\/07\/signs-of-leonard-cohen-king-of-hearts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The King Of Hearts, Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a>. HMV Ad, Feb 2012: <em>The <strong>King Of Hearts<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_74_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_75_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thequietus.com\/articles\/00185-leonard-cohen-s-o2-concert-is-part-of-a-remarkable-renaissance\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen\u2019s O2 Concert Is Part Of A Remarkable Renaissance<\/span><\/a> by Luke Turner. The Quietus: July 21, 2008: <em>\u2026 even the biggest venue makes for a perfect pulpit for the <strong>master of song<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_75_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_76_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/1180781\/leonard-cohens-10-best-songs\/franchises\/listomania\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The 10 Best Leonard Cohen Songs<\/span><\/a> by James Jackson Toth. Stereogum, Oct 19, 2012: <em>Cohen was a maverick, a risk taker of the highest order, and was never content to rest on his laurels as earnest <strong>godfather of goth<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_76_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_77_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/reviews\/im-your-man-the-life-of-leonard-cohen-by-sylvie-simmons-8320468.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">I\u2019m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons<\/span><\/a> by Liz Thomson. The Independent, Nov 17, 2012: <em>The <strong>ageless troubadour of Montreal<\/strong> at last has a biography that does him justice.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_77_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_78_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melbournelive.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/green-grass-sunshine-wine-and-leonard.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Green Grass, Sunshine, Wine and Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Lyn Geisel. Melbourne Live. 25 January 2009: <em>The <strong>Prince of precision<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen, graced the Rochford winery in the Yarra Valley \u2026<\/em>. Note: This is probably an error on the part of the blogger. \u201cPrince of Precision\u201d is the description Cohen has typically used in introducing Rafael Gayol, the percussionist during the Leonard Cohen World Tour. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_78_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_79_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aeon.co\/magazine\/oceanic-feeling\/tim-footman-leonard-cohen-religion\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">A Broken Offering<\/span><\/a> by Tim Footman. Aeon, Nov 16, 2012: <em>It was a potential congregation of gloom and despondency, almost a parody of Cohen as the <strong>patron saint of bedsit depressives<\/strong><\/em>. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_79_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_80_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20090220.wa-cohen0221\/BNStory\/Entertainment\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Poet Of Pleasure And Pain Leaves \u2019em Swooning<\/span><\/a> by Simon Houpt. Globe and Mail. February 20, 2009: <em><strong>Poet Of Pleasure And Pain <\/strong>Leaves \u2019em Swooning<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_80_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_81_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/oldideaspromo.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen at Your Service<\/span><\/a> by Pirkko Kotiranta, Helsingin Sanomat, Jan 22, 2012: <em>Leonard Cohen, the <strong>Apostle of Melancholy<\/strong>, the writer-musician who cultivated his decades-long depression and love affairs into big art, takes his audience, once again.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_81_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_82_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/garyweiss.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/bard-of-our-great-depression.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Bard of Our Great Depression<\/span><\/a> by Gary Weiss. Gary-Weiss.com. 26 February 2009: <em>The <strong>Bard of Our Great Depression<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_82_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_83_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/reviews\/first-night-leonard-cohen-opera-house-manchester-849314.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">First Night: Leonard Cohen, Opera House, Manchester<\/span><\/a> by David Pollock. The Independent. June 18, 2008: <em>Yes, Cohen \u2013 the <strong>godfather of miserablism<\/strong> \u2013 looks happy to be with us.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_83_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_84_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Name of a song by Leonard Cohen and of his live album released in 2001. It is also used by others, e.g., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/books-poetry\/reviews\/liel-leibovitz-a-broken-hallelujah-leonard-cohens-secret-chord-sandstone-press.24581589\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Liel Leibovitz: A Broken Hallelujah \u2013 Leonard Cohen\u2019s Secret Chord<\/span><\/a> by Alan Taylor. The Herald: June 27, 2014: <em>He [Leonard Cohen] was a leader, <strong>Field Commander Cohen<\/strong>, in charge of a band called Army, singing of war and armageddon, angels and pain, love and hate.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_84_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_85_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herohill.com\/2012\/04\/herohill-vs-leonard-cohen-the-bard-of-montreal.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Herohill vs. Leonard Cohen:: The Bard of Montrea<\/span><\/a>l. Herohill web site, April 2 2012: <em>Leonard Cohen:: <strong>The Bard of Montreal<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_85_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_86_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/dec92.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hello, I Must Be Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Gavin Martin. New Musical Express, January 9, 1993: <em>Laughing Len, the <strong>king of hippy-era bedsit angst<\/strong>, Prince Of Darkness, has released a new record.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_86_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_87_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/680News\/posts\/126594267499009\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a>, 680News. Dec 5, 2012: <em><strong>Canada\u2019s high priest of poetry<\/strong> Leonard Cohen treated fans at the Air Canada Centre to a show \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_87_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_88_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/cartoonlounge\/2009\/03\/an-interview-wi-3.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Interview with John Sakamoto<\/span><\/a> by Drew Dernavich. The New Yorker. June 20, 2008: <em>\u2026 I got to sit down with Leonard Cohen. I remember someone describing him as \u201cthe <strong>coolest white man on the planet<\/strong>,\u201d and I wouldn\u2019t disagree\u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_88_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_89_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomagazine.net\/2008\/encountering-cohen-a-reminiscence-on-the-eve-of-a-new-world-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Encountering Cohen: A Reminiscence on the Eve of a New World Tour<\/span><\/a> by Steve Venright. Mondo, Aug 15, 2008: <em>But such was the allure of <strong>Canada\u2019s \u201cmelancholy bard of popular music<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_89_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_90_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/gazette071683.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Mixes Movie-Making And Zen<\/span><\/a> by Paul King. The Gazette, July 16, 1983: <em>The celebrated poet, novelist, songwriter, singing-star \u2013 once branded \u201c<strong>Canada\u2019s literary enfant terrible<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 seems at last serene.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_90_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_91_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardus.ca\/comment\/article\/3157\/lent-with-leonard\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Lent with Leonard<\/span><\/a> by Chris Cuthill. Cardus, April 5, 2012: <em>As the <strong>high priest of lyrical minimalism<\/strong>, [Leonard Cohen] chooses his words with more circumspection than most of us take when choosing a spouse.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_91_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_92_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordmagazine.co.uk\/content\/leonard-cohen-if-depression-lets-all-have-some\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 If This Is Depression Let\u2019s All Have Some<\/span><\/a> by David Hepworth. The Word. 19 July 2008: <em>The notion that Leonard Cohen has always had a reputation as the <strong>poet of swinging suicides<\/strong> is now so deeply embedded in people\u2019s heads\u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_92_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_93_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redroom.com\/blog\/susan-browne\/leonard-cohen-thats-how-light-gets-in\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, That\u2019s How the Light Gets In<\/span><\/a> by Susan Browne. Red Room. April 15, 2009: <em>I saw Leonard Cohen last night, <strong>master of duende<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_93_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_94_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=aQqSRqG1J.vI\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen\u2019s Money Troubles Benefit Fans of Bleak Baritone<\/span><\/a> by Daniel Taub. Bloomberg.com. April 13, 2009: <em>Leonard Cohen\u2019s Money Troubles Benefit Fans of <strong>Bleak Baritone<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_94_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_95_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Energy-Slaves-Leonard-Cohen\/dp\/067000376X\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Review of Energy of Slaves<\/span><\/a> by Pieter Uys. Amazon, Feb 9, 2003: <em>At one stage known as <strong>Canada\u2019s poet laureate of existential despair<\/strong>, Cohen published a number of poetry books \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_95_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_96_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/patricia-zohn\/culture-zohn-leonard-cohe_b_204424.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Troubadour of Love<\/span><\/a> by Patricia Zohn. Huffington Post. May 17, 2009: <em>Leonard Cohen, <strong>Troubadour of Love<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_96_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_97_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2008\/04\/27\/leonard-cohen-is-the-cat-in-the-hat\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Is The Cat In The Hat<\/span><\/a> by DrHGuy. Heck Of A Guy. April 27, 2008: <em>Leonard Cohen Is The <strong>Cat In The Hat<\/strong><\/em> [Title]. Note: I typically would not include a Cohen nickname from my own blog in this list. In this case, however, I feel it is justified because since then the \u201cCat In The Hat\u201d appellation has been applied to Cohen in at least a couple of other pieces, including one for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenforum.com\/viewtopic.php?f=29&amp;t=12464&amp;start=45#p142086\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Sunday Times<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/nightlight.typepad.com\/nightlight\/2009\/04\/leonard-cohen-works-for-a-living.html%20\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Works For A Living<\/span><\/a> \u201cWritten for The Huffington Post\u201d and, as far as I know, my post was the first to use this alias in connection with Cohen. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_97_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_98_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/elmunmag.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Intimate Conversation with\u2026Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Elena Pita. Magazine, Sunday Supplement to El Mundo. September 26, 2001: <em>Perhaps he cannot speak of optimism \u2014 this one they call the <strong>prince of anguish<\/strong> and the king of cool \u2014 but yes, he has gained a certain amiability in his years of practice.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_98_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_99_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/elmunmag.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Intimate Conversation with\u2026Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Elena Pita. Magazine, Sunday Supplement to El Mundo. September 26, 2001: <em>Perhaps he cannot speak of optimism \u2014 this one they call the prince of anguish and the <strong>king of cool<\/strong> \u2014 but yes, he has gained a certain amiability in his years of practice.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_99_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_100_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lasvegassun.com\/news\/2009\/nov\/13\/leonard-cohen-calls-down-angels-palace-caesar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen calls down angels in the palace of Caesar<\/span><\/a> by Michael Mishak. Las Vegas Sun: Nov 13, 2009: <em>The 75-year-old <strong>poet laureate of women, wine and song<\/strong> performed an unlikely Las Vegas miracle \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_100_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_101_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2014\/06\/30\/best-canadian-songs-ever_n_5538527.html#slide=3899236\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">100 Best Canadian Songs Ever<\/span><\/a> by Joshua Ostroff, Sarah Kurchak, Aaron Brophy. Huffington Post, June 30, 2014: <em>It\u2019s hard to deny Cohen as <strong>beat apocalyptic prophet<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_101_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_102_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=6vFnVz3IaZwC&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PP1#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia<\/span><\/a> by Oliver Trager. p. 227, 2004: <em>The <strong>Mel Torme of the terminally downbeat<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen (born September 21, 1934, Montreal Quebec) was an underground hero during the 1960s and 1970s and is a poet and songwriter whose work should be regarded as highly as Bob Dylan\u2019s but isn\u2019t.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_102_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_103_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/gq1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Prince of Prurience and Loss<\/span><\/a> by John Leland. GQ. November, 2001. <em>The <strong>Prince of Prurience and Loss<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_103_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_104_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shambhalasun.com\/index.php?option=content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1941&amp;Itemid=0&amp;limit=1&amp;limitstart=0\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Several Lifetimes Already<\/span><\/a> by Pico Iyer. Shambhala Sun. September 1998. <em>\u201cRoshi knows me for who I am,\u201d Cohen had said, \u201cand he doesn\u2019t want me to be any other. \u2018<strong>International Man<\/strong>,\u2019 \u2018Culture Man,\u2019 he calls me \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_104_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_105_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shambhalasun.com\/index.php?option=content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1941&amp;Itemid=0&amp;limit=1&amp;limitstart=0\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Several Lifetimes Already<\/span><\/a> by Pico Iyer. Shambhala Sun. September 1998. <em>\u201cRoshi knows me for who I am,\u201d Cohen had said, \u201cand he doesn\u2019t want me to be any other. \u2018International Man,\u2019 \u2018<strong>Culture Man<\/strong>,\u2019 he calls me \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_105_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_106_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metroactive.com\/metro\/11.11.09\/cover-cohen-0945.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Tower of Song<\/span><\/a> by Gary Singh. Metroactive. November 11, 2009: <em>For decades, critics have pilloried him with sobriquets like, \u201cthe godfather of gloom,\u201d the \u201cpoet of pessimism\u201d or the \u201c<strong>architect of angst<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_106_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_107_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/primer-leonard-cohen-68629\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Primer: Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Steven Hyden &amp; John Semley. A.V. Club, Feb 2, 2012: <em>Cohen rasps, \u201cLie beside me baby, that\u2019s an order\u201d on the record\u2019s title track, shuffling into his late-game role as <strong>poet laureate of the lonely-hearted<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_107_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_108_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinner.com\/2010\/01\/29\/leonard-cohen-grammy-lifetime-achievement-award\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: He\u2019s Grammy\u2019s Man<\/span><\/a> by Joshua Ostroff. Spinner. January 29, 2010: <em>Cohen, known by some as the <strong>prince of pessimism<\/strong>, came by his musical darkness naturally.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_108_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_109_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/mojo1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Felonious Monk<\/span><\/a> by Sylvie Simmons. MOJO, November 2001: <strong><em>Felonious Monk <\/em><\/strong>[Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_109_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_110_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/elmunmag.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Intimate Conversation with\u2026Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Elena Pita. Magazine, Sunday Supplement to El Mundo. September 26, 2001: <em>At 67, the <strong>poet of anguish<\/strong> returns to songwriting with Ten New Songs, a lovely and tranquil CD that goes on sale October 8.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_110_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_111_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/tour2008-16.html\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Concert at The Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland, July 8, 2008<\/span><\/a> by Christof Graf. Leonard Cohen Files. 2008: <em>Leonard Cohen. The <strong>\u201cGod in the black suit\u201d<\/strong>, as he was called by the Swiss press, <\/em>and <em>\u201920 Minutes\u2019 called him twice <strong>\u201cGott im schwarzen Anzug\u201d, God in the black suit<\/strong>. <\/em>[<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_111_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_112_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theweek.co.uk\/27111\/glastonbury-gets-stuck-mud#ixzz35TnmmKbR\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Glastonbury Gets Stuck In The Mud<\/span><\/a> by Johnny Dee. The Week, Apr 30, 2008: <em>This year\u2019s Glastonbury Festival line-up will include a Welsh Elvis (Shakin\u2019 Stevens), the most despised man in pop (James Blunt) and the <strong>godfather of misery<\/strong> (Leonard Cohen), has been greeted with a groundswell of disenchantment.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_112_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_113_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/walkingollie.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/09\/the-worlds-only-interesting-canadian\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The World\u2019s Only Interesting Canadian<\/span><\/a> by Stephen Foster. Stephen Foster\u2019s Blog. August 9, 2010. <em>The <strong>World\u2019s Only Interesting Canadian<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_113_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_114_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redroom.com\/member\/dale-estey\/blog\/leonard-cohen-the-musical-bard-of-canada\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 The Musical Bard of Canada<\/span><\/a> by Dale Estey. Red Room, <span class=\"submitted\">Dec.08.2010<\/span>: <em>Leonard Cohen \u2013 The <strong>Musical Bard of Canada<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_114_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_115_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nyt61693.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, the Existential Serenader, Is Still Glad to Be Glum<\/span><\/a> by Andy Gill. Independent, 13 May 1993. <em>Leonard Cohen, the <strong>Existential Serenader<\/strong>, Is Still Glad to Be Glum<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_115_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_116_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Bob Harris\u2019s Whispers by Bob Harris. Rock Compact Disc Magazine, June 1993: <em>I [Leonard Cohen] was thought of as a grocer of despair, a master of melancholy, the <strong>purveyor of razor blades<\/strong>, the sage of suicide \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_116_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_117_1133\" class=\"footnote\">The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer. Simon and Schuster, Nov 4, 2014: <em>Leonard Cohen had become <strong>poet laureate of those on the road<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_117_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_118_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Bob Harris\u2019s Whispers by Bob Harris. Rock Compact Disc Magazine, June 1993: <em>I [Leonard Cohen] was thought of as a grocer of despair, a master of melancholy, the purveyor of razor blades, the <strong>sage of suicide<\/strong> \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_118_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_119_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/music\/2006\/may\/21\/popandrock5\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: A troubadour at Charles\u2019s court<\/span><\/a> by Neil Spencer. The Observer, 21 May 2006. <em>Cohen \u2026 The <strong>Arch Bard Of Miserabilism<\/strong><\/em> [Subtitle] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_119_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_120_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads by Richard Harrington. Washington Post, October 30, 1988: <em>He is still the <strong>eminence grise of art song<\/strong>, 21 years after Judy Collins\u2019 version of \u201cSuzanne\u201d made him a semi-household word.<\/em> [Photo Caption] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_120_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_121_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2015\/10\/17\/leonard-cohens-voice-a-coal-sack-deep-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen Talent Never Old Hat<\/span><\/a> by Ian Frazer. Newspaper unidentified. <em>At 79 Leonard Cohen is the <strong>prince of golden oldies<\/strong><\/em>. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_121_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_122_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wol1959.wordpress.com\/2006\/08\/30\/thats-how-the-light-gets-in\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">That\u2019s How The Light Gets In<\/span><\/a> by Lawrence Moore. Mustard Seeds, August 30, 2006: <em>Leonard Cohen has been called \u201cThe<strong> poet of the heart<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_122_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_123_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factmag.com\/2012\/01\/11\/leonard-cohen-darkness\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 \u2018Darkness\u2019<\/span><\/a>. Fact Magazine, January 11, 2012: <em>Everyone\u2019s favourite <strong>croaky poet of romantic doom<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen, has a new album on the way.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_123_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_124_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegsun.com\/2013\/01\/09\/leonard-cohen-bringing-old-ideas-to-winnipeg\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen bringing Old Ideas to Winnipeg<\/span><\/a> by Darryl Sterdan. Winnipeg Sun. Jan 9, 2013: <em>The Montreal-born <strong>poet laureate of Canadian folk music<\/strong> last visited MTS Centre in April of 2009, putting on a masterful three-hour performance of hits\u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_124_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_125_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2011\/05\/18\/leonard-cohen-named-gods-dearest-sunbeam\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">God\u2019s dearest sunbeam, Leonard Cohen \u2026 is preparing a new album for later this year<\/span><\/a>. London Evening Standard, 13 May 2011. <em><strong>God\u2019s dearest sunbeam<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen \u2026 is preparing a new album for later this year<\/em>. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_125_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_126_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2005\/01\/leonard-cohen-master-of-prose-by-andrew.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Master of Prose<\/span><\/a> by Andrew Saikali. The Millions: Jan 4, 2005: <em>Leonard Cohen, <strong>Master of Prose<\/strong><\/em> [Title] and <em>So this, then, is about Leonard Cohen, <strong>master of prose<\/strong> \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_126_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_127_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/villv67.htm\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Beautiful Creep<\/span><\/a> by Richard Goldstein. Village Voice, December 28, 1967: <em>But Leonard Cohen is a <strong>Visceral Romantic<\/strong> and he can hit you unawares because his emotions are recollected in anything but tranquility.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_127_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_128_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/playby68.htm#playboy\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Renaissance Mensch<\/span><\/a>. Playboy, November 1968: <em>Leonard Cohen: <strong>Renaissance Mensch<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_128_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_129_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.ubc.ca\/archives\/pdfs\/ubyssey\/UBYSSEY_1975_01_10.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Poet Of Loneliness Spawns Losers\u2019 Treat<\/span><\/a> by Ron Binns. The Ubyssey. Vol. LVI, No. 3, January 10, 1975: <em><strong>Poet Of Loneliness<\/strong> Spawns Losers\u2019 Treat<\/em> [Title]. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_129_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_130_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/torontostar.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Our National Muse<\/span><\/a> by Judith Fitzgerald. The Toronto Star, August 1, 1999: <em>Ah, those days, those nights, those times, drawls the mischievous <strong>Maestro of Timing<\/strong>, it seems so long ago \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_130_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_131_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.highbeam.com\/doc\/1P2-1287366.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads<\/span><\/a> by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, October 30, 1988: <em>Twenty-one years after Judy Collins\u2019 version of \u201cSuzanne\u201d made Cohen a semihousehold name, he\u2019s still the <strong>e\u2019minence grise<\/strong> <strong>of art song<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_131_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_132_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/chicago\/leonard-cohen-gifts-of-light-from-the-warrior-of-love\/Content?oid=873030\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Gifts Of Light From The Warrior Of Love<\/span><\/a> by David Whiteis. Chicago Reader, date unknown (Review of November 7, 1988 Park West, Chicago Concert): <em>Irony flows like a bittersweet river through the poetry and music of Leonard Cohen. The self-styled <strong>patron saint of envy<\/strong> \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_132_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_133_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Prophet Of The Heart by L. S. Dorman. Music Sales Corp, April 1991: <strong><em>Prophet Of The Heart<\/em><\/strong> [Book Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_133_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_134_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerseybeat.com\/lcohen.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hoot &amp; Holler, or Shout Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen rapturous at Barclay Center<\/span><\/a> by Jamie Frey. Jersey Beat, Dec 2012: <em>The <strong>king of the alta-cockers<\/strong> would be Leonard Cohen.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_134_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_135_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2002-05-16\/features\/0205160069_1_leonard-cohen-chelsea-hotel-2-cabaret\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">All dressed up for `Naked\u2019<\/span><\/a> by Howard Reich. Chicago Tribune: May 16, 2002: <em>But Cohen\u2019s decades-long career as <strong>poet laureate of the self-obsessed<\/strong> in fact has produced a stylistically varied songbook.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_135_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_136_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/globe-debate\/a-room-not-of-ones-own\/article762682\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">A Room Not Of One\u2019s Own<\/span><\/a> by Marni Jackson. Globe And Mail, Aug. 11 2001: <em>The <strong>maestro of moving on<\/strong>, of course, is Leonard \u201cI am a Hotel\u201d Cohen.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_136_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_137_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nov92.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Growing Old Passionately<\/span><\/a> by Alan Jackson. Observer, November 22, 1992: <em>Instead there is the lingering stereotype of <strong>Cohen the Miserablist<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_137_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_138_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vagabondsof74.net\/id32.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, The Patron Saint of Miss Dale\u2019s Farm<\/span><\/a>. Steve Sherry\u2019s The Vagabonds of \u201974: <em>Leonard Cohen, The <strong>Patron Saint of Miss Dale\u2019s Farm<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_138_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_139_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Leonard Cohen: Partisan der Liebe by Christof Graf, VGS Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne, Germany, 1996: <em>Leonard Cohen: <strong>Partisan der Liebe<\/strong><\/em> [Book Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_139_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_140_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/arts\/music\/disc-of-the-week-from-leonard-cohen-even-old-ideas-are-worthwhile\/article2308418\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Disc Of The Week: From Leonard Cohen, Even Old Ideas Are Worthwhile<\/span><\/a> by Brad Wheeler. The Globe And Mail, February 4, 2012: <em>Old Ideas, from the 77-year-old <strong>Montreal mope<\/strong>, is a charismatic record \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_140_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_141_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/rebirth-of-a-ladies-man-by-steven-blush\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Rebirth Of A Ladies\u2019 Man<\/span><\/a> by Steven Blush. Seconds No 22, June\/July 1993: <em>Leonard\u2019s the <strong>white Barry White<\/strong>, both too old to rock n\u2019 roll and too young to die.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_141_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_142_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/still-miserable-after-all-these-years-cohen-goes-back-on-tour-794460.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Still Miserable After All These Years, Cohen Goes Back On Tour<\/span><\/a> by Jonathan Brown. The Independent, March 12, 2008: <em>Leonard Cohen, the <strong>troubadour of melancholy<\/strong> whose career as a poet, writer and musician has spanned more than half a century, is to embark on a world tour.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_142_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_143_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickmcginnis.com\/movies\/lookingforleonard.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Looking For Leonard (2002)<\/span><\/a> by RickMcGinnis: <em>The Leonard in the title of Matt Bissonnette and Steven Clark\u2019s Looking for Leonard is Leonard Cohen, <strong>patron saint of young people living in cities, waiting for something to happen<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_143_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_144_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 Titan Der Worte by Christof Graf, Edel Books, Germany, 2010: <em>Leonard Cohen \u2013 <strong>Titan Der Worte<\/strong><\/em> [Book Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_144_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_145_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/mojo022001.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The dark poet puts on a rather apologetic pretty face<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nby Daphne Carr, MOJO, February 2001: <em>The <strong>dark poet<\/strong> puts on a rather apologetic pretty face <\/em>[Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_145_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_146_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/spin1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Brother of Mercy<\/span><\/a> by Mikal Gilmore. Spin, March 2002: <em>Left, the <strong>don of depression<\/strong> practices his moves, 1967. <\/em>[Photo Caption] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_146_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_147_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/musc1193.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Prophet Of Love Looks Into The Abyss: A Conversation With Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Thom Jurek. Los Angeles Reader, August 27, 1993: <em><strong>The Prophet Of Love<\/strong> Looks Into The Abyss<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_147_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_148_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/spin1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Brother of Mercy<\/span><\/a> by Mikal Gilmore. Spin, March 2002: <strong><em>Brother Of Mercy <\/em><\/strong>[Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_148_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_149_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/mojo1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Felonious Monk<\/span><\/a> by Sylvie Simmons. MOJO, November 2001: <em>He [Roshi] has given me a few names. \u2026 I was <strong>Solitary Cliff<\/strong> for a while. You can just call me <strong>Cliff<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_149_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_150_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/logger.believermag.com\/post\/62450271798\/waiting-for-leonard\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Waiting for Leonard \u2013 Part III<\/span><\/a> by Caia Hagel. The Believer, Sept 26, 2013: <em>I think I love and worship you Leonard, you are so totally <strong>Post Henry and June Evangelical Pimp of All Centuries<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_150_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_151_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/timesuk1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Love\u2019s Hard Man<\/span><\/a> by Alan Franks. The Times Magazine, October 13, 2001: <strong><em> Love\u2019s Hard Man<\/em><\/strong> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_151_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_152_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/timesuk1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Love\u2019s Hard Man<\/span><\/a> by Alan Franks. The Times Magazine, October 13, 2001: <em>The <strong>high priest of passion and pain<\/strong> has spent much of the last decade living the restricted life of a Zen monk.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_152_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_153_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/the-ten-best-rocknroll-comebacks-1725267.html?action=gallery&amp;ino=17\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Ten Best Rock\u2019n\u2019roll Comebacks<\/span><\/a> by John Hall. The Independent, June 30, 2009: <em>Years of depression and stage fright meant that Leonard Cohen didn\u2019t tour for over 15 years \u2013 all but ending his role as <strong>roving poet laureate of rock\u2019n\u2019roll<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_153_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_154_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.viva.ro\/vedete-si-evenimente\/viva-biografii\/leonard-cohen-cine-i-poetul-de-la-microfon-1029896\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 Cine-I Poetul De La Microfon<\/span><\/a>. Viva: <em>Leonard Cohen \u2013 Cine-I <strong>Poetul De La Microfon<\/strong><\/em> [Leonard Cohen \u2013 Who Is The <strong>Poet Of The Microphone<\/strong>] [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_154_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_155_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/news\/4305808\/Hats-off-to-Cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hats Off To Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Vicki Anderson. Stuff.co, November 4, 2010: <em>The <strong>Godfather of cool<\/strong>, Cohen is one of a kind and this was one of the best shows I\u2019ve seen in a long time.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_155_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_156_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/layton2006.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Irving And Leonard<\/span><\/a> by Rich Baines. Leonard Cohen Files: <em>If one wishes to understand the work and words of Leonard Cohen, \u2026 one must first investigate the passion that was handed down to the \u201c<strong>Young Prince of Montreal<\/strong>\u201d from his verse-clad forefathers of page and song.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_156_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_157_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/robbins.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Notes from Tower of Song tribute album<\/span><\/a> by Tom Robbins, 1995: <em>A quill in his teeth, a solitary teardrop a-squirm in his palm, he was the young <strong>poet prince of Montreal<\/strong>, handsome, immaculate, searching for sturdier doors to nail his poignant verses on.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_157_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_158_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/gq1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Prince of Prurience and Loss<\/span><\/a> by John Leland. GQ. November 2001:<em> The <strong>Badass Of Dark Verse <\/strong><\/em>[Photo Caption] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_158_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_159_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrbonzai.berkleemusicblogs.com\/files\/2010\/07\/Cohen_Leonard_1988MrB2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2014 Haute Dog<\/span><\/a> by David Goggin, Music Smarts, July 10, 2010: <em>After steeping ourselves in his music for many days and nights, can I tell you what a pleasure it was to lunch with this <strong>maestro of murky mirth<\/strong>?<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_159_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_160_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Canada\u2019s Troubadour of Song &amp; Verse by Jeff Bateman. The Music Scene, No. 349, November-December 1984: <strong><em>Canada\u2019s Troubadour of Song &amp; Verse<\/em><\/strong> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_160_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_161_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Leonard Cohen by C.F. The Sheffield Star, May 15, 1976: <em>The <strong>melancholy troubadour<\/strong> came to Sheffield last night with his own unique brand of depression \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_161_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_162_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Anarchist Without A Bomb, Der Spiegel, November 3, 1969: <strong><em>Anarchist Without A Bomb<\/em><\/strong> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_162_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_163_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Your Man Cohen, Der Spiegel, April 4, 1988: <em>The New York Times characterized the usually clad-in-black Cohen as \u2018anarchist without a bomb\u2019 in the 1960s. It seems that a German critic was more to the point who called the singer during his previous tour a<\/em> \u201c<em><strong>somnambulist without an alarm clock<\/strong>\u201c<\/em> \u2026 [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_163_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_164_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Solitude and Carnival by Von Gatterburg. Der Spiegel, November 17, 1997: <em>The <strong>chief apocalyptist<\/strong> will take pleasure in this edition.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_164_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_165_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Melancholy Hero by by Christoph Dallach. Der Spiegel, September 29, 2008: <em><strong>Melancholy Hero<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_165_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_166_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Melancholy Hero by Christoph Dallach. Der Spiegel, September 29, 2008: <em>Leonard Cohen, the <strong>legendary grouchy bard from Montreal<\/strong>, known for knowing what women are about, undertakes another expansive world tour after fifteen years\u2026.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_166_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_167_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Turks, Tours, and Triumph. Der Spiegel. May 31, 2007: <em>Since the <strong>legendary bard from Montreal<\/strong> is among the reticent members of his guild, \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_167_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_168_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Young Colin, Old Cohen by Jan Wigger, Der Spiegel, November 25, 2008: <em>At its [a haberdashery\u2019s] door, a photo of the <strong>late-romantic existentialist<\/strong> \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_168_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_169_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Saint Porn, Der Spiegel, July 13, 1979: <strong><em>Saint Porn<\/em><\/strong> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_169_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_170_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dallasvietty.com\/2009\/10\/23\/godfather-of-hipsterism-leonard-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Godfather of Hipsterism \u2013 Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Dallas Vietty. Website Of Dallas Vietty, October 23, 2007: <em><strong>Godfather of Hipsterism<\/strong> \u2013 Leonard Cohen<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_170_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_171_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Saint Porn. Der Spiegel, July 13, 1979: <em>His fans usually listen to Cohen, the <strong>bard of exaggerated emotion<\/strong>, in a state of cult-like rapture\u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_171_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_172_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nov92.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Growing Old Passionately<\/span><\/a> by Alan Jackson. Observer, November 22, 1992: <em>Non-devotees remain unfamiliar with <strong>Cohen the Sensualist<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_172_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_173_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/leonard-cohen-out-of-the-monastery-and-back-on-the-road-845789.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Out Of The Monastery And Back On The Road<\/span><\/a> by Simon Worrall. The Independent, June 15 2008: <em>And the former <strong>poet laureate of despair<\/strong> might even be singing with a smile on his face\u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_173_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_174_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/mojo402.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard The Versifier<\/span><\/a> by Sylvie Simmons. Mojo, April 1958: <strong><em>Leonard The Versifier<\/em> <\/strong>[Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_174_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_175_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/spin1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Brother of Mercy<\/span><\/a> by Mikal Gilmore. Spin, March 2002: <em>He\u2019s the<\/em><strong><em> Godfather Of Depressive Rock<\/em><\/strong><em>, an acclaimed poet and novelist, \u2026<\/em>[Photo Caption] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_175_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_176_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/anthrrm.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Kristine McKenna. Another Room Magazine, Spring 1985: <em>The <strong>F. Scott Fitzgerald of popular song<\/strong>, Cohen is a supremely elegant romantic existentialist.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_176_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_177_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/21\/arts\/music\/21cohe.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Pop Music\u2019s Perpetual Old Man<\/span><\/a>, Now 74, Is Back on the Road by Nate Chinen. New York Times, February 20, 2009 : <em><strong>Pop Music\u2019s Perpetual Old Man<\/strong>, Now 74, Is Back on the Road<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_177_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_178_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.24sata.hr\/show\/leonard-cohen-u-zagreb-je-stigao-5-dana-prije-nastupa-183040\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen In Zagreb<\/span><\/a> by Anita Ruje. SATA, July 20, 2010: <em>The musician, known as the \u2018<strong>King of Sorrow<\/strong>,\u201d has released 11 studio albums in his 43-year career.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_178_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_179_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nov92.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Loneliness of The Long-Suffering Folkie<\/span><\/a> by Wayne Robins. Newsday \u2013 Long Island, November 22, 1992:<em> Cohen has been the <strong>laureate of creative agony<\/strong> since the 1960s \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_179_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_180_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nov92.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen Grows Into The Future Gracefully, And With A Grin<\/span><\/a> by Peter Howell. Toronto Star, November 19, 1992: <em>You might call Leonard Cohen the <strong>Grinning Reaper<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_180_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_181_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/st93.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">An Interview with Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Richard Guilliatt, The Sunday Times Magazine (London), December 12, 1993: <em>Yet here is Leonard Cohen \u2013 the poet laureate of pessimism, the <strong>world heavyweight champion of existential despair<\/strong> \u2013 getting cheerfully drunk in a Chinese Restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_181_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_182_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p30Xos-dVc\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Desolation Angel<\/span><\/a> by Al Walentis, Reading Eagle, May 1, 1985: <em>No one will ever confuse Cohen, the <strong>singular voice of terminal melancholia<\/strong>, with a movie idol like Kristofferson.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_182_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_183_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nyt61693.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Back to Life with a Blast from the Rocket Man<\/span><\/a> by Ben Thompson. The Independent on Sunday, May 16, 1993: <em>Cohen is the<strong> Mel Brooks of misery<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_183_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_184_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/books-and-media\/leonard-cohen-the-latest-on-the-greatest\/article4291569\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: The latest on the greatest<\/span><\/a> by Judith Fitzgerald. The Globe and Mail, Nov 6, 2009: <em>The <strong>maestro of munificent magnanimity<\/strong> will call it a wrap in Zagreb, Croatia \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_184_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_185_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elsewhere.co.nz\/absoluteelsewhere\/3579\/leonard-cohen-profiled-2010-life-of-a-ladies-man\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Profiled (2010): Life Of A Ladies\u2019 Man<\/span><\/a> by Graham Reid. Elsewhere, October 25, 2010: <em>Even the writer Pico Iyer, who knows him better than most, concedes Leonard Cohen \u2013 so melancholy he used to be referred to as \u201ca <strong>one man Joy Division<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 presents a problem.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_185_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_186_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beatpatrol.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/18\/robert-christgau-unbeautiful-winner-leonard-cohen-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Unbeautiful Winner: Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Robert Christgau. The Beat Patrol, October 18, 2009: <em><strong>Unbeautiful Winner<\/strong>: Leonard Cohen<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_186_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_187_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/logger.believermag.com\/post\/62450271798\/waiting-for-leonard\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Waiting for Leonard \u2013 Part III<\/span><\/a> by Caia Hagel. The Believer, Sept 26, 2013: <em>Leonard, my <strong>Virgin-Pilgrim War Hero<\/strong>, I pledge allegiance to you.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_187_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_188_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlest.com\/2011\/12\/15\/never_leave_home_without_leonard_co.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Never Leave Home Without Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Max Kirchner. Seattlest, December 15, 2011: <em>\u2026 Max Kirchner, who shares with us the relationship he\u2019s had with the music and voice of Leonard Cohen, the man formerly known as the <strong>Canadian Bob Dylan<\/strong>, now known largely as a languidly-voiced libertine. <\/em> [Editor\u2019s Note]. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_188_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_189_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nyobs01.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen: New Spin from an Old Ceremony<\/span><\/a> by I-Huei Go. New York Observer, April 16, 2001: <em>For more than three decades, Leonard Cohen has been \u2026 our<strong> baritone-voiced scholar of heartache and cultural decay<\/strong><\/em>. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_189_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_190_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.highbeam.com\/doc\/1P2-1287366.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads<\/span><\/a> by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, October 30, 1988: <em>Leonard Cohen, once described by Rolling Stone as \u201d the <strong>poet laureate of outrage and romantic despair<\/strong>\u2026is sipping serenely at his tea in a New York hotel.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_190_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_191_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/derekflynn.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/16\/what-can-writers-learn-from-songwriters-leonard-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">What Can Writers Learn From Songwriters: Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Derek Flynn. Rant, with occasional music, May 16, 2012: <em>He\u2019s [Cohen\u2019s] not the \u201c<strong>Patron Saint of Suicides<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cMr. Misery\u201d or any of the other epithets that have been lazily applied to him over the years by people who haven\u2019t taken the time to listen to him.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_191_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_192_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Ibid. <em>He\u2019s [Cohen\u2019s] not the \u201cPatron Saint of Suicides\u201d or \u201c<strong>Mr. Misery<\/strong>\u201d or any of the other epithets that have been lazily applied to him over the years by people who haven\u2019t taken the time to listen to him.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_192_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_193_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.highbeam.com\/doc\/1P2-1287366.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Songs in Key of Gray; Leonard Cohen and the Legacy of His Dark-Hued Ballads<\/span><\/a> by Richard Harrington, Washington Post, October 30, 1988: <em>Leonard Cohen, once described by Rolling Stone as \u201d \u2026 the <strong>aficionado of gloom<\/strong>, is sipping serenely at his tea in a New York hotel.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_193_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_194_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/consequenceofsound.net\/2012\/01\/leonard-cohen-jarvis-cocker-and-an-audience-at-londons-may-fair-hotel\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Jarvis Cocker, and an Audience at London\u2019s May Fair Hotel<\/span><\/a> by Tony Hardy. Consequence of Sound, January 20, 2012: <em>The <strong>grand master of bedroom angst<\/strong> was in London Wednesday night to preview Old Ideas, his first album in seven years, \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_194_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_195_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=-iMEAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PT33&amp;lpg=PT33&amp;dq=leonard+cohen+guilt+has+bad+press&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=eFVg6ca-qN&amp;sig=BYpfkXt8fRDB_3mT3w4Lui0uBUo&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=EuWCT-uzCIi09QSl0fj3Bw&amp;ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;q=leonard%20cohen%20guilt%20has%20bad%20press&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles<\/span><\/a> by Ethlie Ann Vare, Billboard, June 9, 1985: <em>And with that, the <strong>black-clad troubadour of the minor key<\/strong> cracked a smile.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_195_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_196_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readings.com.au\/products\/16218175\/the-essential-leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Essential Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a>. Readings: <em>There is no doubt that Leonard Cohen is the <strong>undisputed king of popular music<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_196_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_197_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/yourman.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">A Short Biography Of Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Larry Sloman. The Future Tour Book, 1993: <em>Songs From a Room (1969), his second album, and Songs of Love and Hate (1971 ) further reinforced Cohen\u2019s standing as the <strong>master of mortification<\/strong> and the sentry of solitude.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_197_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_198_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/yourman.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">A Short Biography Of Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Larry Sloman. The Future Tour Book, 1993: <em>Songs From a Room (1969), his second album, and Songs of Love and Hate (1971 ) further reinforced Cohen\u2019s standing as the master of mortification and the <strong>sentry of solitude<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_198_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_199_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/248122\/listen-to-a-fantastic-new-leonard-cohen-song\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Listen to a Fantastic New Leonard Cohen Song<\/span><\/a> by Tom Hawking. FlavorWire, January 10, 2012: <em>The lyric manages to poke fun at Cohen\u2019s reputation as the <strong>Grand Overlord of Melancholy<\/strong><\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_199_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_200_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/www.abendblatt.de\/kultur-live\/article118076118\/Leonard-Cohen-ist-der-ewige-Verfuehrer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen ist der ewige Verf\u00fchrer<\/span><\/a> by Heinrich Oehmsen. Hamburger Abendblatt, July 16, 2013: <em>Leonard Cohen ist der <strong>ewige Verf\u00fchrer<\/strong> [Leonard Cohen is the <strong>eternal seducer<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_200_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_201_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/Entertainment\/Music\/Old-King-Cohen\/Article1-809769.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Old King Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Indrajit Hazra, Hindustan Times, February 11, 2012: <em><strong>Old King Cohen<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_201_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_202_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/b9bbf310-47ca-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1m4cbmPWz\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Bow Down Before The Sage From Mt Baldy<\/span><\/a> by Gautam Malkani, Financial Times, January 27, 2012: <em>Bow Down Before The <strong>Sage From Mt Baldy<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_202_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_203_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/bostongl.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen\u2019s Demons Haunt Still<\/span><\/a> by Steve Morse, Boston Globe, October 12, 2001: <em><strong>Bard of the depressed<\/strong>, maestro of the downbeat, and prophet of dark-alley dreams. These phrases jump to mind when thinking of Leonard Cohen \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_203_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_204_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/bostongl.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen\u2019s Demons Haunt Still<\/span><\/a> by Steve Morse, Boston Globe, October 12, 2001: <em>Bard of the depressed, <strong>maestro of the downbeat<\/strong>, and prophet of dark-alley dreams. These phrases jump to mind when thinking of Leonard Cohen \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_204_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_205_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/bostongl.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen\u2019s Demons Haunt Still<\/span><\/a> by Steve Morse, Boston Globe, October 12, 2001: <em>Bard of the depressed, maestro of the downbeat, and <strong>prophet of dark-alley dreams<\/strong>. These phrases jump to mind when thinking of Leonard Cohen \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_205_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_206_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/posts\/view\/315180\/Cohen-thanks-ex-manager-at-sentencing\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen Thanks Ex-Manager At Sentencing<\/span><\/a>. Express, April 18, 2012: <em>The <strong>Hallelujah hitmaker<\/strong> read aloud a statement as his ex-manager and onetime lover Kelley Lynch was sentenced \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_206_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_207_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blurt-online.com\/features\/view\/1072\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Holy (Wholly) Existential Sensualist \u2013 Leonard Cohent<\/span><\/a> by A.D. Amorosi. Blurt, January 30, 2012: <em><strong>Holy (Wholly) Existential Sensualist<\/strong> \u2013 Leonard Cohen<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_207_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_208_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/markahollingsworth.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/leonard-cohen-as-irreverent-master-of.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen As Irreverent Master of Prayer<\/span><\/a> by Shefa Siegel. Sojourners Magazine, March 2013: <em>Leonard Cohen As <strong>Irreverent Master of Prayer<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_208_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_209_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Derived from lyrics of Coming Home (Old Ideas album) by Leonard Cohen, released January 31, 2012: <em>I love to speak with Leonard \/ He\u2019s a sportsman and a shepherd \/ He\u2019s a <strong>lazy bastard<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong>\/ Living in a suit<\/strong> ..<\/em>. [Lyrics found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohen.com\/us\/node\/2647\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">LeonardCohen.com<\/span><\/a>], this phrase has been used in a number of articles and posts to refer to Cohen. For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/consequenceofsound.net\/2012\/01\/leonard-cohen-jarvis-cocker-and-an-audience-at-londons-may-fair-hotel\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Jarvis Cocker, and an Audience at London\u2019s May Fair Hotel<\/span><\/a> by Tony Hardy. Consequence of Sound, January 20, 2012: <em>\u201cThe<strong> lazy bastard living in a suit<\/strong>,\u201d to quote opening track \u201cGoing Home\u201d, appeared dapper in dark grey with trilby pulled down over his brow, occasionally lifted to reveal a carpet of closely cropped grey hair.<\/em> Also <a href=\"http:\/\/thawinedarksea.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/hes-lazy-bastard-living-in-suit.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">\u2018He\u2019s a Lazy Bastard Living in a Suit\u2019<\/span><\/a> by Sarah Toa. A WineDark Sea, April 4, 2012: \u2018<em>He\u2019s a<strong> Lazy Bastard Living in a Suit\u2019<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_209_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_210_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigwise.com\/news\/94323\/leonard-cohen-im-a-closet-optimist\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: \u2018I\u2019m a closet optimist\u2019<\/span><\/a> by Andy Morris. Gigwise, Sept 16, 2014: <em>The <strong>elegant aesthete<\/strong> discusses new LP Popular Tunes at the Canadian Embassy,<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_210_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_211_1133\" class=\"footnote\">E-mail from Bob Dylan, read at first annual PEN New England Awards for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence, John F. Kennedy Library, February 26, 2012. Reported at Chuck Berry, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/bob-dylan-in-national\/chuck-berry-leonard-cohen-honored-at-jfk-library-bob-dylan-sends-his-regards\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen honored at JFK Library \u2013 Bob Dylan sends his regards<\/span><\/a> by Harold Lepidus, Examiner, February 26, 2012: <em>To Chuck, the Shakespeare of rock and roll, congratulations on your PEN award, that\u2019s what too much monkey business will get ya . . . Say hello to Mr. Leonard, <strong>Kafka of the blues<\/strong>, \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_211_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_212_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 Gentleman Zen by Gilles Tordjman. Rolling Stone, French edition, September 2008: <em>Leonard Cohen \u2013 <strong>Gentleman Zen<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_212_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_213_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/nazione.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Virtueless Monk<\/span><\/a> by Elena Comelli, translated by Andrea Della Rossa. La Nazione (Florence), November 25, 1998. <strong><em>The Virtueless Monk<\/em> <\/strong>[Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_213_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_214_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Referenced in text of the <a href=\"http:\/\/drhguy.posterous.com\/signs-of-leonard-cohen-1976-tour-program\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">1976 Leonard Cohen Tour Program<\/span><\/a>, which was itself extracted from The Rock Encyclopedia (Rowolht Publications), which in turn attributed the term to Time magazine: <em>The \u201c<strong>black romanticist<\/strong>\u201d (Time), who turned down a Canadian prize for literature \u2026 <\/em>[<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_214_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_215_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dharmawpg.com\/essaylc.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, The Baleful Buddhist<\/span><\/a> by Gerry Kopelow. The Dharma Centre of Winnipeg. Leonard Cohen, The Baleful Buddhist [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_215_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_216_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Title used on 1976 Tour Posters. See <a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2012\/07\/17\/the-leonard-cohen-munich-concert-poster-mystery\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Leonard Cohen Munich Concert Poster Mystery<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2010\/01\/13\/leonard-cohen-poet-of-rock-music-on-poems-vs-songs-his-withdrawn-novel-janis-joplin-in-la-album-titles-the-perfect-ass\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 Poet Of Rock Music \u2013 On Poems Vs Songs, His Withdrawn Novel, Janis Joplin In LA, Album Titles, &amp; The Perfect Ass<\/span><\/a> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_216_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_217_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aardvarkian.com\/2012\/09\/12\/leonard-cohen-the-man-with-the-hat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: The Man with the Hat<\/span><\/a> by James McShane. Aardvarkian Tales, September 12, 2012: <em>Leonard Cohen: <strong>The Man with the Hat<\/strong>.<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_217_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_218_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2008\/jun\/28\/culture.popandrock\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The high priest of minimalism<\/span><\/a> by Simon Schama. The Guardian, 27 June 2008: <em>The <strong>high priest of minimalism<\/strong><\/em> <em>\u2026 From the start Leonard Cohen was out to surprise<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_218_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_219_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/entertainment\/music\/the-ballads-of-kilmainham-gaol-3216618.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Ballads Of Kilmainham Gaol<\/span><\/a> by N. Kelly. Independent, Sept 1, 2012: <em>Incredibly, the <strong>seer of Montreal<\/strong>\u2018s quartet of gigs in the grounds of IMMA at Kilmainham will be his fourth visit to this island in almost as many years \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_219_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_220_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwblogger.com\/articles\/3140\/music\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Rock Snob Encyclopedia \u2013 Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Jonathan Valania. Philadelphia Weekly, June 13, 2001: <em>Leonard Cohen: <strong>Patron Saint Of Life\u2019s Beautiful Losers<\/strong><\/em>. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_220_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_221_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Viva Cohen, <a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2012\/11\/15\/viva-cohen-identifies-light-as-the-breeze-singer-at-austin-soundcheck-papou\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">personal communication<\/span><\/a> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_221_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_222_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzinemusic.com\/columns\/music-column-top-five-live-acts-2012-jack-white-chk-chk-chk-leonard-cohen-kitten-punch-brothers-12272012\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Buzzlist: From The Bright Young Things To Elder Statesmen Of Showmanship\u2026 Top 5 Live Acts Of 2012<\/span><\/a> by Team Buzzine. Buzzine Music, December 27, 2012: <em>From The Bright Young Things To <strong>Elder Statesmen Of Showmanship<\/strong>\u2026 Top 5 Live Acts Of 2012<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_222_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_223_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/entertainment\/Bell+Cohen+concert+quite+what+might+have+been\/7564308\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Bell: Cohen concert not quite what it might have been<\/span><\/a> by Mike Bell. Calgary Herald, Nov 17, 2012: <em>No, the <strong>Bard of Harlequin<\/strong>, himself, wasn\u2019t a disappointment.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_223_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_224_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonsun.com\/2012\/11\/19\/godfather-of-blissful-doom\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Godfather of Blissful Doom<\/span><\/a> by Mike Ross. Edmonton Sun, Nov 18, 2012:<em> \u2026 the 78-year-old <strong>Godfather of Blissful Doom<\/strong> performed like he had nothing to lose.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_224_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_225_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/1989-03-09\/features\/8903250361_1_leonard-cohen-cohen-talks-video-recorders\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">`Song Of Leonard Cohen` Documents Musician`s Life<\/span><\/a> by Lynn Van Matre. Chicago Tribune, March 9, 1989: <em>This documentary on the life and music of the Canadian-born <strong>master of romantic angst<\/strong> was released \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_225_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_226_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1992-04-05\/magazine\/tm-1040_1_leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Pain Free<\/span><\/a> by Sheldon Teitelbaum. Los Angeles Times: April 05, 1992: <em>Cohen has in fact staked out a surprisingly resilient stronghold as what someone once called \u201cthe <strong>Ghost of \u201960s Past<\/strong>,\u201d brazenly haunting the periphery of pop.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_226_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_227_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/parkwest.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Gifts of Light from The Warrior of Love<\/span><\/a> by David Whiteis. Chicago Reader, date unknown (Review of November 7, 1988 Park West, Chicago Concert): <em>Gifts of Light from The <strong>Warrior of Love<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_227_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_228_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimsullivanink.com\/content\/view\/2238\/38\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: The Master of Delicate Sadness Takes the Wang Theatre Stage This Weekend<\/span><\/a> by Jim Sullivan. Jim Sullivan Ink, Dec 15, 2012: <em>Leonard Cohen: The <strong>Master of Delicate Sadness<\/strong> Takes the Wang Theatre Stage This Weekend<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_228_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_229_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/little-known-outstanding-1985-leonard-cohen-interview-tortoise-shell-hero-by-biba-kopf\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Tortoise-Shell Hero<\/span><\/a> by Biba Kopf. New Musical Express, March 2, 1985: <strong><em>Tortoise-Shell Hero<\/em><\/strong> [Title] &amp; <em>It is not through excessive caution that the <strong>tortoise<\/strong>, the Canadian poet\/songwriter of out title story, got there at all.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_229_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_230_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Review of April 30, 1985 Leonard Cohen Concert in Philadelphia, mentioned by <a href=\"http:\/\/drhguy.com\/special-features\/leonard-cohen-byronic-bullfrog-other-delights-from-the-1985-boston-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen at his May 4, 1985 Boston show<\/span><\/a>: <em>He also called me a \u201c<strong>Byronic bullfrog<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_230_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_231_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/magazine\/week-end\/musique-les-papys-du-rock-10-06-2013-2883207.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Musique : les papys du rock<\/span><\/a> by Antoine Dreyfus. Le Parisien \u2013 Le Magazine, June 10, 2013: <em>A 78 ans, c\u2019est le <strong>doyen de ces papys du rock<\/strong><\/em>. [Google Translate: <em>Leonard Cohen: At 78 years, the<strong> dean of the granddads of rock<\/strong>.<\/em> ] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_231_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_232_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kurier.at\/kultur\/musik\/leonard-cohen-pop-im-wiegeschritt\/16.317.670\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Pop im Wiegeschritt<\/span><\/a>. by Werner Rosenberger. Kurier, June 19, 2013: <em>The <strong>old school melancholic<\/strong> opens his suitcase and holds rags from 40 years back to the light.<\/em> [Google Translate] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_232_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_233_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinymixtapes.com\/news\/ticketmaster-tries-pull-fast-one-canadaleonard-cohen-fails\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Ticketmaster Tries to Pull a Fast One on Canada\/Leonard Cohen, Fails<\/span><\/a> by Kat Gardiner. Tiny Mix Tapes: Mar 3, 2009: <em>Looks like the company is doing just that with tickets to see The <strong>Patron Saint of Canada<\/strong> Leonard Cohen.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_233_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_234_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stagescreen.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/24\/born-with-the-gift-of-a-golden-voice\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Born with the Gift of a Golden Voice<\/span><\/a> \u2013 Leonard Cohen at the O2 World, Berlin by Sascha Krieger. Stage And Screen, July 24, 2013: <em>The <strong>poet of human darkness<\/strong> has turned into an illuminator, a humble but amazingly vital old man bringing us the light.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_234_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_235_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.com\/news\/2014\/oct\/15\/leonard-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: <\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.com\/news\/2014\/oct\/15\/leonard-cohen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Popular Problems<\/span><\/a> by Sean Mageean. Santa Barbara Independent. Oct 15, 2014: <em>If Leonard Cohen isn\u2019t the <strong>philosopher king\/poet laureate of the human condition set to music<\/strong>, who is?<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_235_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_236_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/selectedpoems.html#star3\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Is A Poet Who Is Trying To Be Free <\/span><\/a>by Marci McDonald. Toronto Daily Star. April 26, 1969: <em>By this week, when he was awarded the 1968 Governor General\u2019s prize for poetry, Leonard Cohen had been elevated to \u201c<strong>hipsters\u2019 idol<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 a tag strong enough to transcend geography or job, magic enough to fill a concert hall, sell a million dollars worth of records and send shivers down an adolescent spine.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_236_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_237_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jemtreadwell.com\/cohen\/scrapbook\/Page26.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: \u201cNew Skin For The Old Ceremony\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Bill Henderson. Sept 28, 1974: <em>With a slight sigh, the <strong>naked saint<\/strong> goes to war again.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_237_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_238_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/tourrev16.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Professor Of Cool<\/span><\/a> by Perri Pagonis. Athens News, August 1, 2008: <em>Leonard Cohen, <strong>Professor Of Cool <\/strong><\/em> [Title]. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_238_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_239_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2014\/05\/15\/graham-locks-nme-review-of-leonard-cohen-1979-hammersmith-odeon-show-now-online\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 Hammersmith Odeon<\/span><\/a> by Graham Lock. New Musical Express, Dec 12, 1979: <em>\u2026 [Leonard Cohen is] a lot funnier than most people will credit. A stone-face Lenny Bruce; the <strong>Buster Keaton of despair<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_239_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_240_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/qmag.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Porridge? Lozenge? Syringe?<\/span><\/a> by Adrian Deevoy. Q Magazine, Nov 1991: <em>But that\u2019s why he is Leonard Cohen, <strong>poet of romantic despair<\/strong>, and we are not. <\/em>[<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_240_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_241_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/13\/AR2006071300478_pf.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">At 71, Leonard Cohen Finds His Voice Anew<\/span><\/a> by Richard Harrington. Washington Post, July 14, 2006: <em>He appears in generous interview footage that inspires reconsideration of someone who has acquired sobering sobriquets over the decades: poet laureate of pessimism, godfather of gloom, agent of anguish, sentry of solitude, master of miserabilism, <strong>harbinger of the heart<\/strong>, so on and so forth.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_241_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_242_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.axs.com\/leonard-cohen-the-poet-laureate-of-popular-music-11150\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: The poet laureate of popular music<\/span><\/a> by Lauren Haas, AXS, May 24, 2014: <em>Leonard Cohen: The <strong>poet laureate of popular music<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_242_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_243_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/CD+REVIEWS%3A+Bard+of+liquid+soul%3B+Leonard+Cohen+-+Dear+Heather...-a0124598603\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">CD Reviews: Bard of liquid soul; Leonard Cohen \u2013 Dear Heather (Columbia)<\/span><\/a> by Andrew Cowen. The Birmingham Post, Nov 13, 2004: <em>CD Reviews: <strong>Bard of liquid soul<\/strong>; Leonard Cohen \u2013 Dear Heather<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_243_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_244_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/keenemusic.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/25\/leonard-cohen-he-is-the-man\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen; He is the Man!<\/span><\/a> by Rick Keene. The Rick Keene Music Scene, July 25, 2012: <em>Gladly the monk [Leonard Cohen] \u2013 the <strong>high priest of lyrical beauty<\/strong>, allows people blessed with more talent to display his songs in their golden cases \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_244_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_245_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/Music\/2006\/06\/Leonard-Cohen-Prophet-Of-Our-Times.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Prophet of Our Times<\/span><\/a> by Saul Austerlitz. BeliefNet: <em>Leonard Cohen: <strong>Prophet of Our Time<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_245_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_246_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/scroll\/54215\/better-than-hallelujah\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Better than Hallelujah?<\/span><\/a> by Liel Leibovitz. Tablet, Dec 21, 2010: <em>The list got me thinking about which one of the <strong>poet laureate of Jewish theology\u2019s<\/strong> songs is most befitting for inclusion in a top 100 countdown.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_246_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_247_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/markahollingsworth.blogspot.com\/2013\/02\/leonard-cohen-as-irreverent-master-of.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen As Irreverent Master of Prayer<\/span><\/a> by Shefa Siegel. Sojourners Magazine, March 2013: <em>It is a joke you know Cohen has cracked a hundred times, the kind that makes my brother call him the <strong>Jewish Dean Martin<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_247_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_248_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/tto\/arts\/music\/livereviews\/article3853564.ece\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen at BIC, Bournemouth<\/span><\/a> by Stephen Dalton. The Times, Aug 28, 2013: <em>This marathon two-act soiree by the <strong>Zen master of song<\/strong> proved a masterclass in grace, generosity \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_248_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_249_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenplec.com\/gig-of-the-week-leonard-cohen-at-royal-hospital-kilmainham\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Gig of the Week \u2013 Leonard Cohen at Royal Hospital Kilmainham<\/span><\/a> by Aisling O\u2019Brien. Golden Plec: Sept 12, 2012: <em>The <strong>maestro of misery<\/strong>\u2019s concerts are never short of amazing \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_249_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_250_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohenfiles.com\/gm-250900.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Return Of A Ladies\u2019 Man<\/span><\/a> by Judith Fitzgerald. The Globe And Mail, Sept 25, 2000: <em>Leonard Cohen\u2019s manager Kelley Lynch reports that <strong>Canada\u2019s Numero Uno agent of anguish<\/strong> \u2014 who turned 66 last Thursday \u2014 has never felt better in his life.<\/em> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/13\/AR2006071300478_pf.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">At 71, Leonard Cohen Finds His Voice Anew<\/span><\/a> by Richard Harrington. Washington Post, July 14, 2006: <em>He appears in generous interview footage that inspires reconsideration of someone who has acquired sobering sobriquets over the decades: poet laureate of pessimism, godfather of gloom, <strong>agent of anguish<\/strong>, sentry of solitude, master of miserabilism, harbinger of the heart, so on and so forth.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_250_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_251_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2012\/sep\/02\/autumn-10-best-music-bookshttp:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2012\/sep\/02\/autumn-10-best-music-books\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Autumn\u2019s 10 Best Music Books<\/span><\/a> by Kitty Empire, Michael Hann, Jude Rogers. The Observer, Sept 2012: <em>Leonard Cohen, the <strong>poet laureate of the blackened heart<\/strong>, was nearing retirement age when \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_251_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_252_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexpress.fr\/culture\/musique\/leonard-cohen-est-vivant-et-bien_773367.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Est Vivant, Et Bien<\/span><\/a> by Christophe Barbier; L\u2019Express, July 8, 2009: <em>Trois heures de show, pas un probl\u00e8me de voix ni de m\u00e9moire, un plaisir visible et un perfectionnisme aff\u00fbt\u00e9: le <strong>crooner des crooners, le croonerissime<\/strong>, a enthousiasm\u00e9 la salle. [Three hours of show, not a problem of voice or memory, a pleasure and a visible sharp perfectionism: The <strong>crooner of crooners, the ultimate crooner<\/strong>, has excited the audience.]<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_252_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_253_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Folk-Rock\u2019s Poet Laureate Returns By Jeff Bradley 1988. AP story printed in Times Daily, Sept 3, 1988: <em><strong>Folk-Rock\u2019s Poet Laureate<\/strong> Returns<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_253_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_254_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1992-04-05\/magazine\/tm-1040_1_leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Pain Free<\/span><\/a> by Sheldon Teitelbaum. Los Angeles Times: April 05, 1992: <em>The <strong>troubadour trickster<\/strong> also hopes to complete his own new album sometime this spring.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_254_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_255_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/globe921.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Nice Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Judith Fitzgerald. The Globe and Mail, Sept 25, 2000: <em>What brings the <strong>grim grocer of grief<\/strong> \u2014 the guy often accused of writing songs many consider soundtracks to eat a gun by \u2014 joy?<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_255_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_256_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/assessment\/1998\/10\/the_leonard_cohen_of_world_lit.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Leonard Cohen of World Lit \u2013 Jos\u00e9 Saramago, novelist<\/span><\/a> by Sarah Kerr. Slate, Oct 18, 1998: <em>Cohen has always been praised as the <strong>poet laureate of songsters<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_256_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_257_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/lavaguar.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">El Regreso Del Dalai Cohen <\/span><\/a>[The Return of the Dalai Cohen] by Juan Carlos Merino. La Vanguardia, July 5, 2001: <em>El Regreso Del <strong>Dalai Cohen<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_257_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_258_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanrockscene.com\/2012\/03\/27\/leonard-cohen-is-still-your-man-still-touring\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Is Still Your Man, Still Touring<\/span><\/a> by Michael Sarko. American Rock, March 27, 2012: <em>Promoting his latest LP Old Ideas, the <strong>poet laureate of dry wit and tattered romance<\/strong> is heading out on a European tour.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_258_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_259_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/1993\/legit\/reviews\/leonard-cohen-2-1200432769\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Review: \u2018Leonard Cohen\u2019 <\/span><\/a> by Ethlie Ann Vare. Variety, July 14, 1993: <em>At 59, he [Leonard Cohen] has become the <strong>elder statesman of angst<\/strong>. The poet laureate of pain. Edith Piaf with chest hair.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_259_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_260_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/1993\/legit\/reviews\/leonard-cohen-2-1200432769\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Review: \u2018Leonard Cohen\u2019 <\/span><\/a> by Ethlie Ann Vare. Variety, July 14, 1993: <em>At 59, he [Leonard Cohen] has become the elder statesman of angst. The <strong>poet laureate of pain<\/strong>. Edith Piaf with chest hair.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_260_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_261_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/news\/leonard-cohen-interview\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen on the Inner Workings of His New Album \u2018Popular Problems\u2019<\/span><\/a> by Todd Aaron Jensen. Bio, Dec 1, 2014: \u2026 <em>there is but one vocal exudation worth truly hearing, and it belongs to Cohen, the <strong>savagely compassionate bard of spiritual, romantic, and political chiaroscuro<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_261_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_262_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/1993\/legit\/reviews\/leonard-cohen-2-1200432769\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Review: \u2018Leonard Cohen\u2019 <\/span><\/a> by Ethlie Ann Vare. Variety, July 14, 1993: <em>At 59, he [Leonard Cohen] has become the elder statesman of angst. The poet laureate of pain. <strong>Edith Piaf with chest hair<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_262_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_263_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/jewindependent09132013.html#jewishindependent\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Can You Hear My Song?<\/span><\/a> by Shefa Siegel, Jewish Independent. September 13, 2013: <em>Leonard Cohen \u2013 <strong>irreverent master of prayer<\/strong>.<\/em> [Heading] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_263_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_264_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sputnikmusic.com\/review\/3878\/Leonard-Cohen-Songs-of-Love-and-Hate\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate<\/span><\/a> by GurS. Sputnik Music: Oct 9, 2005: <em>Cohen is undoubtedly the <strong>poet laureate of melancholia<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_264_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_265_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonardcohencroatia.com\/bookoflonging\/press7.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Canadian Idol<\/span><\/a> by Claire Crighton. Maisonneuve Magazine, June 1, 2006: <em>Canada has venerated Cohen as its <strong>patron saint of all things soulful and romantic<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_265_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_266_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quipmag.com\/interview-j-f-robitaille\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Interview: J.F. Robitaille<\/span><\/a> by Michael Raine. Quip: June 18, 2012: <em>His vivid lyricism, sparse acoustic instrumentation, and almost-spoken singing style has earned him constant comparisons to <strong>Montreal\u2019s patron saint of songwriting<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_266_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_267_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/kultur\/pop\/leonard-cohen-der-mann-der-uns-alle-kennt\/1340122.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Der Mann, Der Uns Alle Kennt<\/span><\/a> by Helmut Sch\u00fcmann, <em>Der Tagesspiegel<\/em>, Oct 5, 2008: <em><strong>Stimme der Endzeit, Stimme der Liebe<\/strong>: Leonard Cohen gibt ein seligmachendes Konzert in der Berliner O2-Arena.<\/em> [<em><strong>Voice of the End Times, Voice of Love<\/strong>: Leonard Cohen is a happy-making concert at Berlin\u2019s O2 Arena.<\/em>] [Subtitle] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_267_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_268_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncut.co.uk\/leonard-cohen\/hallelujah-leonard-cohen-meets-uncut-feature#fqzJhut3eyby0bz8.99\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Hallelujah! Leonard Cohen meets Uncut<\/span><\/a> by Brian D Johnson. Uncut, Dec 2009 (reprinted Nov 2012): <em>Leonard Cohen may be the <strong>poet laureate of wine, women and song<\/strong>. But at 73, touring for the first time in 14 years, he now seems stoically devoted to song.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_268_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_269_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/nyobs01.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Cohen: New Spin from an Old Ceremony<\/span><\/a> by I-Huei Go. New York Observer, April 16, 2001: <em>For more than three decades, Leonard Cohen has been our <strong>great bard of late-night melancholy<\/strong><\/em>. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_269_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_270_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesenseofdoubt.com\/barb-jungr-hard-rain-songs-bob-dylan-leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Barb Jungr \u2013 Hard Rain: The Songs of Bob Dylan &amp; Leonard Cohen<\/span><\/a> by Alejandro De Luna. TSOD, March 23, 21014: <em>Jungr pays her respects (again) to the septuagenarian genius from Minnesota, Bob Dylan, and <strong>Canada\u00b4s dark bohemian wise baritone<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_270_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_271_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/music\/reviews\/dbzf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Live In London Review<\/span><\/a> by Chris Jones. BBC, 2009: <em>He \u2026 still looks and sounds like the<\/em><strong><em> thinking man\u2019s Godfather of the boudoir.<\/em><\/strong> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_271_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_272_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/speakingcohen\/phono178.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">What Happened When Phil Spector Met Leonard Cohen?<\/span><\/a> By Harvey Kubernik. The Los Angeles Phonograph, January 1978: <em>In a year of unlikely artist\/producer combinations \u2013 Reddy\/Fowler, Flack\/Ezrin, Grand Funk\/Zappa, etc. \u2013 this is perhaps the most unlikely: Phil Spector, demon genius of the rock-and-roll production number, producing Leonard Cohen, <strong>ascetic prophet of acoustic disaffectedness<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_272_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_273_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Leonard Cohen: Sacred Soul, Profane Flesh from Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music by David A. Janssen, Edward J. Whitelock. Counterpoint Press, 2009: <em>Cohen was well suited to become <strong>America\u2019s musical prophet of the apocalypse<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_273_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_274_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1985-06-11\/entertainment\/ca-10552_1_leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Pop Music Review : Leonard Cohen: Mainly, A Man Of His Words<\/span><\/a> by Robert Hilburn. Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1985: <em>Leonard Cohen, a songwriter and poet who examines despair and guilt to achieve understanding and hope, is <strong>pop\u2019s patron saint of those who consider themselves sensitive searchers<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_274_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_275_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2012\/nov\/06\/entertainment\/la-et-ms-review-leonard-cohens-epic-electioneve-set-at-nokia-theatre-20121106\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Review: Leonard Cohen\u2019s epic election-eve set at Nokia Theatre<\/span><\/a> by Randall Roberts. Los Angeles Times, Nov 6, 2012: <em>Even pushing fourscore years, Cohen remains <strong>king of seduction<\/strong>.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_275_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_276_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/12\/opinion\/sunday\/leonard-cohen-king-of-pop.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Who\u2019s King of Pop Now?<\/span><\/a> by Jesse Kornbluth. New York Times, Feb 11, 2012: <em>And this codger is, however briefly, the <strong>King of Pop<\/strong>?<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_276_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_277_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/kultur\/leonard-cohen-in-berlin-der-lichtbringer\/8516914.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Der Lichtbringer<\/span><\/a> by R\u00fcdiger Schaper. Der tagesspiegel, July 18, 2013: <em>Der <strong>Lichtbringer<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_277_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_278_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/rhythmdivine\/5076662\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Rock Star Monk<\/span><\/a> by Geoff Wood. ABC: The Rhythm Divine, November 8, 2013: <em>Leonard Cohen, <strong>Rock Star Monk<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_278_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_279_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/business.highbeam.com\/4341\/article-1G1-79124381\/our-poet-apocalypse-wake-september-11-leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Our Poet Of The Apocalypse<\/span><\/a> by Brian D. Johnson. Maclean\u2019s, Oct 15, 2001: <em><strong>Our Poet of the Apocalypse<\/strong>: In the wake of September 11, Leonard Cohen reflects on love and death<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_279_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_280_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/redwolfpressaustralia.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/joe-dolce-on-leonard-cohen-jikan.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Joe Dolce on Leonard Cohen: Jikan. Poet Laureate of Songwriters<\/span><\/a>. Red Wolf Press, Nov 2, 2013: <em>Joe Dolce on Leonard Cohen: Jikan. <strong>Poet Laureate of Songwriters<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_280_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_281_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2770307\/Slow-steady-wins-race-languid-Len-ADRIAN-THRILLS-reviews-singer-s-latest-album-Popular-Problems.html#ixzz3EnohnYgZ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Slow and steady wins the race for languid Len: Adrian Thrills reviews singer\u2019s latest album Popular Problems<\/span><\/a> by Adrian Thrills. Daily Mail: Sept 25, 2014: <em>Slow and steady wins the race for <strong>languid Len<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_281_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_282_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald.ie\/entertainment\/music\/leonard-cohens-popular-problems-from-the-coolest-octogenarian-in-music-and-beyond-30600715.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen\u2019s Popular Problems \u2013 from the coolest octogenarian in music, and beyond<\/span><\/a> by Eamon Carr. The Independent.ie: Sept 20, 2014: <em>Leonard Cohen\u2019s Popular Problems \u2013 from the <strong>coolest octogenarian in music<\/strong>, and beyond<\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_282_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_283_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p30Xos-dVc\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Desolation Angel<\/span><\/a> by Al Walentis. Reading Eagle, May 1, 1985: <em><strong>Desolation Angel<\/strong><\/em> [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_283_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_284_1133\" class=\"footnote\">No. I\u2019ve Never Contemplated Suicide, Says Leonard Cohen by Peter Wilmoth. The Age, May 24, 1985: <em>\u2026 Leonard Cohen, long known as the <strong>high priest of suicide rock<\/strong> \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_284_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_285_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/2014\/09\/10\/leonard-cohen-had-young-paris-at-his-feet-leonard-cohen-scores-in-paris-by-tim-creery-1970-now-online\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen Scores In Paris<\/span><\/a> by Tim Creery. Montreal Gazette, May 14, 1970: <em>Leonard Cohen, <strong>Canada\u2019s poet-singer of the lovable and the livable<\/strong>, had young Paris at his feet.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_285_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_286_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/review\/186060-leonard-cohen-popular-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems<\/span><\/a> by Ed Whitelock. Pop Matters, Sept 25, 2014: <em>Cohen is <strong>America\u2019s poet\/prophet of the sacred and profane<\/strong>, and he delivers majestically on this brief but powerful album.\u201d Pop Matters Review Of Popular Problems<\/em>. [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_286_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_287_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vg.no\/rampelys\/musikk\/musikkanmeldelser\/plateanmeldelse-leonard-cohen-popular-problems\/a\/23296440\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Plateanmeldelse: Leonard Cohen \u2013 \u00abPopular Problems\u00bb<\/span><\/a> by Morten St\u00e5le Nilsen. VG, Sept 15, 2014: <em>Det er en uts\u00f8kt glede \u00e5 f\u00e5 f\u00f8lge ham, denne <strong>rockens Yoda<\/strong>, inn i solnedgangen.<\/em> [<em>It is an exquisite pleasure to follow him, this <strong>rock Yoda<\/strong>, into the sunset.<\/em>] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_287_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_288_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Folk-Rock\u2019s Poet Laureate Returns By Jeff Bradley 1988. AP story printed in Times Daily, Sept 3, 1988: <em>But after years in the wilderness, Leonard Cohen, the <strong>mournful poet laureate of folk-rock<\/strong>, has a new hit album in which he laughs at his own dour image.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_288_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_289_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/firstthoughts\/2014\/12\/leonard-cohen-culture-warrior\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Culture Warrior?<\/span><\/a> by J.L. Wall. First Things, Dec 3, 2014: <em>In 1973, he flew to Israel to enlist in the IDF during the Yom Kippur War. Sent instead to raise troop morale with his guitar, Cohen sang for Ariel Sharon and his tank crews as \u201cthe <strong>Nightingale of the Sinai<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_289_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_290_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/new-music\/album-year-leonard-cohen-popular-problems\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Album of the Year: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Popular Problems<\/span><\/a> by Mark Kidel. The Arts Desk: December 24, 2014: <em>Leonard Cohen, <strong>grand rabbi of poetry and the blues<\/strong>, turned 80 this year, and like a perfectly matured brandy, he only gets better and better.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_290_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_291_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2012\/jan\/19\/leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen: \u2018All I\u2019ve Got To Put In A Song Is My Own Experience\u2019<\/span><\/a> by Dorian Lynskey. The Guardian, Jan 19, 2012: <em>Looking like a <strong>grandfatherly mobster<\/strong>, he doffs his hat and smiles graciously \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_291_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_292_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/10\/14\/books\/review\/im-your-man-leonard-cohen-bio-by-sylvie-simmons.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Crazy for Love<\/span><\/a>: Review of \u201cI\u2019m Your Man\u201d by Sylvie SImmons by A. M. Homes. New York Times. Oct 12, 2012: <em>A man of many generations, Leonard Cohen is still debonair, \u201clooking like a <strong>Rat Pack rabbi<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_292_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_293_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.br.de\/radio\/bayern2\/musik\/nachtmix\/artist-der-woche\/artist-of-the-week-attwenger-114.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen \u2013 Frauenphantasie<\/span><\/a> by Roderich Fabian. BR,de. April 30, 2015 : <em>Leonard Cohen- <strong>Frauenphantasie<\/strong><\/em> [Woman\u2019s Fantasy] [Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_293_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_294_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/lifestyle\/artsfilmtv\/album-review-leonard-cohen--cant-forget-a-souvenir-of-the-grand-tour-330201.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Album review: Leonard Cohen \u2013 Can\u2019t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour<\/span><\/a> by Ed Power. Irish Examiner. May 13, 2015: <em>\u2026 despite his reputation as the <strong>bard of misery<\/strong>, Cohen\u2019s winning asset is his tremendous humanity.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_294_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_295_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/music\/2.681\/a-secular-saint-1.453676\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">A Secular Saint<\/span><\/a> by Brian Boyd. Irish Times, Jan 28, 2012: <em><strong>Secular Saint<\/strong> <\/em>[Title] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_295_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_296_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Der Grosse Jahresr\u00fcckblick 2014 by Kurt Kister, Alter Meister. S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung: Dec 31, 2014. <em>Und so wie eigentlich nur der vom Gitarren-Folkie zum Au\u00dferirdischen mutierte Bob Dylan ist Cohen ein <strong>Lebensgef\u00fchlpr\u00e4ger<\/strong> geworden und geblieben.<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_296_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_297_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/scroll\/193712\/happy-birthday-leonard-cohen\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Happy Birthday, Leonard Cohen!<\/span><\/a> by Liel Leibovitz. Tablet. Sept 21, 2015. <em>The <strong>grand rabbi of song<\/strong> turns 81<\/em> [Subtitle] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_297_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_298_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.judithfitzgerald.ca\/leonardcoheniana.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Beautiful Loser, Beautiful Comeback<\/span><\/a> by Judith Fitzgerald. The National Post, March 24, 2001: <em>The <strong>soldier of sorrow<\/strong> spent much of the \u201980s in near-oblivion till Jennifer Warnes\u2019s exquisite 1987 tribute, Famous Blue Raincoat \u2026<\/em> [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_298_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_299_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ooe.orf.at\/radio\/stories\/2737842\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen in Premiere<\/span><\/a>. Ooe.Orf.At, Oct 20, 2015: <em>\u2026 wir ein besonderes Leonard Cohen Konzert, in dem der <strong>Meister der Balladen<\/strong> mit einer hervorragenden Begleitband \u00fcberzeugt.<\/em> [<em>an exceptional Leonard Cohen concert\u2013a truly convincing performance by the <strong>master of ballads<\/strong> and his excellent band.<\/em>] [<a class=\"footnote-link footnote-back-link\" href=\"http:\/\/cohencentric.com\/leonard-cohen-aka-the-nicknames\/#identifier_299_1133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/21a9.png\" alt=\"\u21a9\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>]<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_300_1133\" class=\"footnote\">Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life by Anthony Reynolds. Music Sales Limited, Nov 30, 2010: <em>Immediately prior to the release of his debut album, the <strong>poet laureate of the bedroom<\/strong> continued to test himself live\u2026<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_301_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/gq1.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The Prince of Prurience and Loss<\/span><\/a> by John Leland. GQ. November, 2001. <em>This is Leonard Cohen, <strong>poet of the sad song<\/strong>, telling a joke.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_302_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thejewniverse.com\/2015\/leonard-cohen-dad-of-new-canadian-pm-bff\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen + Dad of New Canadian PM = BFF<\/span><\/a> by Leah Falk. Jewniverse. October 29, 2015: <em>\u2026. he also has family ties to the <strong>melancholy king of cool<\/strong>, Leonard Cohen.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_303_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/satnite.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Happy At Last<\/span><\/a> by Mireille Silcott, Saturday Night. September 15, 2001: <em>The Vogue is full of seafoam-green carpeting \u2026 \u2014 not the kind of place for the <strong>ambassador of melancholia<\/strong>.<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_304_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webheights.net\/10newsongs\/press\/satnite.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Leonard Cohen, Happy At Last<\/span><\/a> by Mireille Silcott, Saturday Night. September 15, 2001: <em>Hearing Leonard Cohen medicalizing his melancholia, the state so central to his work, so integral to the whole Cohen persona \u2014 the <strong>dark prince of intellectual song<\/strong> \u2014 was like hearing \u2026\u201d<\/em> []<\/li>\n<li id=\"footnote_305_1133\" class=\"footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/books-and-media\/live-from-new-york\/article782128\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Live from New York\u2026<\/span><\/a>. by Judith Fitzgerald. Globe And Mail. Feb. 19, 2009: <em>\u2026 the <strong>maestro of melancholic munificence<\/strong> will commence the second leg of his wildly successful world-wide tour tonight. 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