John Lennon

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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

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

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 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

"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 09.29.2009 | 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

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 09.23.2009 | 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 09.22.2009 | 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

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 09.24.2009 | Denver

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

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 09.15.2009 | 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

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 09.13.2009 | 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

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 09.12.2009 | 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Top Ten: Celebrity Collectibles

Reyne Haines | Posted 09.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Sotheby's Christie's, John Lennon, Collecting, George Harrison, Christie's, Jimi Hendrix, Sothebys, Audrey Hepburn, Steinway Piano, Judy Garland Wizard of Oz, Breakfast at Tiffany's, John Lennon Rolls Royce, Marilyn Monroe Dress, John Lennon Steinway Piano, Audrey Hepburn Givenchy, Style News

Which celebrities' pre-owned gems scored big at auction? At number 7, Marilyn Monroe's white baby grand piano, sold by Christies. The lucky bidder? Mariah Carey, for $662,500.

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8 Ways To Read Your Body's Warning Signs For Health

Anne Naylor | Posted 09.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Forgiving, John Lennon, Human Spirit, Good Health, Dr John Demartini, Healing, Joy, Dr Judith Rich, Stress, Self-Care, Health, Wellness, Living News

This morning, I woke with a stiff neck. I was not aware of it until I turned by head to brush my hair and then - ouch! A stiff neck tells me I am bei...

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John Lennon Exhibit in New York

Reyne Haines | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, John Lennon, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Museums, Collecting, Entertainment News

Recently, a new exhibit -- "John Lennon: The New York City Years" -- opened at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York City.

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I Won Tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial Service

Anne Dunev | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Italian, John Lennon, Dodger Stadium, Central Park, Thriller, Staples Center, Music, Memorial, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Entertainment News

I personally know what it was like to receive the email that opened with "Congratulations" and invited me to retrieve a voucher good for two tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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This Blog Post Is Even Weirder Than Michael Jackson

Dave Astor | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Toyota Corolla, Steroids, Jim Morrison, Smoking, Brian Jones, Buddy Holly, Queen, Number-One Songs, Sam Cooke, Same-Sex Marriage, Neverland, Failing Newspapers, Dead Rock Stars, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, Janis Joplin, The Clash, Cats, The Who, Hummer, Heterosexual Marriage, Death of Michael Jackson, King of Pop, Avocados, Bernard Madoff, Cancer, Joe Strummer, Online News, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Motown, The Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Bob Marley, Jerry Garcia, Nirvana, Sid Vicious, Kurt Cobain, Twitter, Life on Other Planets, Elvis Presley, Musical Legends, Plastic Surgery, Laptops, The Doors, Sports Radio, John Lennon, Fantasy Baseball, World Series, Freddie Mercury, Atari Computers, The Sex Pistols, Gas Guzzlers, Keith Moon, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Moonwalking, Selena, Comedy News

The general public doesn't mourn the deaths of less-famous people who might have continued to also do great things if they hadn't left us before their time.

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