John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread [Archive] - Page 3

msLinds

05-25-2011, 12:41 AM

I have a few news updates. As allways I will keep posting any new Sean Lennon and The Goastt band updates.Including any new updates on Yoko here to etc.Also any news about Julian Lennon's new album that is suppose to be coming out soon.Everyone have a safe,positive and great week and take care.Nico I hope you have a safe trip and enjoyable and great time at your Abbey Road On The River Festival this week.

Times Record
May 21, 2011
Planned Beatles Monument In Arkansas To Get New Location

WALNUT RIDGE — Plans to build a monument and mini-museum celebrating the Beatles at the Walnut Ridge Airport have changed.
Citing possible Federal Aviation Agency objections and larger-than-expected crowds, the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee announced Wednesday the project will be moved to downtown Walnut Ridge, maybe near the Chamber of Commerce building.

http://www.swtimes.com/state_news/article_769047d2-854f-11e0-8985-001cc4c03286.html

London Evening Standard
May 24, 2011
Ringo claims Beatles were 'lucky' to get him

Ringo Starr has claimed The Beatles were lucky to have him as their drummer
The 70-year-old musician - who replaced former drummer Pete Best two years after the original line-up was formed - claimed he was better known in Liverpool than The Beatles when he joined, and they were fortunate he chose to work with them.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23953009-ringo-claims-beatles-were-lucky-to-get-him.do

The Telegraph
May 23, 2011
Rolling Stones envied The Beatles' singing prowess - Sir Paul

The Rolling Stones were jealous of The Beatles because all four band members could sing whereas they were solely reliant on Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney has disclosed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8531033/Rolling-Stones-envied-The-Beatles-singing-prowess-Sir-Paul.html

Musicfeeds.com
May 24, 2011
Liam Gallagher Wants Johnny Depp For Beatles Movie

Not content with calling his son ‘Lennon’ and carving out a career from cloying mimicry of the Fab Four, Liam Gallagher is planning on making a film about the Beatles, and he wants Johnny Depp to take one of the lead roles.
Beady Eye frontman Gallagher is behind the adaptation of The Longest Cocktail Party by Richard DiLello, who went from tea boy to director of public relations at the Beatles’ Apple Corps company in the sixties.

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/liam-gallagher-wants-johnny-depp-for-beatles-movie/

Goldmine
May 23, 2011
Lennon ‘bed-in’ photos offered at Leland’s auction

Photojournalist Gerry Deiter documented the protest, which began May 26, 1969. Deiter snapped intimate portraits of the newlyweds as they sang, composed, conversed, slept and rejoiced in the warm glow of peace during the eight-day event designed to show the world that peace, love and harmony were the true path for all mankind. Images show John and Yoko enjoying quiet moments together, playing with daughter Kyoko, composing and recording the anthemic “Give Peace A Chance,” receiving a wide variety of guests (including the confrontational Al Capp, who tried to incite a fight) and finally leaving the bed after eight days.

http://www.goldminemag.com/news/lennon-bed-in-photos-offered-at-lelands-auction

SteveMacD

05-25-2011, 01:39 AM

Imagine Gordon Lightfoot singing "Norwegian Wood" a la "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald."

Good day.

msLinds

05-25-2011, 03:40 PM

Thanks SteveMac for stopping by and sharing with us here.I really like Gordon Lightfoots music. I have one update today for now.Also a photograph of Yoko at the Peabody awards this week.

Imaginepeace.com
May 24th 2011
Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
History students at the Students appeal to identify the original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Liverpool garden in 1957 on Menlove AveUniversity of Chester are appealing for help in identifying plants that could have grown in John Lennon’s childhood home as part of a major research project.

The group of seven students is working on a research project to gather information which can be used in the future to recreate the authenticity of the garden at Mendips in Liverpool with the assistance of the National Trust, which looks after the property. The house is a mecca for Beatles’ fans and while the building itself is contemporary to the 1950s when John Lennon and his Aunt Mimi lived there, the garden contains modern plants.

http://imaginepeace.com/archives/11471?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Yoko Ono attends the Volkswagen, MoMA & MoMA PS1 celebratory dinner at The Museum of Modern Art on May 23, 2011 in New York City.

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/DdumWZPylTs/70th+Annual+Peabody+Awards/EYCv7ZIbVLw/Yoko+Ono

Nico

05-25-2011, 04:22 PM

Thanks SteveMac for stopping by and sharing with us here.I really like Gordon Lightfoots music. I have one update today for now.Also a photograph of Yoko at the Peabody awards this week.

Imaginepeace.com
May 24th 2011
Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
History students at the Students appeal to identify the original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Liverpool garden in 1957 on Menlove AveUniversity of Chester are appealing for help in identifying plants that could have grown in John Lennon’s childhood home as part of a major research project.

The group of seven students is working on a research project to gather information which can be used in the future to recreate the authenticity of the garden at Mendips in Liverpool with the assistance of the National Trust, which looks after the property. The house is a mecca for Beatles’ fans and while the building itself is contemporary to the 1950s when John Lennon and his Aunt Mimi lived there, the garden contains modern plants.

http://imaginepeace.com/archives/11471?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

How utterly fascinating. I wonder how they would go about their research for this.

msLinds

05-25-2011, 10:24 PM

It is fascinating Nico.I would think the have to try to talk to relatives of Aunt Mimi,that are still alive.Or relatives of John still living in England and talk to others to see if they remember what flowers and plants she had growing in her yard.Maybe they will try to find photographs of the yard to.Even talk to friends that remember what plants were growing in the garden.When John was growing up there.
I have few more updates for tonight.

Marketwire
May 25, 2011
Seth Swirsky's Hit Documentary 'Beatles Stories' Makes Its Way Into Multiple Summer Film Festivals.The Beatles Superfan Will Debut His Film at 'Abbey Road on the River ' in Louisville, Ky. May 27-29 and Gold Coast International in Great Neck, N.Y. June 1-5, 2011.

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - May 25, 2011) - Indie pop mastermind Seth Swirsky brings his nostalgic documentary "Beatles Stories" (www.beatlesstories.com) to multiple film festivals this summer. The first Abbey Road on the River will highlight Swirsky's 75-minute film among other untold Fab Four stories with five screenings starting May 27 at the Belvedere and Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky.Giving a nod to the incredible Fab Four, the film is also set to screen at the inaugural Gold Coast International Film Festival (GCIFF) in Long Island's North Shore area. "Beatles Stories" will be screened June 4-5 at Squire Cinemas in Great Neck, N.Y.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/seth-swirskys-hit-documentary-beatles-stories-makes-its-way-into-multiple-summer-film-1519153.htm

MusicRooms.net
May 25, 2011
Paul McCartney: The Beatles could have been lost to the Army`

Sir Paul McCartney reckons “it’s very doubtful” that The Beatles would even have formed, never mind gone on to become the biggest group in pop history, if the four members had been called up for National Service.

http://www.musicrooms.net/rock-and-pop/33932-paul-mccartney-the-beatles-could-have-been-lost-to-the-army.html

BBC News Liverpool
May 25, 2011
Beatle Ringo Starr apologises for Liverpool comments

Ringo Starr has apologised for saying he missed nothing about his home city Liverpool.
The ex-Beatle, who is starting a UK tour including a Liverpool Empire gig, said he did not think he had offended Scousers with his 2008 remarks.
"I apologise to those people (who were offended), as long as they live in Liverpool, not outside," Starr told a BBC interview.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13509119

Timeout Hong Kong
May 25, 2011
Interview: Sir Peter Blake

Sir Peter Blake doesn’t believe that he owns the title “The Godfather of British Pop Art” alone – he shares it with fellow Beatles album-linked artist Richard Hamilton. Despite his success, this iconic artist, who will forever be linked with Fab Four mythology, and who’s turning 80 next year, remains a modest, down to earth man who’s never forgotten his humble origins, which saw him begin his artistic career by accident.

http://www.timeout.com.hk/art/features/42901/interview-sir-peter-blake.html

msLinds

05-26-2011, 12:27 AM

This is a very moving photograph of Sean Lennon sitting and working in the same Recording Studio.That his Parents used while recording the Double Fantasy album

BP Fallon.com
May 16, 2011
Lennon to Lennon the Same Room
Sean Lennon mixing Yoko Ono’s next album, photography by BP Fallon.

BP Fallon and Sean Lennon are talking on the phone. “What’s it sound like?” BP asks and Sean replies “The end of the world”.

http://www.bpfallon.com/2011/05/lennon-to-lennon-the-same-room/

msLinds

05-26-2011, 11:40 PM

I have two new articles.

Prefixmag
May 26, 2011
An Angry Letter To The NY Times From John Lennon, Just Because

Here's one of those things that makes you realize that the Internet was created for us to trade notable ephemera: A website called Letters of Note published an angry handwritten note from John Lennon to the New York Times after the Times' Craig McGregor wrote a piece called "The Beatles Betrayal" that said that The Beatles stole music from black acts, and got rich doing it. Lennon's rebuttal is angry, but maybe sort of off the point?:

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/an-angry-letter-to-the-ny-times-from-john-lennon-j/52708/

CNET News
May 26, 2011
Paul McCartney archive uploaded to cloud

While some brick-and-mortar libraries are converting to robot-style storage systems, Hewlett-Packard has put Paul McCartney's archive of music, video clips, and photos into a digital cloud library.HP launched the private collection with MPL Communications, which the former Beatle founded in 1971, to digitize five decades of McCartney material.It's called the Paul McCartney Digital Library, and it doesn't include Beatles material." The digital library is designed for Paul McCartney and his media company, MPL Communications Ltd," says Scott Anderson of HP Enterprise Business. "The library will help to power his media business, making it simpler and more efficient to identify, locate, and use assets across his vast personal collection."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20066400-1/jet-paul-mccartney-archive-uploaded-to-cloud/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKRSF5xVxM&feature=related

msLinds

05-27-2011, 11:13 AM

I have 2 new articles so far today.Also a link about 2 upcoming Beatles fan conventions
Everyone have a safe,enjoyable and great upcoming Memorial day weekend.Have a safe and great time Nico at your Festival.

Seattlepi.com
May 26,2011
Smile Beatles fans: You're on the Abbey Road webcam

It might be the most famous crosswalk in music history, thanks to the Beatles' iconic 1969 "Abbey Road" album*cover.London drivers probably wish it wasn't so famous. Every day, they put up with Beatles fans and tourists who flock to the "zebra crossing" outside Abbey Road Studios and try to imitate the memorable photo of John, Ringo, Paul and George crossing the*street.

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/Smile-Beatles-fans-You-re-on-the-Abbey-Road-1397283.php

Elvis.com
May 24, 2011
Elvis & The Beatles Come Together for UK Exhibition

A unique exhibition is uniting the world's biggest music icons! Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. in Memphis, along with*The Beatles Story in Liverpool, England, have announced a transatlantic partnership to develop an exclusive, jointly curated exhibition that will explore how The Fab Four were influenced by the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

http://www.elvis.com/news/detail.aspx?id=5482&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=Elvis&utm_content=News

The Fest for Beatles Fans

http://www.thefest.com/fest/fest.php

http://www.thefest.com/

Check out this photograph of Sean and Charlotte with the cool face paint on.

http://ghostofasabertoothtiger.tumblr.com/post/5680738755

msLinds

05-27-2011, 05:51 PM

NME News
May 27th
Brian Wilson says 'Pet Sounds' isn't as good as 'The Beatles' 'Rubber Soul'.

Brian Wilson has said that he believes that The Beach Boys' classic 1966 album 'Pet Sounds' is not as good as The Beatles' 1965 effort 'Rubber Soul'.   Speaking in The Sun, Wilson said he also thinks the best album he has composed is 'Smile', which was eventually released in 2004 despite Wilson beginning to compose it all the way back in 1966.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beach-boys/56941

msLinds

05-28-2011, 10:43 PM

I have 2 new updates.

Superhypemost.com
5-29-2011

Gypsets Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemphe concept of Bohemian has been categorised by Laren Stover in Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge (2004). The Bohemian is "not easily classified like species of birds," writes Stover, noting that there are crossovers and hybrids.

http://superhypermost.blogspot.com/2011/05/gypsets-sean-lennon-and-charlotte-kemp.html

The Independent.UK
May 28, 2011
Charlotte Kemp-Muhl replaces Helena Christensen in Odd Molly ads

The American model and girlfriend of John Lennon's son Sean will be taking over from the Danish supermodel, starring in the Swedish brand's ads from spring/summer 2012."She performed live at last year's Odd Molly runway show at New York Fashion Week and when choosing [the] future model woman for Odd Molly, she was an easy pick," creative director Per Holknekt comments in a release. "We saw her entertain live, singing and playing accordion with boyfriend Sean Lennon at our show and we all fell in love."

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/charlotte-kempmuhl-replaces-helena-christensen-in-odd-molly-ads-2290323.html

msLinds

05-30-2011, 12:47 AM

Liverpool Echo.UK
May 27, 2011
Mersey stage the Beatles played on to be sold for charity

A PIECE of stage from an early gig that helped fuel Beatlemania is being auctioned off for charity.Late December 1960 the Beatles played Litherland town hall along with other Liverpool bands such as The Searchers, The Delrenas and the Deltones.The performance brought the house down and helped propel them from being relatively unknown into the worldwide craze that became known as “Beatlemania”.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/05/27/mersey-stage-the-beatles-played-on-to-be-sold-for-charity-100252-28772932/

Abbey Road On The River Music Festival video 2011

Abbey Road On The River 2011 kick-off show: Drew Harrison performs a solo-acoustic version of The Beatles song "Rain" off the "Hey Jude" album as part of the 2011 Abbey Road on the River kick-off show at Fourth Street Live! The song was appropriate as it began to pour in the middle of the set.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110527/EXTRAS01/305270004/1046/SCENE/Come-together-AbbeyRoad

Broadway World
May 27, 2011
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Comes To The Mirage June 6-11-2011

In conjunction with The BeatlesTM LOVETM by Cirque du Soleil® 5th Anniversary, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is pulling up to The Mirage for public tours and recording sessions June 6 - 11. Guests will be able to try out the latest in recording and video technology including products from Avid, Epiphone, Apple and more. Additionally, guests will have the opportunity to bring the studio experience home by entering to win an Epiphone guitar signed by Yoko Ono. To enter, visit
www.lennonbus.org/love.

http://lasvegas.broadwayworld.com/article/John-Lennon-Educational-Tour-Bus-Comes-To-The-Mirage-June-6-11-20110527

msLinds

05-30-2011, 04:05 PM

Concert log .com
May 26, 2011

Concert Log: Doveman: The Burgundy Stain Sessions w/ Rufus Wainwright and The GOASTT, Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl

http://www.concert-log.com/2011/05/doveman-burgundy-stain-sessions-w-rufus.html

Nico

05-30-2011, 11:25 PM

I'm back from Abbey Road On The River!!!!!:blob1::blob2: We had a blast. The bands 1964, Revolver, Britbeat, and All You Need Is Love were FANTASTIC!!!! I adore the set-lists and the "John" in both 1964 and Britbeat were phenomenal.

Plus, greatest of all was the "Love" show- a complete live showcase of the "Love" album- Cirque du Solei style. Omg!!!!

MsLinds, 3rd World Man...it was amazing!

msLinds

05-31-2011, 04:53 PM

Welcome back Nico.I am glad to hear you and your friends had a great time.At Abbey Road on the River music festival.I am sorry that the weather wasn't very good. I read it rained during parts of it to.I was glad to read that some of the performances were inside a building.So at least people to be inside and warm and dry from the weather outside.Its sounds like the bands put on excellent performances.Including the Musicians playing John Lennon.I do have some updates today.Everyone have a safe,positive and great week and take care.

Ringo live on the internet this Wednesday June 1, 2011

This Wednesday, June 1st at 3:00 PM BST (10:00 AM in New York, 7:00 AM Los Angeles), Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band will be inviting fans around the world to join them online for a live press conference and special performance. Following a short musical performance, Ringo Starr will introduce the members of his All Starr Band as they prepare to embark on their 2011 European tour.Ringo Starr, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Rick Derringer, Richard Page, Wally Palmar and Gregg Bissonette will then answer questions from the media. Fans will also have the opportunity to submit questions via a chat facility on www.muzu.tv/ringostarr. The press conference will end at 3:45.

Two lucky fans will also have the opportunity to attend the press conference in person by entering a competition on MUZU.TV.

The twenty eight date tour, which begins on June 4th, is the most extensive European tour undertaken by Ringo and His All Starr Band. With concerts in Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Latvia, Poland, Britain, France, Czech Republic, Italy, Holland, Germany and Austria the tour will see Ringo performing in several countries for the first time. It is also Ringo's first UK tour since 1998.

http://www.muzu.tv/ringostarr

Crawdaddy
May 25, 2011
A Beginner’s Guide to Paul McCartney

By now, you know the ballad of Paul McCartney: Beatles, death conspiracy, Wings, “The Girl Is Mine”, divorces, knighthood, etc. Our Beginner’s Guides intend to inform readers of an artist’s background and context, but in this instance that function is futile. We also try to avoid bold statements about an artist’s catalog. In this case, we’ll abandon that ideal like a peg-legged ex-wife. The be-all-end-all of Paul McCartney’s solo career, the singular work which defines the musician, is his 1976 jam “Silly Love Songs.”

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2011/05/25/a-beginners-guide-to-paul-mccartney/

May 30, 2011
UK Beatles tour book now available in the US and Canada

A book concentrating on the six UK tours of The Beatles, released last month in Britain, is now available in the USA and Canada.Beatlemania! The Real Story Of The Beatles UK Tours 1963-1965, published by Omnibus Press, brings those fascinating early tours to life through the eyes of a host of eye witnesses.Author Martin Creasy has tracked down 21 pop stars and the lone surviving compere from the tours, plus police who were on duty, music writers and regional reporters and photographers, cinema staff, technicians and hoteliers to tell the real story of what happened when The Beatles exploded in Britain... and there is even the hotelier's daughter who gave up her bed for a Beatle!
Perhaps best of all there are fans who were there to recall just what impact The Beatles had when they played their hearts out at theaters in their local high street.

Beatlemania! The Real Story Of The Beatles UK Tours 1963-1965 is now available from all good bookshops and the usual internet sites.
 

msLinds

06-01-2011, 07:17 PM

I have 4 new articles and updates

Variety
May 31, 2011
Beatles 'Anthology' to get iTunes release
Exclusive downloads to be available June 14, 2011

Continuing to milk a digital cash cow, iTunes will exclusively issue the Beatles' three "Anthology" packages as remastered downloads on June 14.Collections of Fab Four alternate takes and unissued material - originally released as a trio of two-CD sets in 1995-96 in conjunction with the "Anthology" TV series and book - will be issued as three iTunes albums (at $29.99) and a comprehensive 155-track digital set ($79.99). Individual tracks will be sold at Apple's premium price of $1.29 each.Release will mark the digital debuts of the singles "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love," completed by George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Star from 1977 demos by John Lennon and originally issued on the first two "Anthology" volumes.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037814?refCatId=16

Chicago Tribune
May 31, 2011
Linda McCartney: An eye for Paul, and more

A new book features images from her days as a rock 'n' roll photographer — and beyond.
Linda McCartney may have married a Beatle, but it was the Rolling Stones who gave the budding photographer her big break. It was 1966, while working as a receptionist in Manhattan, that Linda Eastman, as she was known then, wangled her way aboard a yacht on the Hudson River, a publicity event for the Stones. Soon she was embedded in the late-'60s rock 'n' roll scene, photographing her future husband, Paul McCartney, at a "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album launch party in 1967.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-et-linda-mccartney-20110531,0,765810.story

Metro.UK
May 31,2011
John Lennon songs 'written by ghost' sent to Yoko Ono by budding writer

A retired printer with no musical ability claims he has been taught new songs by the ghost of John Lennon.Mike Powell has recorded 50 of the 350 tunes he says the murdered Beatle has written in the afterlife and is sending the results by CD to Yoko Ono. ‘If she listens then she will be in no doubt that these songs come direct from John,’ said the 56-year-old father of two from Abergele, North Wales.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/864826-john-lennon-songs-written-by-ghost-sent-to-yoko-ono-by-budding-writer

Chicago Tribune
May 31, 2011
Linda McCartney: An eye for Paul, and more

A new book features images from her days as a rock 'n' roll photographer — and beyond.
Linda McCartney may have married a Beatle, but it was the Rolling Stones who gave the budding photographer her big break. It was 1966, while working as a receptionist in Manhattan, that Linda Eastman, as she was known then, wangled her way aboard a yacht on the Hudson River, a publicity event for the Stones. Soon she was embedded in the late-'60s rock 'n' roll scene, photographing her future husband, Paul McCartney, at a "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album launch party in 1967.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-et-linda-mccartney-20110531,0,765810.story

May 31, 2011
Beatles tour guide to be in Vegas for Love's 5th anniversary

Our friend Beatles expert Gillian Lomax will be in Las Vegas on June 8 for the 5th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil's Love show, along with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.  Info about Gillian's trip to Vegas from Los Angeles radio station KRTH-101. About the trip, Gillian told us, "I'm really excited about the 5th anniversary of the Beatles Love show in Las Vegas. I shall be reporting news for Beatlesarama and KEARTH. It's going to be a truly magnificent event with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, George Martin and others in attendance. Rumour has it Ringo Starr will be sending 'Peace and Love' from overseas. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!"  While not hob-nobbing with the stars in Vegas, Gillian, originally a UK native, takes Los Angeles Beatles fans on a special Magical History Tour of many known and some unknown places in the LA area with special meaning to the history of the Beatles. It is a tour that is not to be missed!  For more information on Gillian's tour, visit www.amagicalhistorytour.com.

http://www.amagicalhistorytour.com/

msLinds

06-01-2011, 11:48 PM

John Lennon cover, live at Le Poisson Rouge in New York, NY for the fifth of Doveman's monthly Burgundy Stain Sessions, with Thomas Bartlett,Rufus Wainwright, Sean Lennon, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Rob Moose, Brad Albetta, Doug Wieselman, C.J. Camerieri, and Ben Perowsky on May 26, 2011.

‪Rufus Wainwright/Doveman/Sean Lennon "Across the Universe ‪(2011-05-26)‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJj2ZSBaA6Q

Rufus Wainwright/Doveman/Sean Lennon "Across the Universe"‬ from another angle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi-48t3pdc8&feature=related

msLinds

06-02-2011, 11:34 PM

I have a few new articles and updates tonight.

Goldmine Magazine.com
June 2011
This Month in Music History: The Greatest Album Ever Made makes its debut

By Lee ZimmermanWhen it was released on June 1, 1967, Sgt. Pepper (full name: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) became the high mark of the Beatles’ trajectory up until that point. Yet, Sgt. Pepper marked more than a musical shift. It was the culmination of a cultural transformation that had begun only a few short years before, one that purposely redefined the band entirely.

http://www.goldminemag.com/blogs/this-month-in-music-history-the-greatest-album-ever-made-makes-its-debut

wplj.org
June 1, 2011
Ringo Starr Preps European Tour; Says Paul McCartney & George Harrison Wouldn't Join All Starr Band

Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band will kick off a 28-date European tour in Kiev, Ukraine on June 4th. Speaking to reporters during a press conference Wednesday, which was broadcast online on Muzu.tv, Starr said it was an easy decision to tour Europe with the same All Starr Band he hit the road with last year -- a lineup that includes keyboardist and vocalist Edgar Winter, “Dream Weaver” singer Gary Wright, guitarist Rick Derringer, and Richard Page of ‘80s group Mr. Mister.

http://wplj.com/Article.asp?id=2202217&spid=36851

Vanityfair
June 2, 2011
Exclusive Video: The Making of “Coming Up,” from the New Paul McCartney Reissue

Paul McCartney, who turns 68 in two weeks, has been a rock star for half a century, a period in the public eye roughly equal to Duke Ellington’s or Louis Armstrong’s, human monuments both, and approaching the six decades Frank Sinatra, undisputed king of the 20th century, spent knocking audiences dead. A quick Google search reveals that McCartney has been a certified “living legend” for even longer than the average Afghani can expect to live, period. How’s that for specious perspective?

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/06/paul-mccartney-reissue.html

Looktothestars news
June 2, 2011
George Harrison's Sister Wants Fab Fan Memories For Charity

The popular Nashville Beatles tribute band The WannaBeatles is joining forces with George Harrison's sister for “Fab Fan Memories”, an audio book featuring songs, stories, recollections and fond thoughts about The Beatles from celebrities and everyday fans.“Fab Fan Memories” will retail for $12, with proceeds supporting Louise Harrison’s newly formed organization, Keeping Music Alive. Harrison’s fundraising arm helps high school and college performing arts organizations raise money for their music departments.The CD, which will be released on Sept. 1, will be narrated by Louise Harrison and include heartfelt and/or amusing introspections by well-known artists such as Phil Keaggy, Janis Ian, Wesley Orbison, Rod Davis (an original member of The Quarrymen) and Ken Mansfield. The project also will feature stories from hardcore Beatles fans and original songs performed by The WannaBeatles.

http://www.looktothestars.org/news/6391-george-harrisons-sister-wants-fab-fan-memories-for-charity

Prlog.org
June 2, 2011
World Famous Beatles Artist Offers Paintings for $500 each to 10 Lucky Fans

Shannon – The World’s Greatest Beatles Artist will open the gallery phone lines to callers to buy an original painting at 10% of her usual asking price.In 1998, the title of 'The World’s Greatest Beatles Artist' was bestowed upon Shannon by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Shannon spent two years creating 110 paintings for the Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool. *In August 2009, she became the first non-musician to be inducted into the Cavern Hall of Fame (Cavern Club) in Liverpool.

http://www.prlog.org/11523163-world-famous-beatles-artist-offers-paintings-for-500-each-to-10-lucky-fans.html

http://www.theshannongallery.com/

Nico

06-03-2011, 12:19 AM

Ugh, I do NOT agree Pepper is the "greatest album ever made." That is such...bollocks to me. :lol: I mean, it's a great album but it isn't perfect. I think the imagery on the album, the time period it was released in, and just the whole era it symbolized has much to do with the status it was given, but in my opinion Pepper isn't even the best Beatles album.

That would have to be...*drum roll* a 3-way tie:

Revolver, The White Album, and Abbey Road.

But Rubber Soul is nipping at the butts and may join the above as the 4th contender in this tie. I simply don't rate Pepper in the category of the above albums, though A Day In The Life is a magnificent, epic masterpiece...ugh, John's voice on that song= perfection/can't be touched/better than your faves/your faves couldn't even if they wanted to.

msLinds

06-04-2011, 12:53 AM

I want to get these new articles and this link to a Art gallery with John Lennon's artwork posted tonight.Thank you everyone thats reading and interested in these postings.I know many others are reading this thread.Because the number of views on this thread everyday show it.I want to remind everyone that I am Fleetwood Mac fan to.I have been for many years. lol Everyone have a safe, positive and great weekend and take care.

Pacific Edge Gallery
Art was another way for John Lennon to express the wit, wisdom, and whimsy that made him one of the most important cultural figures of our time. As he once said, "If art were to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life, and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness."

http://www.lennonart.com/

http://www.lennonart.com/pages/newreleases.php

The Post Chronicle
June 3, 2011
Brian Epstein Biopic: Beatles Manager Secrets Unearthed ?

Legendary Beatles manager Brian Epstein's life is to be turned into a biopic, which will unearth secrets about the gay svengali.Broadway producer Vivek Tiwary has been developing the project, titled The Fifth Beatle, for years, but now has the financing to officially start work on the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212368014.shtml

June 3, 2011
Paul McCartney launches cover competition on ' YouTube '
Sir Paul McCartney has invited fans to record their own versions of his song "Maybe I'm Amazed" as part of a competition.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=650825&affid=100055

Examiner.com
June 3, 2011

May Pang to appear with Seth Swirsky at Gold Coast International Film Fest
une 3, 2011 – If you are in the New York area, you have two upcoming chances to meet May Pang, John Lennon's former companion. May*has let us know that she will be appearing with Seth Swirsky this weekend, writing: “I will be attending the first Gold Coast International Film Fest on Sat. June 4th as Seth Swirsky premieres his documentary BEATLES STORIES.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/may-pang-to-appear-with-seth-swirsky-at-gold-coast-international-film-fest

June 3, 2011
Beatles Expert and Author Selected as Featured Author at 2011 Melrose Festival

Jude Southerland Kessler, of Shreveport, LA, has been selected as the Featured Author at the 2011 Melrose Arts and Crafts Festival on June 11-12, 2011 in Natchitoches, LA.
Ms. Kessler will be appearing at the festival on Saturday and Sunday, June 11 & 12 from 9 am - 5 pm to sign and sell copies of both her books, and to answer questions about Lennon’s life or The Beatles in general. Fest info: http://www.explorenatchitoches.com.

http://www.prlog.org/11524986-beatles-expert-and-author-selected-as-featured-author-at-2011-melrose-festival.html

Metro.UK
May 31, 2011
John Lennon songs 'written by ghost' sent to Yoko Ono by budding writer

A retired printer with no musical ability claims he has been taught new songs by the ghost of John Lennon. Mike Powell has recorded 50 of the 350 tunes he says the murdered Beatle has written in the afterlife and is sending the results by CD to Yoko Ono. ‘If she listens then she will be in no doubt that these songs come direct from John,’ said the 56-year-old father of two from Abergele, North Wales.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/864826-john-lennon-songs-written-by-ghost-sent-to-yoko-ono-by-budding-writer

msLinds

06-04-2011, 09:18 PM

I have 3 updates.Including a older article from 201o in Guitar world on John Lennon's guitars.

Guitar World
June 3, 2011
John Lennon: Double Exposure

The recently remastered and stripped-down versions of Double Fantasy offer a revealing glimpse into John Lennon’s spirit and artistry. In this Guitar World exclusive, session guitarists Rick Nielsen and Earl Slick and producer Jack Douglas discuss the stories and sounds behind Lennon’s final album.

http://www.guitarworld.com/john-lennon-double-exposure

ANTI FRACKING FILM- Commission of WBAI RADIO.
Film by martha colburn 2011 music by consortium musicum- on Chimera records  ( Greg Saunier/ Sean Lennon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVKXuZORmvY&feature=youtu.be

A older article from ' Guitar World '
Gibson Issuing Three New John Lennon Signature Acoustics

http://www.guitarworld.com/gibson_issuing_three_new_john_lennon_signature_acoustics

msLinds

06-05-2011, 06:47 PM

I am sure a lot of people have not seen all this photographs yet.

Julian Lennon tour photographs of his brother Sean, during his 'Friendly Fire tour.Julian rode along in the bus with Sean for 2 weeks with the band.He helped as a roadie etc when was touring and took these and other photographs.Everyone have a safe and great upcoming week and take care.

http://seanonolennon.com/photos/tour/julian/gallery.htm

Nico

06-05-2011, 07:58 PM

msLinds

06-06-2011, 10:18 AM

Your welcome Nico.Thats very nice of you to get me something.Check you PM box.Have a safe and great week everyone and take care.

msLinds

06-06-2011, 06:57 PM

I have a couple updates.I don't agree with this article about Sean and Charlotte and obvious comparisons between his parents.They are being themselves and they are not trying to dress and act like John and Yoko. They like dressing how they do.They love music and performing.Its who they are as people and artists.

Miss
June 6, 2011
Fashion Meets Music : The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger

Under the sweltering desert sun in the Coachella Valley, a model from the suburbs of Atlanta met the son of one of music’s most famous couples and in a moment where fashion literally met music a new musical duo was born.

http://www.missomnimedia.com/2011/06/fashion-meets-music-the-ghost-of-a-saber-tooth-tiger/

I like this version of ' Walking on Thin Ice '

Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice (with Jason Pierce of Spiritualized)

Yoko Ono inspires either reverence or indignation whenever her name is mentioned. Being the surviving widow of John Lennon is no easy task, either. But for the last six decades, Ono has been an artist first and foremost. Lennon helped to make her a recording artist. Her own records have been both celebrated and reviled, but her catalog stands on its own and it holds up as a reflection of the artist in her time.

http://soundcloud.com/yokoono/walking-on-thin-ice-jason-pierce

Nico

06-06-2011, 07:56 PM

check this link out on this blog site where people rag on John all the time for no apparent reason (http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/59957446.html)

BBС UК TV shоw with unrеleased Jоhn Lennоn music nоt set fоr U.S. brоadcast
http://history2.absoluteelsewhere.net/May/May%20Graphics/john_UStour1966.jpg

An upcoming segment of BBC One's British "Imagine" television series will feature unreleased music from the John Lennon/Yoko Ono recording sessions that resulted in the "Double Fantasy" album along with some rare video footage. But the program will only be available to the UK and not in the U.S., according to a spokesman for BBC America, who told us that there are no current plans to air these shows here.

"Imagine: Lennon In Limbo," which will air July 12, will look at into Lennon's life after his move to New York City and his relationship with Yoko Ono. The BBC says the show will include never-before-heard studio recordings from the "Double Fantasy" sessions and never-before-seen outtakes from Lennon in concert and his home movies that will result in "a wealth of new insights." The film includes exclusive interviews with Yoko Ono and with artists who worked closely with Lennon during this period, including Elton John and photographer Bob Gruen.

The following week on July 19, the series will also look at Lennon's close friend, Harry Nilsson, in "Imagine: Harry Nilsson – The Missing Beatle." This segment will explore the life and career of the singer, whose hits including "Everybody's Talkin'" from the movie soundtrack for "Midnight Cowboy" and will feature interviews and newly discovered footage. The film will showcase new and archived audio and film, including home movies, music videos, promotional films and segments from "Did Somebody Drop His Mouse?," the unreleased documentary made during the recording of "Son Of Schmilsson," plus interviews with Robin Williams, Yoko Ono, Van Dyke Parks, Randy Newman, Ray Cooper, the Smothers Brothers and Micky Dolenz.

The five-episode week series begins June 28. BBC TV shows are often available on the internet after they air, though the webcast is generally limited to Europe.

________________________

Let me just say that, from first hand experience, I have heard several of John's demos/unreleased songs from that era and they are FLAWLESS. Ugh, he was so amazing. So I'm kinda jealous, but enjoy!

msLinds

06-06-2011, 08:35 PM

Thanks Nico for the update.Hopefully later they will show this film about John and Yoko's and the unreleased music recording of the ' Double Fantasy ' sessions in the USA.I would love to watch it. I have one update.

Doors, Beach Boys inspired by 'stoner' Beatles
June 6, 2011

Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has credited the Beatles' Rubber Soul album and marijuana for inspiring the iconic Pet Sounds recordings.The 'Good Vibrations' hitmaker hosted a listening party at his home when the Fab Four's 1965 album was released and he admits the music and the marijuana "took me away", and the ideas for Pet Sounds were born.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Doors-Beach-Boys-inspired-by-stoner-Beatles/tabid/418/articleID/213967/Default.aspx

msLinds

06-07-2011, 08:50 PM

I have a couple new articles to post.Including being a article from this past April and one ' You Tube ' video I would like to share.For those people that may not have listened to it before.

SMH.com
June 7, 2011
Documentary reveals Beatles stories

George Harrison's first girlfriend has boosted the late Beatle's reputation as a ladies' man by revealing she still treasures her first kiss with him.
"He was really into me, or so I thought," Iris Caldwell reveals in the new documentary Beatles Stories.  "But I think the main reason he was 'cos he was trying to get in my brother's group (Rory Storm & the Hurricanes). My brother was saying, 'Sorry son, come back in a few years time when you can play a bit more.'"

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/documentary-reveals-beatles-stories-20110607-1fqdx.html#ixzz1OaYzTG75

McCartney, Jagger, Starr and Johnny Rotten to form group ?
April 25, 2011

The stars of Britain's most famous rock groups, including the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Sex Pistols, have been tipped to come together to form a spectacular supergroup for the launch of the London Olympics.Organisers of the upcoming 2012 games are currently working out plans for the opening ceremony, which will be directed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle.

http://www.3news.co.nz/McCartney-Jagger-Starr-and-Johnny-Rotten-to-form-group/tabid/418/articleID/208427/Default.aspx

‪
Here is another song that was one of the last ones that John Lennon ever wrote.
John Lennon " Now and then" reprocessed - Paul Newell‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23CcaPQeC0I&feature=player_embedded#at=26

Lyrics
Now and Then written by John Lennon

I know it's true, it's all because of you
And if I make it through, it's all because of you
And now and then, if we must start again
Well we were not sure, that I love you

I don't want to lose you - oh no, no, no
Lose you or abuse you - oh no, no, no, sweet doll
But if you have to go, away
If you have to go [next line Lennon sings the notes as he was most likely to finish the song later]

Now and then, I miss you
Oh now and then, I - [the low quality of the tape makes it hard to hear what he's singing but it's most likely that he is mumbling the vocal melody to fill in the gap in the verse]
I know [gap] turn to me

I know it's true, it's all because of you
And if you go away, I know you [another unintelligible lyric]

I don't want to lose you - oh no, no, no
Abuse you or confuse you - oh no, no, no, sweet darl'
But if you had to go, away
Well I won't stop you babe
And if you had to go
Well [another unintelligible lyric]

Nico

06-07-2011, 11:53 PM

"Now and Then" is a beautiful song! John Lennon's demo songs are extraordinarily gorgeous. I want a box set filled with them. He still had it SO much, and it's sad we have to say it like that when these songs would have been huge had he lived.

msLinds

06-08-2011, 01:22 PM

Chron.com
June 7, 2011

Beatles assistant: Lazy Lennon was always sleeping
The Beatles’ longtime assistant Tony Bramwell is convinced the Fab Four would not have recorded as many classics in their later years had it not been for Paul McCartney – because John Lennon was too lazy to make it to the studio.

http://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2011/06/beatles-assistant-lazy-lennon-was-always-sleeping/

Yoko Ono: Secret Piece: 5-8 am June 21st 2011 (Central Park, NY) Make Music New York

Yoko Ono’s Secret Piece (1953)
Throughout Central Park from 5 AM – 8 AM on June 21, 2011. Celebrate the Summer Solstice with Yoko Ono’s meditative Secret Piece, at sunrise in Central Park.
We will meet at Columbus Circle starting at 5 AM. Bring any musical instrument or just your voice, and we will send you to a secluded part of the park to play the note of your choice to the accompaniment of birds.At 8 AM we will all return to Columbus Circle for hot green tea.

http://imaginepeace.com/archives/15215?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Gigwise
June 7, 2011
Paul McCartney Joined By Family, Celebrities At Linda McCartney Photo Launch

Sir Paul McCartney was joined by members of his family and a star-studded guest list at the launch of an exhibition of his late wife Linda's photographer in London last night (June 6).The former Beatle's daughters Stella and Mary posed for pictures with their father outside art gallery Phillips De Pury.The exhibition is a selection of photos taken from the book, Linda McCartney: Life In Photographers.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/63736/Paul-McCartney-Joined-By-Family-Celebrities-At-Linda-McCartney-Photo-Launch

Court House News Services
June 7, 2011
Hello, Goodbye to Suit Over Beatles Products

(CN) - A Beatles autograph company cannot be sued in Florida because it does less than 5 percent of its Internet business in the Sunshine State, a Florida appeals court ruled.
Beatles Autographs, run by Frank Caiazzo out of New Jersey, is a company that buys, sells and authenticates Fab Four memorabilia.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/06/07/37164.htm

Vancouver.24hrs.
June 2011
Johnson snubbed Beatles invite

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson turned down his daughter's request to invite The Beatles to the White House - because he felt the timing was all wrong following the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy in 1963.Luci Baines Johnson, then 16, was convinced the Fab Four were a good thing for a grieving America when Beatlemania first swept through the U.S., and she urged her father to book them for an official visit.

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/music/2011/06/06/18246036-wenn-story.html

msLinds

06-09-2011, 01:41 AM

June 2011
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Debuts New Beatles Exhibit

CLEVELAND (WLS) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s first redesign in its 15-year history is nearly complete and includes several vibrant new exhibit spaces, state-of-the-art interactive technology and lighting, improved way-finding and hundreds of new artifacts, including the most comprehensive collection of Beatles’ items; a number of which are on display to the public for the first time.

http://www.947wls.com/Article.asp?id=2207817&spid

poptasticbridge.com
June 2011
Annette & Dennis’ Beatles-Themed Wedding

Today I am excited and extremely honored to share with you a unique, beautiful and wicked cool rock and roll wedding — and it’s all because the bride and groom chose to do everything*their way.But first, let me tell you a little bit more about the couple.

http://poptasticbride.com/2010/05/beatles-themed-wedding/

msLinds

06-09-2011, 02:30 AM

Examiner.com
June 9, 2011
Beatles 'Love' show celebrates five years of George Harrison's vision

The Beatles' "Love" show will pay tribute to its five year anniversary today in Las Vegas as Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Sean Lennon, George Martin and other members of the Beatles extended family attend the long-running show.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/beatles-love-show-celebrates-five-years-of-george-harrison-s-vision

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/blogs/luxe-life/2011/jun/08/paul-mccartney-yoko-ono-lead-celebration-emlovee-a/

msLinds

06-09-2011, 09:46 AM

Photographs of Sean and his Mom on the red carpet in Las Vegas for the Beatles love, Cirque du Soleil

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/sgXYV3AiIPD/Beatles+LOVE+Cirque+du+Soleil+Celebrates+5th/zpvzjzCOAJ3/Yoko+Ono

Liverpool Echo.uk
June 9, 2011
Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono celebrate fifth anniversary of Beatles Love album
SIR Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono led a superstar turnout for the celebration of the Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil show.They were at the fifth anniversary event to honour late Beatle George Harrison who inspired the performance after seeing a Cirque show on the Las Vegas strip

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment/2011/06/09/paul-mccartney-and-yoko-ono-help-celebrate-fifth-anniversary-of-beatles-love-album-100252-28849780/

A Couple more articles about this

http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2011/06/09/yoko-ono-paul-mccartney-pile-of-celebrities-attend-loves-5th-anniversary-celebration/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2001302/Paul-McCartney-Yoko-Ono-red-carpet-snub-Beatles-LOVE-show.html

msLinds

06-09-2011, 08:03 PM

‪The Beatles LOVE Show Cirque 5th Anniversary Red Carpet 6-8-11‬

Yoko and her son Sean appear first at about 2:55 minutes into the video.At about 4:20 minutes into the video Yoko and Sean have their photographs taken on the red carpet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQDkk0PqqpI

Large Photographs

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/160160/20110609/the-beatles-love-cirque-du-soleil-las-vegas-paul-mccartney.htm

msLinds

06-11-2011, 12:02 AM

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

Guardian.UK
June 11, 2011
The Beatles develop their own look for the first time

In October 1960, a German student took five young Britons to a Hamburg fairground for a photoshoot. Astrid Kirchherr had only just met the Beatles through her friend Klaus Voormann. She was determined to find common ground through the language barrier.Many of the negatives are now lost but one group shot remains: caught in a grid of metal, the Beatles stand and sit in a line. Dressed in leather, jeans and boots, they could be a street gang, were it not for the sharp intelligence of their faces. They're not sleazy deadbeats but existentialist heroes.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/11/the-beatles-look

Los Angeles Time
June 10, 2011
Expect Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary this year — Olivia Harrison

A documentary on the life of George Harrison directed by Martin Scorsese is nearly done and is expected to premiere this year, Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison said this week.“I assume we’re going to announce it sometime soon, the actual [premiere] date, but it will be this year,” she said Thursday in Las Vegas, where she had attended the fifth-anniversary performance of the Beatles-Cirque du Soleil show “Love” along with their son, Dhani, and Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Sean Ono Lennon and longtime Beatles producer George Martin and his son Giles, who co-produced the “Love” soundtrack.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/06/george-harrison-beatles-martin-scorsese-documentary.html

Bid on Lennon Gold Coin
June 2011
When listening to the song “When I’m 64” in 1967, what fan of the Beatles tune would have thought that 44 years later, when he may actually be 64, he would have the chance to bid on a unique gold John Lennon coin struck by the British Royal Mint ? The piece goes on the block June 29 in a Bonhams auction in London.The coin was specially created by the BRM for Yoko Ono, Lennon’s widow, to honor her late husband. He was selected in an online poll from a field of six individuals from Great Britain’s past to be depicted on a £5 silver coin of the English Channel Island of Alderney. The regular issue is from the Great Britons series. It was issued in 2010 on Lennon’s 70th birthday.

http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=20824

Art Daily
June 11, 2011
Unseen Pictures by U.S. Photographer Mike Mitchell Captured Outbreak of Beatlemania

LONDON (REUTERS).- They have been gathering dust in a basement for more than 40 years, but now U.S. photographer Mike Mitchell has decided to auction a group of pictures which capture the moment the Beatles became a worldwide phenomenon.

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=48174

msLinds

06-11-2011, 09:02 PM

Express.UK
June 10, 2011
HERE COME THE (LOOKALIKE BEATLES) SONS

EXTRAORDINARY pictures of the sons of Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison make 40 years seem like Yesterday.Sean Lennon, 35 is the spitting image of his famous father in spectacles and a suit – even sporting the same scruffy facial hair.Meanwhile on the right, musician Dhani Harrison, 32, could easily pass as his guitarist father, with the same long, glossy locks and a slight moustache and goatee.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/251794/Here-come-the-lookalike-Beatles-sons

Las Vegas Weekly
June 11, 2011

The word “surreal” gets thrown around too often these days, but sitting a few feet from Yoko Ono as she watched Paul McCartney’s Friday night MGM Grand Garden Arena concert was nothing if not that. She mostly sat—next to son Sean Lennon—and watched from behind her sunglasses, but the famous “Hey Jude” “Na na na na” coda got her singing.

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2011/jun/11/quick-thoughts-last-nights-paul-mccartney-s/

Detroit Free Press
June 10, 2011
Paul McCartney to play Comerica Park in July 2011

Legendary ex-Beatle Paul McCartney will be performing at Comerica Park on July 24. The news was reported Friday by concert-tracking Web site songkick.com and confirmed by an industry source to the Free Press. An official announcement with ticket details is expected next week.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110610057

NME
June 11, 2011
Paul McCartney teams up with surf filmmaker Jack McCoy

http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/57234

msLinds

06-14-2011, 12:26 AM

Soundspike
June 12, 2011
Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Olivia Harrison delight Beatles fans with singalong at Paul McCartney show

The hit-laden, career-spanning performance kept much of the packed crown on its feet through the nearly three-hour set, but moved into historic milestone territory late in the show as video cameras captured Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Olivia Harrison leading the sing-along of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" from their seat just off the side of the stage.

http://www.soundspike.com/blog/tickets/2334-paul_mccartney_news/

Femalefirst.UK
June 12, 2011
May Pang Admits Lennon Not Favourite Beatle

May Pang, John Lennon’s ex-girlfriend, is set to stun fans in a new documentary by revealing her former lover wasn't her favourite Beatle.In Seth Swirsky's new movie Beatles Stories, Pang, who romanced Lennon in the mid-1970s after he split from Yoko Ono, admits her ex once asked her who her Fab Four favourite was - and wasn't pleased with the answer.She says, "John said, 'Who is your favourite Beatle?' and I said, 'Ringo'. I was so embarrassed. I said, 'But your songs were it.

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/May+Pang-95377.html

Consequence of Sound
June 13, 2011
Paul McCartney to play Detroit, Montreal, Chicago & Cincinnati

Despite capping off his 15-month long “Up and Coming” tour just this past weekend in Las Vegas, Sir Paul McCartney is already plotting his next road trip. As previously reported, the former Beatle will kick off his “On the Run” tour with a pair of shows at Yankee Stadium on July 15th and 16th 2011. Today, Macca announced three additional stadium shows taking place in the cities of Detroit, Chicago, and Cincinnati during the months of July and August.Tickets for the Detroit and Cincinnati shows go on sale Friday, June 17th, while the Chicago show goes on sale Monday, June 20th. Also, tickets for McCartney’s two New York shows still seem to be available.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/06/report-paul-mccartney-to-play-detriot-chicago-minneapolis/

Express.UK
June 11, 2011
MIKE IS MACCA’S BEST MAN AGAIN

SIR Paul McCartney will be hoping his forthcoming marriage to Nancy Shevell has very little in common with his disastrous six-year attachment to Heather Mills. But one detail remains the same – his best man, baby brother Mike McCartney.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/252013/Mike-is-Macca-s-best-man-again

msLinds

06-14-2011, 01:38 AM

The Independent
June 13, 2011
Newly published Beatles photos revealed in London

Fifty unpublished photos of The Beatles at their first US concert in 1964 went on show in London on Friday ahead of an auction in New York, offering an intimate glimpse of the band just as they hit the big time.The black and white shots were taken by photographer Mike Mitchell, who was just 18 years old when the Fab Four, themselves little older, came to his home town of Washington, and presented him with the opportunity of a lifetime.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/newly-published-beatles-photos-revealed-in-london-2297019.html

Stonybrook University
June 9, 2011
Yoko Ono Exhibit at Staller Center This Fall

Yoko Ono Imagine Peace: Featuring John and Yoko’s Year of Peace will be presented at the University Art Gallery in the Staller Center from September 6 through October 15. Originally organized by the Myers School of Art at The University of Akron, the exhibition was curated by Kevin Concannon and John Noga. Staller Center is the first venue in New York to present this traveling exhibition.The closing night of the Art Gallery exhibit coincides with the first concert of the Staller Center 2011-2012 season: The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger—comprised of the duo Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl—who will perform on Staller’s Main Stage on October 15 at 8:00 pm.

http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/happenings/?p=4418

msLinds

06-14-2011, 01:19 PM

msLinds

06-14-2011, 06:54 PM

An electric acoustic harmony guitar signed by Sean Lennnon went up for auction today to benefit Joplin Tornado Relief.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270765679718#ht_2803wt_1141

http://chimeramusic.tumblr.com/

Nico

06-15-2011, 12:31 AM

The Daily News
June 14, 2011
Redesigned Rock Hall opens exhibit on The Beatles

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland has opened the world's most comprehensive collection of items from The Beatles as part of the first redesign in the facility's 15-year history.

http://thedailynewsonline.com/entertainment/article_a1627748-962d-11e0-af93-001cc4c002e0.html

Shoot, I live in Cleveland for these kinds of things!:nod::blob2::blob1: I'm going to get a few friends and head over there very soon- I'll share what it was like msLinds.

Nico

06-15-2011, 12:33 AM

msLinds

06-15-2011, 11:51 PM

Thats great Nico that in your city of Cleveland your be able to visit the Beatles Exhibit at the redesigned Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.I agree that guitar Sean donated for that E Bay auction to help raise money for the Joplin Relief Fund is beautiful.I love the drawings by Sean on it.I have some updates tonight.

Houstonpress
June 15, 2011
Five Life Lessons From John Lennon's "Lost Weekend"

Rocks Off would like to wish a very happy 70th birthday to one of the coolest pop cats out there, Harry Nilsson. Four times out of five, whenever we play the jukebox at Warren's, we put on something from his Greatest Hits - like Martin Scorsese, we usually leave the lime in the coconut and jump into the fire, but you can't really go wrong with "Without You," "One" or "I Guess the Lord Must Live In New York City" either.This is an especially remarkable milestone for Nilsson, considering his somewhat legendary taste for the good life. He was a survivor and, some would say, the chief enabler of good friend John Lennon's "lost weekend," the period when the former Beatle separated from Yoko Ono and relocated to Los Angeles with his personal assistant/paramour May Pang.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/06/harry_nilsson_john_lennon_lost.php

Contactmusic
June 15, 2011
Yoko Ono : Ono Donates To Tornado Auction

Musician Yoko Ono is auctioning off a personalised iPad and a signed photo to raise funds for the victims of the tornado-hit city of Joplin, Missouri.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/ono-donates-to-tornado-auction_1225732

Gibson
6-15-2011
Dhani Harrison Keeps Beatle George’s Ukulele Passion Alive
George Harrison’s musician son Dhani has been utilizing some of his father’s famed ukuleles. Dhani’s band have been recording with some of the 40 or so ukuleles left by his father.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/dhani-harrison-0615-2011/

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/252648/Harrison-s-son-plays-dad-s-ukeleles-on-new-albumHarrison-s-son-plays-dad-s-ukeleles-on-new-album#ixzz1PHPIUM55

Guardian.UK
June 16, 2011
The Beatles tour Japan and inspire group sounds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jun/16/beatles-tour-japan-inspire-group-sounds

msLinds

06-16-2011, 03:19 PM

New York Post
June 16, 2011
Celebs Turn Out For 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark'

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/celebrity_photos/spider_man_turn_off_the_dark_opens_kkEKfUbqiCXTblTa1wsXgL?photo_num=22

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/celebrity_photos/spider_man_turn_off_the_dark_opens_kkEKfUbqiCXTblTa1wsXgL?photo_num=13

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/spidey_back_0M69zuPDFjEq916wTcRuWJ

msLinds

06-17-2011, 10:29 PM

I have 3 new articles and updates.Everyone have a safe, positive and great weekend.Take care

Spinner
June 17, 2011
Paul McCartney Places Beatles Breakup Squarely on John Lennon

While Morrissey has come out swinging against the Queen of England, calling her the "ultimate dictator," Sir Paul McCartney has a different issue to take up with her Royal Highness -- he thinks his fellow bandmate in the Beatles, Ringo Starr, should be knighted. While all four Beatles enjoy MBE status (Member of the Order of the British Empire), only McCartney was knighted in a ceremony that took place in 1997. Speaking to Geoff Lloyd on Absolute Radio this week, McCartney joked that he would like to poke his head in the Queen's quarters and suggest that the only other living Beatle receive the same honor.Perhaps more significantly, NME reports that during the same interview, McCartney placed the blame for the Beatles' breakup squarely on John Lennon. "Basically me, George [Harrison] and Ringo said, 'Does this have to be final? Could we do a couple of gigs or can we think about this tomorrow?' But John was off with Yoko [Ono] and he was saying 'No, no, it's great -- I feel a release,' and all that. So that was kind of final."

http://www.spinner.com/2011/06/17/paul-mccartney-says-john-lennon-broke-up-beatles/

Starpulse
June 17, 2011
The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Leads List Of Top Five Album Covers

The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has topped a new poll of best album covers.The colorful artwork on the 1967 classic, which features the Fab Four in a park, surrounded by cut-outs of icons and celebrities, saw off competition from George Hardie's "Dark Side of the Moon" creation for Pink Floyd in the RollingStone.com online poll.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/06/17/the_beatles_sgt_peppers_lonely_hearts_

Poland News
6-16-2011
Beatle finally plays Poland

Ringo Starr, everybody’s second favourite Beatle, finally took to a stage in Poland when he played the Congress Hall in the centre of Warsaw last night.The Liverpudlian legend appeared, shades intact, and proceeded to treat his Polish fans to a two-hour banquet of tracks, old and new.The former Beatles drummer and singer of such Fab Four hits as Yellow Submarine and Octopus's Garden, performed in Warsaw with his longstanding All-Starr Band.

http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/36368,Beatle-finally-plays-Poland

Nico

06-17-2011, 11:33 PM

Spinner
June 17, 2011
Paul McCartney Places Beatles Breakup Squarely on John Lennon

While Morrissey has come out swinging against the Queen of England, calling her the "ultimate dictator," Sir Paul McCartney has a different issue to take up with her Royal Highness -- he thinks his fellow bandmate in the Beatles, Ringo Starr, should be knighted. While all four Beatles enjoy MBE status (Member of the Order of the British Empire), only McCartney was knighted in a ceremony that took place in 1997. Speaking to Geoff Lloyd on Absolute Radio this week, McCartney joked that he would like to poke his head in the Queen's quarters and suggest that the only other living Beatle receive the same honor.Perhaps more significantly, NME reports that during the same interview, McCartney placed the blame for the Beatles' breakup squarely on John Lennon. "Basically me, George [Harrison] and Ringo said, 'Does this have to be final? Could we do a couple of gigs or can we think about this tomorrow?' But John was off with Yoko [Ono] and he was saying 'No, no, it's great -- I feel a release,' and all that. So that was kind of final."

So, either Paul was quoted out of context or he's really stretching for some news to promote his tour. This is so OLD and we all know John was responsible for breaking up the Beatles because it was HIS band to begin with, lol! But George was, I believe, ready to go in his own direction and All Things Must Pass is a great indication of that. I don't care for Paul rehashing stuff from Beatles history where key players aren't here to have their say. It's one of my biggest pet peeves with Paul McCartney in general. :sorry:

msLinds

06-18-2011, 12:12 AM

I agree with you Nico about your views about that interview with Paul.I do have one more update.Have a great weekend and take care.

YourOttawaregion.com
June 10, 2011
Play inspired by cystic fibrosis and...John Lennon

John Lennon and Me, and cystic fibrosis too.Notre Dame play explores difficult subject of youth and terminal illness.CARLETON PLACE – Most young people believe themselves to be invincible.Young people with cystic fibrosis know all too well that they likely won’t live beyond the age of 25.

Reconciling the youthful zest for live with the grim spectre of an all-too-soon death proved to be the making of a touching performance looking at young people with cystic fibrosis on the stage of Notre Dame Catholic High School last week.

“If you take a straw and just put it in your mouth, and plug your nose, and try to breathe, that’s what it’s like to breathe with cystic fibrosis,” said Joe Gallagher, the play’s director and a Notre Dame teacher. “It’s an incredibly tough disease. Most people with it die before they’re 25,” he said during last Friday’s performance before the Grade 7 and 8 classes on the cafeteria’s stage.

The play, John Lennon and Me, a reference to the lead character’s fanatical devotion to the Beatles star, also had two evening performances on June 1 and 2, with all of the proceeds going towards cystic fibrosis research. Gallagher told the students that he had met a young person with the disease, which inspired him to mount this production.

http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/article/1022887--john-lennon-and-me-and-cystic-fibrosis-too

msLinds

06-18-2011, 12:42 PM

Flaming Lips. Supporting Acts: THE GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER : Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl.
Main Street Armory
900 East Main Street
Rochester, NY
Saturday June 25, 2011 , 8:00 pm

http://eventful.com/rochester/events/flaming-lips-/E0-001-039709301-9

Nico

06-18-2011, 06:23 PM

Yay! Thanks for all the updates MsLinds!!

Wish I could have seen that John play. :)

Erin

06-18-2011, 07:52 PM

Nico

06-18-2011, 09:44 PM

I'm seeing Paul at Wrigley Field (shudders) at the end of July. I've always wanted to see a Beatle, and as we know choices are limited! I'm hoping he doesn't do too much of his solo stuff. Ha, I'm the kind of casual fan that us Fleetwood Mac fanatics hate!

You'll have a wonderful time. I don't care for Paul's solo stuff for the most part and, frankly, there were too many artists I love that I had to make a choice.

I would love to see Paul one day, maybe. It's tough. I have mixed feelings about him sometimes, but I loved him as a Beatle and he is one of my top songwriters based solely on his Beatles achievements. It's just...I get SO freaking sad that I can never see John. THAT one I would have paid anything to see...anything.

Enjoy Erin!! And I hope you will be seeing Lindsey too. ;)

Erin

06-19-2011, 11:33 AM

You'll have a wonderful time. I don't care for Paul's solo stuff for the most part and, frankly, there were too many artists I love that I had to make a choice.

I would love to see Paul one day, maybe. It's tough. I have mixed feelings about him sometimes, but I loved him as a Beatle and he is one of my top songwriters based solely on his Beatles achievements. It's just...I get SO freaking sad that I can never see John. THAT one I would have paid anything to see...anything.

Enjoy Erin!! And I hope you will be seeing Lindsey too. ;)

I'm very curious to what he'll play, but I'm assuming geezer pleasers, which is fine by me. I'm guessing I'll be on the younger end of those in attendance. The friend I'm going with is 15 years older than me.

My bank account is crying, because I didn't make a choice. Between these tickets, Stevie tickets, and Lindsey tickets (bought for Milwaukee, still waiting for Chicago to reappear) I may have put a serious dent in my vacation plans. Oh well!

Oh, and BTW, my mother's favorite Beatle is Ringo. Just thought I'd put that out there because I find it so incredibly bizarre.

Nico

06-19-2011, 01:38 PM

I'm very curious to what he'll play, but I'm assuming geezer pleasers, which is fine by me. I'm guessing I'll be on the younger end of those in attendance. The friend I'm going with is 15 years older than me.

My bank account is crying, because I didn't make a choice. Between these tickets, Stevie tickets, and Lindsey tickets (bought for Milwaukee, still waiting for Chicago to reappear) I may have put a serious dent in my vacation plans. Oh well!

Oh, and BTW, my mother's favorite Beatle is Ringo. Just thought I'd put that out there because I find it so incredibly bizarre.

Ugh, I'm starting to LOVE Ringo. He's moving up in my eyes because he's so sweet and likable.

I haven't even bought my LB tix yet, I suck. I'm going to wait a bit and see if they release some closer seats and get them for Pittsburgh and maybe two other cities.

I want to see Elton John and Jackson Browne...and I HOPE Paul Simon.

msLinds

06-20-2011, 11:01 PM

Erin Thanks for stopping by this thread.Your welcome Nico.I am happy to be of help to everyone.I hope Erin you have a safe,enjoyable and great time at your Paul Concert.I am really looking forward to Lindsey's New CD coming out soon to.I am not sure yet if I will make it to any Lindsey concerts yet or not.I have a few new articles and updates.Everyone have a safe and great week and take care.

Daily Record.UK
June 19, 2011
Ringo Starr quips that Paul McCartney should remember that there are two Beatles left
BEATLES legend Ringo Starr has joked that his old bandmate Sir Paul McCartney thinks he is the last surviving member of the Fab Four.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2011/06/19/ringo-starr-tells-paul-mccartney-to-remember-that-there-are-two-beatles-left-86908-23212469/

BBC.UK
June 18, 2011
Former Beatle Ringo Starr makes peace with Liverpool

Ringo Starr has performed in Liverpool for the first time since he sparked anger three years ago by saying he did not miss his home city.The former Beatle sought to repair relations with his fellow Liverpudlians by stressing how much he loved the city three times during Saturday's show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13817352

Guardian.uk
June 20, 1011
Citigroup lines up EMI sale : whose back catalogue includes the Beatles
Len Blavatnik, who is in the process of taking over Warner Music, considered frontrunner to buy struggling company

Citigroup has fired the starting gun on the sale of EMI, home to artists including Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue, after the world's fourth largest music company announcing that it is exploring a range of "strategic alternatives". Formally, EMI said it would look at a range of options including a stock market flotation or recapitalisation of the indebted company – but with Citigroup having been landed with the business after Guy Hands's buyout went wrong, few expect the result to be anything other than a sale.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/20/citigroup-lines-up-emi-sale

June 20, 2011
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles to close September 4, 2011

The musical concert, RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles On Broadway will play its final performance at the Brooks Atkinson theater on September 4th 2011, the show had been booking through to 1 Jan 2012. When the show closes it will have played 8 previews and 341 regular performances.RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on 26 Oct 2011, following previews from 19 Oct, for what was initially announced to be a twleve week limited engagement that was scheduled to end on Jan 2, 2011.

http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/news/je11/rain556664.htm

msLinds

06-21-2011, 12:01 PM

Philly.com
June 16, 2011
Yoko Ono brings John Lennon's artworks to Manayunk

John never expected anything like this would happen - yet he would have loved the fact that it's happening."The speaker is Yoko Ono. "John" is, of course, her husband, John Lennon, Beatle, peace activist, and artist, who was murdered in 1980.It's a shock to reflect that Lennon would have turned 70 last Oct. 9. An exhibition of his artwork, titled "Yoko Ono Presents 'Imagine Peace': A Visual Tribute to John's 70th Year," runs in Manayunk Friday through Sunday, to raise funds for North Light Community Center, on Green Lane.

http://articles.philly.com/2011-06-16/news/29665862_1_yoko-ono-rudy-siegel-yoko-and-john

msLinds

06-21-2011, 09:34 PM

Examiner.com
June 21, 2011
Plaque honoring Beatles' 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' to go up in Liverpool

The song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" will be immortalized in a plaque to go up later this year in Liverpool.Lauren Voiers, who made the "Peace and Harmony" sculpture that was the centerpiece of the John Lennon 70th birthday celebration in the city last October, has been commissioned to make the new plaque. A childhood friend of Julian Lennon, John Lennon's son, Vodden inspired the original song that was first heard on the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/plaque-honoring-lucy-the-sky-with-diamonds-to-go-up-liverpool

msLinds

06-22-2011, 09:29 AM

Artist Direct
June 21, 2011
Paul McCartney Debuts Exclusive Behind the Scenes Clip on Artistdirect.com

ARTISTdirect.com is thrilled to premiere this exclusive video excerpt pertaining to Paul McCartney's McCartney and McCartney II remasters! Maca is only the greatest living songwriter, and this clip, which unfolds like pages turning in an old-fashioned, newspaper print zine, gives fans an intimate, insider's insight into the albums and the songs. In this clip, he focuses on details pertaining to the recording process.

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/paul-mccartney-debuts-exclusive-behind-the-scenes-clip-on-artistdirect-com/9008002

msLinds

06-22-2011, 02:13 PM

I thought this was a great little and informative news update about the Goastt.

Downtown Magazine
June 24, 2011
River to River Festival: The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger

With whimsical wordplay and eclectic instrumentation, The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl) have a sound that is immediate and alluring. Following critical acclaim of their debut album, Acoustic Sessions, the band has plugged in and is at work on a psychedelic album. June 24, 2011 will be the New York debut of their new electric band, following a US tour with the Flaming Lips. Special Guests to be announced.

http://downtownmagazinenyc.com/event/river-to-river-festival-the-ghost-of-a-saber-tooth-tiger/

Nico

06-22-2011, 08:01 PM

msLinds

06-23-2011, 12:20 AM

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger and theThe Flaming Lips performance at the Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. has been delayed until October.

City Newspaper
June 22, 2011

Seeing The Flaming Lips live in concert is a great spectacle. Whether it's the band emerging from a 30-foot vagina, or it's front-man Wayne Coyne rolling about onstage within a clear plastic sphere, the flamboyant act is an integral part of the attraction. Yet while there is no shortage of outlandish stage decorations, that alone can't sustain a band working over the course of nearly three decades. Utilizing a mix of its vast, eclectic catalogue of spacey alternative rock-psychedelic pop, The Flaming Lips have adapted to the times and remained relevant. The band has elevated its live show to an art form; this is a band you'll be sorry to miss. With The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.The Flaming Lips performance at the Main Street Armory, 900 E. Main St. has been delayed until October.

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/events/choice-concerts/2011/06/ALT-ROCK-The-Flaming-Lips-Delayed/

Nico

06-23-2011, 01:46 AM

Share the word out there to everyone. John Lennon formed, named, and led the greatest ROCK and ROLL band in history. He wrote many timeless classics including "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Help," "Across The Universe," "Come Together," "I Feel Fine," and "In My Life" amongst many, many more. John Lennon was endearing, charismatic, and a true artist. He created a peace campaign along with his second wife, Yoko Ono, which continues to inspire and influence millions around the world. He was responsible for writing brilliant anthems like "Give Peace A Chance," "Instant Karma," "Happy X-Mas (War Is Over)," and "imagine" as well as classic albums like Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, and Double Fantasy. John campaigned for women's rights, an end to discrimination, and the popularity of :Make love, not war."

He was a true revolutionary, a leader, who's flame has not died down since his passing 30 years ago to a deranged man.

Please vote for John and share this with everyone!!!! He deserves it!

VOTE HERE (http://www.inrumor.com/in/people/musicians/top-music-legacy-michael-jackson-freddie-mercury-elvis-presley-john-lennon-and-jim-morrison/)

msLinds

06-23-2011, 10:50 PM

I voted Nico for John Lennon.I also passed on the information for others to read and vote on.I do have a few articles and updates.I hope everyone has a safe,enjoyable and great upcoming weekend and take care.

Beatles widow celebrates first UN Int'l Widows Day with art show
6-23-2011

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Beatles star John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono inaugurated an art exhibition Wednesday to mark the first International Widows Day designated by the United Nations (UN).The International Widows Day, which falls on June 23, was launched by the Loomba Foundation in 2005, which campaigned for the UN's recognition of that day.Ono, a Japanese artist and peace activist, exhibited an extension of her ongoing online project titled "My Mommy Is Beautiful," a tribute to women and mothers around the world.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2011-06/23/c_13945935.htm

Time
June 23, 2011
The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films

They've enthralled or terrified generations of kids, and now they're giant worldwide blockbusters. So what are the best animated features of all time? Using an obscure system of weights and measures, TIME movie critic Richard Corliss has compiled and annotated the countdown, from No. 25 (Lady and the Tramp) to No. 1 (see for yourself). Are your favorites on the list? Let the great debate commence; we know it'll be animated.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2079149_2079152_2079155,00.html

Liverpool Echo.UK
June 23, 2011
Reunion with Ringo? Why would I want to do that? says Sir Paul McCartney

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/06/23/reunion-with-ringo-why-would-i-want-to-do-that-says-sir-paul-mccartney-100252-28926329/

Express India
June 23, 2011
Beyond Abbey Road
A new feature film by an Indian-American producer captures the enigma of Brian Epstein, the controversial manager of The Beatles

New York-based TV producer Vivek J Tiwary is not your average Beatles fan, who lives in your imagination. He is rather imaginative himself. His interest in the band stretches beyond the virtuoso of the four mop-top styled boys from Liverpool singing their simple, yet relentlessly provocative numbers. He doesn’t settle with the band; instead explores Brian Epstein, the band’s manager for six years and his life around The Beatles.

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/beyond-abbey-road/807414/

DorsetEcho.uk.news
June 22, 2011
Beatles legend Macca sits in with Beaminster music student

TALENTED Douglas Dare struck a chord with music legend Sir Paul McCartney… and ended up singing with him on the piano.
The former Beaminster schoolboy was one of a select few chosen to meet and play for the former Beatle in a one-to-one session at the end of their course at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9098011.Beatles_legend_Macca_sits_in_with_Beaminster_music_student/

Nico

06-23-2011, 10:52 PM

Thanks MsLinds. John did not come close to winning that stupid poll and I'm fine with it. The results are tainted with infatuated teenagers and the like. John is a better man to noot even be included.:nod: His greatness outshines the competition. I honestly couldn't find ay other news so I just posted that. lol!

msLinds

06-23-2011, 10:56 PM

I agree with your views Nico about John and those votes and that Poll.Don't worry about not posting any new updates.I am going to keep checking for anything interesting news wise that I can add to this thread.Sometimes there are days with more news and somedays there is less.With summer really just starting.I think will get a lot busyer with everything with things happening etc and news and articles.

msLinds

06-24-2011, 12:31 AM

Yoko Ono on International Widows Day

Yoko Ono makes a speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 22, 2011, during an event marking the International Widows Day the following day. On her right is Cherie Blair, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. (Kyodo)

http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2011/06/98871.html

http://sorbetbrutinternational.blogspot.com/2011/06/yoko-ono-and-cherie-blair-on.html

The Morton Report
June 20, 2011
Yoko Speaks: An Interview with Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono is diminutive in size, but huge in spirit. She is a fearless artist who will attempt anything, whether it's topping the Billboard charts as a dance diva in her seventh decade or redefining our concept of space with her art installations

http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/yoko-speaks-an-interview-with-yoko-ono/

Nico

06-25-2011, 01:17 AM

Great interview with Yoko!!

msLinds

06-25-2011, 08:52 AM

I was able to find a few photographs online of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl from last nights River to River Music Festival.Also a article about a bed in.

The Record.com
June 24, 2011
Speed skater Groves gets interest from Yoko Ono in “bed-in for sustainability”

CALGARY — A “bed-in for sustainability” by speed skater Kristina Groves has drawn the attention of Yoko Ono, the originator of the protest-in-a-bed concept with late husband and Beatles member, John Lennon.Groves received an email from Ono prior to Friday’s bed-in at a downtown Calgary bed boutique. Groves, a winner of four Olympic medals, entertained civic leaders and politicians in a bed and discussed ways to make the city more environmentally sustainabOno and Lennon held two-week bed-ins in 1969 in both Amsterdam and Montreal to promote peace. They invited the world’s press to join them. Groves was stunned to receive a message from Ono.“Kristina, congratulations for your courage and wisdom, I love you, exclamation point,” Groves said incredulously while reading from her cellphone. “I wasn’t even born when they did that. To get that was really cool.”

http://www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/553293--speed-skater-groves-gets-interest-from-yoko-ono-in-bed-in-for-sustainability

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/sports-22186834/speedskater-s-bed-in-draws-yoko-ono-s-attention-25737369.html

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1014668--canadian-olympian-gets-ono-s-approval

The Goastt at the River to River Music Festival June 24, 2011

Sean Lennon’s The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger with Dev Hyne’s Blood Orange at Seaport Music Festival 2011 Opening Night,June 24, 2011.

http://tearntan.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/sean-lennons-the-ghost-of-a-saber-tooth-tiger-with-dev-hynes-blood-orange-at-seaport-music-festival-2011-opening-night-24-june-2011/

http://lockerz.com/s/113816875

http://twitpic.com/5gcloo

http://yfrog.com/gyk2tswj

msLinds

06-25-2011, 12:26 PM

I really love Sean playing his guitar and this performance by the Goastt.

The Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger live at the South Street Seaport in New York City on June 24, 2011.

The Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger - Pierrot

http://vimeo.com/25594696

msLinds

06-26-2011, 11:32 AM

Saturday June 25, 2011
Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono attends an exhibition of Linda McCartney's photography

Paul McCartney attends an exhibition of his late wife Linda McCartney's photographs from a new book of her photography titled 'Life in Photographs' at Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York June 23, 2011 in this publicity photograph released June 24. Yoko Ono is shown with McCartney.

http://cactusflowersmaccaandbeatlesblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/paul-mccartney-and-yoko-ono-attends.html

Day Trippin Beatles Magazine
June 22, 2011
Stuart Sutcliffe’s bass playing: “I’d like to set that one 'straight'

Shy and withdrawn, hardly able to play a chord, so unsure of his ability he hid behind dark glasses and turned his back to the audience—if this is your portrait of Stuart Sutcliffe, you’ve got the wrong rock bass guitarist.

http://daytrippin.com/2011/06/22/stuart-sutcliffes-bass-playing-id-like-to-set-that-one-straight/

Business insider
June 24, 2011
Linda McCartney's Private Photos Of Paul And Other Rock 'N' Roll Legends

Linda Eastman was an American up-and-coming photographer of rock 'n' roll bands when she traveled to London to document the cultural revolution in the 1960s, known as the "Swinging Sixties," and met Paul McCartney in a bar.They married in 1969, and she became Linda McCartney -- the wife of a Beatle and the mother of Stella McCartney, the famous fashion designer to the stars.Throughout her life in the spotlight, Linda took some 200,000 photographers of musicians in their private and public lives.

http://www.businessinsider.com/linda-mccartney-photos-2011-6

http://www.stellamccartney.co.uk/en/stellas-world/flicks/linda-book-launch.html

Nico

06-26-2011, 11:01 PM

They're looking at the picture Linda took of John...:nod:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtipjmtGyls/TgYO1qSdgXI/AAAAAAAAEcc/padfk4hhHng/s1600/r1350894251.jpg

msLinds

06-27-2011, 08:43 AM

Thats good that the photographer got Paul and Yoko together both looking at a photo of John that Linda took of him.I have a couple Julian Lennon updates.Taken off his official Facebook page.

Julian posted this on his Facebook page about June 25, 2011

Julian Lennon
Slowly but Surely
Julian Lennon Photography » Site under development

www.julianlennon-photography.com

Julian Lennon just announced on his official Facebook page that he has also just signed with his new record label, Conehead UK.His new music CD has been completely done for 2 or 3 years now. I am looking forward to it being released.

From Jules FB page June 24, 2011

Happy to be partnering 'Music from another Room' with 'ConeheadUK' for the forthcoming UK release of 'Everything Changes'

https://www.facebook.com/coneheadukofficial

http://www.coneheaduk.com/

msLinds

06-27-2011, 07:28 PM

Sean Lennon his band The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger and the band Cibo Matto.Monday, July 18, 2011 8:00 pm - 11:00pm
Bowery Ballroom, New York City

http://www.boweryballroom.com/

http://www.boweryballroom.com/calendar/

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215849578453578

msLinds

06-27-2011, 11:29 PM

Goldmine Magazine
June 26, 2011
‘Never-before-seen’ Lennon photographs go to exhibit

Photographs of John Lennon have recently been discovered after having been hidden away for more than forty years. When Louis Gaudiosi, photographer on assignment for Rock Magazine met John Lennon and Yoko Ono, he recalls John and Yoko, lived in Greenwich Village in New York City before they took up residence in the Dakota on Central Park West.

http://www.goldminemag.com/news/never-before-seen-lennon-photographs-go-to-exhibit

Universal Music poised to make bid for EMI records
June 25, 2011

Universal Music is preparing a bid for UK rival EMI that will break up the £2bn label that is home to the Beatles and Coldplay. The US group only wants to buy the recorded music half of the business, valued at £940m, said a source familiar with its plans.It will not bid for the publishing rights side of the business because Universal is the world's largest music publisher and EMI is the number two player, 'and that is too much for regulators to bear,' said the source.Time Warner and US private equity house gores group are also understood to be potential suitors for the whole of the group.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2008027/Universal-Music-poised-make-bid-EMI-records.html

Yorkshirepost.uk
June 26, 2011
John and Ringo slept in my bed

VIRGINIA Mason talks to the owners of a Halifax hotel about the night the Beatles came to stay.It may be almost half a century since the Fab Four checked in at a Calderdale country house hotel but the event remains just as memorable today as back then.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/the-arts/books/john_and_ringo_slept_in_my_bed_1_3501477

msLinds

06-28-2011, 06:23 PM

The Flaming Lips and The Goastt at the Main Street Armory, Rochester, NY, Has been rescheduled for October 23, 2011. All tickets bought for the June 25th show will be honored.

http://www.rochestermainstreetarmory.com/event/43863/

http://www.last.fm/event/1956112+The+Flaming+Lips+at+Main+Street+Armory+on+25+October+2011

msLinds

06-28-2011, 06:39 PM

Sean Lennon in HELM Handmade
June 28, 2011
Sean Lennon wears Ray Ray Brown and the Jarmon Leather in the Summer 2011 issue of Guitar Aficionado!

http://helmhandmade.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/sean-lennon-in-helm-handmade/?like=1

Nico

06-30-2011, 12:50 AM

^ Interesting. I don't really like the look on Sean with the pants tucked into the boots. Thank you msLinds for sharing!!! You rock!

msLinds

06-30-2011, 09:07 AM

I am also fine with John being what ever he wanted to be, if he was a moderate liberal.But this former personal assistant and scumbag Fred Seaman who is saying this now publicly that John Lennon was a Republican. Is a convicted thief and has lied before about the crimes he did to John and his family after he was killed.He has no honor or integrity at all as far I am concerned.There is still I have read items that Yoko and Sean and John's estate have never seen again or got back that disappeared from the Dakota after John was assassinated.They are stolen properly from John Lennon's estate.I do feel John was at least a liberal on social issues and still left wing.I don't think John turned into a complete Republican toward the end of his life.I think John was somewhat of a Libertarian myself.I don't believe he was a complete socialist either.But anything that such a scumbag would say now.Should not be taken seriously coming from someone who did this to John and his family after he died.Here is some other older articles about this Seaman. For those that don't remember about who he is and what he did.

June 28, 2011
Lennon was a closet Republican: Assistant
John Lennon was a closet Republican, who felt a little embarrassed by his former radicalism, at the time of his death - according to the tragic Beatles star's last personal assistant.Fred Seaman worked alongside the music legend from 1979 to Lennon's death at the end of 1980 and he reveals the star was a Ronald Reagan fan who enjoyed arguing with left-wing radicals who reminded him of his former self.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/28/lennon-was-a-closet-republican-assistant

http://www.lfpress.com/news/world/2011/06/28/18348156-wenn-story.html

These two older articles talk about this thief and scumbag

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/28/arts.artsnews

http://lifeofthebeatles.blogspot.com/2010/01/beatle-people-fred-seaman.html

msLinds

06-30-2011, 11:10 PM

I have one more interesting related article about the above posting and link.

The Daily Beast
June 30, 2011
Was John Lennon Conservative ?

A new documentary suggests the rock icon was drifting to the right before his death. Andrew Romano on the truly radical thing about late-stage Lennon: he wasn’t political at all.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/30/reports-of-john-lennon-s-conservatism-greatly-exaggerated.html

Nico

06-30-2011, 11:42 PM

MsLinds,

The second article is far more along the lines of MY thoughts. I don't trust Fred Seaman for the exact reasons you don't. He was untrustworthy, he stole many things from the Lennon estate almost immediately after John's death, and he was sued by Yoko and lost. He wasn't sitting on anything new for these 30 years. John was very vocal his ENTIRE career and he expressed himself very honestly. In his last interviews, he shared that he still believed in all the things like women's lib, peace, positive thinking but he didn't seem to be on any bandwagon. I think John was a liberal, to a degree, but had changed and matured into a different person than the man he was in 1971 who wrote "Imagine."

msLinds

07-01-2011, 11:57 AM

I agree with you Nico about that second article and John's political feelings and views toward the end of his life.I have one update for now.Everyone have a safe,enjoyable and great weekend and 4th of July this Monday.

Clash Music
June 30, 2011
Yoko Ono has spoken about her experiences as an activist and how art can break through barriers.

Yoko Ono is an unlikely icon. Vilified by Beatles fans, her avant garde leanings were ridiculed for decades. Yet the past few years have seen the Japanese artist earn renewed acclaim for both her visual art and her music.A renowned activist, the singer mourned the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death with a series of special events last December.

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/yoko-ono-talks-activism

http://www.thenewyooxer.yoox.com/eng/index.php/post/8374/

msLinds

07-02-2011, 12:59 AM

John Lennon ‘Republican’ rumors untrue, says press aide
July 1st 2011

You may have heard stories last week about John Lennon being a ‘closet Republican’ and a big fan of Ronald Reagan, despite the liberal views expressed in his songs. Well, not so much.John’s former publicist, Elliot Mintz is trashing these claims, suggesting the man who made them – Lennon’s former assistant, Fred Seaman has a somewhat ‘unique’ view of the facts.

http://www.hotmommagossip.com/2011/07/01/john-lennon-republican-rumors-untrue-says-press-aide/

Abbey Road Studios at 80 (photos)
July 1, 2011

LONDON--For 80 years, Abbey Road Studios has been one of the most important places in the music business. But of course it is best known for the work done there by a group of four young men from Liverpool, England: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. The Beatles.Today, it is still very much a working studio, and artists from all over the world come to record and mix there.

http://news.cnet.com/2300-13772_3-10008433.html?tag=mncol

David and Victoria Beckham Baby Name: Beckhams May Choose Beatles Inspired Name
July 1s, 2011

David and Victoria Beckham will soon welcome their baby daughter into the world… but what will the celeb couple name their little girl ? While there’s been buzz about Victoria Beckham’s baby name ideas in the past, the latest news is that David and Victoria Beckham may choose a Beatles-inspired name.Victoria Beckham tweeted yesterday: “David has been downloading music for our baby! Rockabye baby lullaby renditions, so cool! Love The Beatles album!!! X VB (sic)”One source squeals that David and Victoria may go with Jude, as in “Hey, Jude,” by the Beatles.

http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2011/07/01/david-and-victoria-beckham-baby-name-beckhams-may-choose-beatles-inspired-name/

msLinds

07-02-2011, 01:38 AM

Yoko Ono Lennon film opens festival in Spoleto
July 1, 2011

Spoleto, July 1 - The Without Borders Film Festival in Umbria kicks off its fourth season on Friday with the world premiere of an animated film written and narrated by Yoko Ono.Hailed as the "only film festival with a soul" by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jerry Levitan, the non-profit event seeks to transcend political, economic, and religious differences by showcasing selections that "embrace our common humanity," according to event founder Fiamma Arditi.Running July 1-3 in the Umbrian city of Spoleto, the theme for this year's festival is "Home," examining "our vital but fragile need" for an idea "as essential to humans as breathing" in 13 films from around the world.

http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2011/07/01/visualizza_new.html_810828045.html

msLinds

07-04-2011, 12:06 AM

The Nation
June 29, 2011
John Lennon was not a closet Republican

A guy named Fred Seaman is all over the conservative blogs today for a new documentary in which he claims that John Lennon was “a closet Republican” at the time he was shot. This seems unlikely.First of all, who is Fred Seaman? He’d been a personal assistant to John and Yoko at the Dakota in the late seventies, but he’s also a convicted criminal. He was found guilty of stealing John Lennon’s personal belongings, including his diaries, after Lennon had been killed. He was sentenced to five years probation.You might say that weakens his credibility.

What exactly were Lennon’s political views at the end of 1980? Late that November, Lennon spoke out on behalf of striking workers in Los Angeles and San Francisco. (The story is told in my book Come Together: John Lennon in His Time.) The strike was against Japan Foods Corporation, a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational Kikkoman, best known for its soy sauce. The US workers, primarily Japanese, were members of the Teamsters. In LA and San Francisco, they went on strike for higher wages. The shop steward of the LA local, Shinya Ono, persuaded John and Yoko to make a public statement addressed to the striking workers:

http://www.thenation.com/blog/161751/john-lennon-not-closet-republican

Julian Lennon signs to Conehead
June 3, 2011
Graham Stokes' Conehead label is very proud to announce a major partnership with Julian Lennon for the release of his new album 'Everything Changes'. This, his first album since 1998, is slated for release on September 26th with the single 'Lookin' 4 Luv' preceding it by 2 weeks on September 12, 2011.

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=Julian-Lennon-signs-to-Conehead&nItemID=42311

msLinds

07-05-2011, 11:05 PM

Yoko Ono Lennon: ' Promise Piece ' up for auction for charity

Place a bid on Yoko Ono Lennon: Promise Piece #2, 2010 and help support the LongHouse Reserve fundraising auction powered by BiddingForGood.
Yoko Ono: Promise Piece # 2,2010
Auction ends July 14, 2011
Item Description
vinyl on acrylic, with artist's signature engraved. One part of a 67-piece puzzle, 5" x 6 1/2" x 1"

http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=137922251

msLinds

07-05-2011, 11:10 PM

I do have one new article I want to post here.Jules has posted on his official Facebook page.Their choice of pic astounds me... They've actually chosen the worse of the bunch.Their loss..I will show the others when the New photo site is up or maybe even in another publication.

Vogue
July 1, 2011
Photograph's by Julian Lennon
Inside the Monaco Royal Wedding: Charlene Wittstock Addresses the Rumors
Behind the scenes: Getting ready for the civil ceremony

http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/inside-the-monaco-royal-wedding-charlene-wittstock-addresses-the-rumors/

msLinds

07-05-2011, 11:19 PM

BEATLES 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION : Cavern Club, Liverpool UK
Legendary Cavern Club plays host to talent of the future

JULY 13, 2011, 7 pm CAVERN CLUB, FREE ENTRY

In celebration of 50 years since The Beatles’ first performed at the legendary Cavern Club and changed the face of pop music forever, BOBCOM, the UK’s leading online music community for independent artists, shines a spotlight on some of the brightest stars emerging from the independent scene.  Following BOBCOM’s nationwide Fasttrack competition, 2 artists will have the career boosting opportunity to showcase their talents and perform to industry figureheads alongside John Lennon’s first band, The Quarrymen. Previous Fasttrack winners, folk songstress Kristina Cox and rock-funk Banned Sauce, will also be joining the bill having already performed on Channel 4 and recorded at Abbey rd Studios through BOBCOM’s initiatives.   Kicking off the festivities will be BOBCOM’s very own Magical History Tour bus, which will transport partygoers, Fasttrack winners and The Quarrymen themselves around Liverpool, alighting at some of The Beatles’ most significant landmarks to perform. Starting at Woolton Church Hall 10.30am, the venue in which Paul Mcartney first met John Lennon and The Quarrymen, BOBCOM’s Magical History Tour will spread carnival celebrations across Liverpool until the finalé performance held for FREE at the Cavern Club 7pm.

http://www.clickliverpool.com/clocked/liverpool-music/1213739-beatles-50th-anniversary-celebration-with-bobcom-competition-at-cavern-club.html

www.bobcom.com

www.cavernclub.org

msLinds

07-07-2011, 02:04 AM

Happy birthday to Ringo Starr whose birthday is today July 7th.I hope he has a positive and great day.

The Wall Street Journal
July 6, 2011
Beatles Great Paul McCartney Plunges Into Crowd Sourcing

Four decades after Paul McCartney crooned “send me a postcard, drop me a line,” the British rock icon is inviting fans to send him original works of art, in a bid to cultivate new ways to interact with audiences.In a contest set to begin Wednesday and created by tech start-up Talenthouse, the promotion calls for competitors to design a work inspired by McCartney’s music (any of it, not necessarily “When I’m Sixty Four”). The winner will receive $1,000, merchandise and a high-end design software package. Idea Generation, a London art gallery, will display the winning work of art, and sponsor Saatchi & Saatchi will feature the artwork of 10 runners-up on its online gallery.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/07/06/beatles-great-paul-mccartney-plunges-into-crowd-sourcing/?mod=google_news_blog

The Curvature
Jully 6, 2011

What A Bastard The World Is: The Feminist Politics of Yoko Ono’s Personal Song
When I began listening to Yoko Ono’s music and learned that it wasn’t at all what I’d been led to believe, one of the first songs I was strongly drawn to was a track from the second side of her landmark 1973 double album Approximately Infinite Universe, titled What A Bastard The World Is. Her later 1973 album Feeling The Space would contain so many songs explicitly dealing with the lives and rights of women — from Woman Power to Men, Men, Men, from Angry Young Woman to Yellow Girl, from She Hits Back to Woman of Salem — that it is regularly referred to as a feminist concept album.

http://thecurvature.com/2011/07/06/what-a-bastard-the-world-is-the-feminist-politics-of-yoko-onos-personal-song/

‘My Hometown’ written by Yoko Ono & directed by Jerry Levitan & Terry Tomkins, opens Without Borders Film Festival in Spoleto
July 4, 2011

The Without Borders Film Festival in Umbria kicks off its fourth season on Friday with the world premiere of an animated film written and narrated by Yoko Ono.
Hailed as the “only film festival with a soul” by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jerry Levitan, the non-profit event seeks to transcend political, economic, and religious differences by showcasing selections that “embrace our common humanity,” according to event founder Fiamma Arditi.Running July 1-3 in the Umbrian city of Spoleto, the theme for this year’s festival is “Home,” examining “our vital but fragile need” for an idea “as essential to humans as breathing” in 13 films from around the world.

http://imaginepeace.com/archives/15416

Examiner.com
July 6, 2011
Some days in the Beatles lives: July 6: The day John meets Paul

July 6, 1957: John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at the garden fete at St. Peter's Church, Liverpool. "I met up with John backstage in this little church hall and just picked up his guitar (which I had to play upside down, because I'm left-handed) and played "Twenty Flight Rock." They were all impressed 'cos I knew all the words. Then somebody played the piano, somebody sang "Long Tall Sally" and later they asked me to join." -- Paul McCartney.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/some-days-the-beatles-lives-july-6-the-day-john-meets-paul

msLinds

07-07-2011, 11:14 PM

Examiner.com
July 4, 2011
The Beatles love of American music helped enrich them and us

One of the best parts of the Beatles story is how their love of American music not only influenced their music but helped introduce that music to a lot of young listeners.*

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/the-beatles-love-of-american-music-helped-enrich-them-and-us

Guardian.UK
July 7, 2011
From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art

How did performance art – once so reviled – come to be a pop staple? Alexis Petridis hears from Lady Gaga, Yoko Ono and others about its journey to mainstream acceptance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/07/performance-art-pop-lady-gaga-yoko-ono

Jazziebella
July 5, 2011
Charlotte.Kemp.Muhl
The ying to the yang for mr Sean Lennon, and the other half of their musical collaboration: THE GOASTT.

http://jazziebella.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-07-06T18%3A30%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=8

msLinds

07-08-2011, 12:45 AM

John Lennon/Bob Dylan owned and played Gibson guitar expected to bring $200,000+ in Heritage Auction

BigNews.Biz - July 07, 2011 - DALLAS, TX – A 1967 Gibson J-160E Sunburst acoustic-electric guitar bought by John Lennon and later gifted by Lennon to Bob Dylan is expected to bring $200,000+ as the undisputed centerpiece of Heritage Auctions July 29 Signature® Music & Entertainment Auction.

Lennon played and wrote songs on this beautiful Gibson during the period of the famous Beatles retreat with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh, India, possibly even taking this guitar with him on the journey – one of the most tumultuous and creative periods in the band’s history, which resulted in 1968’s The White Album, one of the greatest albums ever made. Lennon later gave to Bob Dylan, who wrote, recorded and toured with the guitar himself.

http://bignews.biz/?id=1061757&keys=Lennon-BobDylan-Guitar-Heritage

msLinds

07-08-2011, 08:12 PM

I have 3 more new articles this evening.Everyone have a safe,positive and great weekend.Take care

Gibson.com
July 8, 2011
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Builds Better Beatles Exhibit

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, has put together “the most comprehensive, artifact-driven Beatles exhibit in the world,” according to what Jim Henke, vice president of exhibitions, told Billboard.com.Henke said that the organization has developed relationships with George Harrison’s widow, Olivia, and Ringo Starr’s representatives to bring more original items into the museum. He said the Rock Hall already had a good relationship with Yoko Ono, who ensured John Lennon was well-represented.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/beatles-0708-2011/

iamrogue.com
July 8, 2011

IAR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Producer Vivek Tiwary talks 'The Fifth Beatle
Paul McCartney once said, "If anyone was The Fifth Beatle, it was Brian."He was referring to Brian Epstein, the legendary manager of The Beatles. Epstein has been credited with their discovery as well as their success.Broadway Theatre Producer Vivek Tiwary has secured $25 million in financing for his much-anticipated and long-awaited foray into film entitled THE FIFTH BEATLE. A story ripe to be told, the film will be centered on the Fab Four’s manager, a closeted homosexual in the days when being so was illegal in the UK.*The film will focus on how Epstein suffered with his outsider status and dealt with his pain all while The Beatles became world famous.

http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/4175-iar-exclusive-interview-producer-vivek-tiwary-talks-the-fifth-beatle.html

Spinner.com
July 7, 2011
Ringo Starr Celebrates Birthday With 'Peace and Love

Ringo Starr has asked fans to spread "peace and love" in honour of his turning 71 on Thursday, July 7. The drummer wants fans around the world to mark the day by tweeting, saying or just thinking what has become Starr's mantra.The former Beatle has made a habit of asking fans to spread the message over the last few years. The tradition started in 2008 when, after reprimanding fans for sending him memorabilia to sign, he concluded with his by-now-familiar catchphrase "peace and love.

http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/07/ringo-starr-birthday-peace-and-love/

I think this is great.That a high school student is a fan of Sean Lennon the Goastt and
gave a positive review of their album.Its a older article I found.

The Colonel :Roosevelt High School , Ken Ohio
Monday, April 04, 2011
With his new project “Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger”, Sean Lennon is starting to become famous for more than just being John Lennon’s son. He’s finding his own style, and though critics say this new album still sounds like the Beatles it’s merely because he inherited his father’s voice. Though the lyrics are somewhat mystical and thought provoking, --like the Beatles-- the instrumentation and the overall sound of the music is entirely different. “Acoustic Sessions” has certain elements of indie music but it’s also quite experimental

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/schoolid/44/articleid/429532/newspaperid/20/GOASTT.aspx

msLinds

07-10-2011, 05:43 PM

Dailymail.com
July 9, 2011
I still get a touch of stage fright': Beatles Ringo Starr admits to nerves before before a performance at 71-years-old successful groups of all time and has been performing for half a century. But that hasn’t stopped Ringo Starr getting stage fright every time he plays in public.The 71-year-old said he still felt nervous before concerts - but he gets by with a little help from his friends.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2012799/Beatles-Ringo-Starr-admits-nerves-before-performance-71-years-old.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

I haven't seen the first photograph on this link of Sean and his brother Julian posted anywhere before.I think its a very recent photograph. So I wanted to share it here.  

http://lwsuelitherbe.blogspot.com/2011/07/sean-lennon.html

photographs of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl at their South Street Seaport, NY performance on June 24th 2011 

http://www.amydavisphoto.com/index.php?/music/ghostt/

more photographs

http://www.qromag.com/concert_gallery/?g2_itemId=356311

‪River To River Festival, 2011 - The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger‬
The River To River Festival 2011 presents The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger live at the South Street Seaport. Recorded June 24, 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e89cPC9AU4&feature=player_embedded#at=31

Nico

07-10-2011, 08:14 PM

MsLinds, I have seen that pic of Julian and Sean! They were in Cannes together, I believe, and attending something...it's cute. I think they're such sweet brothers.

I adore this pic of Sean that was in the link you posted!

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl2/41/416654/34_2009/6e6d84806e728288_sean_lennon.jpg

msLinds

07-11-2011, 12:13 PM

I agree with you Nico they are indeed sweet brothers.Thats a great photograph of Sean you posted to.I have 3 new articles.Everyone have a safe, positive and great week.

Scoop today.com
July 10, 2011

Beatles reunion at the 2012 London Olympics ?
Imagine this for a second: You decide to go to the 2012 London Olympics, and not only do you get to see an amazing international sporting event, but you get to see the closest possible thing to a Beatles reunion, too. That's what organizers of the London event are reportedly hoping for, anyway.The remaining living members of the Fab Four -- Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr -- have reportedly been approached to sing at the games next summer, according to*British press. As for the late John Lennon and George Harrison, they could be represented by someone from their families.

http://scoop.today.com/_news/2011/07/11/7059031-beatles-reunion-at-the-2012-london-olympics?GT1=43001

International Business Times
July 7, 2011
News of The World: One of the Beatles Favorite Papers

Ironic that Ringo Starr’s birthday falls on the same day that Rupert Murdoch decided to close down publication of the “News of the World” tabloid newspaper.The Beatles were inveterate readers of the tabloids, especially the News of the World and others, and often gleaned inspiration from them for their songs. Tabloids have a special place in British society and their circulation have always exceeded that of the more serious, mainstream publications. They are an integral part of English society (at least among the working class).However, the News of the World has a special place in Beatles lore because the tabloid’s name actually appears in the lyrics of one of their songs: Polythene Pam, which was on the Abbey Road album.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/176114/20110707/news-of-the-world-daily-mail-beatles.htm

Have a Beatles name? Stay at Hard Days Night Hotel for free
July 6, 2011

Liverpool's four-star Hard Days Night Hotel is inviting the public, with the same names as the four members of the Beatles, to stay at the hotel for free. George Harrisons, Paul McCartneys, John Lennons and Ringo Starrs will be given the chance to stay in one of the hotel's 110 luxury bedrooms as a way to thank Beatles fans for their support.

http://www.clickliverpool.com/living/family-fun/1213761-liverpool-hard-days-night-hotel-gives-beatles-namesakes-chance-to-bed-in.html

msLinds

07-11-2011, 02:43 PM

Yoko Ono threatens to sue Scots John Lennon themed pub in copyright row
Lennons, in Dundee, was set up seven years ago to show 'appreciation' for the former Beatle.

The owners of a Scots pub are facing legal action from Yoko Ono over the use of her late husband John Lennon’s name and image.Lennons, in Dundee, was set up seven years ago to show “appreciation” for the former Beatle.The pub has recently received a letter from Ms Ono’s lawyers accusing it of infringing copyright.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/tayside/262051-breaking-up-the-bar-yoko-ono-threatens-to-sue-scots-john-lennon-themed-pub-over-copyright-row/

http://exclaim.ca/News/yoko_ono_threatens_john_lennon-themed_bar_with_lawsuit?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewsExclaimca+%28%21+Exclaim.ca+-+News+%29

msLinds

07-11-2011, 07:17 PM

Gibson lifestyle
July 11, 2011
Thats good to see that both John and Yoko and Stevie and Lindsey are on the list of
Legendary Rock Couples.

Two of Us: Top 10 Legendary Rock Couples

Oftentimes it seems rock and roll couples fall into one of two categories. On the one hand, there’s the tempestuous relationship that produces music reflective of that turbulence. On the other, there’s the subdued partnership that yields batches of sublime music and love songs, while offering up little fodder for the press. Both sides of that spectrum are represented among the 10 couples below. Please tell us who we missed, but keep in mind that we’ve limited our choices to couples in which both partners make music. Hence, no Sid and Nancy, and no Ozzy and Sharon.

1. JOHN LENNON/ YOKO ONO
John Lennon’s solo career, and perhaps new wave music as well, would have charted a far different course were it not for Yoko Ono’s profound influence. From the searing introspection of Plastic Ono Band to the romantic fare on Double Fantasy, Lennon’s work reflected Ono’s muse-like sway. Furthermore, as a musician in her own right, Ono is revered to this day by legions of rockers who possess an avant-garde slant.

10. Lindsey Buckingham / Stevie Nicks
9. Thurston Moore / Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
8. Win Butler / Regine Chassagne (Arcade Fire)
7. Debbie Harry / Chris Stein (Blondie)
6. Jack White / Meg White
5. Ray Davies / Chrissie Hynde
4. Ike Turner / Tina Turner
3. Paul McCartney / Linda McCartney
2. Kurt Cobain / Courtney Love
1. JOHN LENNON/ YOKO ONO

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/two-of-us-0711-2011/

msLinds

07-12-2011, 09:02 PM

Goldmine
July 7, 2011
Limited-edition Harrison replica guitar impressed many

A musician never forgets his first really good instrument. George Harrison is on record as saying that the black Gretsch Duo Jet he purchased second-hand in 1961 was “the first real decent guitar that I ever had.” This particular Gretsch wasn’t something he used sparingly or just for practice. It served as Harrison’s main guitar during the early years of The Beatles, both in concert (at hometown gigs in Liverpool, England, and during the band’s residencies in Hamburg, Germany) and in the studio (he played it on most of his band’s debut album).

http://www.goldminemag.com/features/limited-edition-harrison-replica-guitar-impressed-many

Liverpool Echo
July 9, 2011

Rare Beatles memorabilia found in handbag to go up for sale at auction in Liverpool

A SURPRISE discovery of rare Beatles memorabilia found in a Merseyside attic will go under the hammer.The items, which came out of an old handbag, are expected to fetch £15,000 in total for the Fab Four fan, from Wirral.The star lots will be two signed singles, which have an estimate of £6,500 to £8,000.Other items from the same collection are a Hard Day’s Night premiere ticket for Liverpool’s Odeon cinema in Liverpool and a Beatles and Joe Brown handbill.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2011/07/09/rare-beatles-memorabilia-found-in-handbag-to-go-up-for-sale-at-auction-in-liverpool-100252-29021741/

NME.com
July 11, 2011 17:47

Paul McCartney has hinted that he and Ringo Starr may put together a new version of The Beatles for the Olympic opening ceremony

Speaking on US TV, he nodded when asked whether he would appear at the London games. But after quickly realising he may have said too much he backtracked.   McCartney then said: "I hear there's a rumour that I might be involved." However when referring to The Beatles he said: "I hear they're planning this sort of music."   According to The Sun an insider said: "Macca was just being coy about the details. He has been speaking to organisers and has said he'd love to be involved with the games in some way. The organisers want the music legend to appear alongside other big British acts. And they also want Ringo onstage as well to make it extra special."

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/57943

msLinds

07-12-2011, 11:58 PM

Some new video's of the Goastt that just got posted online

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger at SXSW @ Elysium Austin, TX 19/03/2011

GOASTT - India

http://vimeo.com/26297863

Rainbows In Gasoline

http://vimeo.com/26299404

Jardin Du Luxembourg

http://vimeo.com/26307985

msLinds

07-13-2011, 07:01 PM

‪I want to post this video of Sean Lennon singing on stage with the band Cibo Matto at the Brooklyn Bowl on July 12th.Also the other Cibo Matto videos so far from that night.For those fans and people that like the band Cibo Matto with Yuka Honda. Yuka is on the Chimera music record label.That was started by Sean Lennon.Sean use to play Bass for the band and Yuka is Sean's former girlfriend and still live together in the same house with him and Charlotte.

Cibo Matto - Moonchild (with Sean Lennon) - Live in Brooklyn‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKaw4wjLyHo

Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake (Live in Brooklyn)

http://www.youtube.com/user/Foxyajf#p/u/12/v5rgqwaNo2U

‪Cibo Matto "Know Your Chicken" (Encore) Brooklyn Bowl 7-12-11‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYhSjz_vFw

‪Cibo Matto "BBQ" Brooklyn Bowl 7-12-11‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzzlG4B1BNE

Cibo Matto "Dancefloor" Brooklyn Bowl - 7-12-11 (NEW!)

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

msLinds

07-14-2011, 01:34 AM

Some photographs from Cibo Matto and guest Sean Lennon at the Brooklyn Bowl on 7-12-2011.There is a link to where you can also download the concert.That someone recorded.

Cibo Matto and Sean Lennon photographs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafebaron/5934347365/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafebaron/5934348107/in/photostream/

photographs and you can download the songs here

http://www.panyamedia.com/developments/cibo-matto-live-at-brooklyn-bowl-071211/

msLinds

07-15-2011, 12:17 AM

The Telegraph
July 15, 2011
Imagine... Lennon: the New York Years, BBC One, review

Chris Harvey reviews Michael Epstein's film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time spent in New York City in the 1970s.Imagine… Lennon: the New York Years (BBC One) told the story of John Lennon when he was living in the US between 1971 and his death in 1980. It was a time which appeared to be defined in great part by Lennon’s relationship with Yoko Ono – musically, politically and emotionally – and in particular by their period of separation in the mid-Seventies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8633229/Imagine...-Lennon-the-New-York-Years-BBC-One-review.html

South Coast today
July 15, 2011
'A show that will touch your heart'

Anyone who has ever tried to cover "Imagine" and get away with it will testify to what a tough cookie Yoko Ono can be.When it comes to fiercely guarding her husband John Lennon's legacy, Ono makes headlines fairly often — most recently for allegedly threatening to sue a bar in Scotland named "Lennon's Pub."Sure, she's strict. But for the last 30 years as widow of the most famous singer from the most famous band ever, Ono, 78, has also tirelessly devoted herself to keeping Lennon's memory alive.As part of those efforts, visitors to Newport, R.I., this weekend will have a chance to take in 100 different sketches, free-hand drawings, caricatures and illustrations by Lennon, who attended the Liverpool School of Art from 1957-60 and whose talent in that arena surprised Ono."I loved John's style," she says. "I didn't expect that from a pop star or a rock star. When I first saw, I was totally amazed. Since then, I'm still amazed."

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110715/NEWS/107150337

Scene and Heard
July 15,2011
HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS SECURES NORTH AMERICAN TV RIGHTS TO MARTIN SCORSESE’S DOCUMENTARY GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD FROM GROVE STREET, SPITFIRE PICTURES AND SIKELIA

HBO has acquired the North American TV rights to Martin Scorsese’s GEORGE HARRISON:* LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD from Grove Street Pictures. The film was produced by Scorsese (through his Sikelia Productions banner), Olivia Harrison (through her Grove Street Pictures banner) and Nigel Sinclair (through Exclusive’s documentary label, Spitfire Pictures). Margaret Bodde served as executive producer on the film, which was edited by David Tedeschi, who previously worked with Scorsese, Bodde and Sinclair on “No Direction Home: Bob Dylan,” and with Scorsese and Bodde on “Public Speaking.” Tedeschi also edited Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film “Shine a Light.” The documentary will debut in two parts – on Oct. 5 and 6, 2011 – exclusively on HBO.

http://sceneandheardblog.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/hbo-documentary-films-secures-north-american-tv-rights-to-martin-scorsese%E2%80%99s-documentary-george-harrison-living-in-the-material-world-from-grove-street-spitfire-pictures-and-sikelia/

I found this online.The tickets are not yet on sale.But it looks like The Goastt will be performing in London, UK on October 7, 2011

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
Bush Hall,  London UK
Fri October 7, 2011

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F0046EED1495233

msLinds

07-15-2011, 11:26 AM

I just checked again.The tickets are now on sale for this Goastt concert on October 7th 2011 in London,UK

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
Bush Hall,  London UK
Fri October 7, 2011

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F0046EED1495233

Nico

07-15-2011, 11:39 AM

They're coming to London? Hmm....this intrigues me.

msLinds

07-15-2011, 06:24 PM

Serge Gainsbourg Tribute
Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 7:00pm
The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger
The Hollywood Bowl, CA

The Ghost of A Saber tooth Tiger
Friday, September 30 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Littlefield, Brooklyn, NYC

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 7:00pm
Cafe De La Dance, Paris, FRANCE

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
Bush Hall,  London UK
Friday October 7, 2011

The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger
Saturday October 15, 2011 8pm
Recital Hall
Steller Center, New York

http://stallercenter.com/1112/lennon.html

Click here and then on each line with the tour dates for information about tickets to these performances

http://thegoastt.com/tour.html

msLinds

07-15-2011, 11:58 PM

I have few last new updates tonight.Everyone have a safe, positive and great weekend.Take care

CBS New York
July 15, 2011
Yankee Stadium Hosts Beatles Star And Music Legend Paul McCartney

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Sir Paul McCartney kicked off his first series of concerts at the new Yankee stadium Friday. It is the start of his “On The Run” tour, which will also hit Detroit, Chicago and Cincinnati.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/07/15/yankee-stadium-gears-up-for-beatles-star-and-music-legend-paul-mccartney/

Space.com
July 15, 2011
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis got an extra special wakeup call from famed singer Paul McCartney today. Atlantis' four astronauts were woken up this morning at 12:59 a.m. by the song Good Day Sunshine. McCartney also pre-recorded a special message for the shuttle crew as they begin their eighth day in orbit.

http://www.space.com/12294-shuttle-astronauts-wakeup-paul-mccartney-obama-call-space.html

dexigner.com
July 13, 2011
3XN Designed Museum of Liverpool to Launch July 19, 2011

The new Museum of Liverpool, opening on July 19, will not only tell the story of its importance as one of the World's great ports or about its cultural influence, such as with the Beatles phenomenon. It will also serve as a meeting point for History, the People of Liverpool and visitors from around the globe. Therefore, according to the Architect, Kim Herforth Nielsen, the structure functions as much more than just a Building or a Museum.

http://www.dexigner.com/news/23430

neatorama.com
July 7, 2011
The Beatles' Strangest Gig

As we all know, there is a time in every performer’s career where they are “complete unknowns.” Yes, there was a time, really not so long ago, when no one knew or had ever even heard of Frank Sinatra or Woody Allen or Meryl Streep. And so it was with the greatest, most famous, most deified show biz act of the 20th century: The Beatles.
In the summer of 1960, none of the usually-employed Beatles even had a day job. And like us all, the boys wanted to make some money. The then-foursome consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe played the oddest gig in the Beatles’ long and storied history.

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/07/the-beatles-strangest-gig/

The Downey Patriot
July 14, 2011
Beatles musical playing in San Pedro

SAN PEDRO – "In My Life – A Musical Theatre Tribute to the Beatles", an award-winning musical biography of the Beatles told through the eyes of manager Brian Epstein and featuring live music from tribute band Abbey Road, will play a one-night show Aug. 26 at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro.Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com or by calling (800) 838-3006."In My Life" gives the audience a chance to "be there" at pivotal moments in the career of the Beatles: Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club, "The Ed Sullivan Show," Shea Stadium, Abbey Road Studios and the final live performance on the rooftop of their Apple Corp offices.
The show premiered to sold-out audiences in April 28 at a small Orange County theatre and a number of nights were added to keep up with demand. The production now tours nationally in regional theaters, including a sold out performance last March at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center.

http://thedowneypatriot.com/bookmark/14706214-Beatles-musical-playing-in-San-Pedro

msLinds

07-16-2011, 08:04 PM

News and Star
July 16, 2011
Imagine... if there’d been a happy ending

Had there been any poetic justice to John Lennon’s life, his move to New York to escape the worst excesses of London’s tabloid press and police officers (so what else is new?) would have had a happy ending.“He was an artist. Why would you kill an artist?” Yoko Ono choked on her continuing grief at the end of Imagine – Lennon: The New York Years (BBC 1).There was no happy ending. In fact, Michael Epstein’s excellent film, introduced by Alan Yentob, showed how John Lennon’s pursuit of happiness, as part of the perceived American dream he’d trusted, had given him but a few short years of peace before he was shot dead on his doorstep.Of course we knew all that already. Lennon’s story has been told many times before – but perhaps not quite so honestly and lyrically as was done here.

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/opinion/anne-pickles/imagine-if-there-d-been-a-happy-ending-1.858803?referrerPath=opinion/

The Telegraph
July 17, 2011
Must it be Lennon or McCartney ?

Despite a lot of petty side-taking, the greatest songwriting partnership in history was precisely that: a partnership. Neil McCormick on The Beatles.POOR old Paul McCartney. "It's going down in posterity that John was the cool one and Paul was a bit soppy," he complained last year. Yet after decades of critical abuse, he seems to have finally succeeded in putting memories of The Frog Chorus to rest, salvaging some dignity with the much-lauded Anthology collection of Beatles out-takes, earning generally positive reviews of his back-to-basics solo album (Flaming Pie) and being the subject of an authorised biography ('Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now' by Barry Miles) that reaffirms his creative importance in the Beatles set-up.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4711552/Must-it-be-Lennon-or-McCartney.html

Beatles 'reunion' a no-go, according to Julian Lennon
July 14, 2011

Published reports have been circulating for the past few days about a potential Beatles’ “reunion” concert for London’s 2012 Olympics that would feature surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as John Lennon’s son Julian, and George Harrison’s son, Dhani.Now Julian Lennon is saying, don’t even think about it.* “There will never be a Beatles reunion because two of the members of the band have since passed,” Lennon posted on his Facebook page. “And no one could, or should, try to replace them...End of...x.”* We agree. It’s ludicrous to call the above configuration any semblance of the Beatles. And it’s not a Beatles reunion just because the sons of Lennon and Harrison may stand in for their dads.

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat-goes-on/posts/beatles-reunion-a-no-go-according-to-julian-lennon

Liverpool Echo
July 14, 2011
Missing John Lennon psychedelic eye mosaic from Liverpool’s garden festival reunited with owners

A MOSAIC designed by John Lennon was reunited with its owners after being lost for more than two decades.There are now hopes the Psychedelic Eye will return to the Beatle’s home city of Liverpool, from where it went missing in 1987.
The custom-made piece, which is constructed from more than 17,500 ceramic tiles each no bigger than a quarter of an inch square, was originally installed at the end of Lennon’s swimming pool in his mansion at Kenwood, Surrey, where the hits Yellow Submarine and Hey Jude were composed.Lennon sold the house in 1968, and in 1982 it was sold to an anonymous Swedish businessman.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/07/14/missing-john-lennon-mosaic-from-liverpool-s-garden-festival-reunited-with-owners-100252-29049811/

The Wall Street Journal
July 16, 2011
Meeting the Beatles—Again

After shooting photos of a 1964 concert in Washington, D.C., Mike Mitchell didn't really know what he had. The 18-year-old photographer marked the rolls of film "Beedles."Almost half a century later, nearly 50 never-before-seen Beatles photographs, including images of the band's first-ever U.S. concert, will be auctioned at Christie's on Wednesday, with a presale estimate of $100,000. The black-and-white photographs feature a sweating and joyful Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr bouncing at the drums and a policeman using bullets as earplugs to block the screams from more than 8,000 fans. The priciest photographs are expected to sell for $4,000 to $6,000 each.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812104576442214064773084.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5

Liverpool Echo
July 16, 2011
Paddy Shennan’s TV review: Imagine . . . Lennon: The New York Years (BBC1)

THERE was a lot to admire about the late John Lennon’s character, as laid bare in the excellent Imagine . . . Lennon: The New York Years (BBC1, Tuesday).
But also a lot to give you cause to feel sorry for him.Here, yet again, was proof that untold wealth and worldwide fame are no guarantees of a happy and fulfilled life.
And yet Lennon’s New York adventure had started so positively – so much so that it even seemed as if he had forgotten about the brilliance of his home city.“John would often say ‘I should have been born in New York City’,” Yoko Ono told us.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment/2011/07/16/paddy-shennan-s-tv-review-imagine-lennon-the-new-york-years-bbc1-100252-29061136/

msLinds

07-18-2011, 06:44 PM

This new video with Sean Lennon playing his guitar in it. Just got posted on You Tube a couple days ago.I have few other new articles to.Everyone have a safe, positive and great week.

Operation Juliet: BP Fallon (vox), Aaron Lee Tasjan (guitar/vox), Sean Lennon (guitar), Irina Lazareanu (vox/tambourine), Teddy Purvay (bass), Mark Stepro (drums)

‪Operation Juliet - Van And Gloria‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ6G8SzP6OE

Mirror.UK
July 17, 2011
War breaks out between rival Beatles tribute acts

YESTERDAY all their troubles seemed so far away, but now a Beatles tribute band is facing a major headache.The Counterfeit Beatles’ Fab Four may be about to become a trio as rivals eye-up their John Lennon.The Bootleg Beatles’ own Lennon, Neil Harrison, is retiring so they have approached the Counterfeit’s Reuven Gershon to step in.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/13/war-breaks-out-between-rival-beatles-tribute-acts-115875-23267201/

Spinner.com
July 13, 2011
The Monkees' Davy Jones Recalls Beatles Friendship and Mike Nesmith's Disloyalty

When he appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' with the Beatles in 1964, Davy Jones had no idea he was staring at his future.On the show, he performed a song from 'Oliver!' the Broadway show he was acting in at the time. But two years later, he'd be cast in 'The Monkees,' a TV show about a band similar to the Beatles and inspired by the Fab Four movie 'A Hard Day's Night.'

http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/13/davy-jones-monkees-reunion/

Los Angeles Times
July 13, 2011
George Harrison documentary to get Oct debut on HBO

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new George Harrison documentary featuring home movies, interviews and never before seen material will make its debut in October on HBO, the cable channel said on Wednesday.Produced by Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese and Harrison's widow Olivia, "George Harrison: Living in the Material World", traces the life of the late Beatle from his musical beginnings in Liverpool to his fame with the Fab Four in the 1960s as well as his work as a philanthropist and filmmaker.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-georgeharrisontre76c7l7-20110713,0,4127603.story

Washington Examiner
July 13, 2011
Classical Mystery Tour plays Strathmore with a little help from the BSO

What performer doesn't want great material? Classical musicians have the works of Beethoven and Mozart as a time-tested audience-pleaser, while actors bite into the greatest Shakespearean characters with relish.The Classical Mystery Tour, presented along with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Thursday at the Music Center at Strathmore, calls up the music of the Beatles.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/music/2011/07/classical-mystery-tour-plays-strathmore-little-help-bso

msLinds

07-19-2011, 11:45 AM

Liverpool Echo
July 18, 2011
Reports claim ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney’s PR team was targeted by phone hackers

SIR Paul McCartney was allegedly targeted by phone hackers during his multi-million pound divorce from Heather Mills, reports claimed.Members of the former Beatle’s then-PR team believe their mobiles were accessed by the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who was working for the News Of The World.Alan Edwards, founder of PR agency the Outside Organisation, said it was “highly unlikely” his phone was not hacked in 2006.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2011/07/18/reports-claim-ex-beatle-sir-paul-mccartney-s-pr-team-was-targeted-by-phone-hackers-100252-29071350/

NME.com
July 13, 2011
John Lennon's Decade Of Underachievement? Blame New York

If there’s one thing last night’s BBC One documentary Lennon: The New York Years proved, it’s that John Lennon and Yoko Ono enjoyed a somewhat complex relationship – the 1970s counterculture’s Cheryl and Ashley, if you will – oh, and that the Feds were out to get him. But what about the music? Lennon spent the last nine years of his life in New York City (with a brief sojourn in Los Angeles), plenty of time to cement a reputation as the coolest and most creative of Beatles – but did he manage it?

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=146&title=john_lennon_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

The Courier.UK
July 18, 2011
Rare chance to see Peto Collection photos during Scottish Beatles Weekend
Rarely-seen images of The Beatles will go on show in Dundee's Gallery Q next month to coincide with the Scottish Beatles Weekend held in the city.The photographs — taken by Michael Peto and held by Dundee University's archives — show the Beatles in 1965, the year of the filming of Help! and the award of their MBEs.

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Living/Music/article/15780/rare-chance-to-see-peto-collection-photos-during-scottish-beatles-weekend.html

Mirror.uk
July 19,2011
Beatles tribute acts settle John Lennon feud

The Beatles tribute band accused of trying to poach a rival’s John Lennon has let it be – by finding an unknown as a replacement.Adam Hastings, 23, will join the Bootleg Beatles when Neil Harrison retires

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/19/beatles-tribute-acts-settle-john-lennon-feud-115875-23280711/

msLinds

07-19-2011, 11:07 PM

CMJ.com
July 19, 2011
Cibo Matto, Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger @ Bowery Ballroom

Japanese duo Cibo Matto played a reunion show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom last night with support from Sean Lennon’s new project, the Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger.

http://www.cmj.com/the-feed/2011/07/cibo-matto-ghost-of-a-saber-tooth-tiger-bowery-ballroom/

Nico

07-20-2011, 01:05 AM

MsLinds, that article about "John's Decade of Underachievement" left a very bad taste in my mouth. Why are people so ignorant? And why do these people have the right to be published on the Internet for all to read and sway, or in print so it is there forever? John's amazing music speaks for itself.

That is all I will say.

msLinds

07-20-2011, 02:30 PM

I agree Nico with your feeling about that article.I do have a couple new updates.

Liverpool Echo
July 20, 2011
Yoko Ono Lennon sees Beatles and Bed-in memorabilia at the new Museum of Liverpool

Yoko Ono visits the new Museum of Liverpool : Video

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/multimedia/arts-and-culture/video/2011/07/19/yoko-ono-at-the-new-museum-of-liverpool-100252-29085875/

Photographs

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2011/07/20/yoko-ono-sees-beatles-and-bed-in-memorabilia-at-the-new-museum-of-liverpool-video-gallery-100252-29085743/2/

Cibo Matto at the Bowery Ballroom, New York 7-18 -2011

Cibo Matto - Moonchild‬ with Sean Lennon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxBKN4UEWBE

msLinds

07-20-2011, 05:05 PM

The Futon Critic
7-19-2011
McCartney After 9/11: Highly-Anticipated Feature-Length Documentary "The Love We Make" to Debut on Showtime September 10th at 9:00 ET/PT. The film, from Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan, "captures McCartney's personal journey to help heal the city that welcomed him with open arms in 1964."

McCARTNEY AFTER 9/11
Highly-Anticipated Feature-Length Documentary "THE LOVE WE MAKE" Chronicles Paul McCartney's Cathartic JourneyThrough New York City In The Aftermath of 9/11.
To Debut on SHOWTIME September 10th At 9:00 ET/PT

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 19, 2011) - As the country prepares to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, SHOWTIME will premiere the highly-anticipated feature documentary THE LOVE WE MAKE, which chronicles Paul McCartney's poignant and cathartic journey through the streets of New York City in the aftermath of the World Trade Center's destruction. It also traces the planning and performance of the monumental benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, "The Concert for New York City," which took place less than six weeks after the terrorist attacks.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/07/19/mccartney-after-9-11-highly-anticipated-feature-length-documentary-the-love-we-make-to-debut-on-showtime-september-10th-at-900-et-pt-215210/20110719showtime01/

msLinds

07-21-2011, 09:25 AM

Mojo
July 20, 2011
The Glenfiddich MOJO Honours List 2011 Is Here

Tomorrow night (Thursday, July 21), some of the biggest names in music will descend upon the aptly named Brewery in east London for our annual awards extravaganza, otherwise known at The Glenfiddich MOJO Honours List.Now in its eighth year, the Honours List has seen the likes of James Brown, Arthur Lee, The Who, Noel Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Lemmy, Morrissey, Marianne Faithfull, Judy Collins, The Clash, The Stooges, Yoko Ono, ZZ Top, John Lydon, John Martyn, Paul Weller, Blur, Arcade Fire, Ozzy Osbourne, Richard Thompson, Elton John and David Gilmour (to name but a few) join forces to celebrate great music in all its forms.

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/07/mojo_honours_list_2011.html

Liverpool daily post
July 20, 2011
Yoko Ono is special guest at new Museum of Liverpool opening

DURING Yoko Ono’s first visit to Liverpool in the 1960s she invited people to snip off her clothing for her performance art work Cut Piece.In 2004, she hung a giant photograph of a naked breast from St Luke’s “bombed out” Church and suspended images of women’s nude body parts from city centre lamp posts.Yet her greatest mark on the city was far less controversial – she bought John Lennon’s childhood home and, in 2003, donated it to the National Trust.

Mendips was so important for me,” said Ono, sitting in her hotel suite ahead of last night’s Museum of Liverpool VIP reception. A scale-model of the Woolton semi is one of many items connected to the world’s most famous couple that features in the displays.“I felt I had to definitely not let it disappear and make sure people could see how John’s childhood was and what it was like for him to live there.”

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/07/20/yoko-ono-is-special-guest-at-opening-of-new-liverpool-museum-92534-29085724/

The New York Times
July 20,2011
A Book Party for the Dead

The big names on the invitation for a book party at the St. Regis New York hotel were all dead. Salvador Dalí, Alfred Hitchcock and Diana Vreeland had once lived or lived it up here on East 55th Street, we were told. Had they been among the guests on Wednesday at a party for the release of “It Happened Here” by Lesley M. M. Blume, a book chronicling the St. Regis’s creative history, they would no doubt have reveled again.

The dancers may have been sequestered for dinner (they reappeared later at a dance party), but at least we had Yoko Ono. She’s been dancing since she could walk and did a jig for us to demonstrate. “I’m not a stranger in the dance field,” she said. “The kind of dance that I really do is butoh.” (Reluctant to further reveal our plebeian roots, we decided to go home and look up whatever that was.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/nyregion/a-book-party-for-the-dead-and-a-muppet-mayor-nocturnalist.html

SouthwestMinneapolis patch
July 15, 2011

Photographic Fundraiser Focuses On Leon Shambroom
Works by Alec Soth and Yoko Ono Lennon were among those available to raise money for the care of the South Minneapolis fire victim.

http://southwestminneapolis.patch.com/articles/photographic-fundraiser-focuses-on-leon-shambroom#photo-7010685

Telegraph.UK
July 20, 2011
London wedding for Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell

Sir Paul McCartney, the former Beatle, is to marry the American Nancy Shevell in the British capital.Keenly aware that a lavish wedding does not always herald a happy marriage, Sir Paul McCartney has modest ambitions for his union with Nancy Shevell.Mandrake hears that the former Beatle is to marry the American divorcée in a quiet ceremony in London with only close members of his family present.The couple will then fly to New York, where they will hold a party for friends and members of Shevell’s family.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8648366/London-wedding-for-Sir-Paul-McCartney-and-Nancy-Shevell.html

The Morning Call
July 20, 2011
Bethlehem native sells John Lennon autograph for record $40,000

Ron Hummel recorded an interview with the former Beatle the night before he was killed.On Dec. 8,1980, Bethlehem native Ron Hummel was an audio recording engineer when he and a disc jockey went to the New York apartment of John Lennon, then making a comeback with his album "Double Fantasy," to tape an interview for a major radio special.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-lennon-autograph-20110720,0,4870516.story

USA Today
July 21, 2011
Beatles' first U.S. concert photos fetch $360K

NEW YORK — Never-before-seen photographs of the Beatles' first U.S. concert in Washington, D.C., have been sold in New York for more than $360,000.The Beatles played their first U.S. concert on Feb. 11, 1964, at the Washington Coliseum, two days after their debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2011-07-20-Beatles-concert-photos-auction_n.htm

The Detroit News
July 21, 2011
Paul McCartney brings a lifetime of hits to Comerica Park

At age 69, after more than 50 years as a professional musician, it would be understandable if Paul McCartney wanted to kick back, enjoy his engagement to New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell, 51, and count his royalty checks. But always the most energetic of the Beatles, he shows little appetite for the kind of cozy, doze-y retired life he sang about in the Beatles song "When I'm 64" ("we shall scrimp and save" — uh, no need for that, with a fortune estimated to be worth more than $730 million). Now, with just days until his Sunday concert at Comerica Park, McCartney's first performance in the city of Detroit since he was here with Wings in 1976 (his last shows in Metro Detroit were at The Palace in 2005), we catch you up on all things Macca.

http://detnews.com/article/20110721/ENT04/107210325/1424/ENT04/Paul-McCartney-brings-a-lifetime-of-hits-to-Comerica-Park

Press @Guide
July 19, 2011
Russ Gibb talks about Paul McCartney and the famous ‘Paul is Dead’ rumor

DEARBORN — In a rare interview, Russ Gibb discusses his involvement in the “Paul is Dead” urban legend about singer Paul McCartney of the legendary Beatles.“I want to be begin by saying Paul McCartney is alive and well — I’m sure of that,” said Gibb, a Dearborn resident.In fact, McCartney will be performing Sunday at Comerica Park in Detroit.“I didn’t think anything much about the Beatles except I’d play them on the radio. I liked them a lot, particularly Paul. Interestingly enough, I had met the Beatles when they first came to Detroit (in 1964)... As a DJ, we were all lined up in the office. They were brought in and we each shook hands. That’s about it; we didn’t really talk with them… And they were whisked away to do their show,” recalled Gibb.

http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2011/07/19/news/doc4e25ce275f18b054541854.txt

Former Beatles star Ringo Starr is hosting an exhibition of his art at a gallery in Austria.
July 19, 2011

Former Beatles star Ringo Starr is hosting an exhibition of his art at a gallery in Austria.
The 71-year-old musician has put on the new exhibition in the capital city of Vienna and told people to 'give peace a chance' with his CND print.

http://celebrity.uk.msn.com/news/gossip/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=158610592

msLinds

07-22-2011, 12:02 AM

Liverpool Echo.UK
July 21, 2011
Liverpool's Hope Street Hotel squeezes Yoko Ono in
FILE under ‘No-one puts Yoko in a corner’.

The never-less-than-fabulous Yoko Ono was in town for the opening of the equally impressive Museum of Liverpool this week.And, as is her custom, she had her people phone ahead to the Hope Street Hotel to install her there for the duration.What they hadn’t reckoned with, though, was the small matter of uni graduations – plus a few thousand other cultural luminaries descending on the city for the museum launch.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment/2011/07/21/liverpool-s-hope-street-hotel-squeezes-yoko-ono-in-100252-29092220/

Sean Lennon allways produces all of his Mom's Plastic Ono bands performance's and also performs on stage with her and the band. So I am sure he will be there to with Yoko on stage in Iceland.Also every year on October 9th on John's birthday Yoko and Sean travel to Reykjavík for the lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower.

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band added to Iceland Airwaves
July 21, 2011

The Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, formed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono before the dissolution of the Beatles, joins Polaris Music Prize Winner Owen Pallett, synth siren Glasser and Bristol’s Zun Zun Egui on this year’s Iceland Airwaves line-up.The festival, which runs from of October 12-16th 2011 in Reykjavík, also sees more Icelandic additions, including GusGus, For a Minor Reflection, Kippi Kaninus and Mógil. Among those already announced for the festival are hometown girl Björk and The Line of Best Fit favourites Niki & the Dove and Beach House

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/07/yoko-ono-plastic-ono-band-added-to-iceland-airwaves/

http://elbo.ws/post/3591323/yoko-ono-plastic-ono-band-added-to-iceland-airwaves/

http://www.icelandairwaves.is/

msLinds

07-22-2011, 02:04 PM

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

Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl's band ' The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger ' performs in Atlanta at the Tabernacle on 5-19-2011

http://exposureroom.com/members/runme69/f6cf5d3be5a741a3aea8eb3c8370ab4c/

according2g.com
July 21,2011
An Encounter with The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger

The other night I saw The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (The GOASTT) perform at Bowery Ballroom in New York. I enjoyed their set and found that there was no way I wasn’t going to say hello to lead singers Sean Lennon and model Charlotte Kemp Muhl. As you can see from these pictures, both Sean and Charlotte (who are also boyfriend and girlfriend) were extremely cool. I resisted telling Sean that I love his parents because I am sure he is so over hearing that, but I’ll say it here – because it’s true. Also, don’t you love Sean’s Flaming Lips T-shirt ? I do !

http://according2g.com/2011/07/an-encounter-with-the-ghost-of-a-saber-tooth-tiger/

Examiner.com
July 21, 2011
Museum of Liverpool opens - Beatles legacy honored with artifacts and films

July 21, 2011- The Museum of Liverpool has opened this week down on its waterfront in Liverpool, England, to much pomp and fanfare. Dedicated to its own illustrious history dating back over a century, it honors its long-standing love of football, the dramatic toll of World Wars, and its historic and once thriving port.But they didn’t forget the impact The Beatles have had on the city.Included with the 12,000 people who attended the opening on the 19th were Yoko Ono, John Lennon’s widow, and Mike McCartney, Paul McCartney’s brother.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/museum-of-liverpool-opens-beatles-legacy-honored-with-artifacts-and-films?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Examiner.com
July 21, 201
Cavern Club in Liverpool commissions large Beatles painting to honor Fab Four

July 21, 2011 - It has just been announced thatThe Cavern Club in Liverpool has commissioned an 8-foot square painting of The Beatles to adorn its walls. The artwork will pay tribute to the four lads who made it the most famous club in the world. The club has hired famed Beatles artist SHANNON, named the “The World's Greatest Beatles Artist” by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, to do the painting.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/cavern-club-liverpool-commissions-large-beatles-painting-to-honor-fab-four?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Rolling Stone
July 22 2011
Martin Scorsese Finishes George Harrison Documentary

After four years of work, Martin Scorsese is looking forward to sharing his long-awaited documentary on the life of George Harrison with the world. "George's music always spoke directly to me," Scorsese tells Rolling Stone. "So directly that I don't think I realized just how inspiring he'd been for me until I made the picture."George Harrison: Living in the Material World will debut on HBO in two parts in October.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/martin-scorsese-finishes-george-harrison-documentary-20110722

Nico

07-23-2011, 10:32 PM

Thanks MsLinds!!:wavey: As always, you are the best!!

msLinds

07-24-2011, 09:49 PM

Your welcome Nico.I have a couple new articles.Everyone have a safe,positive and great week and take care.

Liverpool Echo.UK
July 22, 2011
Bill Harry celebrates the 50th anniversary of Mersey Beat – the newspaper he created and edited

It was 50 years ago . . . this month. Merseyside’s music-loving teenagers were beginning to move to a new beat – and one man wanted to spread the good news.And so Mersey Beat, Bill Harry’s incredibly-influential publication, was born – ensuring the art college friend of John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe would be at the centre of a musical revolution which later reverberated around the world.Now 72, Bill tells the ECHO from his home in Bayswater, London: “It really doesn’t seem like that long ago, particularly when so many people from all over the world continue to tell me how much they love the Merseyside music of that era.”

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment/2011/07/22/bill-harry-celebrates-the-50th-anniversary-of-mersey-beat-the-newspaper-he-created-and-edited-100252-29098409/

AndhraNews.net
July 24, 2011
Beatle fans could soon own a replica of the famous white Steinway piano that John Lennon presented to his wife Yoko Ono on her 38th birthday if they are willing to shell out 77,200 pounds.

Beatle fans could soon own a replica of the famous white Steinway piano that John Lennon presented to his wife Yoko Ono on her 38th birthday if they are willing to shell out 77,200 pounds.Hundred replicas of the original were commissioned to commemorate The Beatles star's 70th birthday last year.Steinway commissioned the replicas of the 1971 piano, which still stands in Ono's New York flat with an inscription on it that reads: 'For Yoko, Happy Birthday, love John.'The first 'Imagine Series' arrived at Steinway's London showroom last week."It's identical to the one Lennon bought for Yoko," the Daily Mail quoted Steinway's UK managing director, Glen Gough, as saying."Each will take a year to build and has a decal under the wires, based on a Lennon drawing," he added.

http://www.andhranews.net/Entertainment/2011/Soon-own-replica-John-Lennons-iconic-5342.htm

msLinds

07-25-2011, 11:50 PM

Another article has allready been posted by me about John Lennon's Steinway piano for sale.But there is a couple of large beautiful photographs of John's white Steinway piano in this first link.

Dailymail.UK
July 23, 2011
John Lennon wrote Imagine on his white Steinway. What would you write on yours ?

Imagine no possessions ? John Lennon wrote the lyrics, but he didn't stick to the idea.
The Beatles star famously ordered a white grand piano from Steinway for his wife's 38th birthday in 1971. Inscribed on it was a simple message, 'For Yoko, Happy Birthday, love John.'To commemorate Lennon's 70th birthday last December, Steinway commissioned 100 replicas of Ono's original, which still stands in her New York flat. The first Imagine Series arrived at Steinway's London showroom last week. 'It's identical to the one Lennon bought for Yoko,' says Steinway's UK managing director, Glen Gough. 'Each will take a year to build and has a decal under the wires, based on a Lennon drawing.' The star's signature has also been laser-engraved next to the keyboard.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2016832/John-Lennon-wrote-Imagine-white-Steinway-What-write-yours.html

BBC News Liverpool
July 25, 2011
Street named after former Beatle drummer Pete Best

The Beatles' former drummer Pete Best said he was "very humbled" to have two Liverpool streets named in his honour.The roads, Pete Best Drive and Casbah Close, will be on a new estate to be built on Everton's former training ground at Bellfield in West Derby.The housing development was chosen as Best comes from the area and the Casbah Club, where The Beatles began their career, is less than half a mile away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14275755

The Orange County register
July 24, 2011
Soundcheck

It has been both interesting and instructive to watch how popular so-called tribute acts have become in recent years. While there have long been salutes to the Beatles, ever since the success of Beatlemania in the late ’70s, there are now tributes to everybody from Journey to the Doors, Queen to David Bowie, Heart to the Smiths, all playing to enthusiastic crowds (and often at the OC Fair this summer).But “The Greatest Show That Never Was” provided a fascinating boost to the growing parade of musicians emulating famous groups, with Saturday fare at Pacific Amphitheatre featuring a hypothetical bill featuring the Beatles (played by the Fab Four) and the Rolling Stones (courtesy of Jumping Jack Flash).

http://soundcheck.ocregister.com/2011/07/24/pacific-2011-big-fun-with-beatles-stones-tributes/56151/

Chic Magazine
July 25, 2011

Translated from Swedish to English

Odd Molly have for spring / summer of 2012 engaged the American model Charlotte Kemp Muhl. Charlotte is also an actress and singer, and has been with her boyfriend Sean Lennon band The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger .Per Holknekt, Creative Director at Odd Molly says -After a period of collaboration with the great who is also multi-talented Helena Christensen, we at Odd Molly now chosen to work together with Charlotte Kemp Muhl in 2012. She performed live with Sean Lennon at Odd Molly's show at New York Fashion Week last year and now that we were facing our future choice of representative women, she was self-evident. The top model Charlotte is not only breathtaking in its own distinctive appearance, but also genuinely talented in so many wonderful ways. Her performance on the accordion and singing in our display was just enough to make us all just love her. We salute course, women's diversity and multi-properties and therefore we see Charlotte Kemp Muhl as an ideal successor to Helena Christensen. That she then himself is thrilled at Odd Molly clothing does not make things worse. This should be really exciting. I'm really looking forward to shooting in New York on 27 June.The new campaign, styled by Hollywood stylist Jonas Hallberg and plates by Warwick Saint in New York on 27 June.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://chic.se/etikett/the-ghost-of-a-saber-tooth-tiger/&ei=cMMtTqquL_TXiAKhybGwAg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dthe%2Bghost%2Bof%2Ba%2Bsaber%2Btooth%2Btiger%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1416%26bih%3D69 3%26tbs%3Dqdr:d%26prmd%3Divnsl

http://chic.se/etikett/the-ghost-of-a-saber-tooth-tiger/

msLinds

07-26-2011, 11:06 PM

Examiner.com national
July 26, 2011
Beatles photographer Mike Mitchell - exclusive interview airs on May Pang show

New York – Beatles photographer Mike Mitchell gave an exclusive interview yesterday with May Pang on her internet radio show on BlogTalkRadio.com called Dinner Specials with May Pang and Cynthia Neilson. Mitchell, a magazine photographer in 1964, took 46 photos of the Beatles during their first U.S. show, the Washington D.C. concert February 11, 1964, and then at the Baltimore show in September. His photos, never before seen, sold at Christies Auction House on July 20 for over $360,000, a shocking sum that has surprised even Mitchell.The live on-air interview with Pang lasted nearly an hour and illuminated how this all came to pass. Mitchell, who said he knew he’d be a photographer since the age of 13, was present at the Washington D.C. show to take photos of the Beatles, and then again in Baltimore in September. To quote from his story on his website, he describes the challenging conditions: “I had no flash equipment and was therefore forced to take my cues from what the light was doing.”

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/beatles-photographer-mike-mitchell-exclusive-interview-airs-on-may-pang-show?CID=examiner_alerts_article

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/maypang/2011/07/25/dinner-specials-with-may-pang-and-cynthia-neilson-live

prlog.org
July 27, 2011
Lennon Author Returns with New Book to Chicago Fest for Beatles Fans

Beatles expert and author – Jude Southerland Kessler will be returning to this years Fest for Beatles Fans with a new book about John Lennon.'Shivering Inside' by Jude Southerland Kessler

Jude Southerland Kessler is proud to announce that Shivering Inside – a novel on the life of John Winston Lennon, will be making its debut at the 35th Annual Fest for Beatles Fans in Chicago on August 5-7, 2011. Shivering Inside, the second book in a nine books series, covers Lennon’s life from the signing on of Brian Epstein in December 1961 to the birth of Lennon’s son, Julian, in April 1963.

http://www.prlog.org/11600237-lennon-author-returns-with-new-book-to-chicago-fest-for-beatles-fans.html

Seattle PI
July 25, 2011
Music Review: The Nu-Utopians - Imagined: The John Lennon Song Project

Back in 1972, Rex Fowler first appeared on the recording scene with the debut album by his folk/rock duo, Aztec Two Step. Continuing to record and tour to the present day, last year Fowler teamed with another folk mainstay, Tom Dean, to work on a project that grew out of their love for the music of Beatle John Lennon. They ended up creating something very special indeed.

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-The-Nu-Utopians-Imagined-The-1583492.php

Beatles Hard Day's Night Hotel to host third annual fashion show for Linda McCartney Centre
July 26, 2011
Returning to Liverpool’s Beatles-inspired Hard Days Night Hotel, the third annual Linda McCartney Centre fashion show is set to be the biggest yet. Showcasing summer lines by independent boutiques Gypsophila Couture and Total Recall Vintage, as well as designs by local fashion graduates, the show has been organised in aid of Linda McCartney Centre in Liverpool. Funds raised will go directly to the centre, 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.clickliverpool.com/business/public-sector/1213925-beatles-hard-days-night-hotel-to-host-third-annual-fashion-show-for-linda-mccartney-centre.html

Ultimate Classic Rock.com
July 26, 2011
George Harrison’s ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ Makes Digital Debut, Streaming Event Announced

Nearly 40 years after George Harrison’s historic ‘Concert for Bangladesh,’ the audio of the event has been released digitally today for the first time as an iTunes exclusive.
The digital edition of ‘Bangladesh’ is being issued as a benefit release, retaining the giving spirit of late Beatles guitarist and the original intentions behind the event. All proceeds after taxes will be donated to the George Harrison Fund for Unicef, a special charity established to help provide relief to children in famine and the drought-stricken regions in the Horns of Africa. iTunes, Apple Records Inc., and all artists, songwriters and publishers have waived all fees and will see no income from the sales.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/george-harrison-concert-for-bangladesh-digital-debut-streaming-event/

msLinds

07-27-2011, 12:01 AM

I have a couple more new updates tonight.

Billboard.com
July 26, 2011
Yoko Ono Talks Dance Hits, Lady Gaga, John Lennon and Twitter

In December 2010, the last time Yoko Ono was at Billboard, she was being honored for a whopping five consecutive No. 1s on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. With her just-released single "Talking To The Universe" climbing 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 ("one of the most awesome pied pipers the world ever had"), 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://www.billboard.com/news/yoko-ono-talks-dance-hits-lady-gaga-john-1005292622.story#/news/yoko-ono-talks-dance-hits-lady-gaga-john-1005292622.story

Great Miscellany
April 30, 2011
Sean Lennon & Kemp Muhl - Blow Up by Alex Freund, 2011

http://greatmiscellany.tumblr.com/post/5077476424/sean-lennon-kemp-muhl-blow-up-by-alex-freund

msLinds

07-27-2011, 11:22 PM

Liverpool Daily Post
July 28, 2011
Liverpool’s Neptune theatre renamed in honour of Beatles manager Brian Epstein (GALLERY)

LIVERPOOL’S Neptune theatre is set to be officially relaunched tomorrow, renamed after former Beatles manager Brian Epstein.Tonight, workmen were putting the finishing touches to the interior of the building, which has been left in a state of decay since it closed in 2005.It was due to be refurbished then, but remained untouched after a row between the council and its landlord.The £1m refurb sees new mahogany doors and restored crystal chandeliers inside.Today, council leader Cllr Joe Anderson said he was thrilled Mr Epstein’s family had agreed to let the theatre bear the Beatles’ manager’s name.Epstein worked there when it housed Crane’s music shop.Cllr Anderson said: “I’m delighted Brian’s family accepted our request to rename this venue The Epstein Theatre.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/the-reading-room/2011/07/28/liverpool-s-neptune-theatre-renamed-in-honour-of-beatles-manager-brian-epstein-gallery-100252-29132354/

The Detroit News
July 27, 2011
McCartney wings through Motown Museum on Detroit tour stop

Paul McCartney gets guided museum tour of studio that inspired him.He may be one of the world's most famous musicians, but when Paul McCartney walked through the modest blue front door at the Motown Historical Museum on West Grand Boulevard on Sunday, he was just another excited, awestruck Motown fan."He loved Studio A," reports the museum's chief curator, Lina Stephens. Stephens gave the former Beatle a private tour, along with his band and his fiancee Nancy Shevell, slipping them in at 3 p.m., just before McCartney's 4 p.m. soundcheck at Comerica Park.

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110727/ENT04/107270305

Auckland Now
July 26, 2011
Beatle Paul McCartney bludged my fags'

Paul McCartney was a bit tight in the early 1960s and used to bludge cigarettes from Devonport resident Keith Wilkinson.Wilkinson says The Beatles frontman would write "IOU one fag" on his cigarette packets frequently.The former Londoner's best friend Gordon Waller was better known as one half of the Peter and Gordon singing duo of the swinging 60s.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/5340751/Beatle-Paul-McCartney-bludged-my-fags

msLinds

07-29-2011, 12:53 PM

Everyone have a safe and great upcoming weekend and take care.

Contact Music
July 29, 2011
Yoko Ono - Yoko Ono Places Wreath At Hiroshima Memorial

Yoko Ono has placed a wreath at a memorial for victims of the nuclear bomb attacks on Japan.John Lennon's widow is in her native country to receive an award for her charity work and promote tourism in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami disaster which claimed more than 15,000 lives in March (11).And she took time out on Friday (29Jul11) to visit the cenotaph in Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park to lay a wreath at the monument in honour of the city's war dead.An estimated 166,000 people were killed when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, forcing Japan to surrender and bringing about the end of World War II.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/yoko-ono-places-wreath-at-hiroshima-memorial_1237355

Liverpool Echo
July 28, 2011
Olympic organisers deny signing Paul McCartney for opening ceremony

OLYMPIC organisers have denied signing Sir Paul McCartney to front the 2012 opening ceremony but welcomed the former Beatle’s support.Press reports had indicated the star, 69, had done a deal after he said he was “up for it”.But a spokesman for the Olympic Games Organising Committee today told the ECHO: “It is great that someone of Sir Paul’s stature is interested but it is still very early days.“We are still a year away from opening ceremony.“Discussions are taking place with lots of high-profile people but it is too early to confirm anyone.”

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/07/28/olympic-organisers-deny-signing-paul-mccartney-for-opening-ceremony-100252-29135057/

Alligator.org
July 27,2011
Lennon bus sweeps through Florida

John Lennon's aspirations as an activist and musician will always be recognized and appreciated by Beatles lovers everywhere.To further demonstrate admiration for Lennon's work, Brian Rothschild and David Sonenberg have created a nonprofit organization called the John Lennon Educational Tour bus.The Lennon bus travels across the nation visiting public schools and colleges. A team works with students to produce new music, shoot videos and create various digital media projects.
With 14 years of experience behind it, the Lennon bus is equipped with the latest recording technology and encourages the youth of America to embrace songwriting and media production.

http://www.alligator.org/the_avenue/features/article_4a835bee-b8ca-11e0-a794-001cc4c03286.html

Belfast Telegraph.UK
July 28, 2011
Ringo's car star of Hollywood sale

Ringo Starr's 1968 Ford Mustang is attracting a lot of bids in an auction of Hollywood memorabilia.The Beatle's cherry red vintage car which he used to drive around Los Angeles is one of the lots in Premiere Props' Hollywood Auction Extravaganza II, which also includes iconic films props and costumes, as well as outfits from music stars' tours and videos.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/ringos-car-star-of-hollywood-sale-16029155.html

Star Magazine
July 28, 2011
Harrison's widow rallies stars for Africa fundraising

ERIC CLAPTON, SELENA GOMEZ, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS and RINGO STARR are among celebrities who have teamed up with the widow of BEATLES star GEORGE HARRISON to raise money for the victims of drought and famine in Africa.Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia - known as the Horn of Africa due to their location in the east of the continent - have been hit with the worst drought in 60 years and millions of residents are fleeing to find refuge in other areas.Olivia Harrison, the wife of late guitarist George, founded the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF, to benefit life-saving programs for children in Africa - and she's announced all cash raised for the charity in August (11) will be used to help those suffering in the current crisis.

http://www.star-magazine.co.uk/breakingnews/view/32421/Harrison-s-widow-rallies-stars-for-Africa-fundraising/

msLinds

07-29-2011, 06:53 PM

Examiner.com
July 29, 2011
John Lennon Imagine Series Ltd Edition pianos on tour

A Limited edition series of John Lennon’s white “Imagine” piano will go on a one month tour in the northeastern U.S in July and August, reports Steinway Hall Fans will even be able to play the pianos, which are made in four different design styles. It will be a rare opportunity.This limited edition series was introduced last fall in commemoration of Lennon’s 70th birthday. It was modeled after the white piano that John gave to his wife Yoko Ono on her birthday in 1971. This is the piano John is shown playing Imagine on in the famous video at Tittenhurst Park in Ascot, England.

Tour dates include New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

July 26-30, 2011 – Steinway Piano Gallery of Paramus, NJ
August 2-6, 2011 – Steinway Used Piano Gallery, Melville, NY
August 9-13, 2011 – Steinway Hall, New York City
August 16-20, 2011 – Steinway Piano Gallery of Westport, CT

Yes you can touch - Unlike most exhibits of actual artifacts, where ropes and signs prevent fans from touching them, during the tour, visitors will be allowed to actually sit down and play the pianos.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/john-lennon-imagine-series-ltd-edition-pianos-touring-ne-u-s-q?CID=examiner_alerts_article

www.steinway.com/imagine

msLinds

07-30-2011, 12:40 AM

I thought many of you would enjoy listening to these podcasts.

Strawberry Fields Radio
The Beatles in their own music

http://strawberryfields.podomatic.com/entry/2011-07-15T17_50_33-07_00

http://www.podomatic.com/profile/strawberryfields

Nico

07-30-2011, 12:46 AM

Awesome, thanks so much MsLinds!!!:wavey: As always.

msLinds

07-30-2011, 02:30 AM

Your welcome Nice. I have a Goastt update.

culture.wnyc.org
July 29, 201
Gig Alert: David Garland with Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl

David Garland  " The Long View" Playing Sunday night at The Stone (Avenue C and 2nd Street, East Village) New York City. Info: Tickets ($10 at door)

David Garland, who is the host of the WNYC show Spinning On Air and the WQXR show Movies on the Radio, has released this exclusive track, “The Long View,” for download, which is on his forthcoming album Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton. On it, Garland plays a uniquely modified 12-string guitar. He is joined on vocals by Sean Ono Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl of the band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger. Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton is Garland’s 10th album and one that Lennon has described as “clearly the result of a lifetime spent investigating the relationship between notes and chords and words."Lennon and Muhl will be joining Garland on Sunday night at John Zorn’s East Village fringe music outpost The Stone along with a string quartet. The duo is also featured in the video below, as The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, playing "Lavender Road" on Spinning On Air.

You can listen to and download the song for free here

http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/music-hub/2011/jul/29/gig-alert-david-garland/

msLinds

07-31-2011, 01:31 AM

Examiner.com
July 31, 2011
BBC Radio to premiere first single from new Julian Lennon album

"Lookin' 4 Luv," the new single from Julian Lennon's forthcoming album "Everything Changes," will get its world premiere on BBC Radio on Monday, the singer revealed on Twitter Saturday.The song will be played during "The Chris Evans Show" on BBC Radio 2. The album is to be released Sept. 26,2011 Lennon said.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/bbc-radio-to-premiere-first-single-from-new-julian-lennon-album

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evans/

Brooklyn.ny1.com
July 29, 2011
New Book "Imagines" John Lennon And Yoko Ono's Central Park ( with a video about the book )
new book details the history of Central Park’s famous Strawberry Fields landmark. NY1’s Shazia Khan filed the following report.

Their love of Central Park was no secret — it was a place where John Lennon and Yoko Ono found peace and beauty, just steps from their home, the Dakota.The Central Park of today, however, is a far different one than the new residents experienced almost 40 years ago.“When they first moved to the Dakota in 1973, Central Park was not a very happy place, and it didn't look good, and John and Yoko actually had the idea to donate some grass seed to the park,” says historian Sara Cedar Miller.Of course, it would be more than grass seeds that would forever bind the couple to the park.In her new book "Strawberry Fields: Central Park's Memorial to John Lennon," the historian and photographer for the Central Park Conservancy details how the creation of Strawberry Fields, named after the John Lennon-penned Beatles song, would revitalize the rest of the park.

http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/arts/143930/new-book--imagines--john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-s-central-park/

Japan Times
Yoko Ono visits Peace Museum
July 30, 2011

HIROSHIMA — Yoko Ono, the New York-based avant-garde artist and widow of former Beatle John Lennon, visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Friday morning.Ono, 78, was in Hiroshima to attend an award ceremony and receive the eighth Hiroshima Art Prize for her contribution to world peace through contemporary art. The ceremony was to be held Friday night at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110730a6.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yokoonoofficial/5989407644/in/set-72157627187590721

Reuters.UK
July 29, 2011
Beatles barber turns shop into tribute to Fab Four

Beatles fan Gerardo Weiss ran a typical Buenos Aires barber shop until he had a dream that the Fab Four dropped in for a haircut.Seven years later, Weiss has made Beatles-inspired cuts his specialty."The dream got etched on my memory," he said at the modest salon, the walls plastered with photos of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr."I decided to get rid of the pictures these places usually have and just put up photos of The Beatles ... so people could see them and ask for their haircuts," he said.One picture shows Lennon cutting someone's hair, another is of Harrison with curly locks down to his shoulders. It is the stuff of inspiration for Weiss.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/29/us-argentina-beatles-idUKTRE76S4FD20110729

Liverpool DailyPost.UK
July 29, 2011
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney interupts Canada and US tour to appear at LIPA

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY made a flying visit to Liverpool to take part in the annual LIPA graduation ceremony.The 69-year-old jetted in from Montreal to hand out badges to hundreds of students at the Philharmonic Hall.He was then due to leave again last night, this time for the United States.And he told the young performers to always be grateful for their talent.He said: " You are all pretty brilliant to be here today. You put in all the hard work." But remember it’s a gift, and be grateful for that gift."

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2011/07/29/ex-beatle-sir-paul-mccartney-interupts-canada-and-us-tour-to-appear-at-lipa-100252-29146084/

msLinds

07-31-2011, 12:09 PM

WLWT News
July 28, 2011
Rumors McCartney Makes Unusual Requests Of GABP

Rumors are flying surrounding Paul McCartney's visit to the Queen City. People are asking News 5 if McCartney is demanding we take the "pork" out of "Porkopolis."McCartney has made waves with his push for sticking to vegetables. His campaign to celebrate "Meat Free Mondays" has had global success. Some of his fans, however, have a beef with the rumored demands for his upcoming concert at Great American Ballpark.Word has spread to Sir Paul's ticketholders that the vegetarian wants hot dog signage at the ballpark covered. He may also be asking that concession stands go meat-free for the concert.

http://www.wlwt.com/news/28687755/detail.html

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msLinds

08-01-2011, 10:30 AM

I love Julian Lennon's new song and I'm really looking forward to getting a copy of his new album when its released in September.

' Looking for Luv" single from his upcoming new album by Julian Lennon : on BBC player radio 2. From the Chris Evans Breakfast show.Broadcasted on 8-1-2011

1:46:10 (approximately) into the show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b012rszr

msLinds

08-01-2011, 01:13 PM

Liverpool Daily Post.UK
August 1, 2011

Plaque remembering the woman who inspired the Beatles’ hit Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is to be placed in Liverpool

A PLAQUE remembering the woman who inspired the Beatles’ hit, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, is to be placed in Mathew Street.Lucy Vodden, who died in 2009 aged 46, was depicted in a watercolour painting a young Julian Lennon created at nursery school.The artwork was the inspiration for the classic Lennon/McCartney song.The bronze plaque has been commissioned by St Thomas' Lupus Trust, who have worked with Julian to promote awareness of the disease which claimed Mrs Vodden’s life.Campaigns director Angie Davidson said she was “thrilled” that Liverpool City Council had approved the request.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/08/01/plaque-remembering-the-woman-who-inspired-the-beatles-hit-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-is-to-be-placed-in-liverpool-92534-29152890/

msLinds

08-01-2011, 03:28 PM

The Concert For Bangladesh Concert Streaming Here Now !

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Concert for Bangladesh, we are streaming the entire film HERE, GeorgeHarrison.com and on iTunes.com/thebeatles. July 3oth - August 1st 2011. Click " Watch the Stream" to see the film.

http://www.georgeharrison.com/

http://www.theconcertforbangladesh.com/

Guardian.UK
July 28, 2011
The Concert for Bangladesh and its charity pop legacy

Ravi Shankar may be 91 years old, but the memory of June 1971 remains vivid. "I was in Los Angeles," says India's greatest classical musician, "hearing about this terrible tragedy: 100,000 refugees coming into Kolkata, and yet almost nobody knew about it."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/28/concert-for-bangladesh-charity-pop

Guardian.co.uk
August 1, 2011
John Lennon's hat and shades go up for auction

Items owned by John Lennon at the height of Beatlemania to go under the hammer on August 9th.He is probably more famous for sporting a Greek fisherman's cap at the height of Beatlemania in the mid-60s. But a floppy "cowboy" hat worn by John Lennon when the band toured the US in 1965 is expected to fetch as much as £8,000 at auction.Lennon gave the hat – along with a toy gun – to his uncle Charlie Lennon, who was a great fan of western films. Uncle Charlie passed them on to Larry Warren, an American who lives in the Beatles' home city of Liverpool.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/01/john-lennon-hat-shades-auction

Nico

08-01-2011, 10:56 PM

msLinds

08-02-2011, 11:57 AM

I am also looking forward Nico to the official release of Julian's new single song and later that month the release of his new album ' Everything Changes '.I have some new updates now for everyone.Just a reminder to everyone again. lol That Fleetwood Mac is still my favorite band.They are my first love in music,my main love in music and allways will be.That includes the band members solo music to.We now return you to your Beatles news, etc music and articles updates.

New James McCartney EP now available for pre-order
CLOSE AT HAND
The New EP
Produced by David Kahne and Paul McCartney
The New EP by James McCartney, produced by David Kahne and Paul McCartney, is now available for pre-order with special content exclusively at iTunes starting today, August 1. Worldwide Release of the EP will be on MaybeNot/Engine Company Records at the end of this month, on August 30th, 2011.

iTunes Pre-Release Starts Monday, August 1, 2011
(Pre-Orders With Special Content Exclusively at iTunes : Available NOW

Read more here:
http://www.enginecompanyrecords.com/JamesMcCartney/

James McCartney :: CLOSE AT HAND - EP :: Sampler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6PWpyx9_ek

Paul McCartney plays Wrigley : Video
August 31, 2011

July 31, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Thousands of fans watched Sir Paul McCartney rock out at Wrigley Field Sunday night.The former Beatle is scheduled to perform there again Monday night at 8 p.m. Crews had been busy for days setting up the stage."He's the top of the food chain in the music business, so he could do 30 songs and leave you with 100 that he didn't do," one fan said before the show.We found fans that had traveled from Iowa to be at Sunday night's show.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/entertainment&id=8281639

Playbill.com
August 2, 2011
Backbeat, Musical Tracing the Birth of the Beatles, Heads to West End's Duke of York's; David Leveaux Directs

Backbeat, a stage adaptation of the 1994 film about the birth of the Beatles, is heading to the West End’s Duke of York’s Theatre, beginning performances Sept. 24 prior to an official opening Oct. 10th.First seen at Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre in 2010, it is co-written by Iain Softley (who directed and co-wrote the film) and playwright Stephen Jeffreys, and will be directed by David Leveaux (Broadway revivals of Nine and Fiddler on the Roof, and most recently represented on Broadway by his production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia that originated in the West End).In a press statement, producer Karl Sydow commented, "Backbeat at the Duke Of York Theatre will allow people the experience of being at the birth of the Beatles. It tells a story that many music fans may not know, set to a musical backdrop that absolutely defined the early 60s. Next year will mark 50 years since the Beatles released their first single, and I am proud to be bringing their early days to life in the West End."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/153227-Backbeat-Musical-Tracing-the-Birth-of-the-Beatles-Heads-to-West-Ends-Duke-of-Yorks-David-Leveaux-Directs

Ultimate Classic Rock
July 30, 2011
10 most shocking albums covers in Rock

Rock stars love to give the proverbial (and sometimes literal) middle finger to the establishment, and there's no better way than with a shocking album cover. As the recent kerfuffle over Nirvana's 'Nevermind' cover being banned from Facebook proves, many of the most infamous album covers are still controversial today. Join us for a look at the 10 Most Shocking Album Covers in Rock Music. (Note: Before you scroll down, some of these images are not safe for work — unless you work at Tommy Lee's house. Then you're probably fine.)

Number 3. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 'Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins'
The sight of, according to John Lennon, “two slightly overweight ex-junkies” in the nude proved to be too shocking for music retailers, who sold the album in brown wrapping paper. The packaging made it look like John and Yoko were drowning in quicksand.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/shocking-album-covers/

Liddypool.com The birth place of the Beatles
July 25, 2011
Critically acclaimed Liddypool book to release second edition

Liverpool, UK -- July 25, 2011 -- Liddypool, Birthplace of The Beatles, the critically acclaimed book to concentrate solely on the history of The Beatles from their experience of living and growing up in Liverpool, will soon be released in its second and expanded edition.Covering their rise from childhood in the 1940s and obscurity to their triumphant civic reception at Liverpool Town Hall on 10th July 1964, when the city said goodbye to the Fab Four, author David Bedford uses local knowledge and eyewitness testimony to chart every band member and name-change and lineup, from The Black Jacks to The Beatles: the story of the "Fab 27".Bedford, a Liverpool native and noted Beatles historian, has updated what is considered to be the definitive book describing facts and truths of the colorful, formative years of The Beatles, starting many years before they stepped out in suits and mop-top haircuts.

http://www.whoputthebeatinthebeatles.co.uk/

Trib Local
August 2, 2011
World's youngest Beatles tribute band perform free concert

The Hoffman Estates Arts Commission and the Hoffman Estates Park District welcome Stockwood to the Village Green in the western part of the Village. The band takes the stage Thursday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m. as part of the "Summer Sounds on the Green" concert series.Stockwood brings together a musical proficiency far surpassing their years, and are able to entertain audiences of all ages with legendary music by The Beatles. All four boys sing and play their instruments without accompaniment from anyone or anything.

http://triblocal.com/hoffman-estates/community/stories/2011/08/worlds-youngest-beatles-tribute-band-perform-free-concert/

msLinds

08-02-2011, 02:22 PM

A fan posted this on another message board of a mp3 they made of Julian's single ' Looking For Luv ' that was broadcasted on BBC 2 radio this past monday.If you right click on the link.You can download this song.I wish that guy had kept quiet untill Julian had completely finished the song.I am not going to be posting here any free download links of songs off the new album.Once Julian's album is officially released.But since this is from a radio broadcast.I think its ok to post it here.Everyone have a good day and take care.

mp3 link to song : listen here - and right click on the link to save it

http://naturalskeptic.com/audio/jules.mp3

msLinds

08-03-2011, 04:20 PM

Sgt. Pepper - Live 8/7/2011 Long Island, NY - Free Concert

Band includes members of : The Hooters; Strawberry Fields; Beatlestock

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7th 2011 7:00 pm – WOUNDROUS STORIES-SGT. PEPPER ALBUM. Wonderous Stories have become the band that people say can play anything. They have done entire albums by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Paul McCartney and more. They will perform the entire “Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band” LP. They will include real sitars to ensure authenticity. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

Date: Sunday August 7, 2011
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Where: Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve
Address: 200 New Highway, Commack, NY 11725
Cost: Free
Phone: (631) 543-7804
http://www.smithtowninfo.com/headlines.cfm?PID=7&Headline=1

NBC Miami
August 3, 2011
Local Couple Recall Life with John Lennon
Cuban and Mexican immigrants revealed an unlikely relationship with a former Beatle -- and his rock 'n roll friends

Maria and Armando Ontivero are Cuban and Mexican immigrants living in Southwest Miami-Dade, who just so happen to have an unlikely rock 'n roll past:*the pair once lived in the same house as John Lennon."When my husband said, 'this is the Beatles,' I*said, 'Oh my God!" I didn't believe it," Maria recalled.In 1974, Lennon and his girlfriend May Pang rented a beach house in Santa Monica, California and moved in with fellow former Beatle Ringo Starr, The Who drummer Keith Moon, and other famous musicians.The Ontiveros were hired as caretakers. In a period of less than four months, they witnessed wild parties and rare post-Beatles jam sessions that included a fellow called Paul McCartney.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Miami-Couple-Shared-House-With-John-Lennon-126646528.html

msLinds

08-04-2011, 07:48 PM

International Beatle Week Festival : Liverpool UK
August 24th to August 25th 2011

Organised by Liverpool’s leading tour operator Cavern City Tours, International Beatle Week Festival is one of the biggest music events in the world. And it takes place in the city where it all began – Liverpool.

http://beatlesfestival.co.uk/

Examiner.com
August 2, 2011
Beatles Cavern painting by Shannon will be on time--despite tornado scare.

New Jersey - The painting of the Beatles commissioned by the Cavern Club in Liverpool with Beatles artist, Shannon, will be done on schedule after all, despite a horrific tornado that threatened her ranch in New Jersey last Friday (July 29). “I will have the project ready in time for the 50th anniversary of the Cavern in Liverpool August 30,” wrote Shannon today in an email. We reported on this upcoming painting, entitled Toppermost of the Poppermost, July 21.Much havoc was caused by the unexpected and highly damaging tornado that devastated her NJ ranch called “Shannondoah”. Hearing ominous thunder in the distance with some light rain, she wasn't concerned at first, until sudden high winds prompted her to hurriedly begin bringing in her painting supplies and gear from the back porch. She had been working on her painting of George Harrison.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/beatles-cavern-painting-by-shannon-will-be-on-time-despite-tornado-scare?CID=examiner_alerts_article

msLinds

08-04-2011, 09:39 PM

Reason Clothing
SEAN YOKO LENNON
August 2, 2011

Today I had the opportunity to photograph Sean Yoko Lennon alongside his awesome girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl.Kemp was the youngest model to ever grace the cover of Harpers and Queen magazine at the age of sixteen. She’s also been the face of Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, D&G, Maybelline, Swarovski, and just about every other mega-brand out there. Sean’s dad was in some type of insect band or something.In 2008 Sean and Kemp started a band called The Ghost Of a Saber Tooth Tiger. You can check out their music here on their myspace page.

http://www.reasonclothing.com/blog/wordpress/?p=3493

Nico

08-04-2011, 10:02 PM

Awesome Sean pics, beautiful Julian song. I tried with the James McCartney music and, I'm sorry, I just can't feel it. I don't know, I think it's his voice. Not feeling it. But I'll give him some more time because he appears to be a really good musician. :nod:

msLinds

08-05-2011, 02:19 PM

I agree Nico, those are good photographs.I feel the same way about James McCartney's music as you do.I don't dislike it.I just couldn't feel it either.But James started much older as a musician and songwriter and performer.Than Sean or Julian or Dhani, or Ringo's son who is drummer like his Dad.From what I have read,he started in his early 30's.Which is not old at all.But its going a few years for him to learn what he needs to, become a good musician and performer.I did see that his Dad is one of his producers.So his his dad to will be influence on him as recording artist and performer to.I am glad Paul is supporting his son.To help keep the sharks away from him.You know there is plenty scumbags in the music world.That would love to exploit,burn and screw over one of the Beatles, Kids.I think he will improve with practice and performing with each year in the music business.Lets not forget he has Pauls genes in him to.I have some updates,before the weekend.Everyone have a safe,positive and great weekend and take care.

I got this off of Julian Lennon's official Facebook page.That he posted on
August 4, 2011

posted by Julian Lennon
" Yesterday, I had the pleasure of performing Live with Jools Holland & his band & also had the opportunity to play a few tracks from my forthcoming album 'Everything Changes', as well as a few tracks by other artists I love, like Crowded House, Nerina Pallot & The Blue Nile. You'll be able to tune into Jools' Show, on BBC Radio Two, on the 19th September at 11p.m. ;) x

Just Imagine: A Tribute to John Lennon (Musical)
The Hayworth Theatre
2509 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90057
with parking lot

Sat, Mar 5th – Sunday, August 28th 2011
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM
Sunday 3:00 PM

True Rock Theatre presents a limited engagement of the critically acclaimed rock & roll production of
“Just Imagine” starring Tim Piper as John Lennon.

Imagine John Lennon returns for one last concert and YOU ARE THERE!. "Just Imagine" transports you to another place and time, putting you 'one on one' with the musical legend who shook the world. Experience Lennon's timeless musical genius as Tim Piper takes you through John's life from tumultuous childhood to worldwide pop music superstar to groundbreaking social icon that influenced generations. You'll share a unique perspective on John's life, the stories behind the songs, and revealing insights about the birth of the Beatles, the pressures of super-stardom, and John's relationships with his loves and fellow Beatles.

Includes video trailer of musical

https://www.plays411.net/newsite/show/play_info.asp?show_id=2677

Courier - News
August 4th 2011
Beatles fans come together for annual festival

There are family reunions, and then there are “family reunions” with your friends George, Paul, Ringo and John. The latter is something like a surrogate family — a relationship through lyrics and song, at times spanning the 47 years since the Fab Four arrived in the United States and began a musical revolution.When the annual Fest for Beatles Fans returns to the Chicago area Aug. 5-7, Beatles lovers will flock to the Hyatt Regency O’Hare hotel in Rosemont to see old friends, make new ones and celebrate the band that changed music forever.“For me, it’s like summer camp for Beatles fans and I feel like the camp counselor,” says Terri Hemmert, host of WXRT radio’s “Breakfast with the Beatles” and Chicago’s Fest for Beatles Fans emcee for the last 34 years.

http://couriernews.suntimes.com/entertainment/6859360-421/beatles-fans-come-together-for-annual-fest.html

http://www.thefest.com/fest/fest.php

http://www.thefest.com/fest/Current/Chicago/ch.php

Examiner.com
August 4, 2011

Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago guests-win a painting done by Eric Cash
August 4, 2011, Chicago, Illinois – As the Fest for Beatles Fans kicks off at Chicago’s Hyatt Regency O’Hare this weekend, August 5-7, we want to give you a heads up about guests included in the lineup, and suggest you watch for a very special Beatles painter named Eric Cash. He will be working on an as yet-unnamed painting that depicts Paul McCartney and George Harrison singing into the same mic during their Abbey Road era.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/fest-for-beatles-fans-chicago-guests-win-a-painting-done-by-eric-cash?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Sky News
August 5, 2011
McCartney to talk to police over hacking

Former Beatle Paul McCartney says he would contact police over his ex-wife's claim their private communication had been spied upon by a British tabloid.
In comments to US television journalists in Los Angeles delivered via videolink, McCartney said that he would be in touch with police as soon as he was finished with his summer tour.'I will be talking to them about that,' McCartney said, speaking from Cincinnati, Ohio.'I don't think it's great. I do think it is a horrendous violation of privacy, and I do think it's been going on a long time, and I do think more people than we know knew about it. But I think I should just listen and hear what the facts are before I comment,' he said.McCartney was dragged into Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal after his former wife, Heather Mills, alleged that messages he left on her mobile phone had been broken into.

http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=646826&vId=

Nico

08-05-2011, 07:51 PM

msLinds

08-07-2011, 04:13 PM

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-merseyside-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/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/08/05/liverpool-academy-of-arts-presents-beatles-exhibition-back-from-the-ussr-gallery-100252-29180589/

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/mccartney-contributes-veggie-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/article/75008/exbeatles-all-starr-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/172-linda-mccartney-s-fashion-show-at-hard-days-night-hotel

msLinds

08-07-2011, 04:54 PM

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/national/view/yoko-ono-says-japan-should-look-to-geothermal-energy

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/on-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/comments/xeni_jardin_interviews_yoko_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/entertainment/confidential/nova-boys-fitzy-and-wippa-stay-put-for-now/story-e6frf96x-1226110419395

msLinds

08-09-2011, 02:08 AM

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/2011/08/08/we-all-shine-on-an-interview-with-yoko-ono-on-john-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?int_sec=11&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/2011/08/08/ring-ring-hello-this-is-yoko-ono-speaking-the-encounter-jan-mot-brussels/

Nico

08-09-2011, 01:27 PM

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?:blob1: Too much Lennon joy for me.

msLinds

08-09-2011, 07:28 PM

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/entertainment/movie-guide/McCartney+magical+understanding+music/5221077/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/local/original-beatle-pete-best-opens-elvis-week-in-memphis-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/2011/08/08/32984/where_cubans_can_meet_the_beatles_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/dedication-set-for-beatles-sculpture/

msLinds

08-11-2011, 12:20 PM

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/morningshow/timezell/ktvi-beatles-tribute-band-to-play-at-george-harrisons-sisters-birthday-bash-20110809,0,7038171.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/entertainment/Piers+Morgan+Paul+McCartney+didn+hack/5228345/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/2011/08/08/peter-cooper-from-the-beatles-to-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/2011/08/05/snagfilms_announces_3rd_annual_summerfest_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-news/local-wirral-news/2011/08/10/birkenhead-ymca-beatles-stage-to-be-auctioned-to-support-wirral-wilfred-owen-museum-80491-29205510/

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/871794-beatles-fan-gets-tattoo-of-sir-paul-mccartneys-autograph-on-her-back

msLinds

08-11-2011, 02:43 PM

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/performance-detail.cfm?id=4575

msLinds

08-12-2011, 10:40 AM

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-in-national/the-making-of-a-classic-history-of-the-beatles-film-a-hard-days-night?CID=examiner_alerts_article

msLinds

08-12-2011, 08:38 PM

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-Lennon-art-on-show.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/serge-gainsbourg-tribute-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/264350/Scorsese-s-Harrison-documentary-selected-to-open-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-schmidt/2011-08-11/story-jesus-john-lennon-and-beatles-controversy-chicago-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-how-michael-jackson-bought-beatles

msLinds

08-14-2011, 12:24 AM

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/article/Default.aspx?ArticleID=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/ibed_peacei_starring_john_lennon_yoko_ono_free_until_sunday.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRjjiOV003Q&feature=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/Lifestyle/Features/epic-epiphones-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/ENT04/108130309/Yoko-Ono’s-music-hits-the-club-dance-floor#ixzz1UxyoJgvS

msLinds

08-15-2011, 11:28 AM

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

08-16-2011, 06:23 PM

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-entertainment/news-reviews/2011/08/16/beatle-mania-returns-to-penny-lane-for-charity-extravaganza-66401-29238958/

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/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/08/15/band-together-to-help-fund-mathew-street-festival-92534-29235500/

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/Dundee/article/16471/get-back-music-fans-plead-for-scottish-beatles-weekend-to-become-annual-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-in-national/history-and-background-of-apple-jam-beatles-tribute-band-from-seattle?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Julian Lennon's new album ' Everything Changes '

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?msg=Everything+Changes+release+Sept+26th!&month=09&day=26&year=2011&hour&min&sec&p0=136

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?msg=Lookin%27+4+Luv++September+12th+2011!!!&month=09&day=12&year=2011&hour&min&sec&p0=136

msLinds

08-17-2011, 01:19 AM

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/Lifestyle/Features/mccartney-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/bootleg-beatles-prepare-to-play-mull-of-kintyre-festival-800700273

msLinds

08-18-2011, 01:02 AM

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

08-18-2011, 08:42 AM

Oh yes baby!!! I just pre-ordered EVERYTHING CHANGES!!!!!:blob2::blob1::]:blob1::woohoo:

Woo hoo!!!!

I can't wait!

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

msLinds

08-19-2011, 12:21 AM

I also pre ordered Julian's new CD ' Everything Changes '. I am looking forward to hearing the rest of his new album.I am sure the closer it gets to the UK and USA release dates there will be interviews and new photographs and promotion for his new album. I have a few new updates now.Everyone have a good friday and a safe and great upcoming weekend and take care.

David Garland performs his song "Forever" with Sean Lennon, guitar; Mike McGinnis, clarinet; Caitlin Sullivan, cello; (and, off camera) Yuki Numata and Sage Cole, violins; as Charlotte Kemp Muhl sits out this song, and listens on stage, on July 31, 2011, at The Stone in New York City.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b36uP21X5Q0&feature=youtu.be

Art Media Agency
August 18, 2011
250,000 visitors for Museum of Liverpool’s first month
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Liverpool, 17 August 2011, Art Media Agency (AMA).
On 19 June, the British city celebrated the opening of its latest institution, the Museum of Liverpool. Four weeks later, the results are extremely positive, *announcing 250,000 visitors, or 8,300 per day. The administration’s target goal was easily succeeded, tripling their estimation of 78,000 people for the first month.Since its opening the museum is free, proposing an exhibition surrounding the theme of Liverpool and its inhabitants, with notably a section featuring “People’s Portrait” in which Mike McCartney presents his photography. In a different section of the museum, Ben Johnson’s The Liverpool Cityscape – temporarily exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery during the museums construction – is now on display. Johnson took three years to paint the piece that depicts Liverpool during its time as the European capital of culture. The museum also features works of art dedicated to the Beatles and local football teams Liverpool FC and Everton.

http://www.artmediaagency.com/en/26893/250000-visitors-for-museum-of-liverpools-first-month/

Gibson Lifestyle
August 17, 2011
Abbey Road Birthday Celebrated with Orchestral Beatles, Pink Floyd Tunes

The 80th birthday of Abbey Road Studios in London is going to be commemorated in a two-day concert. The Symphony at the Park concert will take place at West London’s Chiswick House and Gardens and feature orchestral renditions of famous songs by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Oasis and Radiohead, according to Ultimate Classic Rock.To celebrate the legendary studio’s history the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will play songs including “Hey Jude,” “Time” and “High and Dry,” among others, during the program on Saturday (August 20).

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/abbey-road-0817-2011/

Prosound News
August 18, 2011
John Lennon: Producer

There’s been thousands of words written about John Lennon: Beatle or Songwriter or Musician or Activist or Wit, but there’s virtually nothing out there about his work as a Producer. The recent book, Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy, captures all aspects of how the artist created what turned out to be his final statement, but in the process, author Ken Sharp provides a fascinating glimpse of how Lennon ran his sessions, got the sounds he wanted and cajoled those around him into giving their all.

http://www.prosoundnetwork.com/default.aspx?tabid=69&EntryId=236

Stuff.co.nz
8-18-2011
Chili Peppers copy Beatles for video

Red Hot Chili Peppers' new promo is "simple and iconic" and steals an idea from a classic Beatles video, according to the video's director.The American rock band are due to release their new album I'm with You later this year, their first offering since 2006's Stadium Arcadium.The first single from the record is called The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie and the band - comprising singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer - are releasing the accompanying promo to the track tomorrow.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/5465953/Chili-Peppers-copy-Beatles-for-vid

Street Insider
August 18, 2011
Yoko Ono and Monde Ose Set to Inspire Montreal With Bed-in for Peace & Love at IMAGINE 2011

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Aug. 18, 2011) - On May 25th 2011, on the 42 anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-in for Peace, Monde Ose paid tribute to that historic moment by creating their very own Bed-in for Love which Monde Ose celebrated as an homage to the couple, in room 1742 of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Experience the Monde Ose Bed-in for Love by viewing this mini documentary: http://youtu.be/jr1cT-Ig1cU With less than two weeks to the Monde Ose Ball, an annual event created to promote Peace, Love and Sensuality, Yoko Ono re-released her 1969 Bed-in video with John Lennon for free on the web (for a limited time) after being contacted by Frank Mondeose, producer of the Monde Ose Ball, who's goal is to inspire Montrealers to celebrate Peace, Love and Sensuality at Imagine, on August 27 2011 at the Olympia.

http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Yoko+Ono+and+Monde+Ose+Set+to+Inspire+Montreal+With+Bed-in+for+Peace+%26amp%3B+Love+at+IMAGINE+2011/6729496.html

"Yoko Ono" Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
August 17, 2011
Nickelodeon Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Promo.
This one is for the Japanese musician, artist and peace activist Yoko Ono.

http://vimeo.com/27846958

Business World Weekender
August 18, 2011
Q&A: Yoko Ono
IN DECEMBER 2010, the last time Yoko Ono was at Billboard, she was being honored for a whopping five consecutive No. 1’s on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. With her just-released single “Talking To The Universe” climbing 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.

Billboard.com: “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. 1’s 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 ? 

Yoko Ono: Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That’s because I LOVE DANCE! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my body start moving and dancing. That’s how I was from a long, long time ago. I can’t help it. But now that I am very involved with making dance tracks, I feel I finally came home!   One thing I didn’t know, and now I know: DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are.   Without their creativity, my songs could never have become No. 1. I have so much respect and love for the DJs on the dance chart, you just don’t know. One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance !

http://www.bworldonline.com/weekender/content.php?id=36737

msLinds

08-20-2011, 03:18 AM

August 18, 2011
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER to light in tribute to people of Norway on August 21st

On the night of August 21st 2011, the City of Reykjavik in collaboration with YOKO ONO will be lighting IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on Viðey Island, Reykjavík, Iceland, in tribute to the victims of the 22 July attacks in Oslo and Utøya in Norway.The Norwegian authorities have designated this as an official day of mourning and remembrance for those who lost their lives.Yoko Ono Lennon says:“I hope the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will give light to the strong wishes of World Peace from all corners of the planet and give encouragement, inspiration and a sense of solidarity in a world now filled with fear and confusion. I hope people of the world will join us live to watch the lighting of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER and send their wishes for peace, especially for the people of Norway, by Tweeting (@IPTower) and Facebook messaging at www.IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com Let us come together to realise a peaceful world.”

http://imaginepeace.com/archives/15793

msLinds

08-20-2011, 05:48 PM

Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl ' The The Ghost of A Saber Tooth Tiger ' will be performing at Iceland Airwaves.The Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band will also be performing there live.Sean is his Mom's musical director for her POB performance and also performs on stage with her and plays guitar with the band
Iceland Airwaves Announces Fifty More Live Acts
October 12th to October 16th 2011
Iceland Airwaves just announced fifty more live acts that will be part of this year’s festival lineup. Among the new names added, there are quite a few highlights. Here is the list, so check it out.

Foreign acts Clock Opera (UK), Active Child (US), The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger (US), Esmerine (CA), Random Recipe (CA), 22-Pistepirkko (FI), Hauschka (DE), Nedry (UK/JP), Benjamin Francis Leftwich (UK), Rich Aucoin (CA), Mazes (UK), Veronica Falls (UK), MI-GU (JP), We Were Promised Jetpacks (UK), Consortium Musicum (US), Dad Rocks! (DK), Einar Stray (NO), Iiris (EE), Dustin O’Halloran (UK), The Twilight Sad (UK).

http://icelandchronicles.com/2011/08/iceland-airwaves-announces-fifty-more-live-acts/

http://www.icelandairwaves.is/

Examiner.com
August 19, 2011
The painting of the Beatles for the Cavern Club in Liverpool will be an accurate portrayal of them "drenched in sweat" says the artist doing the painting. SHANNON said today on the phone, "Fans will love it that there's sweat dripping down their faces, because that's the way it was for them performing and rocking out in the Cavern. It was hot as hell in there. Not many people look good sweating, but they look fantastic." At the moment she is currently appearing in Utah at the Ultimate Air Affair working on her John Lennon segment, and is creating quite a buzz at the fair with many interested onlookers as she paints.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/beatles-painting-for-cavern-club-they-ll-be-drenched-sweat-artist-says?CID=examiner_alerts_article

This was posted by Yoko Ono on her official web site
Chalk 4 Peace
August 2011

http://chalk4peace.org/

http://imaginepeace.com/archives/15811

msLinds

08-21-2011, 11:08 PM

Everyone have a safe and great week and take care.

Los Angeles Dodgers
August 19, 2011
Dodgers to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Beatles' concert at Dodger Stadium
Friday Night Fireworks will be set to Beatles music and cast of The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil will perform at Dodger Stadium

LOS ANGELES - The Dodgers will host Beatles-themed events next homestand as they celebrate the 45th anniversary of the band's Dodger Stadium concert. Friday Night Fireworks at Dodger Stadium on August 26, presented by Pizza Hut, will be set to Beatles music and on Tuesday, August 30, cast from The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas will perform on the field before the game and throw out a ceremonial first pitch.The Beatles' concert at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, August 28, 1966 was the first-ever concert played at Dodger Stadium. The Club Level of Dodger Stadium that day was reserved for Dodger season ticket holders and The Beatles used the Dodger clubhouse as their green room and the Stadium Club for their introductory press conference.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20110819&content_id=23434114&vkey=pr_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la

Salt Lake City Tribune
August 19, 2011
There’s something in the way she airbrushes the Beatles

West Valley City » The brush never touched the canvas.
And yet, the eyes of John Lennon twinkled to life inside a West Valley City warehouse, animated by an invisible stream of paint-rich air and the hand of a woman recognized as the world’s greatest Beatles artist.Shannon MacDonald, an internationally acclaimed airbrush painter from New Jersey, chose the Beehive State to begin her portrait of Lennon, which will be mounted with a collage of the Fab Four this month in Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where the Beatles made their debut.Her work will be unveiled during the International Beatle Week celebration on Aug. 30 in Liverpool.But the Lennon portrait began to take shape a continent away within an airbrush studio replete with images of open-winged dragons, skull-headed pilots swooping in biplanes and even a fiery rendition of rock ’n’ roll Elvis Presley on nontraditional canvases ranging from snowboards to tabletops to car doors.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52412682-78/art-macdonald-airbrush-beatles.html.csp

Houstonpress.com
August 19, 2011
RAIN -- A Tribute to The Beatles -- and Riverdance Coming to Houston

In an expansion of its already announced season, Gexa Energy Broadway announced Thursday that it will be bringing two more shows to its 2011-12 season at the Hobby Center -- but you better move quickly, they will be here and gone in the proverbial blink of an eye.The window of opportunity to hear RAIN "perform the full range of The Beatles' discography live onstage," will be for just three shows on November 18 and 19. This will include, according to the Gexa press release, "the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience."The release also notes that RAIN has been together longer than The Beatles and that the tribute band has "every song, gesture and nuance" of the Fab Four down pat. First glance at the band members makes it clear it wasn't just The Beatles' sound they were going for. The group even won a Drama Desk Award in May for Outstanding Revue.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2011/08/gexa_energyits_the_last_last.php

Nico

08-22-2011, 12:06 AM

Thank you as always MsLinds!!:wavey:

msLinds

08-23-2011, 10:54 AM

Your welcome Nico.Have a safe and great week and take care.

Liverpool Echo
August 22, 2011
Demolition work begins at Sir Paul McCartney's birthplace Walton Hospital

DEMOLITION work has started at a Liverpool hospital where former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney was born.Walton Hospital, off Rice Lane, closed its doors in December, with services transferring to Fazakerley.Sir Paul’s mum, Mary, had worked at the hospital as a nurse on the maternity ward and the 69-year-old was born there in June, 1942.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/08/22/demolition-work-begins-at-sir-paul-mccartney-s-birthplace-walton-hospital-100252-29278424/

Yidio
August 22,2011
Martin Scorsese's New George Harrison Documentary: Watch the Chill-Inducing Trailer

At the time I was stocking produce at Mana Foods, a small natural foods store in Paia, Maui. It was the best job I could find that would allow me to live as a broke twenty-something in an island paradise and still be able to spend as much time in the ocean as possible. Plus, there was plenty of free "bruised" fruit to be had, which was awful helpful at the time.George owned a 63-acre site in Nahiku, Maui, and apparently he had stopped in with his wife Olivia on the way through to town on Hana Highway.He looked frail but at ease, wearing a lightweight, flowing cotton Indian-inspired outfit, and he and his wife slowly made their way through the rather ridiculous selection of ripe island fruits, squeezing and smelling. George and Olivia seemed to be enjoying themselves, or at least the fruit.I was absolutely dumbstruck and covered in schmutz from hauling in leaky boxes of lettuce, so I didn't say a word. Once they had picked out their fruits, they went outside to a field and ate it on the grass in the sun. I couldn't believe it. It was like some vision of a blissed out George from the late 60's come to very real life in the late 90's, and I couldn't take my eyes off him.

http://www.yidio.com/movie/the+beatles+anthology/20326/news/watch-chill-inducing-trailer-martin-scorceses-new-george-harrison-documentary-3484

msLinds

08-24-2011, 12:31 PM

Liverpool Daily Post
August 24, 2011
John Lennon and Yoko Ono inspired bed-in protest to save ‘lifeline’ facility based at Lennon’s old Mossley Hill school

Young campaigners are to put on their pyjamas to recreate John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono’s famous bed-in protest – in a bid to save a “lifeline” facility based on the site of the Beatle’s former school.Children armed with teddy bears will join their families and a John and Yoko look-alike couple in a protest which organisers said showed they will not take the planned closure of Church and Mossley Hill children’s centre “lying down”.The centre based within the site of Dovedale Infants provides free support to parents of young children.It is one of four city children’s centres Liverpool council intend to close in a move the local authority blames on government cuts.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/08/24/john-lennon-and-yoko-one-inspired-bed-in-protest-to-save-lifeline-facility-based-at-lennon-s-old-mossley-hill-school-92534-29290906/

Liverpool Echo
August 22, 2011
Meet the paperback writers taking part in Liverpool's first Mathew Street Literary Festival

There's a theory that if you want a bestseller, you just need to write a book about The Beatles. There’s certainly a huge appetite for books about the Fab Four, and this month International Beatle Week is hosting its first ever Mathew Street Literary Festival. It features talks with authors who have written about all aspects of The Beatles.“We always have a lot of authors who come to the Beatles convention,” says the festival’s musical director Jon Keats.“There have been so many books written about The Beatles, and there was always an element of The Beatles Convention which looked at showcasing the best Beatles authors.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-life/liverpool-lifestyle/2011/08/22/meet-the-paperback-writers-taking-part-in-liverpool-s-first-mathew-street-literary-festival-100252-29278440/

Metro.UK
August 23, 2011
John Lennon joke form expected to sell for £15,000

Former Beatle John Lennon described his occupation as ‘hazardus’ in a joke form he filled in months before his death.The singer made the prophetic entry on a Japanese landing card in 1980, the year he was shot dead in New York.The 40-year-old claimed his name was ‘blowjob’, his nationality ‘weird’ and his passport’s issuing authority was the ‘god of air’. The form, owned by a private collector, is expected to fetch £15,000 when it is sold online today by London-based auctioneer, the Fame Bureau. ‘Whether it was filled out on a trip to Japan or whether it was a document he and Yoko had knocking around following a previous visit is unclear,’ said auctioneer James Wilkinson.

http://www.metro.co.uk/music/873262-john-lennon-joke-form-expected-to-sell-for-15-000#ixzz1Vy2OLRuJ

chiliD

08-24-2011, 12:51 PM

The trailer for the Martin Scorcese produced documentary of George Harrison to be shown on HBO in October:

George Harrison: Living In The Material World trailer (http://tv.yahoo.com/george-harrison-living-in-the-material-world/show/47629/videos/26359948;_ylt=Aj.iJ.pQ.gPcGyS8aHZjUxGAo9EF)

msLinds

08-24-2011, 12:59 PM

Thanks ChiliD for the link with the video trailer.Have a great week and take care.

:wavey:

Nico

08-24-2011, 03:17 PM

msLinds

08-25-2011, 12:41 PM

Sean Lennon sings the voice of the monster in the English version of ' Monster In Paris ', a new animated film by Bibo Bergeron, with music composed by Matthieu Chedid aka M. The film will be screening at the Toronto Film Festival, Sept 8-18 2011 The soundtrack will be available on iTunes France on September 26, with Sean's tracks available as bonus tracks. Film and soundtrack coming worldwide in 2012.

This is the only link I have so far about this film.But will post more later when it becomes
Available

http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=63293

msLinds

08-27-2011, 01:42 AM

Everyone have a safe and great weekend and take care.:wavey:

VC Star.com
August 26, 2011
How a summer night at Dodger Stadium turned 'nasty' for The Beatles and Bob Eubanks
Help! I need somebody! Help!"

If John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr weren't screaming those words aloud, they no doubt were thinking them as they sat trapped inside a Lincoln Continental that was smothered fender-to-fender by a frenzied blanket of screaming, crying, pawing, clawing fans who desperately wanted to touch their idols.It was Sunday night, Aug. 28, 1966, and The Beatles were trying to make a break for it after playing a 27-minute show for 45,000 people at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. It was the first concert booked at the 4-year-old ballpark and, though no one knew it at the time, the second-to-last show The Beatles would ever perform. After another stadium gig the following night at San Francisco's Candlestick Park, their concert career was over.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/aug/26/in-1966-the-beatles-played-dodger-stadium-151/

Liverpool Echo
August 26, 2011
Liverpool Lathom Social Club shows off Beatles statues ahead of Mathew Street Festival

MERSEYSIDE social club is one of many places in the area gearing up for the Mathew Street Festival extravaganza this weekend.Lathom Social Club, in Seaforth, is displaying life-size statues of the famous Beatles, with an interesting twist.The local club, in existence since 1884 and one of the original places The Beatles performed in their early days, is displaying the life-like statues alongside vintage 1960s Minis, a car closely associated with the revolutionary music of that era and which the Fab Four, John, Paul, George and Ringo, all drove.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/08/26/liverpool-lathom-social-club-shows-off-beatles-statues-ahead-of-mathew-street-festival-100252-29304601/

Wizbang pop
August 26, 2011
ROLLING STONE Magazine Offers Up Excellent Beatles’ ULTIMATE ALBUM BY ALBUM Guide Special

ROLLING STONE Magazine deserves a big round of applause for offering up what has to be one of the nicest specials in some time. The Beatles’ ULTIMATE ALBUM BY ALBUM GUIDE is really a beautiful soft-cover book about every album issued by the legendary supergroup, with great song by reviews and commentary. Printed on quality paper, there’s some great historic photos of the band as their music evolved through their history as well. What a treasure this special edition of ROLLING STONE is.

http://wizbangpop.com/2011/08/26/rolling-stone-magazine-offers-up-excellent-beatles-ultimate-album-by-album-guide-special/

LA Times
August 26, 2011
In 1966, the Beatles brought a whole new ballgame to Dodger Stadium

Forty-five years ago, the band played before 45,000 screaming fans in Chavez Ravine. It lasted a half-hour, it was the next-to-last concert they ever played — but those who were there recall it vividly.Remember who was playing second base for the Dodgers 45 years ago Sunday? If you said John Lennon, you're close. All the Beatles played the infield that night, on a stage set up at second base, draped in blue and white, of course.Yes, Sunday is the 45th anniversary of the "bigger-than-Jesus" Beatles at Dodger Stadium, the first concert in the history of the gleaming 4-year-old ballpark. The third-place Dodgers were off playing the first-place Giants in San Francisco on the day "Nowhere Man" rang out across Chavez Ravine. The screaming, they say, could be heard all the way to Sunset Boulevard.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-erskine-beatles-20110827,0,28732.column

Eth Life
August 26, 2011
Where the Beatles got their hair cut

ETH-Zurich student Julia Moser’s internship at Airbus in Hamburg is drawing to a close. She reflects on how the Beatles got their mop-tops, a pilot did his airline a disservice and why the Germans and the Swiss are so different and yet so similar.

http://www.ethlife.ethz.ch/archive_articles/110826_globetrotter_moser_3/index_EN

msLinds

08-27-2011, 10:14 PM

The Independent
August 27, 2011
US Concert pays homage to Frenchman Gainsbourg

American stars Sean Lennon and Beck are among the headliners at a Hollywood Bowl concert Sunday paying tribute to late French musician Serge Gainsbourg, praised as a lyricist but little known in the United States.Also playing will be Lulu Gainsbourg, son of the noted French artist, who was five when his father died in 1991.French composer Jean Claude Vannier will conduct the Hollywood Bown Orchestra at the event, which includes a performance of the Gainsbourg concept album "Histoire de Melody Nelson."

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/us-concert-pays-homage-to-frenchman-gainsbourg-2345067.html

Liverpool Echo
August 27, 2011
“John and Yoko” join protest against closure of Sure Start centre at dead Beatle’s former Liverpool school

John and Yoko lookalikes led a march to protest against the closure of a Sure Start centre at the school Lennon attended.The £1m state-of-the-art centre at the Dovedale School is set to close as Liverpool council tries to save £91m in the face of government budget cuts.Since the threat of closure was revealed in February this year, parents have staged a number of protests and won the support of Yoko Ono.This week scores of parents and local residents took to the streets of Mossley Hill to voice their opposition to the closure, with the John and Yoko lookalikes – in trademark white outfits – staged a ‘bed in’ protest like the one Lennon and his wife held at the Amsterdam Hilton in 1969.Yoko said: “I am delighted to support the ‘bed in’ event. It is very much in the peaceful spirit of John’s and my own bed in.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/08/27/john-and-yoko-join-protest-against-closure-of-sure-start-centre-at-dead-beatle-s-former-liverpool-school-100252-29311670/

Cape Cod Times
August 27, 2011

The artwork of John Lennon has been critically lauded and revered by fans and, from Friday through Sept. 4, the touring exhibit "Imagine Peace: The Artwork of John Lennon," presented by the musician's widow, Yoko Ono, will appear at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Provincetown.Last year around this time, a similar Lennon exhibit was scheduled for the same place. But threats of a hurricane — Sound familiar? — caused its cancellation.This year's exhibit features more than 100 pieces from Lennon's early 20s in 1964 until his death in 1980, including four new releases shown in Provincetown for the first time.Many sketches were created during Lennon's time living at the landmark apartment building the Dakota in New York City with Ono and their young son, Sean. Often lighthearted, the work offers a glimpse into Lennon's world as a family man as well as a deeply spiritual soul. Like his music, there's beauty and a playfulness to many pieces. There are also visions of peace and hope for a better world.We spoke with Ono last year, when she offered insight into her husband from her home in New York.

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110827/LIFE/108270304

msLinds

08-29-2011, 12:47 AM

Bradenton.com
August 25, 2011
Music Festival Becomes the Epicenter of Beatlemania on Labor Day Weekend

Just as the crowds gathered in Washington, D.C. in February of 1964 to see The Beatles® first live concert performance in America, thousands of people from all over the world will once again flock to Washington, D.C. to be a part of the largest Fab Four tribute festival in America – Abbey Road on the River. More than 50 bands will perform on eight stages, each with their own story and inspiration for being there. Some will be outfitted in black "Sullivan suits" and mop tops, others in colorful Sgt. Pepper coats. Festival producers will build an indoor display showcase that will take attendees on a walk back in time where they can see hundreds of historical and collectible items, including photographs taken during the band's prime, a new replica of the guitar played by George from Gretsch Guitars, and countless books documenting every step of the band's evolution. The musicians, historians, fans and fanatics, will all "come together" with one mission – to bring the magic of The Beatles® to life for five days during Labor Day weekend at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center.

http://www.bradenton.com/2011/08/25/3445055/music-festival-becomes-the-epicenter.html

http://www.abbeyroadontheriver.com/

North Jersey
August 24, 2011
How music affects John Lennon, you & me

'From King David to the long haired kids stocking the shelves at record stores, why do people find music so intoxicating ?' Music has always played a large role in my life. My mom jokes that before I could talk, I could spell thanks to the 70s hit "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers - "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y... NIGHT!" I bonded with my babysitters over Beatles records. My wife is a musician, and her long blonde hair reminds me of my first memory of music. (Readers be warned: This will sound like I am ripping off Paul Simon lyrics. But this is actually my memory.) I was in my crib. "It was late in the evening. There was a radio coming from the room next door" and I heard my mom laughing. "I couldn't have been no more than 1 or 2..." as the song goes.

http://www.northjersey.com/community/family/myers/128364278_How_music_affects_John_Lennon__you___me.html

msLinds

08-29-2011, 03:22 PM

Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. The GOASTT - Serge Gainsbourg Tribute @ Hollywood Bowl August 28, 2011. Video's and reviews.

The GOASTT - Comic Strip LIVE HD Serge Gainsbourg Tribute @ Hollywood Bowl (2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIzdpMCHUl4

The GOASTT perform Bonnie And Clyde in live Serge Gainsbourg Tribute concert at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California on 08/28/2011

‪http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eL3lsIuSl0&feature=youtu.be

The GOASTT #02 LIVE HD Serge Gainsbourg Tribute @ Hollywood Bowl (2011)‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1yrnBkJzo
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Serge Gainsbourg Tribute‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4DVoIC0poo&feature=player_embedded#!

A couple more video's

closer video of stage performance ' Je T'aime Moi Non Plus '

http://www.youtube.com/user/razorstarzz#p/u/5/GHH9bbqlVyU

Charlotte Kemp Muhl
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http://www.youtube.com/user/razorstarzz#p/u/2/XvHsVl4jqgs

Stereo Gum
August 29, 2011

http://stereogum.com/792961/serge-gainsbourg-tribute-hollywood-bowl-hollywood-82811/concert/

Under the Radar
August 29, 2011

http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/serge_gainsbourg_tribute_beck_zola_jesus_joseph_gordon-levitt_victoria_legr/

OMG Records
August 29, 2011

It was a beautiful evening at the Hollywood Bowl for the KCRW-sponsored tribute to Serge Gainsbourg curated by Beck. The all star line up included Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Victoria Legrand (Beach House), Mike Patton (Faith No More), Sean Lennon Charlotte Kemp Muhl (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger), Zola Jesus, Lulu Gainsbourg, and up-and-coming rocker Joseph Gordon-Levitt all backed by Beck’s Sea Change era band.

http://www.omgrecords.com/2011/news/serge-gainsbourg-tribute-hollywood-bowl-hollywood-82811/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=serge-gainsbourg-tribute-hollywood-bowl-hollywood-82811

MXDWN.com

http://www.mxdwn.com/2011/08/29/reviews/a-certain-je-ne-sais-quoi-beck-mike-patton-joseph-gordon-levitt-sean-lennon-charlotte-kemp-muhl-ed-droste-zola-jesus-and-more-pay-tribute-to-serge-gainsbourg-at-the-hollywood-bowl/

http://elbo.ws/video/9L1yrnBkJzo/

msLinds

08-30-2011, 01:05 PM

Fender.com
August 29, 2011
Sean Lennon Shares Gear with Guitar Aficionado

Sean Lennon’s love for vintage collectibles can be appreciated through his clothing and guitars. The singer-songwriter appears in the August edition of Guitar Aficionado, where he shows off his vintage Fender arsenal in an exclusive, stylish photo shoot.

http://www.fender.com/blog/sean-lennon-shares-gear-with-guitar-aficionado/

Spin
August 29, 2011
Beck, Lennon & More Sing for Serge Gainsbourg

"How many people here speak French?" asked Sean Lennon of the 10,000 fans attending the Hollywood Bowl Sunday night to celebrate the music of French singer-provocateur Serge Gainsbourg. The occasion marked the twentieth anniversary of his death, as well as the fortieth anniversary of his most revered album, 1971's smoking orchestral-psych masterpiece Histoire de Melody Nelson. A roar of affirmation arose from the crowd and Lennon continued: "Great, can you give me some lessons after the concert? I don't understand what I'm singing." Like many English-speaking musicians, he gushed about adoring the man's music even if he couldn't quite grasp its literal meaning.

http://www.spin.com/articles/beck-lennon-more-sing-serge-gainsbourg

Here are some great music video's

Sir Paul McCartney - ' A Day in The Life ' 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQO0M7ZXBrE&feature=related

‪' Give Peace a Chance ' Live 2011‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OipiwPGdnUY&feature=related

msLinds

08-31-2011, 12:28 AM

Los Angeles
August 30, 2011
Beatles radio show host Chris Carter hits 10-year mark on Sept. 4th

“Breakfast With the Beatles” host Chris Carter will mark his 10th anniversary at the helm during Sunday’s edition of the long-running radio show on KLOS-FM (95.5), for which he'll be joined by Buddy Holly’s widow, Maria Elena Holly.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/breakfast-beatles-chris-carter-10-year-anniversary-sept-4.html

BBC News
August 30, 2011
Author uncovers John Lennon's letters

More than 250 letters and cards sent by John Lennon to his family and friends are to be published for the first time.Author Hunter Davies, who wrote the only official biography of The Beatles in the 1960s, is trying to track down every missive written by the singer."I've found a lot of letters that nobody's ever seen," he said.Davies, whose book comes out next year, said it was the first time Lennon's widow Yoko Ono had given permission for his private letters to be published.The author said there were "no dramatic revelations" but that the letters gave an insight into Lennon's life and his humour.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14714958

Gibson
August 30, 2011
This Day in Music Spotlight: The Beatles at Candlestick

Of the 25,000 people in attendance at The Beatles’ 1966 concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, only six knew that this would be the band’s final show: John, Paul, George, Ringo, the band’s road manager, Neil Aspinall, and their assistant road manager, Mal Evans. As far as everyone else was concerned, this was just another stop for the rollercoaster that was Beatlemania.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/spotlight-0829/

Examiner.com
August 30, 2011
45th anniversary of Beatles concert celebrated at Dodger Stadium

On Friday night, August 26, Dodger Stadium celebrated the first of two Beatles nights in recognition of the 45th anniversary of The Beatles concert in Los Angeles back on August 28, 1966. The Beatles were featured throughout the baseball game with pictures and videos on the big stadium screens and promoter Bob Eubanks, who booked The Beatles LA concert, was there to throw out the ceremonial first pitch with his son.
See pictures from Beatles night at Dodgers Stadium

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-events-in-national/45th-anniversary-of-beatles-concert-celebrated-at-dodger-stadium

Livepool Echo.UK
August 29, 2011
Mathew Street Festival 2011 brings more music fans than last year to Liverpool (GALLERY)

THE Mathew Street Festival pulled in the crowds to Liverpool despite the bad weather.Yesterday there were 160,000 people dancing in the street - 10,000 more than last year.The event, organised by Liverpool council in conjunction with Mathew Street Festival directors has five outdoor stages across two days.
Cllr Wendy Simon, Liverpool’s cabinet member for culture and tourism said: “It’s been absolutely fantastic.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/08/29/mathew-street-festival-2011-brings-more-music-fans-than-last-year-to-liverpool-100252-29319485/

BBC.New Liverpool
August 27, 2011
Signed Beatles single Please Please Me fetches £9,000

A copy of the Beatles hit single Please Please Me signed on both sides by all four members of the band has fetched £9,000 at auction in Liverpool.The 1963 record was sold by a Liverpool woman who asked the group to sign it after listening to them at the city's Cavern venue as a youngster.The "very, very rare" item was among 322 lots at the annual Beatles memorabilia auction.Among other highlights was a cap owned by John Lennon which sold for £3,200.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14695762

msLinds

08-31-2011, 02:50 PM

Times Beacon Record
August 30, 2011
Lennon-Ono 'Imagine Peace' and concert at Staller

Yoko Ono Imagine Peace Featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace" will be presented at the University Art Gallery in the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University from Sept. 6 through Oct. 15. Originally organized by the Myers School of Art at The University of Akron in Ohio, the exhibition was curated by Kevin Concannon and John Noga. The Staller Center is the first venue in New York to present this traveling exhibition.

http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2011-09-01-89384.112114-LennonOno-Imagine-Peace-and-concert-at-Staller.html

Nico

08-31-2011, 05:18 PM

MsLinds, did you get to see Sean and Char at the Gainsbourg tribute?

I hope you get to see them live!

Also, are you as excited as me about the prospect of reading John Lennon's personal letters?

Tell me, what do you feel about whether Julian is going to release a new video? I have been anxiously waiting but he probably won't, right? I know Lindsey isn't doing one and I guess it's not something people do these days...

msLinds

09-01-2011, 12:42 AM

I didn't see Sean and Charlotte perform at the Gainsbourg tribute.I also live in northern California.I would have to have flown down to see them and flown back on a sunday.I had to work the next day to.I do intend to see the Goastt perform the first chance I get.I think John's letter should be interesting to read.To see what he was thinking about and feeling about.When he wrote letters to people.I hope Julian does put out on a new music video with his new album coming out soon. I hope he will go out on tour to promote his album.I would love to see Julian perform live in concert.If I am able to get to a concert of his.I wish Lindsey was doing a music video.Maybe at some future time he will put another one out.You have a safe and great upcoming labor day weekend soon.I think you posted while ago your going to be visiting England or Europe in September or soon ? Have a safe,healthy and great time there.Maybe your be able to visit Liverpool etc.Besides just maybe visiting places like London.Thanks for stopping by and take care.We now return you all back your to regular Beatles news etc, programing.

msLinds

09-01-2011, 01:12 AM

Liverpool Echo
August 31, 2011
The Beatles artwork unveiled at Cavern by artist Shannon MacDonald

A GIANT new artwork depicting each of The Beatles has gone on display at their spiritual home, the Cavern Club It was created by American artist Shannon MacDonald whose work already adorns the Hard Days Night hotel and who has been hailed as “the world’s greatest Beatles artist” by a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool.Shannon travelled from her home in New Jersey to finish off her latest creation, called Toppermost of the Poppermost, and see it put on permanent display at the world-famous Mathew Street venue.The majority of the work was done in the States with the final section of canvas completed in Liverpool by Shannon during the Beatles Convention held over the weekend.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/08/31/the-beatles-artwork-unveiled-at-cavern-by-artist-shannon-macdonald-100252-29333263/

Outside the box score
August 31, 2011
Cirque De Soleil's "Beatles" Throw Out First Pitch At Dodgers Stadium (Video)

Yesterday, if you we're attending the Los Angeles Dodgers/San Diego Padres affair, you had a flashback as the Beatles were in attendance at Dodger Stadium. Okay, it was the Cirque De Soleil's version of the Beatles as the Dodgers continued their celebration of The Beatles famous performance at Dodger Stadium in 1966. The faux Beatles even got to throw out the first pitch of this game and they used a rather team oriented approach.

http://outsidetheboxscore.blogspot.com/2011/08/cirque-de-soleils-beatles-throw-out.html

Holy Head Anglesey Mail
August 31, 2011
Remembering when the Beatles came to Bangor

The arrival of arguably the four most famous Scousers in the world would create headlines in Bangor in August 1967.The four Liverpudlians were of course The Beatles, and they were in Bangor to attend a 10 day programme of meditational seminars with Indian guru the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.The Beatles’ visit to Bangor would turn out to be a key period in their history, with the tragic news the Fab Four would receive while in the city heralding the slow decline of the band and the end of Beatlemania.

http://www.theonlinemail.co.uk/bangor-and-anglesey-news/local-bangor-and-anglesey-news/2011/08/31/remembering-when-the-beatles-came-to-bangor-66580-29327435/

I love this video with Paul on stage with the screen showing behind the stage

‪Give Peace a Chance Live 2011‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OipiwPGdnUY&feature=related

msLinds

09-01-2011, 10:53 PM

Strawberry Fields to be recreated in L.A. for 71st anniversary of John Lennon's birthday
September 1, 2011
Los Angeles, California -- Nonnel, Inc. is pleased to announce a special weekend celebration October 7th-9th 2011 , culminating on Sunday, October 9th, which would have been John Lennon's 71st birthday.

The lobby of L.A.'s historic Hayworth Theater will be transformed into a replica of the entrance to the world-famous "Strawberry Fields" in Liverpool England. The re-creation will feature an interactive "brick wall" where fans can write personal messages and birthday greetings to the famous musician and former Beatle. The Hayworth's lobby also features a unique photo montage timeline of Lennon's life , featuring rare photos, posters and a unique collection of rare John Lennon collectibles.

The October 9th celebration coincides with the final performance of "Just Imagine", which will be emceed by Chris Carter, host of KLOS' "Breakfast With The Beatles."
During its six-month run, "Just Imagine," starring multi-talented Tim Piper and his band, has garnered rave reviews from all over the country and endeared itself to thousands of fans, including world-famous composer Hal David, Louise Taper, Robbie Krieger of The Doors, Michael des Barres, radio personality Machine Gun Kelly, among many others.

The final weekend of performances will pay special tribute to not only John Lennon, but also four-generations of Beatle fans, young and old, who have relived unforgettable memories and joined in the interactive production, experiencing a rare opportunity to "sing along with John," as he strolls throughout the Hayworth Theater and shares personal anecdotes and insights into his life and musical inspirations.
Fans can still use the 2 FOR 1 Promo Code LAT50 (while supplies last!) To buy tickets online, visit www.plays411.com/justimagine or telephone (323) 960-4442.
For more information on the show, visit the official site at

www.JustImagineTheShow.com

Arts Beat
September 1. 2011
I Me Mine: The Beatles and Their Pronouns

James W. Pennebaker’s new book “The Secret Life of Pronouns,” which I reviewed in The Times Book Review on Sunday, makes it hard to stop thinking about pronouns and the other little “function words” that Mr. Pennebaker, a social psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin, sees as “the keys to the soul.” Mr. Pennebaker is admirably omnivorous when it comes to looking for material that will show how these stealthy words — which include articles, prepositions, conjunctions and auxiliary verbs — reflect our social psyche. One of his more unexpected sources is the lyrical canon of the Beatles.Mr. Pennebaker crunches the numbers on Beatles songs using text analysis programs and arrives at some fascinating conclusions. As the band aged their lyrics grew “more complex, more psychologically distant and far less positive.” The increasing complexity of the lyrics is manifested in “bigger words and more prepositions, articles and conjunctions.” There was also a big drop in the use of first-person singular pronouns, from 14 percent in the group’s early years to 7 percent in the final years. Self-absorption, it seems, gave way to more socially involved perspectives.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/i-me-mine-the-beatles-and-their-pronouns/

New -Antigue.com
September 1st 2011
The Wikicollecting.org Top 10 most expensive Beatles records

With the news that a rare signed Beatles single recently sold for more than £9000, Wikicollecting.org has compiled a list of the world's most expensive Beatles records.

http://news-antique.com/?id=799898&keys=beatles-most-expensive-records

A Monster in Paris : song clip and video Trailers : with Sean Lennon

Here you can hear a short clip of the song "La Seine And I" by Sean Lennon & Vanessa Paradis
Short clip

http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Vanessa+Paradis+%26+Sean+Lennon&titel=La+Seine+And+I&cat=s

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/a-monster-in-paris/trailer

Paris, 1910: having unintentionally unleashed a mysterious monster from an eccentric scientist’s greenhouse, Emile the projectionist, Raoul the inventor and Lucille, an enchanting cabaret singer embark on this laugh-out-loud 3D adventure. Brilliantly crafted animation, action, comedy, romance and catchy musical numbers make Un Monstre à Paris an unforgettable family favourite.

http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/monsterinparis

Directed by Bibo Bergeron with an interesting international voice cast including Adam Goldberg, Danny Huston, Sean Lennon and Vanessa Paradis, the film is approaching a French release meaning the first French trailer has arrived.

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/06/first-trailer-for-besson-produced-animated-feature-a-monster-in-paris.php

Nico

09-01-2011, 11:33 PM

MsLinds, that clip of Sean and Vanessa is AMAZING. I want to see this film. Is it only being released in Paris? You have to share that clip around it is so good!!!:eek:

msLinds

09-02-2011, 02:44 PM

Its getting released first in Paris also in Toronto.There will be a USA release date in 2012.That will be in English.I want to see this new animated film to.

New animated film by Bibo Bergeron, with music composed by Matthieu Chedid aka M. The film will be screening at the Toronto Film Festival, Sept 8-18 2011 The soundtrack will be available on iTunes France on September 26, with Sean's tracks available as bonus tracks. Film and soundtrack coming worldwide in 2012.

Everyone here in the USA have a safe,positive and great Labor day weekend.I hope the rest of you have a safe and great weekend to.I have some new updates now.

Mosaic designed by John Lennon upearthed and recovered : New Photographs
August 25, 2011

Close up photographs of that beautiful mosaic designed by John Lennon that they found and unearthed.I'm very glad it was found and its going to preserved and put on public display.Once its hopefully properly and carefully cleaned.I am looking forward to what its going to look like.A mosaic designed by John Lennon has been recovered, having gone missing after being removed from the musician’s swimming pool.The John Lennon Psychedelic Eye, designed and installed in 1967, featured at the deep end wall of the outdoor swimming pool at Kenwood in St George's Hill, Weybridge, where Lennon lived from 1964 to 1969.In 1985 the owners of Kenwood, a Swedish entrepreneur and his wife, and joint owner of the mosaic, Bernard Cochrane, agreed to preserve the work of art.The 17,000 tiles were painstakingly removed to prevent deterioration and allow it to be displayed for all to enjoy.

http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/resources/images/1751612/

http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/resources/images/1751613/

http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/topstories/9213895.John_Lennon_mosaic_recovered_after_44_years/

New York Times
The Beatles on the Beach

On Saturday, April 27, 1963, the Beatles played Memorial Hall in Northwich, England the concert poster described them as “Hit recorders of ‘Please, Please Me.’” The next day, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr flew down to Tenerife to unwind with two of their closest Hamburg pals, the graphic artist Klaus Voormann and the photographer Astrid Kirchherr. (John Lennon took his own holiday in Barcelona with the band’s manager, Brian Epstein.) For the upstart combo, it would be their first taste of the jet-set life and, in the saga of their ascent, a momentary breather about halfway up Mount Olympus.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/magazine/lives-the-beatles-on-the-beach.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

msLinds

09-04-2011, 01:18 AM

USA Today
September 2, 2011
George Harrison's life unfolds in exhibit, film, book

Beginning Oct. 11, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will display George Harrison: Living in the Material World, the first major museum retrospective of the late musician's life and career. The exhibit corresponds with two other projects of the same name: a Martin Scorsese-directed documentary, which HBO will run in two parts Oct. 5-6, and a book from Harrison's widow, Olivia, out Sept. 27. Harrison also is the subject of a new Rolling Stone cover story.Scorsese and Olivia Harrison uncovered so much during the five-year process of making the documentary that "it seemed a shame not to share that," she says. "There was just too much material that Marty didn't use — ephemera, letters. It lent itself to a pictorial arc of George's life."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-09-02/George-Harrisons-life-unfolds-in-exhibit-film-book/50231886/1

Transitions Online
September 2, 1011
When Lenin Met Lennon

The Beatles never set foot in the Soviet Union, and their music was officially banned there throughout their life as a band. But the four lads from Liverpool had an enormous impact on a generation of Soviet youth – turning them into cultural exiles in their own country and fatally weakening the foundation of socialist rule.That's the premise of Leslie Woodhead's documentary How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, an insightful and nostalgic look at Soviet Beatlemania featuring recollections from Fab Four fans ranging from Russian rock stars to Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov.

http://www.tol.org/client/article/22664-music-russia-documentary.html

London Theatre.uk
September 2, 2011
Cast announced for Backbeat at Duke Of york's

Casting has been announced for Backbeat, a musical stage adaptation of Iain Softley's 1994 film, which charts the early rise of The Beatles, which opens at the Duke of York's Theatre on 10 Oct 2011, following previews from 24 Sep 2011 - booking to 24 March 2012. Nick Blood (Stuart Sutcliffe), Andrew Knott (John Lennon), Ruta Gedmintas (Astrid Kirchherr), Daniel Healy (Paul Mccartney), William Payne (George Harrison), Oliver Bennett (Pete Best), Adam Sopp (Tony Sheridan / Ringo Starr), Dominic Rouse ( Klaus Voorman), Ben Fox (Arthur Ballard / Bert Kaempfert ), James Wallace (George Martin).The stage adaptation is co-written by Iain Softley and Stephen Jeffreys, with direction by David Leveaux and musical direction by Paul Stacey. It will be produced on the West End by Karl Sydow.

http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/news/se11/backbeat20111351.htm

Stuff.co.nz
August 30, 2011
Abbey Road: why it's in my blood

These days there is only one album by The Beatles that I can always listen to, and that's Abbey Road. That should come as no surprise to regular readers of Blog on the Tracks; I've mentioned it often. You see, I learned to play the drums to this album. I mean, all right, sure, I had a few lessons at school (intermediate). But my mum suggested that I just play along with records. So when I got my first drum kit it was positioned in the spare room at the end of the house and I went at it. Attempting Come Together and Something and Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Oh! Darling and Octopus's Garden and I Want You (She's So Heavy).It took me a while longer to get my head around side two - but I started out by just playing along to the opening cut, Here Comes the Sun; for the chance to use my brushes.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/5528262/Abbey-Road-why-its-in-my-blood

Houston Press
September 2, 2011
10 Awesome, Awful & Odd "Hey Jude" Covers

This week in 1968, The Beatles inaugurated their Apple Records label in a most auspicious fashion, releasing "Hey Jude" as a 45. The B-side was "Revolution." Written by Paul McCartney and employing a 36-piece orchestra, "Jude" did nothing to dispel the perception that Paul was the "soft" Beatle and John Lennon the "rock" Beatle. No one - least of all the Apple accountants - seemed to mind, as the song sold 5 million copies by the end of that year, and is now believed to be the group's biggest earner if not their biggest seller. (Inflation, yo.)McCartney ostensibly wrote the song for John's eldest son, Julian, with whom he had always been close.

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/09/hey_jude_covers.php

msLinds

09-04-2011, 02:43 AM

The Uni Project
September 4, 2011
Yoko Ono Wish Tree will stand in the Uni

I’m pleased to announce that we’ll have a Yoko Ono Wish Tree in the Uni when we open next weekend on at the New Amsterdam Market. Thank you Jeremy Liu and Hiroko Kikuchi. And thank you Yoko Ono. This same tree stood in the Storefront Library, and I’m moved that it will keep on traveling and doing its work. Peace.

http://www.theuniproject.org/2011/09/yoko-ono-wish-tree-will-stand-in-the-uni/

Gigape
September 3, 2011
Yoko Ono continues her domination

Yoko Ono continues her domination as club land’s most unique “dancefloor diva” as she, once again, claims the coveted #1 spot on the BILLBOARD HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY CHART with her fiery summer anthem "TALKING TO THE UNIVERSE" (Issue Date: 09/17/2011). Beating out contemporary pop and electronic music titans like RIHANNA, BRITNEY SPEARS, DEPECHE MODE and DAVID GUETTA, ONO successfully scores her SEVENTH consecutive #1 dance single (and NINTH overall) following “MOVE ON FAST”, “WOULDNIT’ (I’M A STAR)”, “GIVE ME SOMETHING”, “I’M NOT GETTING ENOUGH”, “GIVE PEACE A CHANCE”, “NO NO NO”, “EVERYMAN / EVERYWOMAN” and the definitive “WALKING ON THIN ICE”.Taken from the 1995 YOKO ONO / IMA collaborative album RISING, the lean, funk-fueled rocker finds ONO tuning in to the universe as our celestial medium and ambassador to the cosmos, urging listeners to purge all the preconceived notions, pretenses and fears that confine us, in order to bask in a freer state of being.

http://gigape.com/user/2011/09/03/yoko-ono-continues-her-domination/

The Telegraph
September 3, 2011
Mark Ronson marries Josephine de la Baume in Provence, France

Gathered on Friday beneath the plane trees in the cobbled square outside the town hall, guests including Sean Lennon, son of John, and Romanian-Canadian model Irina Lazareanu sipped champagne, ahead of a celebratory lunch yesterday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8739722/Mark-Ronson-marries-Josephine-de-la-Baume-in-Provence.html

Entertainment
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Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon's 1968 drug conviction came back to haunt him in May 1969, when the U.S. authorities refused to grant him a visitor's visa. Regardless, he and Yoko wanted to carry their message of love and peace to the Americans, so they held their second bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada. Here it was, in Room 1742, that on June 1 they recorded their classic anthem, "Give Peace a Chance," together with the many visitors who were gathered around their bed.A couple of years earlier, John had told the world that no problem was too great because, in the end, "All you need is love." Yet many people still seemed intent on waging war, even if it didn't really get them anywhere. How about trying something else for a change? "All we are saying is give peace a chance," was the simple yet powerful suggestion, and one that filtered through to all corners of the globe.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/john-lennon38.htm

msLinds

09-04-2011, 10:42 PM

PR Web site
September 3, 2011
The Imagine Peace Tower and the Tenth Anniversary of September 11th: The Loudest Shout For Peace Ever

The synergy of two worldwide events: the inauguration of Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower project and the tenth anniversary of September 11th inspired a family to write, compose and record “911 for peace”, a song on World Peace. They are currently seeking charitable peace organizations looking to receive a portion of the proceeds from the sale of their song. Any organization supporting the cause of world peace or related to the events of September 11th can benefit from the donations created by this project, please contact support(at)911totheworld(dot)com today for more details and to register and join in on this effort.

The images of the video will revive the intense feelings sensed by the world 10 years ago.In the spirit of paying tribute to the memory of both the victims of 911 and of John Lennon, a donation will also be made to Yoko Ono’s imagine peace tower project launching on time for John Lennon’s 70th birthday http://imaginepeacetower.com/. This is an exceptional incentive where everyone wins: organizations secure donations for their cause through their members downloading the song; they will give their cause further exposure with little or no effort from their part.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8762206.htm

msLinds

09-05-2011, 08:29 PM

Photograph of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl at Mark Ronson's wedding

http://www.popsugar.com/Mark-Ronson-Josephine-de-la-Baume-Wedding-Pictures-18973989?page=0,0,8#8

http://www.popsugar.com/Mark-Ronson-Josephine-de-la-Baume-Wedding-Pictures-18973989?page=0,0,8#5

The Telegraph
September 2011
Doris Day and Paul McCartney in conversation

As the legendary Hollywood star is set to release her first new album in 17 years, Doris Day talks to Paul McCartney about her illustrious career.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8733533/Doris-Day-and-Paul-McCartney-in-conversation.html

Rollings Stone
September 5, 2011
George Harrison Documentary Premieres at Telluride

Olivia Harrison opens up about the making of 'Living In a Material World' at first screeningsIn the ending minutes of the documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Ringo Starr has what he calls a "Barbara xxxxxxx Walters" moment. Wiping away tears, Starr recalls the last words his lifelong pal and Beatles bandmate said to him before he died.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/george-harrison-documentary-premieres-at-telluride-20110905

Mirror
9-6-2011
The Beatles, Oasis and Hollywood A-listers - welcome to the UK’s coolest register office

In the swinging 60s, Paul McCartney exchanged vows with his beloved Linda here.Their supposedly *low-key wedding sparked a media frenzy as hundreds of fans mobbed the newlyweds.In the 80s, Paul’s fellow Beatle Ringo Starr also got married here.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/most-popular/2011/09/06/the-beatles-oasis-and-hollywood-a-listers-welcome-to-the-uk-s-coolest-register-office-115875-23398747/

msLinds

09-06-2011, 02:31 PM

Everyone have a safe and great week and take care. :wavey:

George Harrison in new issue of Rolling Stone Magazine

Rolling Stone
The Private Life of George Harrison
September 2011

The new issue of Rolling Stone, on stands and available through Rolling Stone All Access September 2nd,contains an exclusive look at the new book George Harrison: Living In the Material World (by Olivia Harrison, edited by Mark Holborn, to be published by Abrams on September 26th) along with a cover story on Harrison's life by Brian Hiatt.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/the-private-life-of-george-harrison-20110902

Rolling Stone
Couples That Rock

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/couples-that-rock-20110830/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-0711257

Daily Mail.UK
September 2011
Quiet’ Beatle George Harrison was a red-blooded womaniser who almost split from his wife because of his wayward behaviour

He was affectionately known as ‘the quiet Beatle’.But George Harrison was in fact a womaniser, whose love of the opposite sex almost ruined his 23-year-marriage, a new documentary has revealed.In the upcoming film, directed by Martin Scorcese, former bandmate Paul McCartney claims the guitarist ‘liked the things that men like. He was red-blooded.’ Harrison’s widow, Olivia, admitted she often struggled with her wayward husband’s behaviour.She claims that although she and Harrison ‘seemed like partners from the very beginning’ their marriage survived a series of ‘hiccups’.‘He did like women and women did like him,’ she says. ‘If he just said a couple of words to you it would have a profound effect. So it was hard to deal with someone who was so well loved.’ Miss Harrison worked alongside Scorcese to produce private letters, journals and unseen footage of the star for the film George Harrison: Living in a Material World, which has been made to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the star’s death. He died in November 2001, aged 58, following a long-battle with cancer.It also features personal recollections from friends including Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton.Harrison earned a reputation as the most reserved character out of the Beatles, in contrast to John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr who were the more outspoken members of the Fab Four.

She added: ‘You go through challenges in your marriage and here is what I found: the first time we had a big hiccup in the road, we came through things, and then you go, ‘Wow!’ There is a reward at the end of it.’‘There is this incredible reward because you have lived through more and you have let go of something.’By the end, when her husband was ill, she admits she was glad that they had ‘worked this through together. Through all these things that came between us.’She also reveals Harrison’s fury at John Lennon’s murder in 1980 by Mark Chapman. ‘He was angry John did not have a chance to leave his body in a better way,’ she said

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2033622/Quiet-Beatle-George-Harrison-red-blooded-womaniser-split-wife-wayward-behaviour.html#ixzz1X1SJs7NI

Nico

09-06-2011, 02:59 PM

MsLinds, you see now they've come out with a film that depicts George as a human being- not a saint or a bad man- but a human who made some mistakes. So now a lot of the George fans are going mad with anger over "character assassination" and I'm just side-eyeing it all. I knew all this stuff already, as I was also a George stan at one point.

I would also appreciate it if one day people could see that all of them were normal blokes who broke hearts and weren't perfectly nice all the time and BACK OFF OF JOHN as the monster. Each of of them was capable of being a jerk to the utmost degree, and that's my point. We don't have to love them all equally, shoot we don't even have to love them all, but recognize that the four of them together were responsible for some of the greatest music this world has ever experienced, and they didn't owe any of us anything more than what they gave us. Judgmental people to the left. :rolleyes:

Anyway, I appreciate all your posts always. As you know, the John news gives me the most joy but I was a George girl at one point and news on him always matters to me.:wavey:

Thanks MsLinds!!!

msLinds

09-07-2011, 12:49 AM

I agree with your views and feelings Nico about this documentary thats coming out soon about George's life.Also about your feelings about John and all them having faults and being only human.Your welcome about my postings in this thread.This has become a special and important thread to me on the Ledge here.I promise I will keep updating it.I know many others are reading and interested in this thread.Because of the amount of views this thread gets everyday and week.I have some new updates now.

Music -Mix
September 6, 2011
Beatles back at no. 1 on iTunes today; major artists share their favorite Fab Four tunes

There are few things surer in life than death, taxes, and the continued selling powers of the Beatles.Today, the Fab Four bowed at no. 1 on iTunes with their mammoth 2000 hits collection 1, handily stealing the top spot from Lil Wayne’s That Carter IV and lording over the likes of Adele’s long-running 21 and Maroon 5′s newly revitalized Hands All Over, among others.

http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/09/06/beatles-itunes-number-1-ryan-adams/

Contact Music
September 7, 2011
Beatles - McCartney Is A Granddad Again

Beatles legend Sir Paul Mccartney is a grandfather again - his daughter Mary gave birth to a son on Saturday (03Sep11). Little Sid is Mary's fourth child.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mccartney-is-a-granddad-again_1243759

The National
September 7, 2011
The 'German Beatle' completes his 197-song translation effort

BERLIN - Even Klaus Beyer's agent admits the eccentric Berlin performer is not a great singer. But that does not seem to bother Beyer, who has just completed the unprecedented feat of translating all 197 Beatles songs into German.

http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/europe/the-german-beatle-completes-his-197-song-translation-effort

msLinds

09-08-2011, 02:12 AM

PR Newswire
September 7, 2011
Sean Lennon to Score "Alter Egos" Film, Written & Directed By Jordan Galland
The Second Film Score Collaboration For the Duo Currently In the Works

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sean Lennon has signed on to score the forthcoming film, Alter Egos, written and directed by Jordan Galland and starring Danny Masterson, Kris Lemche, Brooke Nevin and Joey Kern. Lennon, who also makes a cameo as a super villain, began working on the project earlier this summer, composing what Galland describes as "an epic superhero sound."This is the second time that Lennon has scored a film by Jordan Galland, the first of which was the critically acclaimed Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Undead, an indie romantic comedy about vampires, Shakespeare and the Holy Grail, released in the summer of 2010.Alter Egos, which began production this past spring in New York City and Long Island, follows an underappreciated superhero at a time when superheroes have lost government funding and all public support.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sean-lennon-to-score-alter-egos-film-written--directed-by-jordan-galland-129424653.html

http://www.alteregosmovie.com/

Three Village Patch
September 7, 2011
Yoko Ono Exhibit Opens at University

A traveling display of artwork by Yoko Ono opened at Stony Brook's University Art Gallery on Tuesday, preceded by a presentation that gave the history of Ono's work for peace, including her worldwide "War is Over If You Want It" campaign with husband and former Beatle John Lennon.

The exhibit will remain open at the university until October 15, when Lennon’s son, Sean, and Charlotte Kemp Muhl will perform there as the group The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

http://threevillage.patch.com/articles/yoko-ono-exhibit-opens-at-university

Newday
September 7, 2011
Yoko Ono: Still giving peace a chance

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream/But a dream we dream together is reality"
-- "Now or Never" by Yoko Ono, 1972.Yoko Ono's career spans six decades -- before and now long after her relationship with John Lennon. For two years, Rhonda Cooper, director of Staller Center's University Gallery, has tried to snag the "Yoko Ono Imagine Peace" traveling exhibit since she was tipped off about the show by Stony Brook University sculpture professor Nobuho Nogasawa.Now it's here. And although there's no word yet if Ono herself will appear, her son, Sean Lennon, arrives at Staller for a concert on the exhibit's final day."There's an element of nostalgia to the show," says Cooper, as she was supervising its installation. "But the peace message is very clear."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/arts/yoko-ono-still-giving-peace-a-chance-1.3151489

NewsFix KIAH
September 7, 2011
HOUSTON, TX—

Imagine peace. That`s exactly what John Lennon wanted us to do over 40 years ago. And now, with the 10 year reflection of the 9/11 tragedy, that`s what Yoko Ono is asking us to do.Each morning, if you`re driving south on I-45 heading into town, you`ll see this billboard: Imagine Peace.It`s a temporary ‘peace’, on loan from and signed by Yoko Ono. She`s asking us to not only remember, but pay tribute to the tragedy that happened on September 11. Imagine Peace!

http://www.39online.com/newsfix/kiah-newsfix-imagine-story,0,7576008.story

The Morton Report
September 7, 2011
Pattie Boyd: Rock's Most Beautiful Muse

Pattie Boyd was the face of the '60s. Her blonde hair, deep bangs, long legs, and perfect pout got her on magazine covers and snared her a bit part in the Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night. She met George Harrison on the very first day of filming, and he asked her out—thinking that she looked exactly like Brigitte Bardot.She married the quiet Beatle, living a rarified life that few of us will ever experience. Boyd not only is famous for her iconic beauty, but for introducing the Fab Four to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and also for leaving Harrison for his best friend Eric Clapton and inspiring some of rock's most heart-torn classics like Harrison's "Something," "I Need You,” and Clapton's "Layla" and "Beautiful Tonight."

http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/pattie-boyd-rocks-most-beautiful-muse/

msLinds

09-08-2011, 03:13 PM

Theatre Devon
September 2011
Exeter Cathedral bell ringers to ring in commemoration for 9/11

Imagine - a sound art performance  by Cleo Evans and The Imagine Project
Venue: Exeter Cathedral Performance Time: 20:00  8.00 pm – Peace walk from Exeter Mosque to Exeter Cathedral 8.30pm – Recital and online broadcast (5 mins duration)  Performance Duration: 1:00  Full Price: FREE

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a recital of John Lennon’s famous anti-war song ‘Imagine’ will be performed on the bells of Exeter Cathedral on Sunday 11th September 2011 and broadcast online so the peal can be heard worldwide.The one-off recital will be performed by Exeter Society of Bell Ringers and preceded by a peacewalk from Exeter Mosque to Exeter Cathedral. The event will be also used to inspire discussion amongst young people through a social media project produced in partnership with education  specialist DigitalME and the Imperial War Museum. Everyone is welcome at the event by joining the peace walk, which starts at Exeter Mosque on York Road, at 8 pm, and finishes at the Cathedral in time to hear the bells peal ‘Imagine’. Those who can’t*attend can listen live online at www.imagineproject.info

http://theatredevon.net/whats-on/2011/9/11/imagine-a-sound-art-performance

[url]http://www.imagineproject.info/

chiliD

09-08-2011, 04:03 PM

...and inspiring some of rock's most heart-torn classics like Harrison's "Something," "I Need You,” and Clapton's "Layla" and "Beautiful Tonight."

Uhhhh...that would be "WONDERFUL Tonight". :rolleyes: :distress: :cool:

msLinds

09-09-2011, 12:40 AM

Hi ChiliD thanks for stopping by.Have a safe and great upcoming weekend soon and take care.

News -Antiques-com
September 9, 2011
Bids Soar for Vintage Beatles Album l Top eBay Auction

News-Antique.com - Sep 08,2011 - WhatSellsBest.com, a website tracking rare auction items selling on eBay, is reporting bidding has passed $12,000 on day six of a seven day auction, for a rare (mint condition) vintage Beatles Record Album.The album, 'The Beatles - Please Please Me' is the debut album by the English rock band which was put out by the Parlophone record label on March 22, 1963.

http://news-antique.com/?id=799997

Smithsonian.com
September 8, 2011
Past Imperfect

Anyone who has ever listened to The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band–and that’s a few hundred million people at the last estimate–will know the swirling melody and appealingly nonsensical lyrics of “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” one of the most unusual tracks on that most eclectic of albums.For the benefit of Mr. Kite There will be a show tonight on trampoline The Hendersons will all be there Late of Pablo Fanque’s Fair—what a scene Over men and horses, hoops and garters Lastly through a hogshead of real fire! In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world ! But who are these people, these horsemen and acrobats and “somerset turners” of a bygone age ?

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2011/09/pablo-fanques-fair/

Mojo
September 9, 2011

George Harrison: Living In The Material World is a new, epic film charting the life and times of "the Beatle that changed the most". The full MOJO review will appear in a future issue of the mag (sneak preview - it's great), but in the meantime here are six things you can look forward to seeing when it is released on DVD/Blu-ray this autumn.
1.There is enough unseen footage, photos, audio outtakes and new interviews to satisfy even the most devoted Beatles fans.

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/09/george_harrison_documentary_six_things.html

TheCMWeb site.com
September 8, 2011
Sound recording copyright extension could be passed imminently

After many years of very vocal campaigning, the copyright term for sound recordings in Europe may be quietly increased to seventy years next week following a meeting this week of the European Union’s Committee Of Permanent Representatives.As much previously reported, the sound recording copyright term is currently fifty years after release in Europe, compared to 95 years in the US, and the life of the creator plus seventy years for the rights that exist in lyrics and musical score.

The European record industry has been lobbying for some time for the sound recording copyright term to be extended, arguing the imbalance between European and US copyright terms, and between those enjoyed by music publishers and songwriters versus record companies and recording artists are unfair.

Those lobbying efforts became more prolific in recent years as the particularly valuable mid-sixties rock n roll catalogues – including the early Beatles and Rolling Stones recordings – started to approach the end of their fifty year terms. Labels like EMI still rely to an extent on royalties generated by music from that era, in EMI’s case the Beatles catalogue in particular.

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sound-recording-copyright-extension-could-be-passed-imminently/

Liverpool Echo
September 9, 2011
Yellow submarine model stolen from outside Liverpool church

THIEVES stole a huge model of The Beatles’ iconic yellow submarine from outside a Liverpool church.Fab Four fans from St Barnabas Church in Penny Lane were left upset after the wooden sub was taken.The churchgoers today appealed for it to be returned after it went missing during their Beatles celebrations.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/09/08/yellow-submarine-model-stolen-from-outside-liverpool-church-100252-29389387/

msLinds

09-09-2011, 03:01 PM

Village Voice
September 9, 2011
Fashion's Night Out: Beth Ditto Vamps, Sean Lennon Multitasks, Neon Indian Commands The Room

Next, we struck out along Mercer Street, where we saw Anna Wintour herself pass by with her entourage, smartphones aimed at her from every angle. Taking this as a sign we were doing all right, we pressed on, past the weird live-mannequin window displays, to a store where instruments seemed to be getting set up. Who was playing there? Why, it was Sean Lennon's band, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/09/fashions_night_out_beth_ditto_sean_lennon_neon_indian.php?page=2

September 9, 2011
Sean Lennon loses the bow tie to beat the heat at United Bamboo : Photograph

http://twitpic.com/6iczw8

msLinds

09-09-2011, 08:49 PM

Everyone have a safe and great weekend.All the victims and their familys and everyone living in the USA on this 10th anniversary of 9/11 are in my prayers this weekend.

Mail Online
September 10, 2011
Did George Harrison have an affair with Madonna? Explosive film reveals new side to Beatles star

Another night of chaos and excess at Friar Park, George Harrison’s immense Victorian Gothic home in Henley, was seen through a haze of dope, cocaine and alcohol. As the evening in 1973 drew to a close, Harrison’s friend and houseguest Ronnie Wood took him aside and told him that he intended to sleep with the former Beatle’s wife Pattie Boyd that evening.Harrison’s response was to point to the room which Wood was sharing with his wife Krissie and say: ‘And I shall be sleeping there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2035787/Did-George-Harrison-affair-Madonna-Explosive-film-reveals-new-Beatles-star.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

The Acorn
September 9, 2011
New mystery takes on Beatlemania

What happens when a former teen idol—now a recovering alcoholic looking for a comeback—is accused of murder? That’s the question Moorpark resident and Acorn employee Sally Carpenter was looking to answer when she wrote the first book in her Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol mystery series.In “The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper,” from Oak Tree Press, the protagonist is Sandy Fairfax, a 1970s teen idol who recorded 10 gold albums and starred in the hit TV series “Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth.”Now (in 1993, when the story is set) Sandy is 38, forgotten and hoping to make a comeback, starting with a guest appearance at a Beatles fan convention in Evansville, Ind.But Sandy is suspected of murder after a member of the Mersey Marvels, a Beatles tribute band, is shot. The former teen idol, who played a detective on TV, becomes an amateur sleuth as he tries to clear his name and solve the mystery.

http://www.theacorn.com/news/2011-09-08/Dining_%28and%29_Entertainment/New_mystery_takes_on_Beatlemania.html

MediaCaster
September 9, 2011
Syndicated Series Showcases The Beatles Online and on Corus Radio

The Complete Beatles will air on Corus Radio stations starting this weekend, with supplemental material on the Fab Four presented online.The new syndicated series, The Complete Beatles, is hosted by Jeff Woods of Legends of Classic Rock. The weekly one hour program offers audiences a sweeping and comprehensive overview of the legendary Fab Four's music, their cultural impact and influences on other musical careers.

http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/syndicated-series-showcases-the-beatles-online-and-on-corus-radio/1000575458/

West Sussex Today
Helped by The Beatles
September 9, 2011

You To Me Are Everything gave The Real Thing a massive number one hit back in 1976. But for band member Eddie Amoo, it was hardly a case of overnight success.He was more than ready for it after 13 years with The Chants, a Liverpool vocal group discovered by The Beatles, no less.“The Beatles discovered The Chants and launched us,” recalls Eddie who brings The Real Thing to Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, on Saturday, September 10.“The Beatles gave us like an apprenticeship. I was with them for 13 years before I got together with my brother Chris (for The Real Thing).“We were a vocal group in the tradition of American doo-wop and we met Paul (McCartney) at one of The Beatles’ gigs. Paul invited us to come to the Cavern to audition for The Beatles, basically out of curiosity. We just sang; we didn’t play instruments.

http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/helped_by_the_beatles_1_3039497

Nico

09-10-2011, 09:21 PM

Mslinds, Julian's album is coming out soon!!! Are you excited to get it? I think some promo stuff is coming very soon. Keep me updated lady!!:nod:

msLinds

09-10-2011, 09:56 PM

I'm looking forward Nico to getting my copy of Julian Lennon's new music CD, 'Everything Changes ' to.I preordered my copy on Amazon allready.The UK release date is about a week before the USA release date of October 4th.I am sure the closer it gets to the release date and even after the release there will be some new interviews and articles about Julian and his new album.I will be posting them here as I find them.I do have a couple updates tonight.Have a great evening Nico and everyone.

Hangout
September 10, 2011
Kami Thompson, 'Love Lies' - 24th October 2011

Gorgeous debut album from the latest inheritor of her family’s great musical pedigree, featuring guest appearances by Richard Thompson, Martha and Lucy Wainwright, Sean Lennon and Matt Johnson.

http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/134794-kami-thompson-love-lies-24th-october-2011-a.html

Charlotte Kemp Muhl and Sean Lennon : photographs
September 10, 2011

http://what-celebrities-do-lately.popsugar.com/Charlotte-Kemp-Muhl-Sean-Lennon-19027421

http://www.lookbeauty.info/united-bamboo-shows-modern-preppy-abstract-prints-fluid-tailoring-and-cornrows-for-spring-at-new-york-fashion-week/

NY Arts World commemorates Sept. 11, 2011
September 10, 2011
Scroll down toward end of page for this part of the article

MoMA PS1, one of the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions, will open the exhibit "September 11" with 70 works from artists such as Diane Arbus, Christo and Yoko Ono that examine how 9/11 has "altered the ways in which we see and experience the world." The Brooklyn Museum is holding the exhibit "Ten Years Later: Ground Zero Remembered."

http://www2.oanow.com/news/2011/sep/10/ny-arts-world-commemorates-sept-11-ar-2388756/

The Storyteller's Garden
September 11, 2011

Give Peace a Chance
In my opinion this song should be the world-wide anthem in commemoration of all the thousands and thousands of human beings, who lost their lives due to war and misconceived patriotism.Today I wanna shout it out loud in memoriam of all the victims of 9/11. May their souls rest in peace.

“Give Peace a Chance” is a song written by John Lennon, originally under the moniker Lennon/McCartney, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 13 in the UK, Apple 1809 in the US. It is the first solo single issued by Lennon, and became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 1970s. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the British singles chart.The song was written during Lennon’s ‘Bed-In’ honeymoon: when asked by a reporter what he was trying to achieve by staying in bed, Lennon answered spontaneously “All we are saying is give peace a chance”; He sang the song several times during the Bed-In. Finally, on 1 June 1969, in Room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, André Perry recorded it using a simple setup of four microphones and a four-track tape recorder rented from a local recording studio.

http://thestorytellersgarden.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/give-peace-a-chance/

msLinds

09-12-2011, 11:26 AM

Everyone have a safe and great week and take care.Thank you to everyone that stops by this thread thats interested and reads it.I have some new articles now. :wavey:

Imachicnation photograph of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl
September 2011

http://imachicnation.tumblr.com/post/5165949894

Exeter
September 22, 2011
VIDEO: Watch as John Lennon's Imagine rings out from Exeter Cathedral bells

It was a night to remember at Exeter Cathedral last night as people gathered to hear the bells ring out John Lennon’s Imagine in tribute to 9/11.
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, a recital of John Lennon’s famous anti-war song was performed using the bells of the Cathedral.

http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/VIDEO-Watch-John-Lennon-s-Imagine-rings-Exeter/story-13313882-detail/story.html

The Telegraph
September 12, 2011
A house where the Beatles once drank

Most old boozers have a celebrity story or two. Corner any publican in a quiet minute and they’ll tell you about the time when Noel Gallagher came in, or the month George Best stayed. But few can have had as glittering a parade of punters through their doors as the Heroes of Alma, in St John’s Wood, north-west London.Located in Alma Square, a mere lofted drive from Lord’s cricket ground, the pub was the local for Abbey Road, the world’s most famous recording studio. When the Beatles were recording there during the Sixties, the Heroes of Alma was where they would beat a retreat for a restorative pint or two.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/8755468/A-house-where-the-Beatles-once-drank.html

Examiner National
September 11, 2011
Abbey Road on the River 2011 was a splendid time for one and all

Olivia Morris Fuchs, who sent us a detailed report on NAMM 2011 in Anaheim, was at Abbey Road on the River over the Labor Day holiday. She sent us some details and pictures.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/abbey-road-on-the-river-2011-was-a-splendid-time-for-one-and-all

CNN Entertainment
September 7, 2011
Beatles ‘1’ is No. 1 – again
Beatlemania never really dies, does it?

The Beatles album “1,” a collection of the Fab Four’s No. 1 hits that spent eight weeks as the nation’s No. 1 album in 2000 – and was the top-selling CD of the 2000-09 – premiered on iTunes Tuesday.You won’t need eight days a week to predict where it debuted. Yep, in the top spot.

And not just in the United States. “1” also hit No. 1 in Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Sweden, Spain, New Zealand and Greece, according to a press release from Capitol/EMI. Not bad for an album of songs that are already available on iTunes, thanks to the release of the Beatles’ entire catalog two years ago.

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/07/beatles-1-again/

Examiner.National
September 11, 2011
Beatles family responded to 9/11 with music to heal

The extended Beatles family responded to the 9/11 tragedy in the best way they could -- music in the form of two big concerts.On Oct. 2, 2001, John Lennon's music was the centerpiece of "Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music." Performers included Yolana Adams and Billy Preston, Dave Matthews, Cyndi Lauper, Dave Stewart, Lou Reed, Natalie Merchant, Craig David and the Stone Temple Pilots. All the musicians performed Beatles or John Lennon songs.

Also appearing were members of the acting community, including Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Edie Falco, Ben Stiller, James Gandolfini and Kevin Spacey.The highlight was appearances by Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono. Sean Lennon sang "Across the Universe" with Moby and Rufus Wainwright and joined in at the end on "Give Peace a Chance" and "Power to the People."

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/beatles-family-responded-to-9-11-with-music-to-heal

Bill Frisell does John Lennon
On September 27, 2011 jazz guitarist Bill Frisell will be releasing an album entitled All We Are Saying that will interpret 16 of John's compositions.

http://www.savoyjazz.com/sites/savoy/ecard/billfrisell/

Musicrooms
September 10, 2011
Cliff Richards Law will extend copyright

The EU law unofficially named after the Peter Pan of Pop will see artists able to collect performer royalties for up to 20 more years than current laws allow. Well if a law extending music copyrights to 70 years then who else could it be named after but the only man to still be recording in his sixth decade in the business.

The unofficially named Cliff Richard’s Law would mean that musicians would retain the right to take royalties from their music for up to 70 years rather than the current 50. The law is expected to be pushed through in time to save a number of iconic 60s hits from slipping from their recording artists’ hands.Among the stars backing the move are The Who’s Roger Daltrey, who called it “extremely good news” while Dame Shirley Bassey said, “Unlike diamonds, copyright is not forever but I’m happy it will last a little longer.”

Current laws already copyright artist’s work for 70 years following their death, but the new law will concern the performance of tracks before then. Bands like the Rolling Stones and The Beatles were already covered but now the likes of Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey will be able to receive performer royalties for up to twenty years longer than before.

http://www.musicrooms.net/rock-and-pop/40571-cliff-richards-law-will-extend-copyright-to-70-years.html

Examiner
September 7, 2011
Dedication of new Cavern Beatles painting was hard night's day for artist
See pictures behind the unveiling in the slideshow at left.

During the recent International Beatles Week in Liverpool, Beatles artist Shannon MacDonald, better known as Shannon, unveiled a new painting of the Beatles at the world famous Cavern Club. It took months of planning for the journey to Liverpool for the new painting, which began with a phone call, she says.*

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/dedication-of-new-cavern-beatles-painting-was-a-hard-night-s-day

Examiner National
September 8, 2011
George Harrison Grammy Museum exhibit will be a window into his world

The upcoming George Harrison exhibit at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will give fans an inside look at the former Beatle's life, according to details of the exhibit released by the museum Thursday.The exhibit, titled "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," will include guitars used by Harrison during his years with The Beatles and in his solo career, handwritten lyrics, personal journals and sketches, stage outfits and personal photographs shot by Harrison.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/george-harrison-grammy-museum-exhibit-will-be-a-window-into-his-world

Liverpool Echo.UK
September 12, 2011
Stella McCartney turns 40 with pride in her fashion career and driven by Sir Paul and Linda McCartney's passion

Stella McCartney has defied critics to be a name in her own right.When baby Stella Nina arrived into the world on September 13, 1971, born by emergency caesarean, her dad had just launched a solo music career.A year earlier he had quit the biggest band in the world.As Paul McCartney sat outside the operating theatre, anxiously awaiting his child’s safe delivery, he prayed she would be carried “on the wings of an angel”.And so, out of life and death trauma, the former Beatle gained a precious second daughter and an idea for his new group.Stella Nina was named in loving honour of her two maternal great-grandmothers. Wings were named for her.Tomorrow Stella, whose eponymous fashion label has defied sceptics, will celebrate her 40th birthday.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2011/09/12/stella-mccartney-turns-40-with-pride-in-her-fashion-career-and-driven-by-sir-paul-and-linda-mccartney-s-passion-100252-29403322/

GazetteLive.co.UK
September 9, 2011
The Beatles at the Middlesbrough Astoria 1963

A few weeks ago we published a feature about the time when The Rolling Stones appeared at The Outlook Club on Corporation Road in Middlesbrough in 1963. This was the first time they had played outside the London area and we have received a lot of letters and emails about the event. But one young teenage member of the club missed out that night because she was broke and could not afford to go out. But just a few weeks earlier Margaret Spark (now Margaret Atkinson) had splashed the cash on seeing the number one band at the time, The Beatles.

http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/2011/09/the-beatles-at-the-middlesbrou.html

WNCX Hall Of Fame 2011 Nominee – John Lennon
September 12, 2011
Check out the great photographs of John and Yoko and the Beatles.click on thumbnails

http://wncx.radio.com/2011/09/05/wncx-hall-of-fame-2011-nominee-john-lennon/#photo-1

http://wncx.radio.com/2011/09/09/she-said-she-said-45-years-ago-the-beatles-revolver-hits-1/

msLinds

09-13-2011, 01:05 AM

Stereoboard.com
September 12, 2011
Julian Lennon Announces Brand New Studio Album

The first solo recording from Julian Lennon since 1998, his brand new studio album entitled ‘Everything Changes’ is released in the UK on October 3rd. Featuring twelve original tracks, the album is preceded by lead single ‘Lookin’ 4 Luv’ (released today) which is currently play-listed at BBC Radio 2.

http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/167704/9

Nick Wood World » Blog Archive » Julian Lennon “Everything Changes” new album release

It’s great to see Julian Lennon is finally releasing his new album called “Everything Changes”. Julian kindly sang on a song of mine called ”Hope” that I’ll release next March for the 1st anniversary of the Tohoku disaster. We also re-recorded an old song of ours called “Children of the World” for ...

http://nickwood.jp/?p=1806

Guardian.UK
September 9, 2011 - with video
Paul McCartney 9/11 film: 'I started thinking: what can I do?'

Documentary The Love We Make, filmed in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, to premiere at Toronto film festival A trailer for Albert Maysles's documentary, which follows Paul McCartney as he prepares a 9/11 benefit concert shortly after the attacks.Early on in the new documentary film that records the days that Paul McCartney spent in New York in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we see him walking down Fifth Avenue surrounded by an increasingly hysterical crowd of New Yorkers baying for his autograph.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/09/new-york-9-11-paul-mccartney

msLinds

09-13-2011, 12:20 PM

BBC News
September 12, 2011
Rock veterans win copyright fight

On Monday, the EU Council voted to extend the copyright on sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.The move follows a campaign by artists like Cliff Richard as well as lesser-known performers, who said they should continue to earn from their creations.Critics argue that many musicians will see little benefit, with most income going to big stars and record labels.The change applies to the copyright on studio recordings, which is often owned by record labels, rather than the right to the composition, which is owned by the songwriters.Under the 50-year rule, the copyright on songs by The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and The Who would have expired in the next few years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14882146

BBC News Liverpool
September 12, 2011
Beatles' yellow submarine stolen from Liverpool church is found

A model of the Beatles' yellow submarine has been recovered, two weeks after it was stolen from outside a church on Penny Lane in Liverpool.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-14887398

Mirror.UK
September 13, 2011
Paul McCartney set to marry Nancy Shevell "imminently" in UK wedding

SIR Paul McCartney’s wedding to his American heiress girlfriend Nancy Shevell is “imminent”, friends believe.The couple flew in to the UK from New York last week and have been finalising what is expected to be a small family ceremony at the ex-Beatle’s Sussex farmhouse.Macca, 69, wants to avoid the circus that surrounded his doomed marriage to Heather Mills in 2002 in a huge 17th century Irish castle.“They will be marrying imminently,” a source said. “They are very excited and almost everything is in place. Friends and family have been put on standby.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/09/13/sir-paul-mccartney-set-to-marry-nancy-shevell-imminently-after-final-preparations-trip-115875-23416490/

In Headphones
September 2011
France: New Images Of The Beatles In Concert

http://en.terra.com/music/pictures/New_images_of_the_beatles_in_concert_released/76801

Beatles Freak
September 12, 2011
Song Review: “Look to the One” by The Vals

The Vals are from Belfast, Ireland and appeared in my inbox about 2 years ago when they told me what huge Beatles fans they were and how influenced their music has been by the Fab Four. At first, I thought they were just another band looking for attention, but I went to their site and gave their single “Yesterday Today“ a listen. The song will give you chills! They soon released their first album “Sticks and Stones” in October 2009 which I had fully intended on reviewing but for some reason, I never found the time. The album is amazing for a debut album…there is no doubt it is on my list of favorite albums along with my Beatles collection. There is no mistaking that these guys too are Beatles freaks !

http://beatles-freak.com/2011/09/12/song-review-look-to-the-one-by-the-vals/

msLinds

09-13-2011, 06:44 PM

Examiner
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon says new album was almost an accident

Julian Lennon says his new album, "Everything Changes," came about gradually.”I get twitchy if I don’t pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then...I have to do it; I don’t have a choice,” he says in a press release. Eventually, he had the basic ideas for over 30 songs, 12 of which will be in "Everything Changes," which is produced by Lennon and Grant Ransom. The album was made with a little help from a few of his personal friends.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/julian-lennon-says-new-album-was-almost-an-accident

Examiner national
September 13, 2011
Paul McCartney to be honored as 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year

Paul McCartney was named Tuesday as the 2012 MusiCares® Person of the Year and will be honored at its 22nd annual benefit gala early next year. The honor was announced Tuesday by Neil Portnow, President and CEO of the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy, and Scott Pascucci, chair of the MusiCares Foundation Board.*The dinner and concert to honor McCartney will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2012 during Grammy Week. The event will benefit MusiCares, which ensures that music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical and personal need.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/paul-mccartney-to-be-honored-as-2012-musicares-person-of-the-year

Examiner
September 13, 2011
Richard Hamilton, Beatles White Album designer, dies (video)

Richard Hamilton, a British pop artist whose friendship with Paul McCartney led to his brilliant design of the Beatles White Album cover, has died at age 89.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/richard-hamilton-beatles-white-album-designer-dies

msLinds

09-14-2011, 12:22 AM

Clash Music
September 12, 2011
Julian Lennon returns as Sean Lennon announces London show

Julian Lennon has confirmed plans for a new album, while half-brother Sean Lennon has announced a one off London show.It must be difficult living in the shadow of a famous parent. It must be even more difficult if that parent is John Lennon, an instantly recognisable icon whose work has charmed generations over the past fifty years.Julian Lennon has built his own musical career, while also helping to look after his father's legacy in the UK. Working on new material, the singer recently completed work on his first full length album in ten years.

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/julian-lennon-returns

Female First
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon releasing new solo album

Julian Lennon is releasing his first solo album in over ten years, titled 'Everything Changes'.The son of Beatles musician John Lennon had mainly been concentrating on philanthropic work and his photography career over the last decade, but recently found himself "twitchy" to get back to music, and has set about recording his first album since 'Photograph Smile'.

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/news/Julian+Lennon-16657.html

Contemporary Museum of St Louis
September 9, 2011
Yoko Ono: Play it by Trust

Yoko Ono’s Play it by Trust (1966/2011) is an all-white, interactive chessboard that functions as a metaphor for the futility of war and extends the artist’s interest in the expressive potential of chance. By eliminating the color-based opposition of one side versus another, Ono dooms any attempt to successfully “play” the game beyond a series of initial moves to ultimate failure.She thus encourages us to consider the aspects of humanity that unite rather than divide. Play it by Trust joins the many conceptual, musical, and performative works that Ono has created for over 40 years that evoke her dedication to the promotion of peace in our society. It was first exhibited in 1966 at the Indica Gallery in London and since then it has been re-presented in various sizes and for numerous different occasions. This presentation of Play it by Trust has been developed in cooperation with the opening of the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis this fall.

http://camstl.org/exhibitions/front-room/yoko-ono-play-it-by-trust/

Hollywood Reporter
September 12, 2011
Yoko Ono on Lady Gaga: 'She is Incredible'

The 78-year-old artist, who recently charted her eighth no. 1 dance single, marvels at pop's reigning queen and her own crossover success.Yoko Ono may be known for many things (chief among them: being the love of the late John Lennon's life), but one wouldn’t expect chart-topping dance artist to be one of them. As it turns out, nobody is more surprised than Ono herself.“Isn’t that amazing?” says the 78-year-old Ono. “I can’t believe it.* But it’s a good song.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yoko-ono-lady-gaga-she-233953

9/11 Remembered: Musicians' Reactions
September 2011
In 2001, artists shared their thoughts – all poignant, some prescient – on the World Trade Center attacks. Yoko Ono "I think we're going to create a new reality together. We are one mind, one body. And we have received an incredible shock to our body. This is a time for us to realize that we should not try, through anger or fear, to cut off another arm. That body has to live and survive. It's true what Mahatma Gandhi said: 'An eye for an eye only leaves the whole world blind.'"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/9-11-remembered-musicians-reactions-20110908/yoko-ono-0747183

Rollingstone
September 2011
From rockers to rappers to pop superstars, the stylish musical elite are out in full force in Manhattan this week.Sean Lennon and designer Waris Ahluwalia attend the United Bamboo Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 59 on September 9th, 2011 in New York City.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/musicians-at-spring-2012-new-york-fashion-week-20110912/sean-lennon-and-waris-ahluwalia-0365453

msLinds

09-15-2011, 01:11 AM

East Windsor Patch
September 2011
A Conversation With Yoko Ono

The artist and activist talks with Patch about music, art and an exhibit of John Lennon's art that's coming to Princeton.When asked if John Lennon scheduled time to work on his drawings and artwork, Yoko Ono is quick to say no.  “He was not a scheduled person,” Ono says. Rather than specifying a time to draw, the music legend would start creating whenever he felt like it, she says.

“Gimme Some Truth — The Artwork of John Lennon “is on view at 19 Hulfish St. (next to Kitchen Kapers) in Palmer Square, Princeton, Sept. 16-18. Hours are: Sept. 16, 5-9 p.m., Sept. 17, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sept. 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. For information, call 609-406-0503 or visit MercerStreetFriends.org

http://eastwindsor.patch.com/articles/a-conversation-with-yoko-ono-17e83aa2

The Trentonian
September 14, 2011
Trentonian exclusive: Yoko Ono opens up about life, as late hubby Lennon's artwork comes to Princeton this weekend

Yoko Ono has become iconic in her own right. From dance clubs to the lounge chairs of Baby Boomers, her name is known in every country of the world.I spoke with the legendary 78 year-old proponent of peace and love just prior to the opening of an exhibit of her late husband John Lennon’s art work in Princeton.Each day, she goes about her business of sharing her philosophies and John Lennon’s messages. Talking with her is like meeting your best friend’s best friend for the first time: only briefly unfamiliar.

http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2011/09/14/life/doc4e715a21d9feb073638730.txt

Keep reading this further down article it gets more positive and understanding.

Huffington Post
September 14, 2011
The Question for John Lennon's 71st Birthday: Did Yoko Ono Really Break Up the Beatles ?

In the annals of American pop music, no human being is more passionately hated by critics and fans alike than Yoko Ono, wife of the late Beatles John Lennon. More than 40 years after the band's break-up, she continues to draw the kind of venomous and hateful reactions usually reserved for child molesters and baby killers. She is reviled as the slithering, calculating harpy who insinuated herself into the life of John Lennon, driving a wedge that finally severed one of music's most productive and brilliant songwriting teams -- Paul McCartney and John Lennon -- and precipitated the break-up of the world's most beloved rock band, The Beatles.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mario-almonte/yoko-ono-john-lennon_b_962518.html

Imperial Valley Press
Beatlefest coming to the Valley
September 14, 2011

CALEXICO — Valley Beatles fans can express their admiration for the iconic band during a Beatles-themed art show and Beatlefest in early October.

The Calexico Chamber of Commerce and John Leo Productions present Beatlefest on Oct. 8th 2011 at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley campus’ Rodney Auditorium. The event features John Leo & The Eggmen of Mexicali and falls one day before what would have been the late John Lennon’s 71st birthday.
“We’re very excited, because this is the first time John Leo Productions will bring this show to the Imperial Valley,” Calexico Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Hildy Carrillo said. “We wanted to make sure it kicked off in Calexico.”Carrillo, a Beatles fan herself, recalls running home to watch the band on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. She said the chamber saw this as “an opportunity to bring something different to the Valley.”

http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-beatlefest-coming-to-the-valley-20110914,0,2688233.story

Not a lot of new information.But its great to see Julian getting in the press about the
release of his new album.

Entertainment Focus
Julian Lennon To Release First Solo Material In 10 Years
September 12, 2011

The first solo recording from Julian Lennon since 1998, his brand new studio album entitled Everything Changes*is released on October 3rd through Conehead in the UK.* Featuring twelve original tracks, the album is preceded by lead single Lookin’ 4 Luv*on September 12th, which is currently play-listed at BBC Radio 2.Everything Changes*is a mature and insightful collection from a musician who hones his work with dedication and love. This album has been crafted over time and is one to be cherished.

http://www.entertainment-focus.com/news/julian-lennon-to-release-first-solo-material-in-10-years

Tourdates.UK
9-13-2011
Julian Lennon releasing new solo album

Julian Lennon is releasing his first solo album since 1998, 'Everything Changes'.
The son of Beatles musician John Lennon had mainly been concentrating on philanthropic work and his photography career over the last decade, but recently found himself "twitchy" to get back to music, and has set about recording his first album since 'Photograph Smile'.

http://www.tourdates.co.uk/news/19713-julian-lennon-releasing-new-solo-album

Entertainment iafrica.com
September 13, 2011
Lennon releases album

Julian Lennon is releasing his first solo album since 1998, Everything Changes.
The son of Beatles musician John Lennon had mainly been concentrating on philanthropic work and his photography career over the last decade, but recently found himself "twitchy" to get back to music, and has set about recording his first album since Photograph Smile.

http://entertainment.iafrica.com/music/news/751960.html

Digital Spy
September 13, 201
Julian Lennon announces new album 'Everything Changes'

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a340143/julian-lennon-announces-new-album-everything-changes.html

The List.UK
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon releasing new solo album

http://www.list.co.uk/article/37431-julian-lennon-releasing-new-solo-album/

Music News Daily
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon To Release First Solo Album In Over A Decade

http://www.misformusic.com/index.php/2011/09/julian-lennon-to-release-first-solo-album-in-over-a-decade/

The CMU web site
September 14, 2011
Julian Lennon discusses new album

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/julian-lennon-discusses-new-album/

NME.com news
September 12,2011
Julian Lennon to release first album in 13 years this October
'Everything Changes' is John Lennon's son's sixth studio album

http://www.nme.com/news/julian-lennon/59170

‪Flaming Lips and Sean Lennon Finish Recording 6 Hour Song For Charity‬

Yesterday, The Flaming Lips finished recording "I Found a Star on the Ground" - better known as their "six hour song." As suggested on twitter (0:16), the track includes the names of people who donated to Oklahoma animal rescue (0:00) and the Academy of Contemporary Music - two causes closely alligned with the band. Sean Lenon helped read the names of the donaters (0:28).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkOS9Ei0tb0

Explain.ca
September 14, 2011

As previously reported, psychedelic weirdos the Flaming Lips are currently working on a song that will clock in at an astounding six hours in length. Now, frontman Wayne Coyne has spoken up about the track, entitled "I Found This Star on the Ground," and it's shaping up to be even more bizarre than we initially thought.I Found This Star on the Ground" will also include a long list of names of fans who donated money for the Humane Society and the Academy of Contemporary Music. Coyne estimated that there are over 200 names, and revealed that many of them are read by John Lennon's son Sean Lennon.

http://exclaim.ca/News/wayne_coyne_talks_velvet_underground_meets_super_mario_brothers_sonics_of_flaming_lips_six-hour_song

msLinds

09-15-2011, 02:17 AM

ClashMusic
September 14, 2011
Abbey Road launch online service
mixing process opened up

Abbey Road studios are planning to launch an online mixing service later this year.Abbey Road is one of the most iconic studios in the world. A tourist attraction in its own right, the studio has housed recordings by everyone from Glenn Miller's Army Band to The Beatles to Radiohead.

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/abbey-road-launch-online-service

Liverpool Echo
September 14, 2011
Liverpool FACT to host UK premiere of Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about Beatle George Harrison

LIVERPOOL will host the UK premiere of Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about George Harrison. Picturehouse at FACT will screen George Harrison: Living In The Material World on Sunday October 2 before it goes on general release on October 4th.The Oscar-winning director traces the late Beatle’s life from his musical beginnings in Liverpool through his career as a musician, philanthropist and filmmaker.The documentary weaves together interviews with Harrison and his friends – including Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Eric Idle – with home movies, letters and photographs

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/09/14/liverpool-fact-to-host-uk-premiere-of-martin-scorsese-s-new-documentary-about-beatle-george-harrison-100252-29422786/

ClickLiverpool.com
September 14, 2011
Prince Andrew visits famous Beatles club in Liverpool

Delighted Prince Andrew won't have to wait until he's sixty four to visit 'The Cavern' for the first time, after he was treated to a Magical Mystery Tour.The son of Queen Elizabeth looked thrilled as he left the famous rock and roll club in Liverpool, where The Beatles first performed on stage in 1961.

http://www.clickliverpool.com/news/national-news/1214311-prince-andrew-visits-infamous-beatles-club-in-liverpool.html

msLinds

09-16-2011, 02:46 AM

Charlotte Kemp Muhl and Sean Lennon and his Mom Yoko attend the threeASFOUR Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at St. Patrick's Old Cathedral Youth Center on September 15, 2011 in New York City.

New York Fashion
9-15-2011

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2011/09/hot_shot_charlotte_kemp_muhl_a.html

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/125057087/WireImage

http://turnkeysiteforsale.com/News/11954/hot-shot-charlotte-kemp-muhl-and-sean-lennon-arrive-at-threeasfour/

Sean Lennon and friends at the threeASFOUR SS 2012 show

http://www.thejournalinc.com/post/1011013/sean-lennon-and-friends-at-the-threeasfour-ss-2012-show

Sean with Yoko

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/125057078/WireImage

Yoko Ono with Sean who is going to contribute to the Beit Ha’i

http://www.isrealli.org/for-fashion-week-a-shalom-and-a-salaam/

Rollingstone Music
September 14, 2011
Flaming Lips' Six-Hour Song Sounds Like 'Velvet Underground Meets Super Mario Brothers'

Psychedelic rockers the Flaming Lips have spent the better part of two decades embracing high concept gimmicks – car stereo symphonies! Four-CD sets designed to be played on four stereos simultaneously! – but their latest project, a six-hour composition intended to accompany a strobe light toy, may be their wildest project yet. Rolling Stone caught up with frontman Wayne Coyne just after he and the band wrapped up recording the song to discuss the ambitious undertaking, the band's other outrageous plans for the future and why the Flaming Lips may never make another album.

You were raising money for the Humane Society and the Academy of Contemporary Music by having people donate money to have their names sung in the song. How did the names become part of the music ?

We would break it down in to like half-hour sections just so we would have some kind of gauge of what we were gonna work on. So, you know, for me and Steven, this became 12 different sections. In all these different half hours of this song, there are moments where you kind of feel like you could insert 10 names into a strange little mantra. We kind of look at the list as like, there’s like a couple of movies out there where they read the list of all the people who have gone missing in the Bermuda Triangle. Over the past couple of nights we’ve had Sean Lennon, and he’s read this pretty big list. I’m not sure of the number, but it’s over a couple hundred by now – and he’s read this whole list over the phone in kind of this strange tone that I think sounds like his father. It’s meant to sound eerily like the ghost of John Lennon or something.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/flaming-lips-six-hour-song-sounds-like-velvet-underground-meets-super-mario-brothers-20110914

msLinds

09-16-2011, 11:35 AM

Julian Lennon's ' Looking For Luv ' official video.That just got posted on his ' You Tube' page. I love this new single of his and this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuK0qyrAgJw

msLinds

09-16-2011, 05:55 PM

Julian Lennon will have a spread in the New York Times this Saturday September 17, 2011 with a article and photographs.Everyone have a safe and great weekend and take care.

Nico

09-17-2011, 01:01 AM

MsLinds, did you figure out what you'll do to get your album since your in the states as well? I'm just ordering mine off Amazon. Anyway, beautiful song eh? John had some SERIOUSLY TALENTED offspring.

msLinds

09-17-2011, 01:32 AM

I ordered my copy Nico from Amazon.USA, not from the UK or oversea's.Even though its a import CD.So the release date won't be untill October 4th.So I will have to wait untill its released here for me to listen to it.Its not worth the cost or the time to wait for it from oversea's. To order from Amazon UK.I agree John does indeed have two very talented sons.I have some more updates tonight.Have a great weekend Nico and take care.

Kait8 ABC
September 16, 2011
Beatles sculpture to be unveiled Sunday : Video

WALNUT RIDGE, AR (KAIT) – In September of 1964, the Beatles landed at the Walnut Ridge Regional Airport for a few days of relaxation in Alton, Missouri. The trip was supposed to be quick and secret, but it didn't take long for residents to realize who had come to town.

http://www.kait8.com/story/15480950/beatles-sculpture-to-be-unveiled-sunday

Guardian.UK
September 15, 2011
Beatles join Maharishi in Rishikesh, India, in 1968 - British Pathé video

Newsreel footage shows the Beatles in Rishikesh, India, where they were taught transcendental meditation by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were joined by Donovan and the Beach Boys' Mike Love, and wrote more than 30 songs, many of which appeared on the White Album

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2011/sep/15/beatles-maharishi-rishikesh-india-video

Liverpool Daily Post
September 16, 2011
Museum of Liverpool Beatles jigsaw finally complete thanks to sharp-eyed visitor

AN EAGLE-eyed visitor to the Museum of Liverpool has helped put the final touches to a special exhibition piece.An original 800 piece jigsaw of a cartoon featuring The Beatles was donated to National Museums Liverpool in 2009 but was put on display with one piece missing from its centre.Ian Walker, a fan of the Fab Four, recognised the jigsaw as one he’d been bought as a child and spotted that it was incomplete.Holding the missing piece to the puzzle Ian was more than happy to hand over his jigsaw segment.He said: “I was given the same jigsaw as a gift from my aunt, and although a few pieces have been lost over the years, I kept it and stored it away with other childhood mementoes.”

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/09/16/museum-of-liverpool-beatles-jigsaw-finally-complete-thanks-to-sharp-eyed-visitor-92534-29432377/

Daily Mail.UK
September 16, 2011

Sir Paul's wedding will be just a small family affair (In contrast to the £1.5m he lavished on his wedding to Heather)

Sir Paul McCartney will marry his American fiancee at the same London venue in which he wed late wife Linda more than 40 years ago, the Daily Mail can reveal.The former Beatle posted banns at Westminster Register Office, meaning he could marry Nancy Shevell there as soon as next month. His fiancee has said it will be a ‘small family affair’ in contrast to the lavish £1.5 million ceremony when he married second wife Heather Mills.Sir Paul and heiress Miss Shevell, 51, arrived in person to hand in the ‘notices’ earlier this week. They were posted by officials on Wednesday evening. Legally, the couple have a year from October 1 to marry in the venue, which is based in Marylebone Town Hall and is more commonly known as Marylebone Register Office. If they decide to wed elsewhere, they have to post new banns.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2037972/Paul-McCartney-Nancy-Shevell-wedding-small-unlike-Heather-Mills-ceremony.html

Daily Mail UK
September 16, 2011
McCartney's fiancée Nancy Shevell offered a pre-nup but he refused

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2038017/Paul-McCartney-wedding-Nancy-Shevell-offered-pre-nup-refused.html

Cinemanerdz
September 15, 2011
The Tragic History of the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour

The fall of 1967 found The Beatles feasting on the critical and commercial success of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and looking for a follow-up. Since the record’s June release, the group had become cultural and musical icons and had attained a form of rock sainthood. They were, by all accounts, perceived as infallible.
Then, in early September, just a few weeks after the death of their manager, Brian Epstein (the victim of an accidental overdose of prescription-drugs on August 27, 1967), the Beatles began work on their next project – a film for television entitled Magical Mystery Tour. It would be an extravagant film, every bit as colorful, interesting, and original as their music. Or, at least that was how they envisioned it.

http://cinemanerdz.com/features/the-tragic-history-of-the-beatles%E2%80%99-magical-mystery-tour/1920

Daily Mail online
September 16, 2011
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audience in the U.S. in 1965

The Beatles refused to play a concert to a segregated audience during a visit to the U.S. in 1965, according to documents that are set to go on sale later this month.Ahead of a gig at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, the Liverpudlian band are believed to have insert the request into their 'rider'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037871/Beatles-refused-play-segregated-audience-U-S-1965.html

Music Week
September 15, 2011
EMI launches Abbey Road board game

EMI Music Publishing is to release an Abbey Road Studio’s board game ahead of the studio’s 80th anniversary celebrations in November.The move, which is in partnership with DCD Publishing and Imagination Games follows sales of music related games increase to more than £100m last year.The Abbey Road Studios Music Trivia Game will be available from Tesco and five versions of the game will include special golden tickets which will enable winners the opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime guided visit through Abbey Road Studios.The studios have been the site of some of the most famous recordings in history including seminal works from artists including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Radiohead and Oasis, as well as scores to movies such as the Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter series.

http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1046603&c=1

WJBC AM
Top 10 Beatles songs, picked by American English
September 16, 2011

American English – the well-known and highly acclaimed Illinois-based Beatles Tribute band – brings the music of the Beatles to the CEFCU Summer Stage at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday night.To get you ready, we asked band co-founder Eric Michaels (Paul McCartney) to pick his top 10 favorite Beatles song of all-time.This is not as easy as it might sound. Keep in mind the Beatles put 23 tunes in Rolling Stone’s list of the Top 500 songs of all-time list.

http://wjbc.com/top-10-beatles-song/

msLinds

09-17-2011, 02:16 PM

Telegraph
September 17, 2011
The unseen George Harrison photo album

Rare and previously unseen photographs by and of George Harrison offer a new perspective of his life in the BeatlesThroughout his time as a Beatle and beyond, George Harrison’s talents as a photographer were a well-kept secret.But wherever he went he was seldom without a camera, whether it was on tour with the Beatles, capturing the group in the centre of the maelstrom that was Beatlemania and in their unguarded moments backstage, or recording his private visits to exotic places around the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/mick-brown/8762818/The-unseen-George-Harrison-photo-album.html

Billboard
September 16, 2011
ThreeASFOUR Spring 2012

VIBE: ThreeASFOUR's bizarre and ethnic aesthetic is a result of putting an Israeli, a Lebanese, and a Russian together in one room and telling them to design. All from different backgrounds, ThreeASFOUR's spring collective is a delicious blend of porcelain whites, sinister backs, and gyrating pattern and texture.A playground of black and white patterns the collection created a raw tempo of its very own,binding these diverse cultures together. Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono clad in ThreeASFOUR's signature black and white looks added sparkle to the front row.

http://www.billboard.com/column/the-hook/fashion-week-marc-jacobs-seduces-leona-lewis-1005355992.story#/column/the-hook/fashion-week-marc-jacobs-seduces-leona-lewis-1005355992.story

photograph of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl

http://jo-diamondsandrust.tumblr.com/

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/xvq9vml2MtC/threeASFOUR+Front+Row+Spring+2012+Mercedes/WHguxNitWyi/Sean+Ono+Lennon

New York Times
September 16, 2011
Exploring a Career Before, and Beyond, ‘John and Yoko’

In 1968, Kevin Concannon was a 12-year-old Beatles fan when an avant-garde artist named Yoko Ono started appearing in press stories linking her with John Lennon. “It was my first exposure ever to a real live artist, and especially a real live avant-garde conceptual artist,” recalled Dr. Concannon, who has a doctorate in art history from Virginia Commonwealth University and is now the director of the School of Visual Arts at Virginia Tech.

He retained his boyhood interest in Ms. Ono, eventually conceiving of an exhibition that explores her work as an artist and a peace activist, both alone and in collaboration with Mr. Lennon.The show, “Yoko Ono Imagine Peace: Featuring John and Yoko’s Year of Peace,” was curated with John Noga, then a graduate student. It is now at the University Art Gallery in Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts. (Like Dr. Concannon, the art gallery’s director, Rhonda Cooper, is an admitted Beatles “diehard,” she said.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/nyregion/yoko-ono-imagine-peace-at-stony-brook-universitys-staller-center.html

Delco Times
September 15, 2011
Yoko Ono opens up about life, as late hubby Lennon's artwork comes to Princeton this weekend

http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/09/15/entertainment/doc4e71ef0595557395650846.txt

Central Jersey
September 15, 2011
PRINCETON: Artwork of John Lennon visits Palmer Square

http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2011/09/15/the_princeton_packet/lifestyle/doc4e729b24eb800670563775.txt

Yoko Ono Talks About Late Husband’s Artwork

http://wzlx.radio.com/2011/09/16/yoko-ono-talks-about-late-husbands-artwork/

Gibson
September 15, 2011
Yoko Ono Talks Music, Art and John Lennon Exhibit

Drawings, sketches and poetry by Beatles legend John Lennon will be displayed in Gimme Some Truth — The Artwork of John Lennon, at Palmer Square in Princeton, New Jersey, September 16-18. Proceeds from the show will go towards the Mercer St. Friends Food Bank

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/john-lennon-0915-2011/

Huliq
September 2011
John Lennon's psychic predicted his death, while '9' significant for the Beatle

For the past 14 years John has lived with the fear that he would be shot,” writes John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia in her book “John,” that adds: “In 1966 he’d received a letter from a psychic, warning that he would be shot while he was in the States.”Fans of John Lennon will soon be celebrating the anniversary of his birth in October, and also the sad anniversary of his passing in December. Lennon was born on Oct. 9, 1940, and would have turned 71 this fall if not for his assassination some 31 years ago on Dec. 8, 1980. The recent re-issue in paperback of “John” – a 2005 book by Lennon’s first wife Cynthia -- in time for these forthcoming Lennon anniversaries has sparked new interest in the Beatles hometown of Liverpool, England, where fans “are trying to sort out the meaning of the ‘number 9’ that Cynthia reveals in her book."

http://www.huliq.com/10282/john-lennon-psychic-predicted-his-death-while-9-significant-beatle

Daily Mail.UK
September 16, 2011
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audience in the U.S. in 1965

The Beatles refused to play a concert to a segregated audience during a visit to the U.S. in 1965, according to documents that are set to go on sale later this month.Ahead of a gig at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California, the Liverpudlian band are believed to have insert the request into their 'rider'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2037871/Beatles-refused-play-segregated-audience-U-S-1965.html

Nico

09-17-2011, 05:25 PM

I really love all the Yoko article msLinds!

Check out Sean's new hair:

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrmv3jb96k1qhai9ro1_500.jpg

What do you think? I like it. He's always changing things up.

What are your thoughts in Julian's new video? I think it's nice but I'm not in love with it, though the song is beautiful!!

msLinds

09-18-2011, 12:01 AM

Your welcome Nico,I am glad you like all those Yoko articles posted.It looks like in some recent photographs of Sean that he cut his hair a little bit.I think he looks better with a little shorter hair.Like how long it was when he was a little younger.But as long as he happy with it,that is what matters. I do like Julian's new single.I don't like parts of Jules new music video that much either.But its great to see him making video's again and recording.Have a safe and great sunday everyone and take care.I have a new update now.

BBC Radio 2
Monday - September 19, 2011 , 23:00 (11 pm )
3 pm PST time zone in the USA

Jools Holland welcomes Julian Lennon into his studio for conversation and another unique performance with his Rhythm Section. Julian joins Jools and his band in a version of his father's song, Slippin' and Slidin'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0147g8z

msLinds

09-19-2011, 12:34 AM

Thank you to everyone thats interested and keeps reading this thread.Your the reason I keep this thread updated.Everyone have a safe and great week
and take care.I have some updates now.

Music Lyrics
September 18, 2011
The Beatles photo archive up for auction

Bare legs, plastic flip-flops and swimming trunks - a rarely seen side of The Beatles has been revealed in archive photographs. At the start of their world-changing career in 1963, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr took a holiday together in Tenerife, relaxing with photographer Astrid Kirchherr, while John Lennon flew to Barcelona with the band's manager, Brian Epstein. Now the 73-year-old snapper is selling her entire Beatles collection — over 600 photos complete with copyright and negatives — at auction. The vintage images will be sold by Guernsey's auction house in Manhattan, between 24th and 25th September, 2011.

http://www.metrolyrics.com/2011-the-beatles-photo-archive-up-for-auction-news.html

The Astrid Kirchherr Beatle Archive

http://guernseys.com/beatles%20website/Extra/index.html

The Bowery Presents
John Lennon 71st Birthday Celebration
Alan Merrill (John Lennon set), Sean Yox & the Streamers (Beatles Lennon set), David Peel & Apple Band
Sun, October 9, 2011
Doors: 7:00 pm
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY

http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/65579

Examiner national
September 18, 2011
Beatles nominations get shut out in 2011 prime-time Emmy Awards

Three Beatles-related programs nominated for the 2011 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards came away empty when the statues were handed out and the awards announced Sunday night."LENNONYC," originally aired by the PBS "American Masters" series, lost out to "Freedom Riders" in the Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming category. The program was also nominated for Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming, but lost to "Redemption Day." The entire "American Masters" series, however, did win the award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/beatles-nominations-get-shut-out-2011-prime-time-emmy-awards

Examiner national
September 18, 2011
Beatles go 3D in new Fab Four picture sleeve wall hangings

The latest Beatles-related hangables -- a collection of four Beatles picture sleeve singles framed in 3D -- have just gone on sale from Dennilu Co.*The four frames hold pictures of the U.S. single of "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That," a French "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"/"Yesterday" by Les Beatles, the U.S. single of "All You Need Is Love"/"Baby You're a Rich Man" and an Apple Records "Something"/"Come Together."The 3D art pieces each stand 12 inches x 12 inches in a black shadowbox frame and have a visual depth that presents a 3D look. (You can see pictures in the slideshow at left.)

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/beatles-singles-framed-3d-become-latest-fab-wall-hangings

Examiner national
September 17, 2011
Some days in the Beatles lives: Sept. 17: The Beatles get stamped

Sept. 17, 1999: U.S. Postal Service issues a stamp honoring the Beatles. The group was one of several stamps issued on events of the '60s as the result of a public vote that took place the previous year. Other stamp subjects voted in included Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, "Star Trek," Woodstock, the peace symbol, the Peace Corps, man walking on the moon and Roger Maris breaking baseball's home run record.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/some-days-the-beatles-lives-sept-17-the-beatles-get-stamped

The Wall Street Journal
September 19, 2011
Beatles Said a Fast Hello, Goodbye but a Tiny Town Won't Let It Be
A Fleeting Stopover in Walnut Ridge, Ark., Forty-Seven Years Ago Launches a Festival

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark.—It was more than a day in the life for folks in this sleepy southern farm town.Forty-seven years ago, at the height of Beatlemania, three teenagers here in the Lawrence County seat in northeast Arkansas ventured out one quiet Friday night to investigate reports that a large plane was mysteriously buzzing over a dusty World War II-era airstrip.They came back with a fantastic story: It was the Beatles. They'd just hung out.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576578662518738784.html

The Tennessean
September 16, 2011
Franklin educator recalls 1964 brush with Beatles
Town marks anniversary of Ark layover

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110918/WILLIAMSON/309180020/Franklin-educator-recalls-1964-brush-Beatles

Beacon News
September 16, 2011
Lennon legacy bus makes a stop in Aurora

AURORA — Some might call it a ditch day, but to mom Kimberly Balitewicz, Friday was anything but that.Balitewicz and her sons, Frank, 13, and Jim, 16, made the hour-and-15-minute drive to Aurora from their home in Hammond, Ind. — instead of to school — Friday morning to visit the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus during its stop at North River Street Park.“As far as I’m concerned, this is very educational,” Balitewicz said. “John Lennon is one of (my boys’) inspirations.”

http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/7700000-418/lennon-legacy-bus-makes-a-stop-in-aurora.html

Examiner national
September 13, 2011
New John Lennon t-shirt purchase benefits charity

City of Hope, a research and treatment center for cancer and other life-threatening diseases is now offering a special fundraising t-shirt
with a picture of John Lennon.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/new-john-lennon-t-shirt-purchase-benefits-charity

msLinds

09-19-2011, 01:59 AM

Julian Lennon: Session
We'll be hearing session tracks from Julian Lennon, recorded at Absolute Radio.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 7 pm
Until : September 28, 2011 - 8 pm

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/onair/events/1134-Julian+Lennon%3A+Session#.TnAJxgx5rEQ.facebook

msLinds

09-20-2011, 12:20 AM

For those that missed the BBC 2 Radio broadcast of the Jools Holland show with Julian Lennon.You can listen to it online for the next 7 days.

Availability:
7 days left to listen
Last broadcast yesterday, 23:00 on BBC Radio 2
The news ends on the boardcast first.Then Julian comes on in about the second half of the program after a few other songs are played.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0147g8z

Some days in the Beatles lives
Sept. 19, 1934 : Brian Epstein born. He would have been 77 today.
Happy birthday Brian

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/some-days-the-beatles-lives-sept-19-happy-birthday-brian

Nico

09-20-2011, 01:02 AM

MsLinds,

How impressed were you with Julian's new interview? He seemed so calm and sweet and fun. And he spoke so lovingly about his dad, without anyone even bringing John up. I mean, that says quite a lot. Excited about his new album...that voice!:xoxo:

Nico

09-20-2011, 01:04 AM

I have to share a picture of him from his Facebook profile, for everyone:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rnobHUz3OvE/TnZcEYcdreI/AAAAAAAAFJ4/bIV2sx1K5ss/Picture%252520510.png

msLinds

09-20-2011, 08:18 PM

That was a good interview Nico with Julian Lennon on BBC 2 radio with Jools Holland.I wish they had a chance to have talked with him a little more.But it was great to listen to his choices of songs he picked to play.Also to listen to own songs to.He sounded happy and in good spirits.I have some new updates now.Everyone have a safe and great Wednesday and take care.

Examiner national
September 19, 2011
LA photo exhibit of Elvis Presley and The Beatles in Miami extended

Intersection of Greatness', an exhibit featuring photos of Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Muhammed Ali taken in Miami, has officially been extended to October 2. This exhibit of photos taken by Charles Trainor has been on display since mid-August at the Perfect Exposure Gallery. The exhibit was originally scheduled to close yesterday, but the Gallery just announced that they would extend the exhibit for another two weeks.

http://www.examiner.com/elvis-presley-in-national/la-photo-exhibit-of-elvis-presley-and-the-beatles-miami-extended

Paul Fraser Collectibles' Top Five best Beatles photographs
September 19, 2011

From the group's earliest Hamburg days captured by Astrid Kirchherr to their infamous 'Butcher Cover' As we've reported, collectors will have a rare chance to own images from photographer Astrid Kirchherr's important Beatles archive at Guernsey's massive September 24-25 online auction.The 2011 collectibles markets have offered an embarrassment of riches for Fab Four fanatics, for whom the sale from Kirchherr's archives - virtually every book written about the Beatles includes her work - is the icing on the cake.Here are Paul Fraser Collectibles' expertly-chosen Beatles photographs, each of which has appeared for sale in the 2011 markets.

http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/News/Paul-Fraser-Collectibles%27-Top-Five-best-Beatles-photographs/8246.page

Rolling Stone
September 19, 2011
Rolling Stone Presents the 100 Greatest Beatles Songs

The Beatles have the most acclaimed and widely beloved catalog in the history of rock music, so any list counting down the group's best tunes is likely to stir up some controversy among fans. Rolling Stone's list of the Beatles' 100 Greatest Songs, though, isn't necessarily intended to upset anyone, though we welcome some friendly debate.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rolling-stone-presents-the-100-greatest-beatles-songs-20110919

Examiner national
September 20, 2011
Photographer of Beatles' infamous Butcher Cover passes away

Bob Whitaker, the photographer who took the infamous Beatles butcher cover photographer has passed away after a lengthy illness,according to reports from friends in Liverpool, the Beatles' hometown. Whitaker, born in 1939, was in his early '70s.According to a biography, Whitaker first met the Beatles and the Beatles and manager Brian Epstein during the group's 1964 Australian tour. He had accompanied a journalist friend to an interview with Brian Epstein. He snapped a picture of Epstein, which led to his first shots of the Beatles with Paul McCartney and George Harrison holding boomerangs presented to them by their Australian fans.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/beatles-butcher-cover-photographer-passes-away

USA Today Books
September 20, 2011
John Lennon: the Man, the Myth, the Music -- The Definitive Life

Few subjects cry out as much — or as often — for so-called definitive biographies than contradiction-heavy cultural deities like John Lennon. Music historian and critic Tim Riley is the latest in a long line of biographers to dig in, devoting more than 700 pages to his highly articulate read on the life and career of the most contentious and controversial member of The Beatles in Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music — The Definitive Life. Arriving in lockstep with the 40th anniversary of the release of Lennon's second solo album, Imagine, and what would have been Lennon's 71st birthday on Oct. 9, Riley offers up a scholarly work that's loaded with musical detail but light on new information. (Riley's previous books include Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary and Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary.)

http://books.usatoday.com/book/enigmatic-beatle-john-lennon-shines-on-in-exhaustive-new-bio/r548018

The Sun UK
September 21, 2011
A Hard Day's Wipe
Beatles bog roll bought for £85

This is the bog roll that was deemed "too hard and shiny" for the delicate derrieres of The Beatles.The band pooh-poohed the potty paper when they were recording at the famous Abbey Road Studios for EMI in the 1960s.John, Paul, George and Ringo also thought that it was disgraceful that each sheet was stamped with the EMI logo.
THIS is the bog roll that was deemed "too hard and shiny" for the delicate derrieres of The Beatles.The band pooh-poohed the potty paper when they were recording at the famous Abbey Road Studios for EMI in the 1960s.John, Paul, George and Ringo also thought that it was disgraceful that each sheet was stamped with the EMI logo.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3825270/A-Hard-Days-Wipe.html

KTAU
September 20, 2011
Ringo Starr's Yellow Sub... er, white yacht surfaces in Astoria

ASTORIA, Ore. - Celebrity watchers in the scenic coastal Oregon town of Astoria should keep their cameraphones and HD*camcorders*at the ready after a large yacht reportedly owned by a certain very famous Beatle dropped anchor Tuesday in the waters of the Columbia River.Sources at the Daily Astorian tell KATU News that the Coast Guard has confirmed that the boat belongs to Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, but long-lens photos by Columbian paparazzi/photographers of the big white boat have not turned up any images of the elusive pop icon.The yacht is named Lady M and is about 160 feet long. It*has been associated with Ringo Starr in the past*while other reports of Ringo being on board have proven false or were denied by others on the boat who had British accents.

http://www.katu.com/news/entertainment/130225448.html

Examiner national
September 17, 2011
Calling Sid Bernstein: Talking with the man who brought the Beatles to the US
By: F. Daniel Kent

I was giddy. In over 15 years as an entertainment journalist there have been a few surreal moments, but I have never really ever been star struck. Not until now, that is. I was about to have a conversation with none other than Sid Bernstein, the man who single handedly kick started the British Invasion by bringing four unknown kids from Liverpool named John, Paul, George and Ringo to the US for the first time. Bernstein would go on to be the chief promoter for other British acts like The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Moody Blues and many, many more. I was psyched. At 92, this man has done more to influence music over the last century than most of today’s industry people can ever hope for.

http://www.examiner.com/independent-music-in-national/calling-sid-bernstein-talking-with-the-man-who-brought-the-beatles-to-the-us-1

Here is a link that someone posted on another board.Of Julian Lennon singing Live.
Jules had abscessed tooth to.He still sounds great singing this song.

In The Studio With
Julian Lennon sings ' Saltwater '
November 1991-Dallas- in a pool hall ; no stage , no monitors ; with an abscessed molar .

http://www.inthestudio.net/without-a-net/julian-lennon

msLinds

09-20-2011, 10:00 PM

Flaming Lips “Strobo Trip Light Phase Illusion Toy” for Charity. Featuring Sean Lennon on sale September 20, 2011

On September 20th – before playing Portland’s Keller Auditorium - Wayne Coyne will personally sell The Flaming Lips “Strobo Trip Light Phase Illusion Toy” at Jackpot Records. According to facebook.com/JackpotRecords, Coyne is scheduled to arrive at the downtown record store circa 5 pm. As of now, it is the only store in the world to stock the special item, which includes the Lips’ new 6-hour charity song collab with Sean Lennon.

http://psychexfutureheart.wordpress.com/strobo/

msLinds

09-21-2011, 01:47 PM

Here is a list so far of some of the events and celebrations scheduled.For John Lennon's 71st birthday coming up, this October 9, 2011.I will be posting more 71st birthday events as the information becomes available.

THE LIVERPOOL SHUFFLE @PORT JAZZ
Saturday, October 8, 2011
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Come hang with us for the "ANNUAL JOHN LENNON BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION". Prizes, surprizes  and special guests to help us remember John's 71st birthday. 201 Main Street ,  Port Jefferson, NY  . $ 12 cover charge at the door. For more info call (631) 476-7600 or visit their web site www.portjazz.com

http://www.theliverpoolshuffle.com/events

Examiner national
September 19, 2011
Hollywood to celebrate John Lennon's birthday with breakfast event

John Lennon's 71st birthday will be celebrated in Hollywood, CA., on Oct. 9 with a potluck "Birthday Breakfast and Brunch With the Beatles" beginning at 8 a.m. in front of the Capitol Records tower at 1750 N. Vine St., Hollywood, CA.The breakfast will take place at Lennon's Hollywood Walk of Fame star. The event will begin with with music from Chris Carter's "Breakfast With the Beatles" on KLOS-FM from 8 to 11 am Following the broadcast, fans will perform Lennon and Beatles songs. Chris Carter will also join the event at noon to lead the cake-cutting ceremony.Fans are invited to bring flowers to place around Lennon's star, a potluck dish, music and poetry to share, plus blankets and folding chairs to sit on.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/hollywood-to-celebrate-john-lennon-s-birthday-with-breakfast-event

The Bowery Presents
John Lennon 71st Birthday Celebration
Alan Merrill (John Lennon set), Sean Yox & the Streamers (Beatles Lennon set), David Peel & Apple Band
Sun, October 9, 2011
Doors: 7:00 pm
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY

http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/65579

Straus News
September 16, 2011
Lycian to celebrate John Lennon’s 71st birthday with a little help from a tribute performer

Sugar Loaf — “Lennon-Live” comes to the Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Oct. 8, just in time to serve as a celebration of John Lennon’s 71st birthday the next day, on October 9th.The show, presented by Kings Theatre Company, is a tribute to the music and life of John Lennon from the Beatles era through his solo career.“Lennon-Live” stars Peter Gendron, a singer songwriter originally from Rhode Island. Starting off in the cover band circuit and fronting his own original band in the 1980’s ,he played all over the country. One of his original songs “Temporary Solutions” was included on the Living Rooms “City History” album in 1984 along with local legends the Schemers and the Neighborhoods.

http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2011/09/18/new_jersey/arts_and_entertainment/13.txt

Veterans Group Holding John Lennon Birthday Benefit Concert
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Imagine – A John Lennon Birthday Benefit Concert , Fourth annual concert featuring area musical 

Artists Chris Buhalis, Annie & Rod Capps, Wire in the Wood, Dave Keeney, Sophia Hanifi, Ypsitucky Colonels, Jack Spack, Eric Kelly, Derek Daniel, Me and Ryan, and Danny Kline. They will all perform selected works of John Lennon to commemorate his October birthday. All proceeds go to the local Chapter of Veterans For Peace for their Peace Scholarship fund which assists college students studying any college level course aimed at conflict resolution or peace studies. Having served in the military, Veterans For Peace members have been trained to wage war. These same veterans can think of no better way to prevent future wars than to help foster education in peacemaking.The John Lennon concert will take place at The Corner Brewery, Forest and Norris, Ypsilanti on Saturday, October 8th, 2011 starting at 7pm. Tickets are at the door for $10. For more information, call 487-9058, email [email protected] or visit www.vfp93.org.

http://www.annarbor.com/community/community_wall/veterans_group_holding_john_lennon_birthday_benefit_concert/

msLinds

09-21-2011, 08:14 PM

BBC Radio Merseyside
Julian Lennon was a special guest on BBC Radio Merseyside on Wednesday September 21st 2011.
About 1: 17 : 30 minutes into the show
Availability :
7 days left to listen

BBC - BBC Radio Merseyside Programmes - Billy Butler, 9/21/2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k55vp

msLinds

09-22-2011, 01:55 AM

Vogue - Sean Lennon photographs
Published 9/22/2011

http://www.vogue.it/en/uomo-vogue/look-of-the-day/2011/09/sean-lennon

Stereo Gum
September 21,2011
The Flaming Lips – “I Found This Star On The Ground,” “Butterfly, How Long It Takes To Die” & “Evil Minds” ( with guest Sean Lennon )

The Flaming Lips are pretty into gimmicks right now — they have packaged songs inside of gummy skulls and gummy fetuses this year — and so it should be of no surprise that the band’s latest weird product/release format is light and animation toy called the Strobo Trip. Accompanying the toy is a USB with three unreleased Flaming Lips songs, one of which is six hours long. And, yeah, don’t worry, I got you on this. “I Found This Star On The Ground” is down below in three two-hour chunks, alongside the other two tracks, “Butterfly, How Long It Takes To Die” and “Evil Minds.”

And, if you dare, here’s the six-hour-long “I Found This Star On The Ground.”

http://stereogum.com/818681/the-flaming-lips-i-found-this-star-on-the-ground-butterfly-how-long-it-takes-to-die-evil-minds/mp3s/

msLinds

09-22-2011, 11:59 AM

The Hour
September 22, 2011
Julian Lennon answers your tweets and questions : Video

Michelle McManus and new co-host Tam Cowan welcomed singer Julian Lennon to The Hour sofa this week, who answered some of the viewers' questions before talking about his Scottish roots.Ruthie on Facebook wanted to know if Julian had “seen the film Nowhere Boy (based on John Lennon’s first years growing up) and if so what did you think of it?”

http://programmes.stv.tv/the-hour/showbiz/exclusive-extras/271437-julian-lennon-answers-your-tweets-and-questions/

Julian Lennon performs ' Lookin’ 4 Luv ' : Video

http://programmes.stv.tv/the-hour/showbiz/live-on-the-hour/271285-julian-lennon-performs-lookin-4-luv/

msLinds

09-22-2011, 09:39 PM

Orlando Sentinel
September 22, 2011
Harrison film: Beatles and beyond

It's hard to believe it'll be 10 years this fall since George Harrison died.Despite the tributes that poured out after his death at age 58 on Nov. 29, 2001, Harrison still remains the "quiet" Beatle. His influence on the band hasn't been documented as exhaustively as the more obvious roles of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/music/os-cal-abbott-george-harrison-092311-20110922,0,172039.column

Sky News
September 22, 2011
Paul McCartney's Ballet Premieres in NYC

It is the first time the former Beatle has written an original orchestral score for dance.The work, Ocean's Kingdom, sees Sir Paul collaborating with New York City Ballet's master in chief, Peter Martins.McCartney said of his involvement: "I am always interested in new directions that I haven't worked in before. So I became very excited about the idea.

http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16075121

KMTR
September 22, 2011
Yacht off Oregon Coast wasn't Ringo's

The yacht that had people talking on the Oregon Coast is now docked in Portland. But the owner may not be who we thought he was.Newspapers on the coast reported former Beatle Ringo Starr" owned it, and that the rock legend was in Astoria for its bicentennial celebration.Well, not so fast. It now appears that the yacht is really owned by a British businessman, not Ringo. The yacht was spotted along the Willamette River Wednesday.

http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Yacht-off-Oregon-Coast-wasnt-Ringos/e1-GIjqA6Eipr1jXH_JiIg.cspx

msLinds

09-22-2011, 10:06 PM

The Christian Science Monitor
September 22, 2011
Who was John Lennon? Interview with biographer Tim Riley

Lennon biographer Tim Riley talks about John, his relationships with Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney, and the mystique that surrounds them all.Tim Riley has been a music critic for nearly three decades now. His first book, "Tell Me Why" examines the music of the Beatles, song by song. This month his latest book, Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music – the Definitive Life, a 700-plus page biography of John Lennon, is being released. I recently had a chance to talk to Riley about his book and his lifelong fascination with the Beatles. Here are excerpts of our conversation:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2011/0922/Who-was-John-Lennon-Interview-with-biographer-Tim-Riley

msLinds

09-23-2011, 03:15 PM

Happy Autumn Equinox,the first day of Autumn everyone.I hope everyone has a safe and great upcoming weekend and take care.I have some new updates.

The Jewish Chronicle Online
September 22, 2011
The Fifth Beatle

A film about the Jewish, gay and drug-addicted manager of the world's most famous music band is to be made in Liverpool.The Fifth Beatle, a $25 million American biopic about Brian Epstein, who discovered and managed the Beatles until his death at 32 from a drug overdose, is due to be filmed next year, and would be the first to track Epstein's life story after a separate 2009 production stalled.

http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/55141/the-fifth-beatle

CTV News
September 21,2011
Sask.-born jazz musician wins John Lennon music prize

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A Prince Albert-born musician is making waves in the music world.Aaron Jensen has won the jazz component of the annual John Lennon Music Writing Competition for his composition "High and Drysville.Jensen said the prize is very valuable for someone who writes his own music and lyrics."In effect, it works out to about $8,000 worth of recording equipment, which in this day and age is quite an amount of money," Jensen said. "You can actually get a pretty reasonable recording set-up for that."Equipment aside, Jensen said winning the competition is a big deal."There is quite a history of the judges who are listening to all these applicants, and even the artists that I have heard in this year and past years who have been award winners are pretty phenomenal, so even just being put in on the same list as them is quite an honour."

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20110921/john-lennon-music-prize-110921/

BBS News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/09/21/lennon-music-contest.html?cmp=rss

The New York Times - Arts
September 23, 2011
Speaking for the Quiet Beatle: Olivia Harrison Discusses the George Harrison Film

The four men who made up the Beatles are, to the vast majority of us, larger-than-life figures who made a tremendous and lasting impact on music,
film and fashion and in numerous other arenas of popular culture.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/speaking-for-the-quiet-beatle-olivia-harrison-discusses-the-george-harrison-film/?partner=rss&emc=rss

TG Daily
September 18, 2011
A closer look at the Plastic Ono Band

The clanging of the opening bells on Plastic Ono Band announced John Lennon as an artist independent of that hysterical epidemic known as the Beatles.The succinctly titled "Mother" is an immaculate choice for the kickoff track of Plastic Ono Band.The first peals resound and dissipate slowly, establishing a period of suspense and a steady time signature, both of which reflect the kind of patience necessary for listeners to fully appreciate this album. If the bells are the question, the held breath, then the answer is the wail that, half a minute in, breaks directly on the beat.

http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-features/58526-a-closer-look-at-the-plastic-ono-band

The Lantern
September 22, 2011
Can’t find 10 things to hate about Gordon-Levitt’s ‘hitRECord’

HitRECord is an open-collaborative production company in which artists can submit songs, stories and short films on its website, hitrecord.org, and different artists can contribute or remix the pieces. The company, founded by Golden Globe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, released its first "RECord," "RECollection: Vol. 1," a 26-track RECord that is in the style of a radio station, with Gordon-Levitt as DJ RegularJOE.The album is compiled of artists from many different walks of life that may or may not have already found their way into the public's eye. Most notably, aside from Gordon-Levitt, is Sean Lennon, the son of legendary musicians John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The younger Lennon is a perfect mesh of what his parents sound like, and his song "Nebulullaby" is a shining example of this. Having inherited John Lennon's smooth vocals and Ono's quirky style, Sean Lennon contributes a wonderful tune that fits in well with the rest of the album.

http://www.thelantern.com/arts/can-t-find-10-things-to-hate-about-gordon-levitt-s-hitrecord-1.2606998#.Tnwfok-OJMs

The Valley Voice
September 18, 2011
John Lennon Imagined (Beatles & Solo Years) Award-Winning Ensemble Celebrates Music Icon’s Birthday at One Longfellow Square October 8th 2011

When: Saturday, October 8th, 2011, 8 PM show . Where: One Longfellow Square, 181 State St, Portland, ME. 04101  -Tickets: $30 www.onelongfellowsquare.com (207) 761-1757 , New York, NY – September 7 – Just in time to celebrate John Lennon’s 71st birthday, one of the most unique and compelling interpretations of the late music icon’s compositions comes from 7-piece ensemble The Nu-Utopians (formerly The John Lennon Song Project). The thoughtfully re-imagined tribute celebrates the genius and artistry of the icon’s music.

The 7-piece ensemble, created and led by Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step and Tom Dean of Devonsquare performs a live show featuring entertaining storytelling, and like their CD, superb lead singing and 3-part harmonies, plus a host of accomplished musicians on acoustic, electric and bass guitars, cello, violin, mandolin, accordion, chromatic harmonica and light percussion.Concert goers will be treated to exquisite renditions of Lennon’s legendary Beatles songs, as well as from his solo years, often weaving melody, lyric and song together in a series of singles and mini-medleys. These tunes are given surprisingly fresh treatments that often inspire a whole new appreciation for Lennon’s original lyric.

http://thevalleyvoice.org/2011/09/18/john-lennon-imagined-beatles-solo-years-award-winning-ensemble-celebrates-music-icons-birthday-at-one-longfellow-square-october-8th/37478/

msLinds

09-24-2011, 01:37 PM

BBC Radio Scotland with Janice Forsyth
September 24, 2011
starts at 017.52 minutes into the show

Julian Lennon joins Janice to talk about his dual career as photographer and singer/songwriter, previewing his new album "Everything Changes", the story of a special sign from his late father John Lennon and he performs a track live in the studio. Janice also talks to Scottish film director David MacKenzie about being one of the busiest guys in the business with two new movies, the Ewan MacGregor romantic comedy "Perfect Sense" and "You Instead" set at T In The Park with 30,000 extras.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0151n9m/Janice_Forsyth_24_09_2011/

L'UOMO VOGUE
Look of the day
Sean Lennon
9-3-2011
Due to his eclectic personality and because he is full of surprises, he deserves a second part. Photo gallery

Being a son of the arts, Sean Lennon, musician, actor and music producer (for the moment, but expect new forms of art), is always accompanied with the beautiful girlfriend Charlotte Khenpo that switches the modeling profession to that of singer.

http://www.vogue.it/en/uomo-vogue/look-of-the-day/2011/09/sean-lennon-part-2

Dossier Journal
September 2011

Dossier Issue 8 was released this week. It features contributions from Kiki Smith, Yoko Ono, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Michael Stipe, Stevie Nicks, George Saunders, Robert Longo, Tom Sachs, Cyprien Gallard, Aimee Mullins, Nate Lowman, Devendra Banhart, Sloane Crosley, Olympia Le-Tan, AF Vandevorst and many others. You can order the new issue here, or find it on a newsstand. For a very quick preview, you can also flip through the video below.

http://dossierjournal.com/blog/dossier/dossier-issue-8/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

msLinds

09-25-2011, 01:13 AM

Examiner National
September 24, 2011
Julian Lennon goes live on TV with new single (video)

Julian Lennon went live on TV Thursday with a performance of his new single "Lookin' 4 Luv" from his forthcoming album "Everything Changes."*The performance (which can be seen at left) was on the Scottish TV show "The Hour." On the show, he said he hadn't seen the recent film about his father, "Nowhere Boy." "I know about the real stories so I don’t tend to watch things that are necessarily fabricated," he told show hosts Michelle McManus and Tam Cowan.*

Update: Lennon also appeared on RTE Television's "The Late Late Show" on Friday. You can see his performance here about 44 minutes into the show.
He'll will appear on "Weekend Wogan" on BBC Radio 2 Sunday at 11 a.m. UK time.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/julian-lennon-performs-new-single-live-video

The Late Late Show
September 23, 2011
With guest Julian Lennon - starts 0:43:27 minutes into show - Video

http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20110923.html

The Republic
September 23, 2011
Autographed Beatles album being auctioned in Knoxville next month

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Next month in Knoxville, alongside items including a few vintage toys, a stamp collection and a photograph of Minnie Pearl, a piece of rock 'n' roll history will be sold at auction.It is a copy of Meet the Beatles, autographed by each of the Fab Four for the hotel doctor who treated George Harrison's strep throat the night before their Feb. 9, 1964, appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, the auction house says.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/259387a9e70f4114a8933b76543bcd0c/TN--Beatles-Autographs/

BBC News Lancashire
23 September 2011
Blackburn potholes to be repaired

A Lancashire town made famous by the Beatles for its potholes has been given nearly half a million pounds to repair them.The Department of Transport has allocated £465,000 to Blackburn and Darwen Council after the past two harsh winters took their toll on its roads.The cash is in addition to the money already in the budget for road repairs. John Lennon wrote the Beatles lyric from A Day in the Life about "4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire" The track on the Sgt Pepper album was reportedly taken from a news article in a local paper that he had been reading.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-15037403

Examiner National
September 24, 2011
Imagine Peace Tower to be lit for John Lennon's birthday

As she has done each year on John Lennon's birthday Oct. 9, Yoko Ono will again be present this year for a lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland. A lighting ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center. A concert featuring Ono and the Plastic Ono Band will take place there at 8 p.m.Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band will also be one of the featured performers at the Iceland Airwaves Festival Oct. 12-16 in Reykjavik. Those also performing at the festival will be Björk and The Line of Best Fit favourites Niki & the Dove and Beach House. More information is available at the Iceland Airwaves website.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/imagine-peace-tower-to-be-lit-for-john-lennon-s-birthday

John Lennon's Bentley
September 22, 2011

Continuing our coverage of Assouline’s amazing new book ' The Impossible Collection of Cars ' , we bring you one of the unique Bentleys featured in its pages.This 1958 Bentley S1 with the psychedelic paintj ob belonged to none other than John Lennon.He acquired in in the Swinging Sixties and ordered up the custom coloring, and it was often seen parked in front of the Beatles’ Apple Tailoring boutique on Kings Road in London.The Beatle gave the Bentley a psychedelic paint job in the Swinging Sixties

http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/09/22/john-lennons-bentley/

Spyvibe
September 24, 2011
BEATLES AUCTION CANCELLED

Breaking news: Guernsey's has cancelled the bulk of a major Beatles auction that was scheduled for tomorrow. Astrid Kirchherr's photographs of the band's early years in Germany, as well as the intellectual property rights to the images, were originally planned to go on sale in a historic auction Saturday. But at the last hour, the company posted an announcement on their website stating that the entire lot has been sold in advance to an undisclosed buyer.There is much speculation about the identity of the buyer. Many fans wonder if Paul McCartney has stepped in to preserve and manage the archives. Spy Vibe will update readers as soon as there is more information.

http://spyvibe.blogspot.com/2011/09/beatles-auction-cancelled.html

Snap Gallery
September 24, 2011
The New York auction of Astrid's Beatles archives planned for Sunday 25 September is off, so we're having a mini one for you

We just heard from Guernseys auction house in NYC that Astrid Kirchherr's entire Beatles archive has been sold to a single buyer and the auction planned for Sunday 25 September is now off. That's a real shame as we were hoping to buy the rights to a funfair shot, but hey.So we decided that for the Beatles fans who were expecting an auction on Sunday, we would do our own Astrid mini version on eBay, on a very small scale, with three beautiful signed pieces. The auction ends Sunday at 7 pm UK time.

http://www.snapgalleries.com/?page=NewsView&itemid=329

msLinds

09-25-2011, 08:36 PM

Everyone have a safe and great upcoming week and take care.

BBC 2
Weekend Wogan - broadcast from 9-25-2011
Julian Lennon discussion and performs. Julian is 0:26:17 minutes into the show
BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Weekend Wogan - Episodes available now on BBC iPlayer

Episodes from Weekend Wogan available now on BBC iPlayer
Available since yesterday with 6 days left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qgw59/episodes/player

msLinds

09-25-2011, 09:04 PM

Ultimate Classic Rock
September 25, 2011
John Lennon Officially Ended the Beatles at Disney World

Leave it to John Lennon to make the Beatles break up official by signing the termination papers while on holiday at Disney World. Lennon, the last of the four to actually sign off on the contract, was the first to shout out “I want a divorce” before he walked out of a meeting at Apple headquarters with the other three members present back in 1969.Both Ringo Starr and George Harrison had already quit by 1968, prior to this incident, yet they were convinced to return, whereas Lennon never did. Then there’s Paul McCartney, the one who publicly announced the news to the press in 1970, declaring, “I’m quitting The Beatles.”After years of red tape and millions of dollars spent, the official dissolution papers were drawn up and ready to be signed off on at the Plaza Hotel in New York in 1974. George and Paul had arranged to fly in and be present, while Ringo signed the necessary documents at an earlier time, while still in England.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-ended-beatles-at-disney/

msLinds

09-26-2011, 02:03 PM

Everyone have a safe and great week and take care.I have some new updates

New York Festivals
2011 World Best Radio Programs - Winners

EMI Music
Award: Finalist Certificate
Brand:EMI Music
Title: John Lennon: Gimme Some Truth - A 70th Birthday Celebration with Yoko Ono
Country:
USA : Competition
Entertainment Category : Best Music Special

http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/pieces.php?iid=419703&pid=1

Dix Hills Performing Arts Center presents  “Four John: A Rock ’n’ Roll Concerto” in celebration of Lennon’s life and music. The band Mostly Moptop will highlight four phases in Lennon’s career, Oct 1. at 7:30 p.m.,  including Lennon as rock ’n roller, wordplay imagist, despairing romantic, and utopian visionary.

September 2, 2011, Dix Hills, New York – The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center and the John Lennon Center for Music and Technology are pleased to celebrate what would have been John Lennon’s 71st birthday month, with a unique program entitled: “Four John: A Rock ’n Roll Concerto” beginning at 7:30 pm, on  October 1. Tickets are $30, $25 and $20.The show will feature a one-time performance by local Beatles tribute band Mostly Moptop. In addition to their acclaimed note-for-note performances of classic songs from both the Beatles and John Lennon’s solo years, Mostly Moptop will debut a special four-part song cycle homage to Lennon’s life, art and music.

http://dhpac.org/News-And-Noteworthy/mostly-moptop.html

The 71st birthday of John Lennon show. GREAT bands paying tribute. ROD WEBBER,
CAT WHISKER, CONVEY, ERIN BROWN BAND, CAP'T SOLO'S JAZZ PUNK TRIO, ERIC COLVILE
Wednesday, October 12, 2011A
89 Green Street
Worcester, MA 01604-4134

http://www.socialweb.net/Events/133084.lasso

Life on Long Island
The John Lennon Birthday Celebration
Presented by Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
Date: October 1, 2011
Time: 7:30pm

This October, In Commemoration Of What would Have Been The Month Of John Lennon’s Seventy-First Birthday, Long Island’s Popular Beatles Tribute Bandmostly Moptop Will Present A “John Lennon Birthday Celebration” Concert unlike Any Other. In Addition To Their Acclaimed note-For-Note Performances Of Classic Songs From Both The Beatles And John Lennon’s Solo Years, mostly Moptop Will Debut A Special Four-Part song Cycle Homage To Lennon’s Life, Art And Music called “Four John: A Rock ’n Roll Concerto.” Spoken Passages From Lennon’s Book And Play “In His Own Write” Will Be Performed During The piece By Moptop’s Anthony Pomes. Come Together With Mostly Moptop For Their Ambitious New “Concept Concert,” And Become A Part Of The Celebration... For John.

DHPAC At Five Towns College
305 N. Service Rd
Dix Hills, NY

http://www.lifeonlongisland.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.eventdetail&ETW=1&EventID=12657

Action Pack Presents: JOHN LENNON Sing-Along

We are ringing in John Lennon’s 71st birthday with a no-holds bar celebration of his life and his music. From the skiffle days of Liverpool to the senseless murder at the Dakota Building, Lennon’s impact on the pop culture world is unmatched. He left us so many groundbreaking tunes, both with the Fab Four and as a solo artist, that whittling them down to the definitive Best of the Best for a Sing-Along was no easy feat. But we did it.* We poured thru concerts, films, and amazing archival footage to tell the whole story of the mischievous and intellectual Beatle from start to end. Warning: this show packs a emotional punch.*

Showtimes in San Antonio, TEXAS
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Stone Oak

http://drafthouse.com/movies/Action_Pack_Presents_JOHN_LENNON_Sing-Along/san_antonio

2nd Annual Pre-Larz Anderson VW Bus Rally and Camping on Saturday, October 8, at the Peace Abbey in celebration of John Lennon’s 71st birthday.
Live music, great food, awesome camping experience. For one day only with limited sites available. Call 508-259-8508 to register or download registration form.

The Peace Abbey is dedicated to creating innovative models for society that empower individuals on the paths of nonviolence, peacemaking, and cruelty-free living. We offer a variety of programs and resources that teach, inspire and encourage one to speak out and act on issues of peace and social justice. Faith in action is the cornerstone of our fellowship and activist pacifism is our creed.

http://www.peaceabbey.org/

USA Today Photographs
September 26, 2011
Photographs of John Lennon

Tim Riley's Lennon captures the life of legendary Beatle John Lennon. Browse through photos from the musician's life.

http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Photos+of+John+Lennon/G2735?csp=ftsmpg

Nico

09-26-2011, 10:09 PM

MsLinds, thanks for all the Julian stuff!!! Keep it coming!

Are you doing anything on 10/9?

Also, will you be buying that new Lennon book? I'm not sure myself.:shrug: I have to read more about it.

msLinds

09-27-2011, 12:59 AM

Your welcome Nico.I promise I will keep posting all new updates about Julian's new album and other news about him to.I'm not sure either about buying that new John Lennon book either.I 'm also going to wait and see if I want to get a copy or not.We can allways get a copy later if we decide we want one.I'm not doing anything really special on October 9th.But John and Sean and my own Dad will be in my thoughts and prayers that day.That day is my own Dad's birthday.He would have been 89 years old this year on October 9th.He passed away from cancer when I was in my 20's.I'm 53 years old now.So that day has allways been a very special day for me personally to.Its also your birthday to Nico.I know I remember you said were born on October 9th.But wasn't it on John's 40th birthday in 1980 ? Are you doing anything special that day for yourself ? I hope you have a enjoyable and great birthday. Today is also the one year anniversary of the first day I started this thread back 2010.I want to thank everyone thats reads this thread.Thanks for all your support.Your all the reason I keep this thread updated.I hope everyone has a great week and take care.I have some new updates now.

Independent.ie
September 26, 2011
'Singing bin' revives Scaffold hit

A "singing bin" is being introduced in Liverpool to thank people "very, very much" for binning their litter.The bins will sing a refrain of the classic hit Thank You Very Much by Liverpool comedy pop act The Scaffold.On Tuesday, founder member of the band Mike McCartney - brother of Beatle Sir Paul - will record the song at his former school the Liverpool Institute, now the Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts.

http://www.independent.ie/and-finally/singing-bin-revives-scaffold-hit-2887588.html

Click Liverpool
September 26, 2011
Beatles subject of pioneering street art in Liverpool

The world’s first dual, anamorphic 3D work of pavement art - featuring The Beatles - has been created in Liverpool city centre. The massive 24m long by 6m wide work, entitled ‘XXL Liverpool’, has been commissioned by City Central Business Improvement District to celebrate the dual 50th anniversary of The Beatles first gig at The Cavern Club (February 9 1961) and them meeting their manager Brian Epstein (November 9 1961).

http://www.clickliverpool.com/culture/culture/1214412-beatles-subject-of-pioneering-street-art-in-liverpool.html

Liverpool Echo
September 26, 2011
Elvis Presley memorabilia comes to The Beatles Story in Liverpool

The jumpsuit worn by Elvis Presley the first time he performed a Beatles track has arrived in Liverpool at The Beatles Story.The outfit will form part of Elvis and Us at The Beatles Story -Europe’s biggest ever showcase of the King of Rock and Roll, celebrating his relationship with The Beatles through artefacts and costumes.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/09/26/elvis-presley-memorabilia-comes-to-the-beatles-story-in-liverpool-100252-29486836/

PROG
September 26, 2011
Lennon Author Announces Sell-Off of Last 200 Copies of 1st Edition Books
Beatles expert and author Jude Southerland Kessler has announced a limited number of 1st editions of her expanded biography about the life of John Lennon.

Shivering Inside (1st edition) by Jude Kessler
PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 26, 2011 - World renowned Beatles author Jude Southerland Kessler has announced that she has a limited number of first edition copies of Shivering Inside – her second book in a nine book series on the life of John Winston Lennon. These last 200 collectible editions are expected to sell out by early November in preparation for the next release of this book with an original cover by Beatles artist Shannon MacDonald. Only 2000 1st edition copies of Shivering Inside were printed

http://www.prlog.org/11672980-lennon-author-announces-sell-off-of-last-200-copies-of-1st-edition-books.html

Ultimate Classic Rock
September 26, 2011
Paul McCartney Cites Ray Charles Among His Favorite Beatle Covers

Paul McCartney has chosen R&B legend Ray Charles as among the artists doing his favorite covers of Beatles songs. “(Ray) did a good ‘Eleanor Rigby,’ McCartney declared during a recent interview.It seems McCartney’s flattered whenever anybody, of any level of musical popularity or skill, takes the time to cover his work: “People say ‘You must be cringing when you hear that watered-down, steam-organ version of ‘Good Day Sunshine’!’ but I love it, are you kidding? ” McCartney has been covered more than most artists, but soon that table will turn, as Sir Paul is deep into sessions for his next LP, which will find him covering a set of pop standards. Macca tells Rolling Stone he’s having a great time recording songs he used to sing as a child on New Years Eve’s, with his father on piano.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-mccartney-favorite-beatles-covers/

Stuff.NZ
September 26, 2011
Ravi Shankar going strong at 91

Baby boomers may remember classical sitar player Ravi Shankar from his legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock, or his influence on popular music culture at the time. But what the 91-year-old musical icon remembers most about Monterey was hearing live rock 'n' roll for the first time. It was loud, he recalls, and he walked out on Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar. He spoke about his music, his memories of the '60s and his friendship with late Beatle George Harrison.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/5681592/Ravi-Shankar-going-strong-at-91

Billboard
September 26, 2011
Roberta Flack Completes Beatles Album, First Single Drops This Week

Legendary singer Roberta Flack is completing her first album in more than eight years. Scheduled for early February 2012, the project-a collection of Beatles classics-will be released through 429 Records/Sony ATV Music Publishing and Flack's RAS Records. Lead single "We Can Work It Out" will become available worldwide exclusively at iTunes on Sept. 27.

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/rock-and-pop/roberta-flack-completes-beatles-album-first-1005370162.story

Carnegie Hall
September 26, 2011
The Beatles: Hidden Gallery Exhibition Comes to Carnegie Hall

Between performances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles made their Carnegie Hall debut, playing two 35-minute concerts on February 12, 1964. They never appeared at the Hall again. Until now.From October 8 through December 17, the Fab Four return when Carnegie Hall presents The Beatles: Hidden Gallery, an exhibition in Zankel Hall of more than 30 recently discovered candid images of the seminal rock group, photographed in 1963 and 1964 by British photographer and award-winning cinematographer Paul Berriff. These intimate photographs—shot in England around the time of the group's Carnegie Hall debut—showcase the young band on the cusp of super-stardom, just prior to the worldwide eruption of Beatlemania.

http://www.carnegiehall.org/BlogPost.aspx?id=4294981238

Nico

09-27-2011, 02:41 AM

msLinds

09-27-2011, 05:53 PM

Your welcome Nico and thanks for the kind words of support.I have some new updates now.Everyone have a safe and great Wednesday and take care.

50/50 movie premiere, New York on September 26, 2011. Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl appear at 1.20 minutes into the video.‬

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uk_18pIxn8

50/50 New York Premiere - Arrivals Picture September 26, 2011

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/movie/50_50/premiere.html

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/events/50/50/sean-lennon-premiere-50-50-03.html

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/events/50/50/lennon-muhl-premiere-50-50-02.html

Contact Music
September 27, 2011
Beatles - Sir George Martin's Noise Struggles At Concert

Beatles producer Sir George Martin struggled to sit through a recent concert, complaining the "enormously loud" sound was dangerous.The studio mastermind, who suffers ear problems and wears two hearing aids, was the guest of honour at the Brit School for Performing Arts in Croydon, south London last week (ends 25 Sep11) to open a recording studio named after him.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/sir-george-martins-noise-struggles-at-concert_1247267

Gigwise
September 27, 2011
Liam Gallagher : Radiohead Copied The Beatles

Liam Gallagher has accused Radiohead of copying The Beatles. In an interview with Q magazine, the Beady Eye singer said he did not understand the appeal of the Oxford band. "I mean we've all written songs like 'Creep', y'know, them classic songs,” he said. “'Karma Police' is alright, but it's The Beatles, innit?"

http://www.gigwise.com/news/67335/Liam-Gallagher-Radiohead-Copied-The-Beatles

Female First
September 27, 2011
Sir Paul McCartney to play in United Arab Emirates for first time

Sir Paul McCartney is to play his first-ever show in the United Arab Emirates in November.The former Beatle will headline the Yasalam 2011 festival in
Abu Dhabi, which accompanies the city's Formula One Grand Prix.

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/Sir+Paul+McCartney-99682.html

Examiner national
September 25, 2011
Two John Lennon radio specials honored in awards competition

Two radio specials about John Lennon as a member of the Beatles and a solo perfomer -- "Gimme Some Truth: A 70th Birthday Celebration With Yoko Ono" from the U.S. and "John Lennon: The New York Years" from the UK -- are among the music specials honored for excellence in the Best Music Specials category by New York Festivals. The awards were announced this month.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/two-john-lennon-radio-special-honored-awards-competiton

Nico

09-28-2011, 12:31 AM

It ticks me off that Liam Gallagher has to slag Radiohead when his band (Oasis) spent so much time being so derivative of John Lennon and the Beatles. Radiohead have a song, "Karma Police," that samples "Sexy Sadie." And Radiohead, like the Beatles, are a powerful force of a band that is extremely ground-breaking and make compelling albums that never tread on the same formula. They like to shake it up and try new things. Thom Yorke has a voice that is absolutely peerless when it comes to alternative rock, and he is also private and enigmatic and a fantastic songwriter.

Liam sounds jealous. It's too bad, as Oasis were never an awful band. But they won't be regarded in the same way Radiohead will. They're music is nice but nothing new or interesting enough to shock. Radiohead change their sound continuously. And I am POSITIVE if John was alive he'd dig Thom. They just look like they'd get along.

msLinds

09-28-2011, 02:30 PM

Pop Matter
September 28, 2011
"Mach Schau, Beatles!": Spencer Leigh's 'The Beatles in Hamburg'

In the book of transcribed in-studio chatter that accompanied the British box-set release of the Beatles’ ill-fated Dear-John letter, Let It Be, our lads squabble a lot about how the songs they are recording in a post-Pepper desire to return to their stripped-down roots should be debuted. Such venues as the Roman Coliseum and a luxury liner get tantalizingly tossed about, revealing the band still has a sense of occasion, if not grandiosity.

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/148590-the-beatles-in-hamburg-by-spencer-leigh/

Lohud.com
September 28, 2011
A rolling recording studio in John Lennon's memory stops at BOCES in Valhalla

VALHALLA — The Byrds captured the dream almost a half century ago in their hit "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star."Just about every teenager since then has spent some time in school daydreaming about being a musician, a singer, a rapper — a star — and recording a hit song that stands out from the rest.On Monday, eight students at Southern Westchester BOCES got a taste of the real thing thanks to a multimillion-dollar recording studio that pulled up to the BOCES campus. The gleaming John Lennon Educational Tour Bus was in town.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20110927/NEWS01/109270329/A-rolling-recording-studio-John-Lennon-s-memory-stops-BOCES-Valhalla

The State
September 28, 2011
Fire destroys iconic Denmark sports arena where Beatles played

A fire raced through a 73-year-old sports arena in the Danish capital Wednesday, destroying the iconic building. "It is a disaster. It has been a gathering point for all of Copenhagen," arena director Joergen Hansen said. K.B. Hallen was the capital's main sports, concert and exhibition facility for decades.

http://www.thestate.com/2011/09/28/1989330/fire-ravages-historic-danish-sports.html

Winnipeg Free Press
September 28, 2011
It's been a long, winding road for McCartney impersonator

When Tony Kishman was in his 20s, singing in a Top 40 cover band, he added a Paul McCartney song called Beware My Love to the band's repertoire.The Arizona native didn't think much of it when people started saying he looked like the sweet-faced McCartney when he performed it.In fact, he was so unaware of his vocal and physical resemblance to the British pop giant that in 1977, when the producers of the Broadway tribute show Beatlemania contacted him to audition, he asked, "As who?"He thought they must want him to portray George Harrison. He was a guitarist, not a bassist or pianist. For the audition, he scrambled to learn a few songs on those instruments, but didn't cut his hair into a moptop.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/its-been-a-long-winding-road-for-mccartney-impersonator-130688113.html

BTFLCHLD

09-28-2011, 02:46 PM

msLinds

09-28-2011, 08:54 PM

Thanks BTFLCHLD for stopping by and sharing this great animated Beatles video with us.Take care
I have couple new updates

We'll be hearing session tracks from Julian Lennon, recorded at Absolute Radio. Listen to the recorded podcast - Julian is 00:32:00 minutes into the broadcast
Wednesday September 28, 2011 - 7 pm. Untill - 8 pm Wednesday September 28th

Geoff Lloyd's H
Listen Julian Lennon joins us on the show today to talk about his career, his father, and living in Italy. Meanwhile, we go...

Julian is 00:32:00 minutes into the broadcast

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/podcasts/Geoff-Lloyd-s-Hometime-Show/2011-09-28

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/onair/geoff/index.html?utm_source=on-air

Examiner national
September 28, 2011

New Beatles '1' CD welcome relief at Starbucks, also on iTunes

September 28, 2011– Beatles fans, it’s safe to go back to Starbucks for your morning coffee again. With their prominent offering of the bright red-orange CD “The Beatles ‘1’”, you will now be greeted by the upbeat strains of Love Me Do, Eight Days a Week, orTicket To Ride, and more coming through the speakers as you order your triple macchiato with extra foam. What a great way to start the day! Thank the Heavens above that the prior month of Speakeasy music from the 40s with its jazzy lounge feel is over.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/new-beatles-1-cd-welcome-relief-at-starbucks-also-on-itunes?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Examiner national
September 28, 2011
Collectible editions of John Lennon book 'Shoulda Been There' offered

September 28, 2011– We have just learned that the first 100 copies of the new edition of Jude Southerland Kessler’s book about John Lennon, Shoulda Been There,featuring the new cover by artist Shannon,will be offered as collectible editions. They will be numbered and signed by both Shannon and Kessler .

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/collectible-editions-of-john-lennon-book-shoulda-been-there-offered?CID=examiner_alerts_article

msLinds

09-29-2011, 11:19 AM

Wired
September 28, 2011
Dhani Harrison Honors Father George, Faces Fear of Missing Out

Dhani Harrison is trying to live in the moment.“I’m all about trying to reduce my level of ADD,” Harrison said to Wired.com by phone recently.That’s easier said than done. On Tuesday, the technopathic Harrison’s collective thenewno2 released a self-titled EP (streaming at left) on his own label HOT Records Ltd. The band also has a full-length album, due in February, that sonically explores the internet age’s manic fear of missing out.Harrison’s also weighed down by his participation in, and subsequent promotion of, Martin Scorsese’s poignant four-hour documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, arriving Oct. 5 and 6 in two parts on HBO, and his mother Olivia Harrison’s companion photo book of the same name also released Tuesday, both of which mark the 10-year anniversary of the late, great Beatle’s passing.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/09/dhani-harrison/

Another funny new video from the 50/50 movie premiere with Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl on 9-26-2011

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

msLinds

09-29-2011, 12:22 PM

Mojo
Septembe 27, 2011
Macca On George: "He Had An Eye Out For The Fakes" part 1

For our George Harrison commemorative issue, MOJO's Michael Simmons spoke to Harrison's former bandmate Paul McCartney about their musical life together. While quotes from it form part of the enormo George profile in the MOJO magazine that hits UK stores today, here is the director's cut of their interview.

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/09/macca_on_george_he_had_an_eye.html

Mojo
September 27, 2011
Paul McCartney On George Harrison: Part 2

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/09/paul_mccartney_on_george_harri.html

Liverpool Echo.UK
September 29, 201
Julian Lennon demands a flying Liverpool visit, and promises to be back before Christmas

BEATLES boy Julian Lennon made a flying visit to Liverpool to promote his new album Everything Changes after insisting the city be crammed in to his schedule.
The singer, in the UK for the release, wasn't due to visit but demanded he fit it in.Unfortunately for Julian, it was all work, work, work and he wasn’t able to enjoy any sightseeing or trips to some of his dad's old haunts, although he has pledged to next time.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/09/29/julian-lennon-demands-a-flying-liverpool-visit-and-promises-to-be-back-before-christmas-100252-29505345/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

msLinds

09-30-2011, 12:44 AM

Contact Music
September 29, 2011
Beatles First Recordings To Be Released In Pre-Christmas Package

Fans of the Beatles are set for an early Christmas present - the group's earliest recordings with singer Tony Sheridan have been collected for a new double album package to mark the Fab Four's 50th anniversary.The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: First Recordings features tracks the band performed with Sheridan as Polydor artists after bandleader and music executive Bert Kaempfert discovered them performing in a German nightclub in 1961.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/beatles-first-recordings-to-be-released-in-pre-christmas-package_1247696

John Lennon song writing contest Blog
Lennon's 71st Birthday Mini Contest
September 28, 2011

The John Lennon Songwriting Contest is an international songwriting contest that began in 1997. The Contest is open to amateur and professional songwriters who submit entries in any one of 12 categories

We're looking for songwriters to submit original songs to the JLSC of any genre that pay respect to the legacy of peace and hope that John Lennon began 71 years ago.Submit a song to the JLSC between Tuesday September 27th, 2011 and Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 and you'll be entered for the chance to win a new electric Epiphone "Inspired By" John Lennon Casino guitar (MSRP $1665) If you enter the Lennon 71st Birthday Mini Contest, you will also be entered into Session II, 2011 of the JLSC. Winners will be announced Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

http://jlscblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/lennons-71st-birthday-mini-contest.html

msLinds

09-30-2011, 12:37 PM

Here you can listen to the complete song ' A Monster in Paris ' by Sean Lennon.

A Monster in Paris - Sean Lennon

http://tugamaggie.tumblr.com/post/10763712713

msLinds

10-01-2011, 04:02 AM

Everyone have a safe and great weekend and take care.

Julian Lennon on BBC London ' Sunday Night Sessions ' on 10/2
BBC London ' Sunday Night Sessions'
Julian Lennon! The Rise! And The Patrick James Pearson BAND! All playing live on BBC London 94.9 from 10pm this Sunday October 2, 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/programmes/schedules/2011/10/02

Express
October 1, 2011
GEORGE HARRISON'S SON FINDS BEATLES BIOPIC HARD TO WATCH

AS fans eagerly prepare for the release of a major new biopic on the life of The Beatles legend George Harrison, his son Dhani admits he has found the film difficult to watch.The 33-year-old, who is pursuing his own songwriting career, says that having to watch his dad’s life story, including the harrowing occasion he endured a knife attack from an intruder in his Henley home, proved tough viewing.

http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/274739/George-Harrison-s-son-finds-Beatles-biopic-hard-to-watch

newjerseyhills.com
September 30, 2011
Comic illustrator to appear in Watchung
Guitar signed by Beatle, among items of interest at benefit

WATCHUNG – Spider Man comic illustrator John Stanisci will appear, and a guitar autographed by Beatle Paul McCartney and a drum cover autographed by the Rolling Stones will be among the items auctioned, on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Art Auction on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Mount Saint Mary Academy, Terrill Road at Route 22 West.A preview of the artwork will begin at 7 p.m. and the auction will start at 8 p.m.

http://newjerseyhills.com/echoes-sentinel/news/comic-illustrator-to-appear-in-watchung/article_f7119c22-e9e4-11e0-ab1e-001cc4c03286.html

GQ.com
Most Stylish Men Of The Week
Sean Lennon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
We're not sure which we prefer - Lennon's rakish bow or Gordon-Levitt's just-so skinny tie. It must be 50/50.

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2011-09/30/gq-style-news-most-stylish-men-of-the-week-pictures-photos/joseph-gordon-levitt-sean-lennon

msLinds

10-01-2011, 04:33 PM

BBC Radio Devon
October 1, 2011
Julian Lennon - Availability 7 days left to listen

From Valotte through to Everything Changes, Julian Lennon discusses his life and music with Richard Green.Julian has always struggled to emerge from the huge musical shadow cast by his father, John lennon, but he may just have managed to prove himself with his latest album "Everything Changes".Julian will talk about his past albums, performances, and his life in Italy on Richard Green's Retro Show.

Julian is 0:28:49 minutes into the broadcast

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kct5f

msLinds

10-01-2011, 04:51 PM

Here is a mp3 recording of the song 'A Monster in Paris' - Sean Lennon

mp3 of song -right click on the link to save it

http://daytonos.com/audio/sean-monster-in-paris.mp3

msLinds

10-01-2011, 07:52 PM

The Gazette
October 1, 2011
Activists to take over John and Yoko's suite

Bed-in for breast cancer; Group calls on Ottawa to clearly label all consumer products containing carcinogens.On Thursday morning, four Montreal women will climb into the famous bed in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel from which John Lennon and Yoko Ono asked the world to "give peace a chance."The women, from the nonprofit Breast Cancer Action Montreal, will be demanding the federal government "give cancer prevention a chance" through clear labelling that alerts consumers to cancer causing ingredients in all products sold in Canada.BCAM's executive director Rosanne Cohen said the idea of the "bed-in" is to remind people Breast Cancer Action Month should be a time for "John and Yoko-style activism" that goes beyond buying pink-ribboned products from companies that funnel some profits to breast cancer research.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Activists+take+over+John+Yoko+suite/5486799/story.html

NY Daily News
October 1st 2011
Beatlemania Now' brings the Fab Four to the Shore for show at Atlantic City's Tropicana

Imagine it is Sunday night, Feb. 9, 1964, and you are part of a television audience of 73 million tuning in to watch four mop-topped kids from Liverpool on "The Ed Sullivan Show."Imagine further that you are able to fast-forward the rest of the 1960s, with all of its turbulent history, while the boys mature from bubblegum tunes like "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" into a band that reflects the social consciousness of the decade with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be."This is "Beatlemania Now." It is playing at the Tropicana in Atlantic City through Wednesday, so hurry down before you miss it. That would be a shame.The Beatles' explosion onto the American musical landscape is one of the most spectacular events in television history, and through the magic that is "Beatlemania Now" you become a part of that history nearly 50 years later.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2011/10/01/2011-10-01_beatlemania_now_brings_the_fab_four_to_the_shore_for_show_at_atlantic_citys_trop.html

Liverpool Echo
October 1, 2011
Rock of Ages: Mary Hopkin and The Hollies

WELSH folk singer Mary Hopkin was just 18 years old when she had this massive number one hit in the early autumn of 1968.The teenager was one of the first musicians to sign up to the Beatles’ Apple label after she was spotted winning TV talent show Opportunity Knocks, and she became a protegee of Paul McCartney.Those Were The Days was Hopkin’s debut single on Apple. Its lyrics were written by Gene Raskin but it was actually based on a Russian song whose title translated as ‘by the long road’ which dealt with the themes of youth, idealism and reminiscence.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2011/10/01/rock-of-ages-mary-hopkin-and-the-hollies-100252-29517695/