Q1: Are there any comments made by Leonard Cohen at concerts, at interviews or in notes to Paper-thin Hotel (from the weird Leonard Cohen / Phil Spector coproduction Death of a Ladies' Man) on the website Diamonds in the Lines? A1: No.

Q2: Are there pictures of Suzanne Verdal who inspired Cohen's most famous song on the web? A2: Yes.

Q3: Are there any pictures of Suzanne Elrod (with whom Cohen had two kids) on the web? A3: Yes. Just look at the cover of Death of a Ladies' Man. It is the woman on the right. When Cohen writes about listening to a woman making love to someone else in Paper-thin Hotel it is probably her.

Q4: When does Cat Power play her Black Session chez Bernard Lenoir? A4: I fear she does not play at all. Lenoir's boss Michelle Soulier must have said no. Too much of a risk as a live act, she could run away. But there is Grandaddy on Monday, the 23rd of June.

Q5: What happened to Phil Spector after he had been arrested for murder recently? A5: He was bailed out for one million dollars. He has not been charged yet. Authorities say they are investigating. Spector says that the actress shot herself (source).

Q6: Hat le sofa blogger schon etwas über Friedman und Drogenmissbrauch geschrieben (die Nachricht kam gerade im Radio als ich den letzten künstlichen Berg erklimmt habe)? A6: Nein.

Q7: What is BBC's album of this week? A7: Stupid question. Obviously Radiohead's Hail to the Thief.

Q8: Did I write on the version of Howe Gelb's This Purple Child with Grandaddy on Hisser in my weblog yet? A8: No, I did not. I really should have. There is this horn section sample after 2:50 which sounds like an intruder from outer space in the balanced song. For the next two minutes I just wait for this extraterrestrian to come back. And it does.

P.S. Dieses Posting war natürlich hauptsächlich inspiriert von dieser Story. Irgendwie eine fatal attraction. Könnte man auch unter guilty pleasures einsortieren. Abstossung und Anziehung. Geschmacklosigkeiten und Selbstironien. Insgesamt immer noch mit Abstand das interessanteste deutschsprachige Weblog. Mit anderen Worten, ich bin wieder Abonnent, Peter, schreibst Du jetzt auch wieder mal was im Minima Moralia Gemeinschaftsweblog? Es ist dort im Moment erschreckend still. Und wer ist eigentlich "the frank"? Dein alter ego?

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