John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[msLinds]

BMI
December 5, 2011
BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 15th Annual John Lennon Scholarship Competition

The opening of the 15th annual John Lennon Scholarship program has been announced by the BMI Foundation, Inc. The 2012 program will award three scholarships to U.S. college student songwriters. Prizes totaling $20,000 will be given for the best original songs submitted to the competition.Established by Yoko Ono in 1997 in conjunction with the BMI Foundation, these annual scholarships honor the memory of one of the preeminent songwriters of the 20th century, John Lennon. Made possible through generous donations from Ono with matching funds from Gibson Musical Instruments, the program has awarded more than $300,000 to young songwriters over the last 14 years.

http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/555245

Contact Music
December 6, 2011
Yoko Ono - Ono Launches Songwriting Contest

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/ono...ontest_1271651

Northside
December 6, 2011
John Waters in "Looking Through a Glass Onion"

John Waters is bringing his show “Looking Through a Glass Onion” to the State Theatre on Saturday.Musician and actor John Waters is a great believer in the old adage; “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.His John Lennon-inspired show, Looking Through A Glass Onion, began at the Tilbury Hotel in Woolloomooloo in 1992 and went on to spend three months in London’s West End.Now, every seven years or so, the show resurfaces and tours again to new acclaim.His last tour sold out, so now he’s back again, performing at the State Theatre with the Winston O’Boogie Orchestra on Saturday.

http://northside.whereilive.com.au/l...a-glass-onion/

Beatles Freaks Reviews
December 6, 2011
Book Review: ‘John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth’ by Elizabeth Partridge

Here’s another late review since*this book was published in 2005, but I just heard about ‘John Lennon: All I want is the Truth’ from a new friend who is*friends with the author…so I bought a copy to check it out! This book was described to me as ‘a book about John Lennon for teenagers’.

http://beatles-freak.com/2011/12/06/...eth-partridge/

Brisbane Times
December 6, 2011
Beatles fans can't let it be

Thursday, June 11, 1964, was B-Day, as the old Sun newspaper declared it. This was when the Beatles landed in Sydney to start their Australian concert tour.Only 1000 hardcore fans were waiting at a wet Mascot but the following day, a reported 300,000 fans lined the streets of Adelaide to give a welcome that is often quoted as the largest in the history of Beatlemania.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/mone...206-1ofvt.html

Ringo Starr’s new album, Ringo 2012, coming out in January 2012
December 6, 2011
Ringo Starr’s 17th solo studio record, and his second on Hip-O/Ume will be released on January 31, 2012 in the United States (Internationally, January 30, 2012.
Titled simply “Ringo 2012” and produced by Ringo, it was recorded in LA and mixed in England by Ringo and Bruce Sugar, and features 9 songs.

Of the 9 tracks two are covers, “Think It Over,” and “Rock Island Line” and two are new versions of his own songs, “Wings” and “Step Lightly.”

The track listing is as follows:

1. Anthem (Richard Starkey/Glen Ballard)
2. Wings (Richard Starkey/Vince Poncia)
3. Think It Over (Buddy Holly/Norman Perry)
4. Samba (Richard Starkey/Van Dyke Parks)
5. Rock Island Line (Arrangement by Richard Starkey)
6. Step Lightly (Richard Starkey)
7. Wonderful (Richard Starkey/Gary Nicholson)
8. In Liverpool (Richard Starkey/Dave Stewart)
9. Slow Down (Richard Starkey/Joe Walsh)

Joining Ringo in the studio for Ringo 2012 were musicians (in alphabetical order): Michael Bradford, Ann Marie Calhoun, Matt Cartsonis, Steve Dudas, Charlie Haden, Amy Keys, Kelly Moneymaker, Richard Page, Van Dyke parks, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dave Stewart, Bruce Sugar, Benmont Tench, Joe Walsh , Don Was, Edgar Winter.

“Ringo 2012” will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl.

http://daytrippin.com/2011/12/06/rin...ut-in-january/

[msLinds]

Backpage Magazine
December 6, 2011
Roadie Henry Smith Talks About The John Lennon Tour That Might Have Been
Here in part 2, he recollects about the John Lennon tour he was supposed to lead.

Henry Smith was in Auckland, New Zealand on December 8, 1980, serving as road manager for Roberta Flack on her latest European tour and, of equal importance, mentally preparing himself for what was coming when the Flack tour ended. His preparations for that night’s show were interrupted by a phone call.“It was Roberta,” recalls Smith during a recent conversation with Back Page Magazine. “She told me that John Lennon had just been killed.”Smith, who has worked for the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds and Aerosmith over the years as both a roadie and road manager, relates that the immediate response to the call was both sadness and concern.“The people at The Dakota (where Lennon was living at the time) had called Roberta. They didn’t know if John’s murder had been a part of a conspiracy or what and, since she had lived at The Dakota, they wanted to make sure that Roberta was going to be alright.”Smith’s reaction to the news was two-fold. Like everyone else, there was unparalleled sadness. But, unlike others, there was also an element of self interest at the news.

http://www.backpagemagazine.com/2011...n/#comment-253

[msLinds]

Amateur Photographer
December 8, 2011
Photographer's 'unseen' Beatles pics published

Previously unpublished black & white photos of the Beatles captured during their first tour of the United States feature in a new, limited-edition book. The images were shot by photographer Joe Allen who accompanied the Beatles on their tour of the US in February 1964, where they visited Washington, New York and Florida. The 'never-before-seen' photos are among hundreds of images contained in a coffee table book called The Beatles Monochrome.

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk...ws_310700.html

What Sells Best
December 7, 2011
Bids Soar for Beatles Songs Promo Error

Bidding has passed $17,000 for this rare promotional Record with Two Beatles Songs, and one Unusual Printing Error. (eBay listing #180766046324) According to the sellers listing, only 250 copies of the Beatles songs promo were pressed and distributed by Parlophone (UK), as a promotion for DJ's and music journalists in October of 1962. Making next year the records 50th anniversary. The sellers listing also states; (this record is) "Easily the most important piece of Beatles vinyl in the world today.... If this single hadn't been successful they wouldn't have gone on to record any more material with parlophone... they might have gone into total obscurity and we might have never heard from the Beatles ever again."

http://www.whatsellsbest.com/news-st...tles-demo.html

THe Beatles Exhibit
December 7,2011
At Madam Tussauds Wax Museum

Fans are invited to place flowers at the feet of a lifelike John Lennon wax figure, complete with his trademark circular glasses and shoulder-length hair, at the unveiling of all four Beatles' wax figures on the anniversary of John's death on Thursday, December 8th at 9 a.m. at the Madame Tussauds in Hollywood.The interactive exhibit features George, John, Paul and Ringo in their late 1960's-era styling and allows fans to stand in line with the Beatles to create their own personalized album cover. The traveling exhibit will be in town from December 8th through February, 2012.

http://www.madametussauds.com/Hollyw...esExhibit.aspx

The Globe and Mail
December 6, 2011
Yoko Ono gives peace a chance, one home town at a time

To exchange an e-mail with Yoko Ono is to become one with her philosophy – and her aphoristic way of expressing it.The new seven-minute animated film My Hometown is the excuse for the e-mail. The film is co-directed by Toronto lawyer Jerry Levitan, who kept in touch with Ono after he made the 2007 Oscar-nominated short I Met The Walrus. It recalled the time in 1969 when he snuck into John Lennon and Ono’s Toronto hotel room to conduct an interview with the couple during their “bed in” days.Ono liked that earlier film. And she agreed to do My Hometown (co-directed by Toronto-based filmmaker Terry Tompkins), which adapts to film a very Ono-esque tract that she wrote in 2009.Ono’s brief written work imagines that peace is possible simply with the realization that every town in the world is someone else’s hometown. And a hometown is just a place on the map on which we place our love and positive thoughts.My Hometown, which has Ono reading her own writing accompanied by basic animation, has an obvious link to the one-love statelessness in John Lennon’s Imagine, the call to Give Peace a Chance and the minimalism seen throughout Ono’s own artistic career.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle2262148/

CBS News
December 6, 2011
Yoko Ono and My Hometown

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/20...itan-film.html

The Mainichi Daily News
December 7, 2011
Yoko Ono visits Fukushima, encourages children forced to evacuate

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Famed artist Yoko Ono visited the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday and encouraged children who have been forced to evacuate in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster."The world is thinking of you who are working hard to overcome the sorrow and hardships," said the 78-year-old artist and widow of John Lennon, at Sahara Elementary School during a visit to Japan ahead of a charity concert in Tokyo on Thursday in memory of the late Beatles member.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/201...et154000c.html


http://www.japantoday.com/category/n...harity-concert

[msLinds]

I am sending positive energy my love prayers out to John today.Also for Yoko,Sean and John and all his loved ones friends and fans.We love you and miss you john.Your allways be with us in our hearts and souls

Elton John - Empty Garden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8ctA...eature=related

George Harrison - All Those Years Ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Smw33PKJA

Paul McCartney/John Lennon - Here Today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjwnWU6OsaI

[msLinds]

Rolling Stone
December 8, 2011
John Lennon's Last Interview
The artist's joyous, inspiring and subversive conversation with Rolling Stone three days before his death
This story is from the December 23, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone.

On the evening of Friday, December 5th, 1980, John Lennon spoke to Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott for more than nine hours at his apartment on New York's Upper West Side and at the Record Plant recording studio. Three nights later, Lennon would be murdered as he was returning home from a mixing session. The interview had originally been scheduled to run as the cover story of the first issue of 1981, but after Lennon's killing, Cott instead wrote an obituary for Lennon and ended up using very little from their conversations. In fact, he never even fully transcribed his tape. On the 30th anniversary of Lennon's death, we present, for the first time, the full text of Lennon's last major print interview: the joyous, outrageously funny, inspiring, fearless and subversive conversation Lennon shared with us that night, as he was preparing to jump back into the limelight after five years of private life with Yoko and their young son, Sean.

Welcome to the inner sanctum!" said John Lennon, as he greeted me with high-spirited, mock ceremoniousness in Yoko Ono's beautiful cloud-ceilinged office in their Dakota apartment. It was December 5th, 1980. I sat down on a couch next to Yoko, and she began telling me how their collaborative new album, Double Fantasy, came about: The previous spring, John and their son, Sean, were vacationing for three weeks in Bermuda while Yoko stayed home "sorting out business," as she put it. While in Bermuda, John phoned her to say that he had taken Sean to the botanical gardens and had come across a flower called a Double Fantasy. "It's a type of freesia," John would later say, "but what it means to us is

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...rview-20111208

http://imaginepeacetower.com/

[Nico]

Well, today is the hardest day of them all for me, as a Beatles fan. My favorite Beatle and songwriter of them all was killed 31 years ago, while coming home to see his little boy after a recording session, for NO REASON AT ALL. I can't begin to describe the impact John has had on my life. His words and music have filtered through me and inspired many great moments and have comforted me during many sad ones. He was real, honest, daring, sensitive, vulnerable, beautiful, quick, and completely one-of-a-kind. There will never be another artist like John. Ever. I recommend everyone to give John's music a spin. Not only in the Beatles, of which he provided the soundtrack for a generation, but as a solo star- of which he inspired multitudes of generations to come. He was astonishing and brilliant. And he cared. He never stopped caring. For all his flaws, he was still unbelievably more centered and together than most people twice his age.

Love you John. Miss you, beautiful, beautiful boy.

[Nico]

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by msLinds

The track listing is as follows:

1. Anthem (Richard Starkey/Glen Ballard)
2. Wings (Richard Starkey/Vince Poncia)
3. Think It Over (Buddy Holly/Norman Perry)
4. Samba (Richard Starkey/Van Dyke Parks)
5. Rock Island Line (Arrangement by Richard Starkey)
6. Step Lightly (Richard Starkey)
7. Wonderful (Richard Starkey/Gary Nicholson)
8. In Liverpool (Richard Starkey/Dave Stewart)
9. Slow Down (Richard Starkey/Joe Walsh)

Joining Ringo in the studio for Ringo 2012 were musicians (in alphabetical order): Michael Bradford, Ann Marie Calhoun, Matt Cartsonis, Steve Dudas, Charlie Haden, Amy Keys, Kelly Moneymaker, Richard Page, Van Dyke parks, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dave Stewart, Bruce Sugar, Benmont Tench, Joe Walsh , Don Was, Edgar Winter.

“Ringo 2012” will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl.

http://daytrippin.com/2011/12/06/rin...ut-in-january/

This could have been a Stevie Nicks studio session. Didn't Gary Nicholson write the music for Battle of the Dragon?

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by vivfox

This could have been a Stevie Nicks studio session. Didn't Gary Nicholson write the music for Battle of the Dragon?

Where was she .she counld of sing backup.

[msLinds]

I understand how you feel Nico and feel the same way.Thanks for the beautiful photographs posted and video.Thanks for stopping by Macfanforever and vivfox.I don't know if Gary Nicholson wrote the music for Battle of the Dragon.It certainly could indeed have been a Stevie Nicks studio session.With that list of names on there.

Global Post
December 8, 2011
John Lennon death anniversary commemorated around the world (PHOTOS)

John Lennon, the former Beatle, was killed on Dec. 8, 1980. Since then fans have gathered to commemorate his death around the globe.On Dec. 8, 1980 the world of music was changed when former Beatle John Lennon was murdered in front of his home in New York City. Lennon, 40 at the time, was standing in the entrance of the Dakota building, his home, when xxxxxxxxxx fatally shot him in the back. Immediately following his death an outpouring of fans around the world gathered in candlelight vigils to mourn."Now that John's a spirit, he has a different effect on people than when he was alive," Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, 78, said to the Vancouver Sun on the 31st anniversary of her husband's death. "Spirits talk on a pure level and don't get distracted by people saying things like, 'That's nice, but why's he wearing that?'" she says in a slightly weary voice that betrays the midnight hour. "Of course, it would still be better if John was around."

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/n...ound-the-world

The Independent
December 8, 2011
And then there were four: Ringo picks up his paintbrush

The drummer has followed the example of his fellow Beatles by turning his hand to art. His multicoloured revolver statue, unveiled yesterday, is a tribute to John Lennon. But what will it do for his own creative reputation ? Asked to gauge Ringo Starr's musical abilities, John Lennon joked: "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles." But could the drummer yet prove the finest artist among the prodigiously-talented group after unveiling his first public sculpture? Starr, 71, yesterday unveiled his own artistic tribute to Lennon, on the 31st anniversary of his former colleague's murder. The statue was Starr's own take on the "knotted gun" sculpture which stands outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The original bronze work, Non-Violence, with its distinctive twisted gun muzzle, was created by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd as a memorial tribute to Lennon after he was shot on 8 December 1980 in New York.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...h-6274451.html

Breaking News.ie
December 12, 2011
Ringo pleas for tougher gun laws

Ringo Starr called for harsher sentences for those caught carrying guns on the anniversary of John Lennon’s death today.The former Beatle asked for “peace and love” at a Non Violence Foundation event, where he unveiled a psychedelic “knotted gun” statue, which he had designed on his iPad.He said: “I think it should be that if you’re caught with a gun or before you use it that it should be a higher sentence than what they get now.“I can’t stand up and dictate to the world it’s over; no more guns. I can just do what I do, and there’s another side to the story which is peace and love.”

http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/ojmhkfojsnau/

USA Today
December 7, 2011
For Yoko Ono, John Lennon's spirit still soar

John Lennon left this earth on Dec. 8, 1980. But the way Yoko Ono sees it, the Beatle's joyously populist specter has never been busier."Now that John's a spirit, he has a different effect on people than when he was alive," Ono, 78, says during a call from Tokyo, where she'll attend a concert of Japanese musicians performing her husband's works."Spirits talk on a pure level and don't get distracted by people saying things like, 'That's nice, but why's he wearing that?' " she says in a slightly weary voice that betrays the midnight hour. "Of course, it would still be better if John was around."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/n...non/51720550/1

TimeLightBox
December 8, 2011
John and Yoko, as Never Before Seen: New Photos from the Famous ‘Bed In’

In 1969, Stephen Sammons was a 20-year-old aspiring photographer living in Montreal. A friend of his worked at an avant-garde film magazine and had scheduled an interview with the artist Yoko Ono, who was in town with her husband John Lennon to host a “bed-in” for peace. Sammons was invited to come along and take photos. Lennon and Ono had already hosted one bed-in while on their honeymoon in Amsterdam earlier that year. Modeled after a sit-in, the famous couple sat in their bed for hours and talked about the need for world peace. Lennon would later recount the experience in the lyrics to the Beatles’ song “The Ballad of John and Yoko.” “It was a very interesting, cool sort of scene,” Sammons recalls. Lennon and Ono occupied a suite of rooms at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel and dozens of friends, journalists and other hangers-on—including Timothy Leary and comedian Tommy Smothers— dropped by throughout the day to visit. Sammons stayed all day long and says he doesn’t remember seeing Lennon or Ono ever get out of bed. “And then sometime in the afternoon, Lennon started writing this song,” he says. “He scribbled down the song lyrics and then started playing the tune.”

http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/08/...photographs/#1

Huffington Post
December 8, 2011
John Lennon Death Anniversary Advice From John Fugelsang: Don't Say The Killer's Name (VIDEO)

Thirty-one years ago today, John Lennon was shot to death in front of The Dakota building in New York, where he lived with Yoko Ono. The man who did it lives in a correctional facility in upstate New York, and as news organizations mark the anniversary of that day, comedian John Fugelsang wants them to follow a rule: don't say his name. That's exactly what Fugelsang says the killer wants.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...n_1137788.html

Examiner
December 8, 2011
Book Review: 'The Lennon-Bronte Connection' takes you on a fascinating journey

Today is the 31st anniversary of John Lennon’s death, and it seems fitting to discuss a new book that explores his past lives The Lennon-Bronte Connection, by Jewelle St. James, (St. James Publishing, 2011) investigates clues that former Beatle John Lennon was the reincarnation of tragic poet Branwell Bronte. This is the sequel to her first book, All You Need is Love, in which Jewelle discovers—and documents--her own past-life romance with Lennon in 17th century England. (Read about All You Need Is Love here)

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...journey-review

Rolling Stone
December 8, 2011
John Lennon's Last Interview
The artist's joyous, inspiring and subversive conversation with Rolling Stone three days before his death

This story is from the December 23, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone.On the evening of Friday, December 5th, 1980, John Lennon spoke to Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott for more than nine hours at his apartment on New York's Upper West Side and at the Record Plant recording studio. Three nights later, Lennon would be murdered as he was returning home from a mixing session. The interview had originally been scheduled to run as the cover story of the first issue of 1981, but after Lennon's killing, Cott instead wrote an obituary for Lennon and ended up using very little from their conversations. In fact, he never even fully transcribed his tape. On the 30th anniversary of Lennon's death, we present, for the first time, the full text of Lennon's last major print interview: the joyous, outrageously funny, inspiring, fearless and subversive conversation Lennon shared with us that night, as he was preparing to jump back into the limelight after five years of private life with Yoko and their young son, Sean.

Welcome to the inner sanctum!" said John Lennon, as he greeted me with high-spirited, mock ceremoniousness in Yoko Ono's beautiful cloud-ceilinged office in their Dakota apartment. It was December 5th, 1980. I sat down on a couch next to Yoko, and she began telling me how their collaborative new album, Double Fantasy, came about: The previous spring, John and their son, Sean, were vacationing for three weeks in Bermuda while Yoko stayed home "sorting out business," as she put it. While in Bermuda, John phoned her to say that he had taken Sean to the botanical gardens and had come across a flower called a Double Fantasy. "It's a type of freesia," John would later say, "but what it means to us is

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...rview-20111208

Dinosaur Album Guide
December 7, 2011
Ten Story Love Song - John Lennon's Top Ten

December the 8th is here again (ain't been round since you know when...)31 years ago today, John Lennon, arguably one of the 20th centuries most*interesting, and most*paradoxical stars was gunned down by a demon on a New York street.Doubtless today's papers, magazines, blogs and various online media will be filled with messages of peace,*love*and understanding...nothing funny 'bout that. However many will present the annual token deconstruction of Lennon's*'genius'. Some will refer to him as Gandhi, Jesus, or even a God- like figure (the irony is not lost), while others will counteract with the usual comments that he was a cruel and aggressive asshole who turned his back on his first family and served his own interests first. None of the former group is true of course, while some of the latter certainly hold water.

http://onlynorthernsongs.blogspot.co...nnons-top.html

Check out the new video for “December Sky” by Juno-award winner, Tomi Swick. The song, which features Julian Lennon, was recorded one year ago today (December 8th , 2010) in New York City.

http://www.canada.com/videos/enterta...NhS0vEwmqnwisn

BBC Radio
December 2011 - 6 days left to listen
The original OGWT producer Mike Appleton returns to the studio to give his final thoughts on the programme and the series rounds off with live music from Julian Lennon, whose performance includes something his father sang on the show 36 years ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017v88h

[msLinds]

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

Edina Patch
December 9, 2011
John Lennon's Spirit Lives On at the Galleria
See a collection of the artist's work and have your own wish for peace hand-delivered to Yoko Ono.

The holiday season invites reflection and wishes of peace. For the next three days at the Galleria, the public is invited to reflect and wish peace through the work of legendary musician and artist John Lennon. The traveling exhibition of Lennon’s art features a collection of limited edition serigraphs, lithographs, copper etchings of drawings and song lyrics. The music of John Lennon, The Beatles and Yoko Ono will provide an auditory backdrop to the show. As an interactive part of the event, and in the spirit of Lennon’s message of peace, guests will be welcomed to write wishes for peace on decorative cards to be hung on the Wishing Tree at the Galleria. At the close of the event, the cards will be collected to be hand-delivered to Yoko Ono.Tour manager Rudy Siegel said that in the past Yoko Ono has turned public wishes for peace into artwork by photographing them or displaying them in shadow boxes.

What: Imagine Peace- the Artwork of John Lennon When: Friday, Dec. 9, noon to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and
Sunday, Dec. 11, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Big Bowl, Courtyard , 3669 Galleria, Edina, MN
Cost : Suggested $2 donation

http://edina.patch.com/articles/john...leria-yoko-ono

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/col...n-lennon.shtml


Watch now: LENNONYC Outtakes: Jack Douglas | American Masters | PBS Video
Jack Douglas talks about meeting John Lennon

http://video.pbs.org/video/165810323...ThisDayHistory

World News
December 9, 2011
Houston Beatles fan pays over $485,000 for George Harrison's Aston Martin

LONDON -- An Aston Martin once owned by George Harrison sold for $485,000 (310,000 pounds)*at auction Wednesday,
according to NBC News, citing British Press Association reports

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news...s-aston-martin

[msLinds]

Just Luxe
December 9, 2011
Band-Signed Copy of 1964 'Meet The Beatles' Album to Sell at Auction

An original copy of the 1964 'Meet The Beatles' album cover signed by John, Paul, George, and Ringo will be the headlining lot at the upcoming Music & Entertainment Signature Auction this month in Dallas, Texas. The copy of the Fab Four's first U.S.-release is expected to sell for $75,000.

http://www.justluxe.com/lifestyle/ar...re-1687916.php

Press Party
December 9, 2011
Exclusive Beatles 'Yellow Submarine' Book Available Free On Apple's iBookstore Starting Today, December 9th

LONDON, England,Dec. 9, 2011 --Following the recent first anniversary of The Beatles catalog's worldwide digital exclusivityon the iTunes Store® (www.iTunes.com), an exclusive Beatles 'Yellow Submarine' book that lets readers tap their iPad, iPhone and iPod touch to immerse themselves in the legendary film's colorful sights and sounds is available for free download on Apple's iBookstore worldwide starting today. The iBookstore is available via the free iBooks App for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and at www.iTunes.com/iBookstore.

http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdes...sk/view/36821/

BBC News Liverpool
December 9, 2011
Liverpool's Epstein Theatre to open as live music venue

A Liverpool theatre, renamed after Beatle's manager Brian Epstein, is to open as a live music venue.The Epstein theatre, previously called The Neptune, has undergone a £1m refurbishment, completed in July.The venue will be operated by Liverpool Sound City, which will also use the venue to showcase pop culture in art and drama productions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-16111499

Sky News
December 10,201
The Beatles cross Abbey Road again - Video

The famous Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Hollywood marked the 31st anniversary of John Lennon's death with a new wax display of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road.Fans turned out to see the display, and place flowers at the feet of Lennon's life-like figure.The Beatles are one of the most requested wax displays at the museum.

http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/ar...01&cId=Showbiz

Liverpool commemorates John Lennon at European Peace Monument
December 9, 2011

Liverpool, England -- Fans of the late Beatle John Lennon came together last night in Liverpool to pay their respects to the music legend as the world marked the 31st anniversary of his death.Crowds of people from all over the world gathered at the "Peace & Harmony" monument dedicated to John in its new location at Kings Dock outside of ACC Liverpool, home to BT Convention Centre and Echo Arena by the River Mersey. They took part in a moving candlelit vigil and were led in song by local musicians.The vigil marks just the second time that Liverpool has had a place for people to gather to celebrate the life of Lennon and his legacy of peace through his music. The "Peace & Harmony" monument was unveiled in October 9th 2010 on the 70th anniversary of Lennon's birth by his son Julian and first wife Cynthia to worldwide media acclaim.

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe,positive and great upcoming week and take care.

Art Lyst - London Art Network
December 10, 2011

Yoko Ono Selected For Olympic Festival Exhibition
London's Serpentine Gallery prepares for major new Ono show, but will it be a grapefruit?

Yoko Ono, the 78 year old widow of the late Beatles' guitarist/songwriter John Lennon is preparing for the most important exhibition of her quasi conceptual work, for ten years. The prestigious Serpentine gallery is mounting this timely exhibition which will reflect upon the enormous impact that she has made on contemporary art, exploring her influential role in art, music, film and performance. Her first exhibition in a London public institution for more than a decade, Ono will present new and existing works, some of which have rarely been shown in the UK. These will include installations, films and performances, as well as architectural alterations to the galleries. 

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

http://www.artlyst.com/articles/yoko...val-exhibition

Express.uk
December 11, 2011
AARON JOHNSON IS LIAM GALLAGHER’S CHOICE FOR JOHN LENNON

He won plaudits for his portrayal of the young John Lennon in the hit film Nowhere Boy and now it seems actor Aaron Johnson could be reprising the role of the legendary star in Liam Gallagher’s forthcoming Beatles biopic.Gallagher, 39, is backing an adaptation of the book The Longest Cocktail Party by Richard DiLello, which highlights the excessive goings on at the Beatles’ company Apple Corps in the late Sixties.With filming expected to begin next year, it’s emerged that Johnson, 21, is the favourite to land the part of Lennon, whom he last played in 2009. “Aaron is the one they want and it seems there’s a good chance he’ll come on board,” we’re told.“Liam was impressed with Aaron in Nowhere Boy. He really seemed to capture Lennon’s spirit better than any other actor. Aaron became very attached to the role and the feeling is he’d jump at the chance to play him again if the circumstances are right. It probably all depends on schedules now.”

http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/289353

‪Imagine-John Lennon Memorial-Central Park, NYC 2011‬

This video was taken at 10:50 pm on December 8th, 2011 at the John Lennon Memorial in Strawberry Fields in Central Park, NYC. The video begins at moment of silence, taken at 10:50 pm every year at the memorial, the time that Lennon was reportedly shot in front of the Dakota, 31 years ago. It then continues as the crowd erupts into song, singing one of John Lennon's more beloved works, Imagine. Each year, on the anniversary of his death, thousands of people from all over the world, flock to Strawberry Fields to pay their respects, toting with them flowers, candles, guitars and other musical instruments. All day and night, no matter what time, you will find people gathered together around the memorial,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOyFy...eature=related

John Lennon Memorial.m4v‬ - December 8, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cJ9iyj_NyQ
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JOHN LENNON'S 71ST BIRTHDAY AT IMAGINE MOZIAC IN CENTRAL PARK'S STRAWBERRY FIELDS.‬
October 9, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xR0IgZcmGo

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Jaunted
December 7, 2011
Here, There and Everywhere with The Beatles: The Liverpool Museum

This Thursday, December 8, marks the 31st anniversary of the day John Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City. While fans of Lennon and The Beatles will come together at Central Park's Strawberry Fields to remember him, we'll spend this week focusing on other places to visit to dip into Beatles history.Today: Liverpool's "The Beatles Story" Museum.Love The Beatles' music, but not up on your Beatles history ? This is where to come for something like Beatles 101, with a dash of Liverpool's own music past. The museum is divided into two buildings, one with a 4D film and the other with the bulk of the experience, which takes visitors from the start of The Beatles' fame with mock-ups of the clubs they played and the radio stations that played them, clear through to John Lennon's white piano.

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/12...verpool+Museum

http://www.jaunted.com/travel-photos...s+Story+Museum

Examiner
December 11, 2011
New book will list over 40 years of Paul McCartney recording sessions

Italian journalist Luca Perasi will publish a new book detailing Paul McCartney's recording sessions from the late '60s to the present early next year.The book, titled "Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2011)," will initially be published in Italian in January. An English version is due sometime around February, Perasi says."Over 13 years in making and over 300 pages, I did a lot of researches and interviewed over 30 musicians to cover all Paul McCartney's solo career, song by song, with 'Who played what' section for each track and recording dates and studios," he told us.

http://www.examiner.com/paul-mccartn...-due-next-year

Examiner
December 9, 2011
John Lennon fans come together in Liverpool for memorial celebration

Fans of the late Beatle John Lennon came together Wednesday night in Liverpool to pay their respects as the world marked the 31st anniversary of his death.An international crowd gathered at the Peace & Harmony monument dedicated to Lennon at Kings Dock by the River Mersey. The event included a candlelight vigil and music from local musicians.The vigil marked only the second time that Liverpool has had a place for people to gather to celebrate the life of Lennon and his legacy of peace through his music, organizers say. The monument, sculpted by Lauren Voiers, was unveiled on Oct. 9, 2010, on the 70th anniversary of Lennon’s birth by his first wife Cynthia Lennon and son Julian.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...al-celebration

Examiner
December 12, 2011
John Lennon fans in Los Angeles celebrate his life at candlelight vigil

In Los Angeles, as well as Liverpool, fans of John Lennon gathered yesterday to celebrate his life on the date of his death in 1980. In downtown L.A. next to the historic Capitol Records tower where the Beatles held a press conference in 1965, fans held a candlelight tribute with music and speeches.Jerry Rubin, organizer and emcee for the event, told us, "Fans of John Lennon and the Beatles placed flowers, candles and peace messages around Lennon's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star. The fans formed a 'Circle of Peace' around the star as 'Imagine' played over the sound system," he said.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...dlelight-vigil

[msLinds]

This is a interesting radio show and interviews etc about John Lennon's life.That was posted on another message board.That I wanted to share with you all here.

NPR On Point - Radio Show from December 8, 2010
45 minutes long
John Lennon: Politics, Pop and Power
The 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. We look at his life, music, and cultural legacy.Discussion from an NPR show,
On Point. It was broadcast last year for the 30th anniversary of his death.

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2010/12/08/john-lennon