about Leonard Cohen, who is about to turn 70. One they missed, and that I am reasonably sure is not apocryphal, is that he still owns a house in Montreal, and the house serves as a local Zen Center. [link via Kate's Montreal Weblog]
70 Facts
September 20th, 2004 | Arts
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#71: Painfully overrated.
I’m sure you’ve seen those history posters on St. Lawrence
Blvd. I noticed today that the one on Schreter’s has a bit
about Leonard Cohen.
In the early nineties, I was walking up there and as I get
to Marie-Anne I for some reason glance into the bar at that
corner. It was spring, the glass was open. I spy Leonard
Cohen. And just as soon as I do, he nods in my direction,
almost as if to acknowledge me. Wow, Leonard Cohen noticed
me. As I thought it over later, I realized it had to be
a defense mechanism on his part. He saw that I recognized him,
and by nodding, he likely prevents me going over and gushing.
I wouldn’t have, because I’d not have anything worth saying,
but this actually makes a better story over a decade later.
Michael