John Lennon

Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson, Britany Spears: Why Do We Care So Much?

Laura Trice | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Michael Jackson, Elin Nordegren, John Lennon, Celebrities, Tiger Woods, Johnny Carson, Kobe Bryant, Children, Britany Spears, Britany-Spears, Celebrity Splits, Relationships, Living News
Laura Trice

The media is filled with details and stories about Tiger Woods, and sprinkled with the folks saying, 'What's the big deal?' It is a good question. Why is it such a big deal? I have a theory...

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Remembering John Lennon, 29 Years Later

Joe Scarborough | Posted 12.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, John Lennon, Music, Joe Scarborough, Beatles Songs, John Lennon Death, Entertainment News
Joe Scarborough

It's hard to believe it's almost been 30 years since I heard Howard Cosell deliver the news on Monday Night Football that John Lennon had been killed.

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John Lennon Books: Understanding the Legend

Huffington Post | Posted 12.08.2009 | Books

Read More: A Spaniard in the Works, John Lennon Death, John Lennon Photography, Yoko Ono, Philip Norman, Cynthia Lennon, John Lennon Books, Bob Gruen, John Lennon, Ray Coleman, In His Own Write, Lennon Legend, Books, Skywriting by Word of Mouth, Books News

In honor of the anniversary of John Lennon's death, the following are a list of books by and about Lennon. They range from collections of his own writ...

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Some Jobs Taxpayers Don't Need to Buy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Beatles, John Lennon, Jobs Summit, Paul McCartney, Works Progress Administration, Credit Default Swaps, Cooper Tire, Paul Krugman, Newpage, Economic Policy Institute, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. International Trade Commission, Fdr, Great Depression, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

A second stimulus is completely reasonable at a time when there are six unemployed Americans for every job opening and when it takes six months on average for an unemployed worker to find a job.

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Hard Rock's Hungerthon: Imagine There's No Hunger

Posted 11.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Hunger, Poverty, Why, Hard Rock Cafe, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, 50 Cent, World Hunger Year, Impact News

Yoko Ono and Hard Rock Cafe are teaming up to campaign against hunger with donations, music and merch. The "Imagine There's No Hunger: Hungerthon 2009...

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Meatless Monday: Sleeping -- and Eating -- With the Enemy

Ellen Kanner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, John Lennon, Lord Stern, Gandhi, Cassandra, Food, Vegetarian, Meatless Monday, Green News
Ellen Kanner

Okay, I'm going to out myself. I sleep with the enemy. I'm married to a carnivore. He was a carnivore when I married him, I was a vegetarian who ha...

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"Who Shot Rock & Roll" at the Brooklyn Museum

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Janis Joplin, Beatles, The B-52's, John Lennon, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Sex Pistols, Ike and Tina, James Brown, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

What fascinates is remembering the B-52s as in George DuBose's 1978 photograph, or Ike and Tina in 1962, as in Ernest C. Withers' photo, or Amy Arbus' 1983 Madonna before Kabbalah.

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Music's Biggest Quitters: 20 Who Quit

Spinner | Spinner Staff | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Perry, Monkees, Prince, Zack De La Rocha, 000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant, Michael Nesmith, Kiss, Music, Rock, Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Ace Frehley, Judas Priest, Tom Fogerty, Rob Halford, John Lennon, 10, Quitters, Jason Newsted, Brian Wilson, Metallica, Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, Rage Against the Machine, Abba, Izzy Stradlin, Holly Johnson, Fugees, D'arcy Wretzky, Dee Dee Ramone, Pop Music, Lauryn Hill, Noel Gallagher, Beatles, D'arcy, Guns N Roses, Ramones, Mase, Entertainment News

They say winners never quit, but in the music biz there's something to be said for going out at the top of your game. Whether they left for greener p...

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A Playlist for Recovering Fundies

Valerie Tarico | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: John Lennon, God, Christian Fundamentalism, Atheist, Music, Living News
Valerie Tarico

Music can be a path out of insularity. Not by itself, of course. But music creates links to a whole wide world of human activities and ideas. For former fundies, it can also help with the healing process. When you've had your child-mind warped by scary songs liked "I Wish We'd all Been Ready" or when you've spent Sunday mornings swaying to "I'm a Pentecostal" or your dulcet tones were trained on "Saved by the Blood," it can help to start feeding your brain some alternatives.

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An Interview with Author David Comfort on The Rock & Roll Book of the Dead

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Jim Morrison, Jerry Garcia, Propofol, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, The Animals, Eric Burdon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Brian Epstein, Elvis Presley, Pete Townshend, Thriller, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Jesus Christ, El Cid, Mark David Chapman, The Dakota, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"There's no simple answer to who John Lennon was. Sure, he was a great leader and a peacenik; on the other hand, he was an incredibly violent, narcissistic guy. That was the other side of him, and people just don't want to hear that."

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The Deaths of "Lucy in the Sky" and "Sexy Sadie": A Tale of Two Women

Darin Murphy | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles, Manson Family, Susan Atkins, John Lennon, White Album, Lucy O'Donnell Vodden, Sexy Sadie, Sharon Tate, Beatles, Charles Manson, Entertainment News
Darin Murphy

One would remain an enigma whose legend mystified millions, while the other became a high profile murderer who horrified millions more.

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Beatles Bonanza! Fab Four Sell Over 2 Million Albums In 5 Days

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, Beatles, The Beatles, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Music, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 40 years after breaking up, The Beatles are still breaking records for album sales. EMI Group PLC says consumers in North ...

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New Age: The Danger Of Stumbling Upon The Miraculous

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Ed and Deb Shapiro, Deb Shapiro, Ed Shapiro, The Inner Life, New Age, John Lennon, Deepak Chopra, New Agey, Yoko Ono, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

This phone call was a great example of the confusion surrounding what is known as the new age, where people believe they have stumbled upon, envisioned, and discovered the miraculous.

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Rennie Davis 3.0

Alexia Parks | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: John Lennon, Celebrity, Consciousness, Rennie Davis, Copernicus, Human Evolution, World Peace, Perception, Longmont, Denver News
Alexia Parks

These days Rennie Davis, one of the Chicago 7, tells listeners from his home base in Longmont that world is "not solid, objective or real, but a psychological construct" whose origin lies within each one of us.

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Along for the Ride: New York City and Quebec

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 11.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Song Dong. MOMA, Ron Arad, Quebec, Food Quebec, Isabel Toledo. Michelle Obama Style, Yoko Ono, Mattia Bonnetti, L'Avalanche, New York City, Ducasse, The Mark, Dog-Friendly Hotels, Mont-Tremblant, Yves St. Laurent, Avedon. Travel, El Bulli, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, John Lennon, NY Hotels, Spanish Restaurants NYC, Onda, Jacques Grange, Tapas, Latin Restaurants NYC, Frites, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Style News
Andrea R. Vaucher

I recently broke one of my travel rules -- don't go to NYC in the summer -- and, surprisingly, ended up having an amazing time and hardly thinking about the weather.

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Why We Are Subjected to Beatlemania, Again

Tamara Conniff | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Publishing, John Lennon, Beatlemania, Beatles Rock Band, Copyright, Rock Band, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, European Union, United Kingdon, Shakespeare, Sony, Entertainment News
Tamara Conniff

I love the Beatles, don't get me wrong. Paul McCartney in concert is a religious experience. But I'm over Beatlemania. I want it to stop. Why now? A little thing called copyright.

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Alaska's Walruses High and Dry: (1st of 5)

Giles Slade | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Megan Fox, Polar Bears, Alaska, John Lennon, Chris Bucci, Wildfires, California Drought, Obama, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Pacific Walruses, Climate Change, Green News
Giles Slade

Pacific Walruses are a pagophilic (ice-loving) species whose livelihood and well-being depend on sea ice as a platform from which they dive to the ocean floor of the continental shelf to retrieve food.

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Roll Up for the Magical Beatles Marketing Tour

Shawn Amos | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Rock Band, Brian Epstein, Yoko Ono, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

9-9-09 marks the start of Beatlemania 2009. The Fab Four has been reduced to the Fab Two but they are determined to make sure the mystery tour lasts another 40 years.

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Every Band is a Beatles Band

Shawn Amos | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Oasis, Get Back, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Generations of pop and rock groups follow the same career arc as Liverpool's favorite sons. It's an unwritten law for any band. It's inescapable.

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Naysaying the Naysayers: The Beatles' CDs by the Numbers

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Rolling Stones, Music Business, George Harrison, Billboard Magazine, Paul McCartney, George Martin, Elvis Presley, Fab Four, The Beatles, John Lennon, The Who, Apple, The Beatles Remastered CDs, Ringo Starr, Capitol Records, Emi, Frank Sinatra, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

The Beatles have only put out one single-disc greatest hits CD, the aptly-titled 1. So why do the Beatles get such a bad rap for supposedly abusing their legacy?

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Compact Reviews Of This Week's Compact Discs, For Those Who Still Care: #2

Sal Nunziato | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Yo La Tengo., Jack Nitzsche, Squeeze, Janis Ian, Phil Spector, George Harrison, Steve Carell, Paul McCartney, Sondre Lerche, Carlene Carter, Jackie DeShannon, The Beatles, John Lennon, The Feelies, Ringo Starr, Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack, Dabe Cook, College Radio, Graham Parker, The Rumour, Allen Klein, Stereo, Mono, Remasters, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

The big music news this week, and quite possibly the biggest news in the compact disc world since the release of The Beatles catalogue back in 1987, is the reissue and remastering of Debbie Harry's 1981 solo release "Koo Koo." I KID!

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Sean Lennon And Nude Model Recreate John And Yoko (NSFW PHOTO)

Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sean Lennon Nude Model, John Lennon, Sean Lennon Kemp Muhl, Kemp Muhl, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon as Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon Naked Model, Sean Lennon, Nsfw, Annie Leibovitz, Entertainment News

Sean Lennon and a naked Kemp Muhl (a model and his girlfriend) have recreated the iconic Rolling Stone cover of Lennon's parents, Yoko Ono and John Le...

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How A YouTube Video Got An Emmy (VIDEO)

The New York Observer | Gillian Reagan | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jerry Levitan, I Met the Walrus, Youtube, John Lennon, Emmys, Entertainment News

In 1969, when he was 14 years old, Jerry Levitan sauntered past a row of reporters lined outside John Lennon's Toronto hotel room, knocked on the door...

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Who Isn't John Galt? Part 2

Robbie Gennet | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Bob Marley, Evil, Bubbles, Bill Gates, Architecture, Dick Cheney, Dollar, Greed, Empathy, John Lennon, Wall Street, Ayn Rand, Bible, Artists, Morality, The Fountainhead, Republicans, Alan Greenspan, Ethics, Atlas Shrugged, Capitalism, Republican Party, Jimi Hendrix, Politics News
Robbie Gennet

To those who posted about having to "share" their earnings with those who had "no hand in it at all": you are truly living in a fictitious reality.

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Who Isn't John Galt?

Robbie Gennet | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Empathy, Artists, Dick Cheney, Ayn Rand, Dollar, Ethics, Republican Party, Greed, Bob Marley, Bible, Architecture, Bill Gates, Capitalism, Evil, John Lennon, Human Rights, Wall Street, The Fountainhead, Alan Greenspan, Atlas Shrugged, Jimi Hendrix, Bubbles, Republicans, Entertainment News
Robbie Gennet

If you are an Artist, Rand's books free you from the opinions of others and put ironclad gates around your sense of purpose, unlocking the freedom to create your art.

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