[BRIEF NOTE] One Canadian's Money Troubles

[rfmcdonald]

Leonard Cohen, famous Canadian poet and musician, claims to have been almost bankrupted by his former manager, Kelley Lynch. If the story in MacLean's is true--and none of these allegations have been proven in court, to be sure--Cohen has suffered a massive financial blow. Retirement, alas, may be difficult for him. But then, there's hope:

There's an irony here, that a man who has struggled much of his life to distance himself from the material world now, at 70, finds himself in an intense battle with it. Still, he's not defeated. "This has propelled us into incessant work," he says of himself and [collaborator and girlfriend Anjani] Thomas. He exudes optimism about their new CD. "It's one of the best albums I've heard." It's not closing time quite yet.

Cohen should have another hit album. Something as cracking as 1988's I'm Your Man would be fantastic, but I won't quibble.