Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Happy birthday, John and Sean!

On 9 Oct 2008, John Lennon’s birthday, Yoko Ono asks the people of Iceland to join her and many others across the rest of the world in praying for peace and stability. At 8pm, as IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is illuminated on the island of Viðey, she asks everyone to join together and let the power […]

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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

New Christian Song Sparks Controversy Fireworks

Contemporary Orthodox Christian singer/songwriter, Jim Giatas, has written and recorded “If You Imagine” as an answer to former Beatle, John Lennon’s song “Imagine.”

“If You Imagine” has generated significant criticism. One writer called it blasphemy. On MySpace, Vangellis responded that it was: “A terrible denigration of Lennon’s ode to reason. And the fireworks […]

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

May Pang heads to Denver for Imagine Peace Paint-In / Civic Center Park

[ October 9, 2008; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] May Pang will be painting the town on John Lennon’s birthday.

Pang, who was John Lennon’s long-time personal assistant and lover, will be the featured guest at Denver’s Imagine Peace Paint-In on Thursday, October 9. The one-day event will be held in Civic Center Park starts at 10 a.m. and runs to 6 p.m. The celebration […]

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Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Yoko Ono en Macca verdrietig om schokkend Lennon-boek

John Lennon wilde het doen met Paul McCartney en hij fantaseerde over seks met zijn moeder. Het zijn enkele van de schokkende stellingen die in een nieuwe biografie over de vermoorde Beatle John Lennon staan. Lennons weduwe Yoko Ono en Paul McCartney betreuren dat ze ooit aan het boek hebben meegewerkt. Auteur Philip Norman interviewde […]

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Saturday, September 13th, 2008

“Lennon wilde seks met McCartney en eigen moeder”

Bron: het belang van Belgie

De negenjarige John Lennon met zijn moeder Julia in 1949

John Lennon en Paul McCartney.
John Lennon koesterde fantasieën over seks met Paul McCartney. Dat wordt althans beweerd in een nieuw boek over de vermoorde Beatle. De nochtans gerespecteerde Beatles-auteur Philip Norman stelt in zijn nieuw boek ‘John Lennon: The Life’ dat Lennon […]

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Friday, September 12th, 2008

Capitol rereleases Imagine and Pet Sounds on vinyl this month

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Capitol/EMI’s high quality “From The Capitol Vaults” U.S. vinyl campaign continues on September 30 with the limited edition release of two iconic rock albums. Jimi Hendrix’s incendiary 1970 concert album, Band Of Gypsys, will be issued on fiery red 180-gram vinyl, and John Lennon’s chart-topping 1971 studio album, Imagine, […]

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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Coco’s Cafe:John Lennon

by Bibhuti

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Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Alle soloalbums John Lennon bij iTunes

Bron: De Telegraaf
Alle soloalbums van John Lennon zijn vanaf nu verkrijgbaar bij de iTunes Store van Apple. Het is de tweede keer dat Apple een overeenkomst heeft gesloten met één van de Beatles. Het is nu wachten tot de catalogus van the Fab Four online verschijnt.

Eerder sloot Apple een soortgelijke deal met Paul McCartney. De […]

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Thursday, September 4th, 2008

I Saw Him Standing There

Imagine the most famous Beatle of all just walking into your church
By Carol Fleenor
Turner, Oregon

The bicyclist pedaled closer, his face unshaven, his eyes hidden beneath round wire-rimmed glasses. Hair spilled from his wide-brimmed hat. His clothes fluttered in the breeze. “How you doing?” he shouted, waving hello.
A hippie, I thought, dismissing him as I […]

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Sunday, August 31st, 2008

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

By: Will Harris
Given how long they’ve been performing, it sometimes feels as though the Smothers Brothers have always been around, but they actually ended up taking an unexpected (and undesired) break in 1969 when their CBS variety show, “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” caused so much controversy that the brothers were unceremoniously fired by […]

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Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Leven John Lennon verfilmd

Het leven van John Lennon wordt verfilmd. Dat meldt het filmvakblad Hollywood Reporter. De regie is in handen van Sam Taylor-Wood, onder meer verantwoordelijk voor de erotische kunstfilm ‘Destricted’.

De naam van de film is ‘Nowhere boy’, een kennelijke verwijzing naar de Beatles-hit ‘Nowhere man’. De producent is het Britse Ecosse Films. Het is nog niet […]

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