John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[msLinds]

I agree with you Nico.Having his Dad's genes doesn't mean that he'll necessarily turn out to be a great artist.Well see with in the next few years what happens with James music.I also started really liking Dhani's music when he started working with Ben Harper to.I really like Rufus Wainright's music to.I do have some new updates.Everyone have safe and great week and take care.

BBC News Liverpool
August 5, 2011
John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned

John Lennon's debut at the famous Cavern Club was earlier than that listed by Beatles' historians, a former bandmate has claimed.Rod Davis, who played banjo alongside Lennon in The Quarrymen, says the date of 7 August, 1957 is incorrect.Mr Davis performed in the skiffle group at the club with Lennon, but was on holiday in France in early August 1957."No question about it, I played three or four times at The Cavern and it was definitely before August," he said." I have my dad's passport which says 'Entry to Boulogne 29 July, 1957', so I was definitely not there."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-14406088

Liverpool Echo
August 5, 2011
Liverpool Academy of Arts presents Beatles exhibition Back From the USSR (GALLERY)

It was 1968 when the Beatles sang ‘you don’t know how lucky you are boy, back in the USSR’. But being discovered listening to those lyrics would leave you very unlucky indeed if you lived in the old Soviet Union at the time.The Fab Four were deemed unsuitable for Soviet ears by the Kremlin (they were denounced as ‘capitalist pollution’ and Beatlemania as an ‘ugly manifestation of bourgeois culture’), and possession of their records could get you into big trouble.So much for all you need is love.Still, dedicated Soviet Beatles fans were undeterred and developed some ingenious ways of getting round the restrictions.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29180589/

The Bookseller
8-5-2011
McCartney contributes to veggie cookbook

Kyle Books is linking up with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Mondays endeavour with a new recipe book which aims to encourage readers to go vegetarian one day a week.The proceeds from The Meat Free Monday Cookbook will go to the not-for-profit campaign, which is celebrating its second anniversary this year. Set up by the ex-Beatle and his daughters—fashion designer Stella and photographer Mary—Meat Free Monday encourages people to go “meat-free” at least one day a week in order to reduce their impact on the environment, improve their health and save money. According to UN figures, meat production is responsible for 18% of global carbon emissions.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/mc...-cookbook.html

Ex-Beatle's All Starr Band add date to BA stopover
July 2011

Ringo Starr, the legendary drummer and former Beatles member, has announced a second date for his All Star Band’s stopover, when the band performs at Luna Park this year. Arriving to Argentina for the first time, the band will perform on November 7 with an added performance on November 8, according to ticket demand.

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/art...tarr-band-add-
date-to-ba-stopover

Linda McCartney's fashion show at Hard Days Night Hotel
August 3, 2011

Proving that the third time's a charm, the annual Linda McCartney Centre Fashion Show, once again held at Liverpool's Beatles-inspired Hard Days Night Hotel has raised over £700 for the charity. Over 100 guests watched models strut their stuff on the catwalk in an eclectic mix of flamboyant, risqué and bold designs. Showcasing their dramatic collections were independent boutiques Gysophila Couture and Total Recall Vintage, as well as designs by local fashion graduates.The show was organised in aid of the Linda McCartney Centre in Liverpool which houses a state of the art breast assessment unit, as well as research and development laboratories, an outpatient unit and chemotherapy centre.

http://www.gossip-monthly.com/news/1...ys-night-hotel

[msLinds]

Japan Today
August 8, 2011
Yoko Ono says Japan should look to geothermal energy

Yoko Ono has an idea for her disaster-scarred country Japan—abandon nuclear energy for renewables and tap the geothermal energy beneath the unstable ground of the volcanic island nation.The artist and widow of John Lennon is in Japan for the first time since the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked a nuclear crisis, and as the country remembers the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.With her new exhibition, “The Road of Hope”, she says she wants to stress that Japan, having rebuilt itself after World War II and the atomic bombings, can also emerge stronger from the quake and Fukushima radiation disaster.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/n...thermal-energy

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mi...-hiroshima-day

Dangerous Minds
August 6, 2011
Xeni Jardin interviews Yoko Ono in Japan

Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin, currently traveling in Japan, met up with Yoko Ono and conducted a great interview with the artist/humanitarian, who had just been awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize. The Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying “The Road of Hope: Yoko Ono 2011,” until October 16, 2011.

http://www.dangerousminds.net/commen..._ono_in_japan/

http://boingboing.net/2011/08/06/yoko.html

Herald Sun
August 8, 2011
Nova boys Fitzy and Wippa stay put for now

NOVA Drive larrikins Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald and Michael "Wippa" Wipfli have poured cold water on a move to Sydney, insisting they are staying put in Melbourne - for now.The pair are famed for antics including last week recreating Yoko Ono and John Lennon's iconic Annie Leibowitz shot and throwing a Volkswagen through the air using a custom made "Bob Katter - pault".

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertai...-1226110419395

[msLinds]

From the upcoming video by Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl ' Victorian Cyborg'
July 2011

http://www.broughtonfilm.com/victoriancyborg.html

http://www.broughtonfilm.com/victoriancyborg/index.html

Genemyers
August 8, 2011
“We All Shine On” an interview with Yoko Ono on John Lennon’s art

Yoko Ono knows what it’s like to have people second guess her work because of who she is. Many who are unfamiliar with her success in the art world before she married John Lennon assume she didn’t earn her avant-garde status. The same kind of people write off John’s ability as a visual artist.

http://genemyers.wordpress.com/2011/...n-lennons-art/

Art daily
August 9, 2011
Japanese Musician and Artist Yoko Ono Awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize

HIROSHIMA.- In 1989 the city of Hiroshima, first place in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, established the Hiroshima Art Prize with the object of promoting through art the "spirit of Hiroshima" that yearns for permanent world peace and prosperity for all humanity. The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is to stage an exhibition showcasing the work of the eighth prize winner, Yoko Ono.

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=49703

utopiaparkway
August 2011 ?

Ring, ring. ‘Hello?’ ‘This is Yoko Ono speaking.’ (‘The Encounter’, Jan Mot, Brussels)
‘Oh my god, I can’t believe this’, the girl said, after she had put down that white phone. ‘I don’t even remember what she said. Something about buddhism and that she was in Tokyo and that she was sending us her love.’ Or what can happen if you walk into Jan Mot (Brussels) on a Saturday afternoon and the phone rings. Pick it up and you’ll have Yoko Ono on the other end of the line. Even the people at the gallery were slightly amazed: ‘This is actually the first time it rings.’ Yep, while most*galleries are closed for the summer, Jan Mot presents The Encounter*(through September 3, Tue-Sat, 2-8 (!) pm),a small show with just a couple of works, focusing on that element of encounter.

http://utopiaparkway.wordpress.com/2...-mot-brussels/

[Nico]

So wait a minute MsLinds...Sean and Char are now making a video to a song that may feature on their new album? And Julian's new album is coming out in a month? Too much Lennon joy for me.

[msLinds]

Its great news that we have Julian's new album coming out in September.Also Sean and Charlotte are working on a new album to.I read its going to be called ' Victorian Cyborg.' I am not 100% certain of this title.But I think I have read a couple times that Sean has publicly said that this is going to be the title.I have a few new updates now.Everyone have a safe and great night and Wednesday and take care.

Vancouver Sun
August 8, 201
McCartney's magical understanding of music

Song has healing power as Maysles documentary of Beatle's New York tour post 9/11 attests Sir James Paul McCartney was momentarily lost in thought. And even though his thoughts were silent in the empty air of a satellite transmission from Cincinnati, where he would perform a concert later that evening, those thoughts took on an almost vibrant, visible quality.A writer from Postmedia News had just asked the former Beatle - an ardent, tireless supporter of charity benefit concerts and the most commercially successful songwriter in history, according to Guinness World Records - about the transformative, healing power of music, and why music can heal on a global scale following moments of tragedy in a way that politicians' speeches and the late-night comedy shows can't.

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertai...077/story.html

My Fox Memphis
August 9, 2011
Original Beatle Pete Best Opens Elvis Week in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Before The Beatles were known in every corner of the globe, this was The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best."December 19th, 1960 and that was the start of Beatle Mania in Liverpool."At his hotel in downtown Memphis, Pete Best waits for his Tuesday evening show at the Levitt Shell, where he and his band will blur geographic lines between Liverpool and Memphis."We're looking forward to it, this is like the inauguration - we've been picked to represent Liverpool for the tour, we're very proud of that."

http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news...s-rpt-20110808

CubaHeadlines
August 8, 2011
Where Cubans Can Meet the Beatles at Last
Havana Journal. Beatles’ lyrics line the walls of the Yellow Submarine

HAVANA — The hair and accents were wrong, but the audience cared about just one thing: the house band was singing the Beatles, here, in a new bar called the Yellow Submarine, in Cuba, where such an act might have led to arrests in the mid-1960s.People gather outside the Yellow Submarine in Havana.Better yet, perhaps because of that history, the band played like rebels. Fast and raw, they zipped up and down the bass lines of “Dear Prudence” as if the song were new. They raced through “Rocky Raccoon,” and when they reached the opening words of “Let It Be” — “When I find myself in times of trouble” — the entire crowd began singing along, swaying, staring at the band or belting out the chorus with their eyes closed in rapture.“If there’s no Beatles, there’s no rock ’n’ roll,” said Guille Vilar, a co-creator of the bar. “This is music created with authenticity.”

http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2011/08...s_at_last.html

City of Walnut Ridge.com
August 2011
Dedication Set for Beatles Sculpture

(Walnut Ridge, Ark.)- The Beatles are coming back to Walnut Ridge! Plans have been set for a September unveiling of the Beatles sculpture and some special guests have committed to be a part of the ceremony.The Liverpool Legends, a Beatles tribute band from Branson, Mo.,have committed to headline the event, which will be held Sept. 18th 2011 at downtown Walnut Ridge in the parking lot of Regions. (The same place that the Iron Mountain Festival is held) It will then be taken to its permanent home in a “pocketpark” on NE Second Street donated by Charles and Jackie Snapp..“We continue to be amazed at the response we are getting to the Beatles sculpture,as well as our planned guitar plaza downtown. The Liverpool Legends actually contacted us after seeing a story about our plans on a Springfield, Mo.,TV station,” said Charles Snapp, a member of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce tourism committee, which is planning the project.The tribute band is operated by Louise Harrison, sister of late Beatles memberGeorge Harrison, and she also plans to take part in the unveiling.

http://cityofwalnutridge.com/dedicat...les-sculpture/

[msLinds]

Macrobiotic Memories
August 10,2011
John Lennon and Yoko Ono

An excerpt of Interview
With John Lennon And Yoko Ono
by David Sheff for the Playboy Magazine September 8-28, 1980

http://macrobiotics.co.uk/johnandyoko.htm

Fox2now News
August 9, 2011
Beatles Tribute Band To Play At George Harrison's Sisters Birthday Bash

Louise Harrison the sister of Beatles legend George Harrison was on the 9 a.m. show Tuesday with the Liverpool Legends. The tribute band will play at Ms. Harrison’s 80th birthday bash in Branson, Missouri at the Mansion Theatre August 16th.

http://www.fox2now.com/news/mornings...,7038171.story

Vancouver sun
August 9, 2011
Piers Morgan to Paul McCartney: we didn’t hack you

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Piers Morgan has responded to countless allegations that he knew of, condoned or practiced phone hacking while editor of the Daily Mirror, but Monday night on Conan O’Brien he switched roles and became the accuser.Morgan accused Heather Mills, the ex-wife of Paul McCartney, of hacking her former husband, the same charge Mills has leveled against Morgan.“Paul McCartney is apparently now claiming someone hacked his phone,” Morgan told O’Brien. “I suspect it was Heather Mills because in the divorce, if you study the divorce papers, Paul McCartney accused Heather then of hacking into his phones and passing information to the papers.”

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertai...345/story.html

The Tennessean
August 8, 2011
Peter Cooper: From The Beatles to The Basement
Nashville’s Barry Tashian remembers playing second base at New York’s Shea Stadium

Well, playing a guitar on a stage erected near second base. Tashian wasn’t good enough at baseball to become one of the 127 second basemen in New York Mets history.Not that it was ever an ambition. He was a Dodgers fan.Also, he preferred music over hardball, and he stood on that infield stage at Shea in 1966 because he and his band, The Remains — a collective launched when the members were students at Boston University — were in the midst of a rock ’n’ roll tour.

http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2...-the-basement/

BBC News Berkshire
August 10, 2011
John Lennon's cowboy hat and sunglasses fetch £8,500

A cowboy hat and sunglasses once owned by John Lennon were sold for £8,500 at an auction in Berkshire.The former Beatle wore the black hat during the band's 1965 US tour and the Italian sunglasses in 1967.He gave both items to his uncle Charlie Lennon, who was "like a stepfather" according to Midgham-based Cameo Auctioneers, which sold the lots.Glen Norcliffe said: "The hat is quite a famous hat, I think everybody would recognise it."He added: "The pair of sunglasses are really conventional but he gave them to his uncle who like a step-father to him, so they had great sentimental value."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-14475165

Indiewire
August 5, 2011
“Winnebago Man” Among the Free Titles in SnagFilms’ 3rd Annual Summer Festival Lineup

Every summer, SnagFilms offers up SummerFest, a slate of online world premiere documentaries for free, on-demand streaming. For every Friday in August (starting today), a new film will be available for two weeks on SnagFilms.com and the Snagfilms iPad app as well as on the company’s distribution network, including Hulu.On tap for the online event are: John Scheinfeld’s rockumentary “Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?” Ben Steinbauer “Winnebego Man, ” on the ‘80s viral-VHS phenomenon and the man behind it, J.L. Aronson’s “Last Summer at Coney Island,” which chronicles the theme park’s redevelopment and unique history, Lin & Larry Pardey’s “Charlotte,” a boat-making documentary, and Marc Cousins’ documentary “The First Movie,” a film made from footage shot by children in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

http://www.indiewire.com/article/201...erfest_line-up

WirralNews
August 10, 201
Birkenhead YMCA “Beatles stage” to be auctioned to support Wirral Wilfred Owen museum

AN AUCTION of parts of a stage where the Beatles performed in Wirral will help support a new museum dedicated to one of the borough’s most famous residents.The unique charity auction of pieces of the original stage from the demolished former Birkenhead YMCA, will be signed, authenticated and donated by the present YMCA.It coincides with the chance to view artist Pete Frame's original legendary Rock Family Trees posters.The Wilfred Owen Story and Gallery will be presenting the Evolution of the Beatles (1957-70) series, along with all the Merseyside bands that followed in the Fab Four's wake in The Cavern Kids profile.

http://www.wirralnews.co.uk/wirral-n...0491-29205510/

Metro.UK
August 9, 2011
Beatles fan gets tattoo of Sir Paul McCartney's autograph on her back
Beatles fan Maggie Muldoon Silverstein had her back autographed by Sir Paul McCartney and then rushed to a tattoo parlour to make it permanent.

Maggie Muldoon Silverstein got the singer to write ‘Let It Be, Paul McCartney’ after he called her on to the stage at a concert. The 24-year-old then phoned the tattoo shop to ask staff to keep it open so the words, made by a black marker pen, could be inked on. ‘It was all so surreal but incredible,’ said Mrs Muldoon Silverstein. ‘The minute we got out of the concert, we called the parlour and told them we were on our way. I didn’t want to wait and I certainly didn’t want to go home and lie on it and smudge it.’ Mrs Muldoon Silverstein and husband Matt had been sitting five rows from the front of the stage in Cincinnati, Ohio.

http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/87179...ph-on-her-back

[msLinds]

Reminder about upcoming Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl : ' The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger ' performance on Sunday, August 28, 2011, 7:00 PM
 Hollywood Bowl.

Serge Gainsbourg Tribute with Jean Claude Vannier

Artists
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Jean Claude Vannier
Beck,special guest
Sean Lennon,special guest
Charlotte Kemp Muhl,special guest
Ed Droste, special guest
Victoria Legrand, special guest
Mike Patton, special guest
China Forbes, special guest
Nika Roza Danilova (Zola Jesus), special guest
Additional special guests to be announced
Anne Litt, host

Additional Info:
The provocative and mystical music of the late French superstar Serge Gainsbourg is brought to life. Led by Jean Claude Vannier, French composer, arranger and longtime Gainsbourg collaborator, the legendary concept album Histoire de Melody Nelson will be performed in full with orchestra and guests, plus more Gainsbourg classics throughout the evening.

Sunday, August 28, 2011, 7:00 PM
 Hollywood Bowl

2301 North Highland Avenue

Hollywood, CA 90068

323.850.2000

http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets...il.cfm?id=4575

[msLinds]

Examiner.com National
August 11, 2011
The story of the Beatles album, A Hard Day’s Night

The Beatles soundtrack album, A Hard Days Night, was produced as a companion to the film of the same name. (See my article entitled, The Making of a Classic: History of the Beatles film, A Hard Day’s Night) It was released in the UK July 10, 1964, just after the July 6 premier of the movie at London’s Pavilion Theater; it was released in the States on June 26, before the film came out on August 11.This was the Beatles’ third studio album, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. It included the film songs on side 1, with non-film songs on side 2. It was the first album to consist solely of Lennon/McCartney compositions (no cover songs), and showcased their blossoming songwriting ability and talent.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...alerts_article

[msLinds]

I have a few new updates.Everyone have a safe,positive and great weekend and take care.

Scotsman News
August 12, 2011
John Lennon art on show at new Scottish Beatles festival

HE SAW himself as the Statue of Liberty, and doodled a human foot and balloon faces blowing in the breeze. These remarkable sketches by John Lennon are to be shown for the first time in Scotland this weekend at a new festival dedicated to The Beatles.The 60 pieces of art, owned by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, will be on display at the Queen's Hotel in Dundee as part of the first annual Scottish Beatles Weekend.

The festival, organised by Ross Nicoll from the Dundee Beatles tribute band Revolver, will see hundreds of Beatles enthusiasts arrive in the city to take part in a host of activities. 

In addition to The Art of John Lennon exhibition, some of the best Beatles acts in Europe will perform in venues around the city over three days. Some 54 musicians in total will travel from France, Holland and Dublin, as well as Liverpool and Glasgow, to take part in the Dundee event.Mr Nicoll said: "To have the actual artwork of John Lennon himself, four of which have never been on display before, is a real honour and a privilege for our first year. "We were overjoyed to hear that Yoko Ono had given her blessing for them to come to Dundee and are extremely grateful to her and Jonathan Poole.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/John-Le...how.6817187.jp

SpyVibe
August 10, 2011
SERGE GAINSBOURG TRIBUTE CONCERT

Sean Lennon and Beck will headline a special tribute concert to the maestro of hip musique, Serge Gainsbourg, at 7pm on August 28th at the Hollywood Bowl. Lennon and his partner, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, recently released a limited blue-vinyl album, La Carotte Bleue, that featured Gainsbourg's classic Comic Strip (see Spy Vibe's announcement here). The tribute concert will also include Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Victoria Legrand (Beach House), Mike Patton (Faith No More), Zola Jesus, Lulu Gainsbourg, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and Jean Claude Vannier. Check out Amoeba records here for a chance to win free tickets!

http://spyvibe.blogspot.com/2011/08/...e-concert.html

Express.UK
August 11, 2011
SCORSESE'S HARRISON DOCUMENTARY SELECTED TO OPEN SAN SEBASTIAN

GEORGE HARRISON will return to the big screen from beyond the grave - MARTIN SCORSESE's documentary about the late BEATLE is set to premiere at the 2011 San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...-San-Sebastian

WBEZ.org
The story of Jesus, John Lennon, and a Beatles controversy in Chicago 45 years ago

On this August 11th in 1966, the Beatles were in Chicago to launch their third American tour. The British quartet was the most popular rock group in the world. So why was the discussion about religion? A few months before, John Lennon had been interviewed by a British magazine, and the subject of religion had come up. "Christianity will go, it will vanish and shrink," Lennon said. As for the Beatles, he went on, "We're more popular than Jesus now."

http://www.wbez.org/blog/john-r-schm...45-years-ago-#

KPLU.org
August 8,2011
A look back at how Michael Jackson bought the Beatles

This week RBR takes a look at the money train of the music industry and the mysterious world of song royalties.This one sounds like an urban myth, but it’s true: Michael Jackson really did acquire the rights to most of the Beatles songs. It’s a strange and sordid tale, but it’s hard to feel too sorry for people who are worth hundreds of millions of dollars …In the early '60s, the Beatles were dismayed to find that they were paying up to 90% of their income in taxes, so they formed a company, Northern Songs, and went public on the London Stock Exchange in 1965. In 1969, the Beatles lost a buyout bid for control of the company to a group called ATV.Enter Jackson In 1984, ATV was put up for sale and Michael Jackson ended up out-bidding all other buyers and paid $47.5 million for the publishing rights to about 250 Beatles tunes, everything from “Eleanor Rigby” to “Revolution."

http://www.kplu.org/post/look-back-h...bought-beatles

[msLinds]

Acoustic Guitar
August 2011
INSTRUCTION
Write Like the Beatles
Learn how the Fab Four borrowed from relative and parallel keys to create their unique chord progressions. With video.

As a collective of songwriters, the Beatles—Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—were nearly peerless. Each of them wrote unforgettable tunes that are still known and loved the world over, more than four decades since the band’s dissolution. And McCartney is still at it. For most fans of the Beatles, it’s the melodies of these songs that make them so special, but the Beatles were also deft at using novel chord progressions, and this part of their craft is sometimes overlooked. In particular, McCartney, Lennon, and Harrison had a knack for writing choruses and bridges that departed from the primary verse key of their songs, taking scenic harmonic detours that eventually led back home to the top of the next verse. It’s no easy thing to do, but they did it over and over again, without repeating themselves. There’s much to be learned from the unusual chord progressions in the Fab Four’s catalog, and that’s just what we’ll be doing in this month’s songwriting column. Before examining some of their tricks, however, we first need to understand what they were departing from.

http://www.acousticguitar.com/articl...rticleID=26850

Open Culture
August 13, 2011
Bed Peace Starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono

A quick fyi: Yoko Ono has posted on YouTube a 70 minute documentary that revisits John and Yoko’s famous 1969 Bed-Ins, which amounted to a peaceful protest against the Vietnam War. The film will remain online until midnight (New York time) on Sunday August 14th. Below the jump you can find Yoko’s letter to viewers and a summary of the film. Big H/T to @opedr


Dear Friends,
In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world.
Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn’t know.It was good that we filmed it, though.
The film is powerful now.
What we said then could have been said now.In fact, there are things that we said then in the film, which may give some encouragement and inspiration to the activists of today. Good luck to us all.Let’s remember WAR IS OVER if we want it.
It’s up to us, and nobody else.
John would have wanted to say that.
Love, Yoko
Yoko Ono Lennon

London, UK

August 2011

http://www.openculture.com/2011/08/i...il_sunday.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRjji...ature=youtu.be

Gibson Lifestyle
August 11, 2011
Epic Epiphones: How Epiphone Guitars Shaped Rock and Roll

When the Greek fiddle and maker Anastasios Stathopoulos immigrated with his family to America, he couldn’t have imagined the role that the instrument company he started in Long Island City, Queens, would play in defining the amplified sounds of rock, country and jazz. After all, those great, distinctly American musical genres came into vogue in the decades after his death in 1915. Nor could he have foreseen the empire or the legacy that his son Epaminondas – also known as “Epi” – would begin building using the House of Stathopoulos shop as a foundation, evolving from building popular mandolins and banjos to electric jazz guitars.Today the Epiphone brand, under the Gibson company umbrella, still builds many of the classic models that helped shape the sound of American music, albeit occasionally in the hands of British musicians.To illuminate some of the Epiphone legacy, here is a look at some epic Epiphone models, paired with some of their most outstanding musical exemplars : Casino,George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney made this legendary hollow body famous while all three were Beatles. With a rich, bold tone and a versatile nature, the Casino served Lennon from Revolver through his solo years, including the Plastic Ono Band’s Live Peace in Toronto. Nonetheless, Beatles bassist McCartney was the first Beatle to acquire a Casino, buying a 1962 model four years after it was built.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...nes-0811-2011/

The Detroit News
August 13, 2011
Yoko Ono's music hits the club dance floor

In December 2010, Yoko Ono was honored for a whopping five consecutive No. 1s on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. With her single "Talking to the Universe" currently a hit on the same chart, the iconoclastic veteran artist took time out to chat about the DJ community's affinity for her music, sharing a stage with Lady Gaga, Twitter and her continuing work protecting and curating her late husband John Lennon's music and legacy."Talking to the Universe" is vying to be your next hit on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart. You already have a slew of No. 1s on that chart. Were you surprised when your music was embraced by the DJ community? How has that, in turn, influenced how you make music ?

http://detnews.com/article/20110813/...#ixzz1UxyoJgvS

[msLinds]

The film ' BedPeace ' has been extended to watch free online untill August 21st 2011

Watch the film #BEDPEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono - FREE Now available until August 21st 2011.
Bed Peace Starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono Lennon has posted on YouTube a 70 minute documentary that revisits John and Yoko’s famous 1969 Bed-Ins, which amounted to a peaceful protest against the Vietnam War. The film will remain online until midnight (New York time) on Sunday August 14th. Below the jump you can find Yoko’s letter to viewers and a summary of the film.


Dear Friends,
In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world.
Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn’t know.It was good that we filmed it, though.
The film is powerful now.
What we said then could have been said now.In fact, there are things that we said then in the film, which may give some encouragement and inspiration to the activists of today. Good luck to us all.Let’s remember WAR IS OVER if we want it.
It’s up to us, and nobody else.
John would have wanted to say that.
Love, Yoko
Yoko Ono Lennon

London, UK

August 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRjjiOV003Q

[msLinds]

Formby Times
August 16, 2011
Beatle-mania returns to Penny Lane for charity extravaganza

LIVERPOOL’S Penny Lane will be transported back to the sixties this August as the sounds of The Beatles fill the air, in support of two charities.The Penny Lane Development Trust are gearing up to host Coming Together on August 28, a family fun filled day complete with Beatle look alikes, live music, bouncy castles, stalls and refreshments.All proceeds will be donated to the Trust and The Legacy Rainbow House near Ormskirk, which provides support for children with disabilities, brain injuries and life limiting conditions.Those who purchase an exclusive ticket at the event will also have the chance to sign the legendary Penny Lane Wall.

http://www.formbytimes.co.uk/formby-...6401-29238958/

Liverpool Daily.UK
August 15, 2011
Mathew Street Festival fans urged to buy Band Together £3 wristbands to help fund event

USIC fans were last night urged to “Band Together” to help fund the annual Mathew Street festival.The festival will remain free – but music fans are being asked to show their support by buying a £3 wristband to help finance the event.The black and gold bands give festival-goers discounts at city retailers, bars and restaurants on August 28 and 29 – when 200,000 music fans are expected to descend on the city centre.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...2534-29235500/


The Courier.UK
8-15-2011
Get Back! — music fans plead for Scottish Beatles Weekend to become annual event

The first Scottish Beatles Weekend held in Dundee has been hailed an "overwhelming success" despite the late cancellation of the event's biggest name band.Hundreds of people had poured into Fat Sam's on Saturday afternoon for a full day and night of live music, featuring 14 bands from across Britain and Europe — including Dundee stars The View.However the four Dryburgh boys, who were looking forward to playing an acoustic set of Beatles songs on the main stage, were forced to pull out after lead singer Kyle Falconer contracted laryngitis.Their non-appearance failed to put a damper on the occasion though, as Dundee "super group" the Anderson, Webster, McGinty, Ward and Fisher Band came to the rescue and filled the vacant slot at a couple of hours' notice.Telling the audience they were neither The View nor The Beatles, they were given a tremendous ovation from around 700 impressed fans in Fat Sam's Live!

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Dun...ual-event.html

Examiner National
August 15, 2011
History and background of Apple Jam, Beatles tribute band from Seattle

August 15, 2011 -Apple Jam, popular Beatles tribute band from Seattle, Washington,has been performing Beatles hits in Seattle as well as around the world, since 2005. Starting out as a combo of musicians made up of various bands, the group was formed to pay tribute to John Lennon for the 25th anniversary of his death. After their 2006 tribute to George Harrison for the 5th anniversary of his death, their popularity had grown in the community to such an extent that they reconvened on a more permanent basis and called themselves Apple Jam. They produced a CD of early Beatles compositions in 2009 and were invited to International Beatles Week that year. They have done two Paul McCartney tributes to date, and other Beatles shows as well. They have performed at popular clubs in Seattle, primarily the Crocodile, Neumos, and the Triple Door.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...alerts_article


Julian Lennon's new album ' Everything Changes '

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/...min&sec&p0=136

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/...min&sec&p0=136

[msLinds]

Sky News
August 17, 2011
Anti-Piracy Campaign Backed By The Beatles

The legendary group, instrumental in the global explosion of 1960s pop culture, is providing the soundtrack to a short film designed to raise awareness of how to consume music responsibly.The animated film follows the life of a central character, looking at how he grew up listening to The Beatles and how it has marked the various milestones in his life.Music by The Beatles is being used to bring a new campaign aimed at fighting illegal downloads to life.

http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16051165

Gibson Guitar Lifestyle
August 16th 2011
McCartney & Turpentine? 10 Things You Might Not Know About Sir Paul

Few lives have been as thoroughly documented as the life of Paul McCartney. Biographies – both of The Beatles and Sir Paul – number in the hundreds, many filled with minute details about the public and private life of the former Beatle. Still, we managed to unearth a few interesting tidbits that may have eluded all but the most avid fans. Feel free to chime in, in the comments section, with interesting McCartney facts we might have missed.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...ney-0816-2011/

Go Outdoors.UK
August 16, 2011
Bootleg Beatles prepare to play Mull of Kintyre festival

The Mull of Kintyre music festival is going through its final preparations, before the event officially begins on Thursday August 18th.Held on the peninsula's largest settlement of Campbeltown, the event will feature the Bootleg Beatles as its headliners this year.And fans heading there with camping equipment can also enjoy a range of musical styles, with an international cast of folk, ceilidh, bagpipes and Gaelic bands all in the line-up.The event lasts until Sunday and has been an annual event in the area since 1993, when Capercaillie were the headliners, combining music with parades and fancy dress.Other big name bands to appear at the festival include the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, who played there two years ago.

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/news/boo...ival-800700273

[msLinds]

Julian Lennon's new CD ' Everything Changes' is now listed for pre sale on Amazon.I'm sure also on the other online stores soon, etc.

In the United States
This title will be released on October 4, 2011.

In the UK
This title will be released September 26, 2011

[Nico]

Oh yes baby!!! I just pre-ordered EVERYTHING CHANGES!!!!!

Woo hoo!!!!

I can't wait!

Hey, where's a new video or some new pics? We need some promotion here Julian.