John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

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The Daily Orange
October 27, 2011
Video of Ono’s exhibition remains hidden in vintage, battered black case

Trapped inside a haggard and taped-up videotape case is an account unseen from Yoko Ono's 1971 exhibition. It is art unseen. Only the words scrawled on a piece of tape hint at what lies inside: Videofreex, Yoko, B/W 1/2, 30 MINS. Videofreex, a group of nine ragtag artists in their 20s, exemplified the video art former Everson Director Jim Harithas introduced to the Everson during the 1970s. While living at a 60-acre farm in Lanesville, N.Y., the group traveled up and down the New York State Thruway practicing and teaching video art. During the time period, the group documented many exhibitions at the Everson, including the Ono exhibition.

http://www.dailyorange.com/feature/m...9#.Tqm4uXGGiHs

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Examiner
October 26, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Beatle Stu Sutcliffe's sister tells why voice on song is him

It came out of nowhere, but the news earlier this week that a song existed by former Beatle Stu Sutcliffe, who died in 1962,brought all sorts of questions. Where did it come from? How does anyone know it's him? Pauline Sutcliffe, Stuart's sister, has provided us with some answers in this lengthy exclusive statement we received Wednesday. We're running it as we received it:

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...on-song-is-his

Examiner
October 23, 2011
Estate of late Beatle Stu Sutcliffe opens his first fan club, offers song by him

With the life of one-time Beatle Stu Sutcliffe is again in the spotlight thanks to the play "Backbeat" currently running in London, his sister, Pauline, has just started the official fan club for her brother and released a track said to be him singing.“It gives me great pleasure to announce the launch of the official Stuart Sutcliffe Fan Club. Can you believe it has taken almost 50 years?," she said in a statement released Sunday Membership in the club is free. To join the fan club, visit www.stuartsutcliffefanclub.com Members[/url] will receive a regular newsletter from his sister related to the archives of her brother's work. The club is also requesting that fans who are artists and writers to send in work to be featured. David Bedford (author of 'Liddypool: Birthplace of The Beatles') is heading up the club, along with artist Sherry Liscio.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...ub-offers-song

http://www.stuartsutcliffefanclub.com/

The Marietta Daily Journal
October 27, 2011
Beatles invasion coming to Cobb

Steve Landes is living out his dream portraying John Lennon as part of “RAIN — A Tribute to the Beatles,” which is making its way to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre tonight, Saturday and Sunday. Part of the Gas South Broadway Series, RAIN will perform popular songs from the legendary band, as well as tunes never played for an audience. RAIN, which is also the name of a Beatles song, was formed in 1975. Although they started out writing their own music, they began performing Beatles songs and became its first tribute band. Landes, who joined the band in 1998, said being a member takes on a legendary perspective.

http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story...home_lifestyle

Examiner
October 26, 2011
Steve Jobs bio confirms dispute with EMI held up Beatles debut on iTunes

The Beatles weren't able to make their long-awaited debut on iTunes until things were worked out with EMI, according to the new Walter Isaacson Steve Jobs biography. "The band was the last major holdout, primarily because it had not resolved with EMI music, which owned most of the songs, how to handle digital rights," Isaacson writes.*In May, 2010 in an interview with the BBC, Paul McCartney also pointed the finger at EMI. "It's been business hassles. Not with us, or iTunes. It's the people in the middle, the record label. There have been all sorts of reasons why they don't want to do it," McCartney was quoted as saying.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...ebut-on-itunes

The Gazatte
October 27, 2011
Sign from 1969 'Bed-In' could fetch big bucks

Money was a prime villain — along with war, bigotry and some of the other ills of modern society — when Beatles mega-star John Lennon and his newlywed wife Yoko Ono spent a famous week in bed at a Montreal hotel in 1969 to promote peace, love and pyjama power.But various artifacts created during Lennon and Ono's historic stay in Canada continue to fetch stunning prices at auctions around the world, and the latest relic from the couple's Montreal "Bed-In For Peace" — a simple placard with the words "BED" and "PEACE" scribbled by Lennon in black marker — is expected to fetch up to $160,000 at a Christie's sale of pop culture memorabilia next month in Britain.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Sign+...985/story.html

Total Guitar
October 24, 2011
Pete Townshend for Prince's Trust Rock Gala

The Prince's Rock Gala returns to the Royal Albert Hall this year on 23 November and is due to feature a headline set by Pete Townshend.The legendary Who guitarist will lead an eclectic line-up that includes squeaky clean indie band The Feeling, as well as the likes of Tim Minchin, Cerys Matthews, Imelda May, Julian Lennon, Midge Ure and, err, Chris De Burgh.

http://www.musicradar.com/totalguita...ck-gala-508419

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Everyone have a safe, positive, great weekend and take care.

Vogue.com
October 28, 2011
Yoko Ono’s “Uncursed” Opens in New York

She was “the world’s most famous unknown artist,” according to John Lennon, whose 1969 marriage to Yoko Ono both granted her instant celebrity and nearly eclipsed a serious art career that Ono had nurtured in avant-garde circles for more than a decade. Today, after major art-world recognition—including the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2009 Venice Biennale—Ono’s uniquely poetic and sly artistic practice, with its roots in Fluxus and haiku, and its heady melding of art, activism, and celebrity, is poised to take over where the rock legend ends. In July, Ono returned to her native Japan, which was still laboring under the effects of the massive earthquake in March, to accept the Hiroshima Art Prize for her peace activism, and to install an exhibition of her work at the Hiroshima City Art Museum of Contemporary Art. This week, in the midst of setting up for her second show at New York’s Galerie Lelong, which opens today, Ono, elegant and almost elfin in a jaunty straw boater, dark sunglasses, and narrow-hipped black pants, paused to speak with me about her return to Japan and the seeds of her new exhibition. Her New York show, which includes elements of the work created for the Hiroshima exhibition, began with a childhood memory:


Galerie Lelong

October 28 – December 10, 2011 -
Tues – Sat 10 am to 6 pm
528 West 26th Street (between 10 Ave and 11 Ave)
 New York, NY

http://www.vogue.com/culture/article...s-in-new-york/

http://bigtimecity.com/arts/exhibits...new-york-city/

Detroit Free Press
October 28, 2011
Paul McCartney to pay for restoration of Motown's historic Steinway piano

Motown left its mark on Paul McCartney, and now McCartney wants to leave his on Motown: The pop superstar will finance restoration of the label’s historic piano.
McCartney encountered the ebony-and-ivory of the Steinway grand piano while touring the Motown Museum before his July concert at Comerica Park.

http://www.freep.com/article/2011102...xt%7CFRONTPAGE

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Examiner
October 28, 2011
John Lennon helped Paul McCartney with songs from the afterlife

When John Lennon was killed on December 8, 1980 outside his home in New York at the Dakota Apartments, the world grieved for his loss. But many people, including those close to him during his life, still feel his presence. It seems he hasn’t really left us. (Read about the many books that have been written on John’s afterlife) Paul McCartney has shared several stories of Lennon spiritually intervening in his life. John’s otherworldy efforts have helped Paul heal from his grief over his death and later helped him get a message to the world through music. He even apparently helped the Beatles put the Beatles Anthology together.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...-the-afterlife

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Billboard.com
October 29, 2011
Yoko Ono to Introduce Steve Jobs Tribute at MTV's O Music Awards

TV is upping the Apple factor at its O Music Awards with a plan to have Yoko Ono introduce the Flaming Lips' musical tribute to Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs.Ono, the window of Beatle John Lennon, will speak about her late husband and Jobs before the Lips perform "Revolution," a Lennon-McCartney composition from the Beatles 'White Album. 'The performance was completely shot on iPads.

"Like John Lennon, the man I love deeply, Steve Jobs was a dreamer who changed the world," Ono is expected to say during the online awards ceremony that begins Oct. 31 at 8:30 p.m. PT at www.omusicawards.com. "But of course when we lose a genius of that caliber, they are never really gone. They live on all around us, through our memories, their words, and their work. Their spirit grows in us forever to the end of the days." The Beatles' company and label is also named Apple and the two sides were involved in numerous lawsuits over rights and images that needed to be resolved before the Beatles catalog was made available on iTunes.

http://www.billboard.com/news/yoko-o...05452362.story

[Nico]

I love Yoko's Steve Jobs speech. Very touching.

[msLinds]

I agree Nico.Yoko's Speech about Steve Jobs is touching.Its on TV this evening to.
I want to wish you Nico and everyone a happy, safe and great Halloween and Samhain.
Everyone have a great week and take care.

http://www.chalicecentre.net/samhain.htm

I have couple new updates now

Examiner
October 30, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: Two who knew ex-Beatle Stu Sutcliffe weigh in on song controversy

Is it one-time Beatle Stu Sutcliffe or not singing on the recently unearthed version of "Love Me Tender" ? The statement from Sutcliffe's sister Pauline about why they believe it's him hasn't ended the debate. Actually, it's only intensified it. Several have pointed to the similarity the song has with the version in the movie "Birth of the Beatles," leading some to wonder if the new version was an outtake from the movie.We contacted two people who personally knew Sutcliffe for their opinions about the song. First, we asked Bill Harry, founder and editor of Mersey Beat. Here are his thoughts:

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...atle-sutcliffe

‪Love Me Tender - Stuart Sutcliffe‬ - ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xO_Q...layer_embedded

Examiner
October 30,2011
Beatles Christmas ornaments ready to hit the shelves

Those Beatles Christmas ornaments we first told you about in early September are about to land.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...it-the-shelves

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Ultimate Classic Rock
4 days ago
John Lennon Inspired Steve Jobs to Strive for Perfection

John Lennon‘s creativity and work ethic didn’t just help ensure the Beatles‘ music was legendary, it also inspired Apple’s recently deceased co-founder Steve Jobs to strive for perfection within his company, according to an authorized biography of the visionary by Walter Isaacson.
A bootleg of the classic Beatles’ song ‘Strawberry Fields Forever,’ especially one part where Lennon stops the band from playing and makes them return to the beginning to revise a chord, fascinated Jobs, according to the biography, as reported by Showbiz 411.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-...ed-steve-jobs/

Examiner
October 31, 2011
John Lennon’s spirit sends profound message to former lover May Pang

May Pang still hears from her former lover, John Lennon*occasionally – his spirit that is. After the 2008 publication of her book, Instamatic Karma, she told me an interesting story. She was driving some friends over the Hudson Bridge coming into New York, and she was describing to them how she sometimes feels his presence, especially while working on her book about her time with Lennon. The friend, whom May described as skeptical of spirit communications, said, “OK, but how do you know when John is around ? ”

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...lover-may-pang

Liverpool Echo
October 31, 2011
John Lennon memorial moves to Liverpool’s ECHO Arena
The John Lennon Peace Memorial has moved to a new home.

It was relocated from Liverpool One to outside the ECHO arena, where it can be enjoyed and admired by music fans going to gigs at the arena.Bob Prattey, chief executive of the arena, said: “We are very proud to have such a culturally important piece of art here.“John Lennon is a unique and enduring part of our city and it is fantastic that UK and international visitors to the arena will be able to visit the monument while with us.“Whether a fan of John or The Beatles or just a lover of art, the monument is a striking symbol of peace and we are privileged to have given it a home.”

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29689362/

Liverpool Echo
October 31, 2011
Beatles urban myth about hidden Liverpool mural shattered

A MUSICAL urban myth passed down over the decades in Liverpool can finally be shattered today.A rumour has persisted for 40 years that a mural hidden in a city nightclub was part of Beatles history. Well-established Gossip suggested the vibrant wall art was created by fifth-Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe and lay safely concealed.And during a recent major facelift of nightspot Magnet, designers found the artwork seemingly created by the Fab Four’s original bassist.The mural emerged in all its glory after a wall was knocked down in the basement of the Hardman Street venue.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29682664/

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HoustonPress
November 1, 2011
John Lennon's Imagine Turns 40: Ten Facts About The Album

Forty years ago this past week, John Lennon's second solo LP away from the Beatles, Imagine, hit number one on the UK album charts. The album was released on October 8, 1971 in England and September 9, 1971 here in the States.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/...turns_40_1.php

NorthWestern State University
October 2011
John Lennon biographer and expert to give free lecture

Beatles expert and author Jude Southerland Kessler will be presenting a lecture entitled, "Everything I Know I Learned from The Beatles and NSU" at Northwestern State University next Monday.Ms. Kessler's forty minute lecture will include readings from both her books about the life of John Lennon and an audience Q&A. Copies of Jude's books will be available for purchase.Lang/ Comm graduate Jude Kessler will be giving a presentation in the Student Union Ballroom on November 7,th at 6 pm.* Kessler is the author of several books, including JOHN LENNON: SHOULDA BEEN THERE and SHIVERING INSIDE his event is a great opportunity for our students to see just one of the many exciting futures possible with our degree !

http://langcomm.nsula.edu/news-and-notes

Philly.com
November 1st 2011
Behind the music of a Beatle

LOS ANGELES - Remember George Harrison's unforgettable opening line in the Beatles' 1969 hit "Something"? "Something in the way she moves / attracts me like no other woman."Of course not, because he sings "lover," not "woman." But "woman" is what Harrison wrote before changing one word that could have spelled the difference between a hit and a miss, an edit that's on display at the Grammy Museum in "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," a show focusing on the man pigeonholed early as "the quiet Beatle."

http://www.philly.com/philly/enterta...132964898.html

DayTrippin Magazine
October 31, 2011
The Case for Authenticity: ‘Love Me Tender’ by Stuart Sutcliffe

What Stuart Sutcliffe fan hasn’t wished to learn as much as possible about the fascinating young artist and Beatle?* His time with us was short yet incredibly creative; every surfacing artwork, picture, letter or anecdote is pored over with relish by admirers. But some things Sutcliffe-lovers were sadly certain they would never get to know: for instance—his voice.That’s why the digital release of “Love Me Tender“, sung by Stuart himself, is an astonishing event generating stunned excitement and questions about the song’s origin and authenticity

http://daytrippin.com/2011/10/31/the...art-sutcliffe/

Liverpool Echo
October 2011
John Lennon’s 1971 ‘Imagine’ Completion Party Remembered

John Lennon may have been the host with the most if this raw video footage tells the tale correctly. After wrapping up sessions for his seminal ‘Imagine’ album in July of 1971, the newly ex-Beatle and his girl (that’s Yoko to you!) threw a mega party to celebrate.As the Gothamist points out, the party was held at the home of the notorious Alan Klein and with a stellar list of guests, the shindig was caught on film by Jonas Mekas, a friend of John and Yoko’s. Rubbing elbows, and possibly more, were the likes of Miles Davis, Phil Spector, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, and Ringo among many others.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-...ty-remembered/

The Baltimore Sun
October 31, 21011
Yellow Dubmarine: If the Beatles met the Wailers
Rockville band plays Fab Four's 'Abbey Road' with reggae flair

The melody is instantly familiar but the other sounds are not — horns boldly announce their arrival, the patient tempo crawls along and the voice is more Maryland than Liverpool.When the plea to stay kicks in — "Believe me when I beg you, don't ever leave me alone," he sings — the song's identity becomes clear. It's "Oh! Darling," the Lennon/McCartney classic, but this bouncing version comes courtesy of Yellow Dubmarine, a Rockville eight-piece that plays reggae versions of Beatles songs.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertai...,3851611.story

US premiere of 4 Lads From Liverpool rocks San Francisco
October 2011
The US premiere of "4 Lads from Liverpool," a musical tribute to the Beatles, opened Friday October 28, 2011.At the night at the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco to an enthusiastic audience. 4 Lads from Liverpool is a new band that is based in Los Angeles and is made up of seasoned tribute Beatles performers, many of whom have been playing as one of the Fab Four for many years and have come together to perform a new musical tribute to the Beatles.

http://www.4ladsfromliverpool.com/

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Examiner
November 2,2011
Director of Good Ol’ Freda reveals depth of stories for new Beatles documentary

We have had the pleasure to interview*Ryan White, Director of the upcoming Beatles documentary Good Ol’ Freda, as well as Kathy McCabe, Producer and PR representative for the film. Ryan and Kathy talked to me about many aspects of the film, from the wide range of stories that will come to life, to the financing needed to make this a reality. After speaking to Ryan so extensively about Good Ol' Freda, it is apparent that this film will offer many new perspectives on what was going on behind the scenes with the Fab Four, from an insider's point of view.*

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...es-documentary

Telegraph
November 3, 2011
Ringo Starr: I'm not going to give up on peace and love

Ringo Starr says he is committed to his 1960s ideals as he kicked off his new tour with his first performance in Latin America.For the tour, the former Beatle has joined forces with multi-instrumentalist Edgar Winter and lead singer of 1980s band Mr Mister, Richard Page.He said he was drawn to performing in Mexico because of conversations with fellow Beatle Paul McCarthy. "Paul is forever talking about Mexico and I'm looking forward to the lighters, I'm looking forward to the joy and I'm looking forward to the peace and love.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cele...-and-love.html

Blog Critics Books
November 2, 2011
Book Review: If You Like The Beatles by Bruce Pollock

If You Like The Beatles is part of a new book series from the Hal Leonard publishing group. The If You Like... books take off from that simple phrase, and explore the influences and impacts of the subject at hand. Appropriately enough, The Beatles were chosen to inaugurate the series. The decision to use the Fab Four makes sense for a number of reasons. As the preeminent Baby Boomer band, The Beatles still exert a massive impact on the culture, over fifty years after they initially got together.

http://blogcritics.org/books/article...-you-like-the/

The Baltimore Sun
October 31, 21011
Yellow Dubmarine: If the Beatles met the Wailers
Rockville band plays Fab Four's 'Abbey Road' with reggae flair

The melody is instantly familiar but the other sounds are not — horns boldly announce their arrival, the patient tempo crawls along and the voice is more Maryland than Liverpool.When the plea to stay kicks in — "Believe me when I beg you, don't ever leave me alone," he sings — the song's identity becomes clear. It's "Oh! Darling," the Lennon/McCartney classic, but this bouncing version comes courtesy of Yellow Dubmarine, a Rockville eight-piece that plays reggae versions of Beatles songs.It's a risky concept — does the world need another Beatles cover band, especially one infusing the tracks with reggae and dub influences? Bassist and singer Aaron Glaser says he's aware of the skeptics and purists, but that his band only wants to celebrate the songs so many people enjoy.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertai...,3851611.story

US premiere of 4 Lads From Liverpool rocks San Francisco
October 31, 2011

The US premiere of "4 Lads from Liverpool," a musical tribute to the Beatles, opened Friday October 28, 2011.At the night at the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco to an enthusiastic audience. 4 Lads from Liverpool is a new band that is based in Los Angeles and is made up of seasoned tribute Beatles performers, many of whom have been playing as one of the Fab Four for many years and have come together to perform a new musical tribute to the Beatles.

http://www.4ladsfromliverpool.com/

Unfinished Lennon song recovered by Spanish Beatles tribute band
November 2, 2011

The Spanish Beatles tribute band, aptly named Los Escarabajos (Spanish word for "beetles") has recorded "Now And Then", an unfinished John Lennon song from 1979 that Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr tried in vain to complete in 1996 for the third volume of the Anthology project.Los Escarabajos released a version of this original in 2001 for their CD Lennonphile (The Album That John Could Never Record), but the current rendition captures the concept of the singles included in Anthology by the remaining Beatles, "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love".The 2011 remake of "Now And Then" is presented with an animated work by Alvaro Ortega, reputable Spanish visual artist, who shows his own colourful style reminding us of the ever classic Yellow Submarine and the recent The Beatles: Rock Band.

On the last World Animation Day, 28th of October, the song and video were published on YouTube, marking the 15th anniversary of The Beatles' Anthology 3 and the 10th anniversary of Los Escarabajos' Lennonphile.In 2010, Los Escarabajos were given honorary degrees by the University of Seville for their work, having performed live the entire Beatles discography over the course of the Spanish group's 18-year history. The band was a headlining act at the International Beatle Week in Liverpool between 2003 and 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY5yUUTj6gs

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Olde to Macaron
11/2/2011
Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl " The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger " at Stony Brook, New York City on October 15, 2011 - photograph

http://www.odetoamacaron.com/2011/11...kemp-muhl.html

Sean Lennon Halloween Day 10-31-2011 - photograph

http://laviebelem.tumblr.com/post/12...i-just-say-how

Thriller - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sean Lennon, Gregory Brothers, and more. hitRECord Halloween, at Le Poisson Rouge 10/31/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px-OJEtUufI

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BerNews
November 3, 2011
Imagine! Bermuda Lennon Tribute CD’s Coming

Bermuda famously inspired John Lennon’s last songs. And now Bermudian artists will have the opportunity to return the compliment with a new tribute CD of the former Beatle’s material.The CD — being produced by Ride the Wave*charitable group — is to be released in conjunction with the unveiling of a memorial to the singer/songwriter/peace activist at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art in the Botanical Gardens next summer.Mr. Lennon spent several weeks in Bermuda in 1980 after sailing here from the US, saying the island allowed him to reconnect with his creative muse after a five-year spell of writer’s block [he is pictured here with son Sean while visiting the island].

http://bernews.com/2011/11/imagine-b...te-cds-coming/

TalkTV.com
November 3, 2011
NBC to Present RAIN - A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES ON ICE, 11/6/2011

Olympic gold medalists Brian Boitano and Sara Hughes headline "Rain- A Tribute to the Beatles on Ice" this Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. This show is part of the Pandora NBC Skating Series, produced by Disson Skating in conjunction with NBC. The show will be hosted by Olympic gold medalist and figure skating legend Peggy Fleming and three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss from the Rushmore Civic Center in Rapid City, S.D.Olympic gold medalists Brian Boitano and Sara Hughes headline "Rain- A Tribute to the Beatles on Ice" this Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. This show is part of the Pandora NBC Skating Series, produced by Disson Skating in conjunction with NBC. The show will be hosted by Olympic gold medalist and figure skating legend Peggy Fleming and three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss from the Rushmore Civic Center in Rapid City, S.D.

http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/...E-116-20111103

TalkTVWorld.com
November 3, 2011
Nickelodeon Begins Production on Beatles-Inspired BIG TIME MOVIE

Stars of the Nickelodeon hit series and international recording artists Big Time Rush will headline the network's brand-new original TV movie, Big Time Movie which will feature covers of the beloved Beatles classics, Help!, A Hard Day's Night, We Can Work It Out and Revolution, as well as music from Big Time Rush's soon-to-be released sophomore album, Elevate. In Big Time Movie, currently in production in Vancouver, Kendall (Kendall Schmidt), James (James Maslow), Carlos (Carlos Pena Jr.) and Logan (Logan Henderson) head to London for their first big world tour but instead get mixed up in a mission to save the world. With their bags switched at the airport, they inadvertently gain possession of a fearsome device that, in the wrong hands, could destroy the world. Set to premiere in 2012, Big Time Movie is executive produced by show creator Scott Fellows.

http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/...MOVIE-20111103

Mirror
November 3, 2011
The Beatles album artwork worth £70,000: Top 10 most valuable record sleeves revealed

The Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album which has been declared the world's most valuable record cover (Pic: PA)A STUDY today has named the world’s most expensive record sleeves – with The Beatles taking 5 of the top 10 spots.The list, compiled for Record Collector magazine, values albums by the collectability of their sleeves. It found vinyl releases by the Fab Four dominating the top 5 at positions 1, 2, 4 and 5.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-23535398/

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Why Me?, Self Portrait by John Lennon

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Pop star, composer, and songwriter John Lennon was born October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. Lennon met McCartney in 1957 and invited Paul to join his music group. They eventually formed the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history. Lennon left The Beatles in 1969 and later released albums with his wife Yoko Ono, and others.

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[msLinds]

Thank you BTFLCHLD for sharing this link with us about that charity auction of one John Lennon's drawings.To benefit The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation. Everyone have a safe,positive and great upcoming weekend and take care.

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Serpentine Gallery
November 4, 2011
Yoko Ono 2012 exhibition announced

In Summer 2012 the Serpentine Gallery will present a major exhibition of the work of celebrated artist Yoko Ono for the London 2012 Festival, which will include SMILE, a large-scale participatory project.The Serpentine’s timely exhibition will reflect upon the enormous impact that Yoko Ono has made on contemporary art, exploring her influential role in art, music, film and performance. Her first exhibition in a London public institution for more than a decade, Ono will present new and existing works, some of which have rarely been shown in the UK. These will include installations, films and performances, as well as architectural alterations to the galleries.

As a part of her exhibition, Ono will present SMILE, a large-scale project which will be exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery and online for the London 2012 Festival. Conceived as a way of connecting people across the world, the project invites people to upload and send an image of their smiles, to create a global anthology of portraits. 

Ono envisions that ‘all of the smiles... that are collected will be kept by the Serpentine Gallery as a record for the planet Earth. When people take part in the SMILE, they will receive their own smile to take home.’

Yoko Ono at the Serpentine Gallery will be part of the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular 12-week UK-wide celebration featuring world leading artists from Midsummer’s Day on 21 June to the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012. For more information on the programme visit www.london2012.com/festival

SERPENTINE GALLERY
June 19th – September 9, 2012, 10 am – 6pm

Kensington Gardens
, London, UK


http://www.serpentinegallery.org/201...announced.html