Most of the projects descriptions are written by DrHGuy
Image credits:
1 — 'The Snail' by Henri Matisse
2 — portrait by Oz Almog
3 — screenshot from Sony Two Worlds
4 — album cover for Old Ideas
5 — single cover for Do I Have to Dance All Night
6, 7 — logos of Wikipedia and YouTube
8 — image from the collection of icons by DrHGuy
The emblem is based on the work of Dianne V. Lawrence, an image she designed for a record by Leonard Cohen, who holds the copyright. It is used with their permission
The site is dedicated to Beautiful Losers’ Favourite Game, the real and virtual world of Cohenites.
COHENSCOPE is a sophisticated but easy to use tool with links to and feeds from high quality sources of timely information pertinent to the work of Leonard Cohen. Those with an interest in Cohen’s life and work will find this utilitarian site an efficient, effective means of researching a specific point or keeping up to date on the latest news and thought about the Canadian singer-songwriter.
Abstractor Of The Quintessence collects artistic work, ranging from dance to videography to satiric verse to painting, based on, inspired by, or responding to Leonard Cohen’s music, poetry, and prose.
Leonard Cohen Goes Commercial is a video collection of more than 40 TV ads that employ Leonard Cohen’s music or Leonard Cohen himself in the service of selling his own recordings or concerts but also other goods and services. These compact, highly condensed presentations present a perspective that offers the viewer both enjoyment and insight.
Old Ideas, the pre-release history of the 12th studio album by Leonard Cohen, from the rumors of Summer 2011 to the release of Old Ideas in late January 2012.
Do I Have to Dance This Year, a timeline of Jarkko’s hints concerning, Cohenites’ guesses about, and DrHGuy’s measurements of the Leonard Cohen 2012 Tour.
Minor projects
The World to Look Through, an ultimate list of Leonard Cohen–related sites, blogs, YouTube channels.
Won’t You Let Me See, a channel with playlists of Leonard Cohen
video clips (25, covering 1984–2012, plus I Am a Hotel movie from 1983);
TV ads (35, covering 1992–2012); soundcheck videos (23, covering 2008–2012).
Associated project
COHEN LIVE, an original I’m Your Live Man by Jean-François Bédard, presents Leonard Cohen concerts and public recordings catalogue (1958–2008).
