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Leonard Cohen in 1976
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The door leading to the control room opened and down the steps came Phil Spector, wearing a blazer decorated with a marijuana leaf pattern. He walked into the recording suite where Leonard Cohen was laying down his vocals and grabbed the singer by the neck. Pressing a gun to the startled Cohen’s skin, the world’s most famous producer said, “Leonard I love you.” “I hope you do,” Cohen shot back.
It was the early hours of the morning at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. And, not for the first time, Cohen wondered why he had agreed to work with Spector on what would become the Death of a Ladies’ Man album. The 1977 record is today regarded by Cohen fans as a curio. It was certainly a curious experience to make. At least for Cohen, who was confronted throughout by increasingly bizarre behaviour by Spector, the super-producer and convicted murderer who has passed away in prison aged 81.
Bush Counsels Patience on Mideast in Chanukah Meeting with the Jews President George W. Bush at the White House Hanukkah celebration, Dec. 4, 2002. (Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may have set a six-month ultimatum for the Palestinians offering them partnership or pullout but President Bush is counseling patience and adherence to existing peace initiatives.
Bush met with Jewish lay and communal leaders at the White House on Monday for the traditional annual Chanukah celebration.
Participants said the meeting was warm and friendly, with the Jewish leaders congratulating the president on his recent foreign policy successes, including the capture of Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein and Libya’s pledge to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.