Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Lennon-fan duikt week in bed

Door ANGELIQUE MULDERS
SCHIEDAM - Schiedammer Marcel Gootjes van de Beatles-coverband Fab Five wil in maart volgend jaar de beroemde ‘bed-in for peace’ uit 1969 van Beatle John Lennon en zijn bruid Yoko Ono dunnetjes overdoen.

Het befaamde echtpaar spendeerde bijna veertig jaar geleden zeven dagen in het bed van kamer 902 in het Amsterdamse Hilton Hotel. […]

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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

John Lennon:Beloved in Peru too

That fans from New York to Liverpool to Tokyo mark Saturday’s anniversary of John Lennon’s slaying is no stunner.But the annual public manifestations of homage in the Peruvian capital of Lima may surprise those unfamiliar with the deep affection here for the ex-Beatle.

Banners in the seaside San Miguel neighborhood advertise a free memorial concert under […]

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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

World Peace Finally Gets Just Desserts

To honor the legacy of John Lennon, Ben & Jerry’s have launched Imagine Whirled Peace, an ice cream flavor loaded with toffee cookies and fudge peace signs.
Upload shots of yourself in a peace mosaic at the Imagine subsite. (You know, like the song. Note Lennon specs on twitchy cow.) The ice cream company also partnered […]

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

Lennon Piano On Show In New York

A piano played by JOHN LENNON just hours before he was murdered is to go on display in New York.

The instrument, on which the former Beatle wrote and recorded songs for several years, will be
exhibited at the opening of a new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in the Big Apple.
Lennon had been playing […]

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Friday, August 1st, 2008

La exposición «The art of John Lennon» abre sus puertas en Alemania

La exposición “The Art of John Lennon” abrió hoy sus puertas en la localidad bávara de Garmisch-Partenkirc hen con la intención de mostrar cerca de 150 creaciones pictóricas del legendario Beatle, en el que es seguramente su perfil artístico menos conocido.
La muestra reúne una serie de dibujos, caricaturas y grabados que el compositor de “Imagine” […]

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Friday, July 18th, 2008

LENNON: ‘BIGGER THAN CHRIST? I’M ONE OF HIS FANS’

By David Jarvis

JOHN Lennon famously once said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus Christ.
His often-quoted remark about the Fab Four’s fame has frequently been used to question his faith…until now.

In an interview recorded in 1969 and broadcast for the first time yesterday, Lennon claimed he was a true believer and was misunderstood when he […]

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Friday, July 18th, 2008

Top 10 famous hotel rooms

Reuters
SYDNEY - If walls could talk some hotel rooms would never be quiet, with men’s Web site Askmen.com coming up with a list of top 10 famous hotel rooms.
This list was compiled by Askmen.com and is not endorsed by Reuters:
1. Room 1738, 1740, 1742, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Canada

Michael Evans (L) and Yu Tian pose […]

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Friday, July 18th, 2008

Imagine John Lennon’s childhood: Nowhere Boy heads for big screen

Beatle biopic among new projects awarded grants by the UK Film Council
Jo Adetunji - The Guardian

John Lennon once said he wasn’t one for doing autobiography, but a new film - from the Bafta-winning writer of the Ian Curtis biopic Control - will take up the challenge with a controversial retelling of his early life.

Matt […]

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Friday, July 18th, 2008

Lennon childhood film gets grant

A film about John Lennon’s early life is among seven projects to be given lottery-funded development grants by the UK Film Council.
Nowhere Boy, based on a book by his half-sister, is being developed by Matt Greenhalgh who wrote Control, a biopic of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis.

It will get £35,500 of £322,000 being awarded to […]

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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Everybody’s Talkin’: Imagine seeing John Lennon’s art

BY ROGER MOON
A trip to Jackson County on Friday will offer an unusual experience that Beatles fans might particularly appreciate.

Three sketches drawn by John Lennon in his pre-Beatle days can be seen during a special 5 to 7 p.m. viewing at the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, 2001 N. Ewing St. in Seymour.
And, […]

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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Limited Edition John Lennon Shirts Available now - Only 350 Made Worldwide

The Perpetual Vogue Boutique and http://TattooApparel.com announce the arrival of Limited Edition John Lennon Shirts from English Laundry.
La Habra, CA (PRWEB)
Perpetual Vogue and http://www.TattooApparel.com are pleased to announce that we now have both designs of the Limited Edition John Lennon Shirts from English Laundry in stock. These two hand sewn button front shirts pay […]

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