Unlike democracy, rhyme’s mode of expectation invites a belief in inevitable and rapid fulfillment. Rhyme unfulfilled precipitates apocalyptic feeling, as in Cohen’s “The Future,” where fratricide hangs in the balance of a half-rhyme: "I’ve seen the future brother: / It is murder."
Will Oldham and the Community Function
Will Oldham compiled a list of his favorite music of 2009 for the current issue of Artforum. The best part was his introduction.
Leonard Cohen: Poet, in a younger prime
The documentary is called Ladies & Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen.