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You Won't Believe What's Named After Them

The Huffington Post | Matthew Jacobs | Posted 05.15.2013 | Entertainment
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Every celebrity hopes to advance his or her stature through a handful of time-old career milestones: scoring a No. 1 single, winning an Oscar, cashing...

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Twist and Shoot

Bruce Helander | Posted 05.14.2013 | Arts
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Bruce Helander

Recently, I had the pleasure to be the moderator for a panel whose distinguished participants included Mr. Benson and were part of "Artist as Author," an unusual exhibition at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County museum in Lake Worth, Florida.

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Marla Mase Roars for Peace

Marcel Hidalgo | Posted 04.22.2013 | Impact
Read More: Summerstage, Bed Peace, Garrison Hawk, Tomas Doncker, Central Park, World Peace, War, John Lennon, Palestine, Hamas, China, Peace, Yoko Ono, Beatles, Summer, U.N. Global Peace Day, Israel, Marla Mase, Video, Impact News
Marcel Hidalgo

Marla Mase's self-portrait on the front cover of her new album Speak Deluxe actually does speak volumes about what she sings. The animalized photograph of her face verifies that Marla is peeved-off about something, or maybe everything.

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5 Things (This) Boomer Never Wants To Be Asked

Ann Brenoff | Posted 04.17.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Baby Boomer, Beatles, Baby Boomers, John Lennon, post50, Woodstock, Post50 Annoyances, Questions I Don't Want to Be Asked, Fifty News
Ann Brenoff

You would think that by sheer factor of our critical mass, boomers could put an end to the needlessly annoying questions we regularly get asked. For one, we are not really the walking history books that some regard us.

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Out of the Ashes: The Other Spector

Cilla McCain | Posted 04.05.2013 | Books
Read More: Authors, E.L. James, Hbo, Oscar Wilde, Nicole Audrey Spector, John Lennon, Lana Clarkson, Writing, Phil Spector, Children of Prisoners, Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray, Bob Dylan, Fifty Shades of Grey, Dorian Gray, Books News
Cilla McCain

To musicians like Bob Dylan or John Lennon, legendary music producer Phil Spector was the go-to genius who could help make their recordings phenomenal. To the public-at-large he is a deranged individual who should have never been allowed out of his castle. But to Nicole Audrey Spector, he is simply Dad.

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Fans Want Hologram Whitney To Appear At Coachella

The Huffington Post | Matthew Jacobs | Posted 04.04.2013 | Entertainment
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Coachella is gearing up to take over California in just a couple weeks, which can only mean one thing: holograms. Following last year's notorious T...

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The Beatles' First Album Celebrates 50 Years

Posted 03.22.2013 | Celebrity
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It was 50 years ago today, March 22, 1963, that The Beatles released their first album, titled "Please Please Me." The fab four gathered at Abbey R...

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LOOK: These Beatles Charts Will Blow Your Mind

Posted 03.22.2013 | Entertainment
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Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' debut album, "Please Please Me," the twangy, charming record that brought us rock-and-roll classics ...

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Please Please Me at 50: Britain's Rock Monarchy Begins

Darin Murphy | Posted 05.21.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Please Please Me, The Beatles, Rock and Roll, Paul McCartney, The Beatles Music, John Lennon, Twist and Shout, Entertainment News
Darin Murphy

By year's end they had cracked the top twenty on the British charts with their first single and they had a second one on deck. Not bad for a group who had started the year off with little more than a local following in Liverpool and Hamburg, and was shuffling drummers like Spinal Tap.

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Of Course This Is What They Wore On Their Wedding Day

The Huffington Post | Michelle Persad | Posted 03.22.2013 | Style
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono were one of the most controversial couples in Hollywood and pushed boundaries in every way they could. Shortly after their wi...

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Change Our Story: When The Hallowed Become Hollow

Peter Buffett | Posted 05.19.2013 | Impact
Read More: Government, Change, John Lennon, Belief, Yoko Ono, Impact, Impact News
Peter Buffett

It seems that institutions that once seemed paramount to a "civilized," prosperous and growing culture are crumbling -- or at least being brought into question -- like never before.

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Is Former Stones' Manager The Ultimate Hustler?

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.19.2013 | Fifty
Read More: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, John Lennon, Phil Spector, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Music Industry, Bob Dylan, Allen Klein, Seymour Stein, Stone Free, Andrew Oldham, Andrew Oldham Stone Free, Fifty News
Michael Sigman

Stein is a colorful record biz icon who has played an integral role in the careers of such superstars as the Ramones, the Talking Heads, the Pretenders and Madonna.

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Public Enemy's Chuck D: Digital Distribution Is the Future

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.16.2013 | Technology
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Shira Lazar

Public Enemy hip hop sensation Chuck D stops by the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus at SXSW 2013 to talk about being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, his Evil vs Heroes instrumental album, and the new digital label for independent artists, SpitDigital.

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Dead Prez Return With New Album at SXSW

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.15.2013 | Black Voices
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Shira Lazar

Even though it's been a while since the duo released a full album, M1 assures us that they've been hard at work, putting out mixtapes, working on their "Turn Off the Radio" series and Stic dropping his workout album.

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Robyn Hitchcock Celebrates His 60th Birthday with a Fine New Rock Album

Steven Rosen | Posted 05.04.2013 | Fifty
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Steven Rosen

The English musician Robyn Hitchcock, who turned 60 on March 3, says this in the press notes for his new album, Love From London: "Rock and roll is an old man's game now, so I'm staying in it."

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Love Beats Politics and Money to Inspire Substantial Change

Caroline Brewer | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics
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Caroline Brewer

Love is like the seed that is in itself. It multiplies, elevates, and corrects errors, especially the erroneous thinking that those who are deficient in love have about themselves.

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Music With Political Messages More Influential Than Political Punditry

DeeDee Garcia Blase | Posted 02.12.2013 | Arts
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DeeDee Garcia Blase

How is it that a John Lennon or Marvin Gaye song has everlasting global and sustaining reach when they sing of peace or war? Why is a lyricist/musician more influential than a political pundit?

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Can All Couples Pull Off Matching Hats?

The Huffington Post | Michelle Persad | Posted 02.07.2013 | Style
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Or should this just be left to the pros?

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7 Celebrity Husbands Who Took Their Wives' Last Names

Posted 02.07.2013 | Weddings
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Jay-Z isn't just Shawn Carter anymore.

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A Belated 2012 Reading List: Some Favorite Titles

Steve Heilig | Posted 04.08.2013 | Books
Read More: Jessica Pierce, Rose George, James Patterson, Levon Helm, Denis Johnson, Neil Young, David Talbot, Michelle Goldberg, Kenneth Rexroth, Jimmy Cliff, Tom Sexton, Andrew Tilin, John Lennon, Adam Winkler, Joe Brainard, Richard Brautigan, Sherman Alexie, Fred Guterl, David Brower, Walt Whitman, Julie Otsuka, Tony Serra, Lew-Welch, David Byrne, Books News
Steve Heilig

This is something of a belated "best of year" list, although there are some older titles I only got to last year included. An eclectic list, modestly offered -- a bit heavy on books on music, but many others, and perhaps something will strike the interest of other readers.

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HARD DAY'S NIGHT: Police Arrest 3 John Lennons

Posted 02.05.2013 | Weird News
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They couldn't just give peace a chance. Police in Brazil are going through a bad case of Beatlemania after arresting three people -- and finding on...

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A Compendium of Encounters -- Including Excerpts From My Book On Rhino, My Life In The Ghost of Planets - The Story of a CBGB Almost-Was

Binky Philips | Posted 04.03.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Tony Bennett, Guitar Lab, John Lennon, Lara Flynn Boyle, The Sopranos, The Ramones, Amy Carter, Nypd, The Planets, Patti Smith, Binky Philips, Entertainment News
Binky Philips

Over my many years as a rock 'n' roll/pop culture freak, I've had my share of classic New York City encounters with celebrities and ummmmm, street life.

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John Lennon, U2, Larry Norman And A Trilogy Of God Songs

Michael Gilmour | Posted 03.27.2013 | Religion
Read More: The Beatles, John Lennon, Bono, U2, Contemporary Christian Music, Rock and Roll, Larry Norman, Christian Rock, Scripture Commentary, Christian Music, Sacred Sounds, Christianity, Religion News
Michael Gilmour

Whereas Lennon tends to reject religion outright and U2 sings about its mysterious ways and at least partial un-knowability, Larry Norman represents a Christian conservatism both confident of its rightness and critical of those failing to embrace a particular definition of orthodoxy.

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Flies, Angels, and Cake

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 03.24.2013 | Healthy Living
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David Katz, M.D.

We are either a product of brute biology -- how we are designed -- or of culture, and designs of our own. To some extent, inevitably, it must be both. But how the balance is struck is itself subject to evolution, and we may lend a guiding hand. We may mix the batter.

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The Ballad Of John And ... John

Bert Montgomery | Posted 02.26.2013 | Religion
Read More: John the Baptist, John Lennon, Prophets, Jesus, Yoko Ono, Christianity, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Sacred Sounds, The Beatles, Peace, Religion News
Bert Montgomery

Yes, we hear a lot about two Johns every time December rolls around: Strange and hairy, screaming as loud as they can that we've really messed up the world, and we all better get our act straight before it's too late.

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