Talk:Ira Cohen

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Nothing about current activities? He's still active, reading and publishing. I've videotaped some recent readings and will soon post some clips up where they can be linked. I can also upload a GFDL image if required, but there are other classic photos that would be more appropiate. Wwwhatsup 23:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Substantial text appears to be directly copied from external link Akashic Weekend. Additionallythis information is not readily verifiable.--ZayZayEM 02:08, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed that the article needs a rewrite. I think some of your wikification is a bit over the top, but ok Wwwhatsup 01:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Progress is being made. I'd like to knock out some of those red links. Either articles should be started or they should be unlinked. Wwwhatsup (talk) 04:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That Thunderbolt Pagoda NY Times article is a good source. A seperate section in the article could be built from that.

A lot of the external links are simply links to publishers. It would be better to make a chronological Published Works section. Wwwhatsup (talk) 03:11, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Google Books will give more references. Wwwhatsup (talk) 03:13, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed a couple of the biographical refs to the Waldemar Januszczak Sunday Times story. If you read the source he admits to googling to find the info and it's practically word for word the Wikipedia article of the time, thus a circular reference. Wwwhatsup (talk) 02:46, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted an edit that states that Cohen didn't author The Hashish Cookbook as unrefernced - I see a slightly less that totally reliable source here.

: cuke.com clarifies misinformation of major news and info outlets, that is, if our sources are accurate. Yesterday we had it from a friend of Howie that Ira Cohen was not the author of The Hashish Cookbook under the pseudonym Panama Rose. Here is corroboration from PH and I'll include their names if they want.

:The name Panama Rose was used as the author of The Hashish Cookbook. It was actually the girlfriend of Ira's, Rosalind, at the time. She is now called Maya Lama. She had actually adopted Tibetan Buddhism and married a Lama at one time, though they are not together now. I have never met her but only get messages via friends. She is not going to bother refuting the authorship.

:Ira didn't cook. All references one finds state that Ira used Panama Rose as a pseudonym and he, for some reason, never corrected the assumption. Now it is appearing in obits, on Amazon, Abebooks, etc. In 1977, in San Francisco, I arranged for a second edition to be printed but no one ever received any recompense. I forget the name of the guy who did it now (a Crowley guy) but that edition too can be found on Abebooks and others, but for less money.

I think "published" and "under the pseudonym Panama Rose" might be a get out as it doesn't directly state it was his pseudonym, just someone's?

Wwwhatsup (talk) 20:19, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's not clear when the the Jilala recordings were first issued. Despite the ref [1] stating they were made in 1985, there seems sufficient evidence that they were made in 1961. Paul Bowles says it was 1961. [2] (Track 7) also mentions a 1961 recording date. Wwwhatsup (talk) 19:22, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]