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Christ! The Beatles In Memphis

By Devin McKinney|2013-09-13T13:54:38-07:00April 28, 2012|1966, bootlegs, concert, John Lennon|

The before-show press conference, backstage, Mid-South Coliseum. DEVIN McKINNEY • I'm a bit ashamed to say it's taken me this long to listen to something I've had on the shelf for a few years—the audience recordings of the Beatles' afternoon and evening shows at Memphis's Mid-South Coliseum, midway through their final tour. The evening show is the famous one: Near the end of "If I Needed Someone," the third song, a cherry bomb was thrown onstage and exploded. I remember reading that three teenagers, adolescent mischief-makers with no malign intent beyond literally making a noise, were detained by security. I [...]

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Don’t judge by its disturbing cover . . .

By Michael Gerber|2014-12-07T14:22:48-08:00March 3, 2012|John Lennon, Paul McCartney|

“Lennon and McCartney: Together Alone” (2007) is an in-depth look at the solo careers of both men that is comprehensive, well-written and illustrated, and refreshingly free of bias. It’s changed the way I think about some of Lennon's and McCartney's solo music. For example, I’ll never hear “Watching the Wheels” the same way again. I can hardly stand to read anything biographical about either Lennon or McCartney anymore, since so many writers moved to compose book-length works on them are grinding an ax of some variety. Reading John Blaney’s book was, for me, like opening a window and letting welcome fresh air [...]

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Why I love our commenters so much…

By Michael Gerber|2014-07-23T15:56:13-07:00December 19, 2011|1965, John Lennon|

This, just received today from commenter "Otto Didact," capping our conversation on the true/hidden meaning of "Norwegian Wood": I've heard from a very, very reliable source - literally the horses mouth - that "Norwegian Wood" was just a play on words as Lennon loved to do. It sounds an awful lot like "knowing she would" doesn't it. As in isn't it a nice knowing she would/will put out. Think about it. Much more clever and subtle, as The Beatles were, than burning down a house. How ridiculous. And Lennon at that time in his life wasn't getting blown off much. As in [...]

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Happy birthday John

By Michael Gerber|2011-10-09T19:15:00-07:00October 9, 2011|John Lennon|

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Interview with Lennon biographer Tim Riley

By Michael Gerber|2013-09-04T15:44:13-07:00September 22, 2011|biography, John Lennon|

Biographer says he's "unknowable," which is a hell of a thing for a biographer to say MIKE GERBER • It's Lennon-mas again, and there's a new bio out by Tim ("Tell Me Why") Riley. The Christian Science Minotaur has a nice little Q and A with him. Says Riley: "He’s really kind of like an American stuck in a British body. He was the most American member of the band." Will somebody finally acknowledge the scar of drug abuse that disfigured Lennon's life? The Q and A suggests Riley might; I hope he does, because—though a downer, and not part [...]

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Why I love John Lennon

By Michael Gerber|2013-08-07T03:37:53-07:00September 10, 2011|1966, John Lennon|

So okay, as many of you have noticed, I do an awful lot of armchair psychoanalyzing of John Lennon, sometimes not to his advantage. But as I was browsing YouTube tonight, I saw this press conference (I think LA, 1966) which reminded me why he's my all-time favorite guy. Watch to the end. http://youtu.be/naV7T7qN80w

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What’s going on

By Ed Park|2015-09-18T23:58:56-07:00May 18, 2011|John Lennon|

Recently, reader Michael posted a comment that linked to a recent paper/story he wrote at Brown, done in the voice of John Lennon. The next day I happened to come across a story called "Later," from Lynne Tillman's new collection, Someday This Will Be Funny. (You can read the story (and the rest of the book) at innovative publisher Red Lemonade's site.) It imagines a meeting in 1979 between Lennon and...Marvin Gaye!

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Doctor Who?

By Devin McKinney|2014-07-23T16:22:22-07:00March 26, 2011|1965, John Lennon|

DEVIN McKINNEY • I'm not a Doctor Who fan myself, but if you are, this must be the cat's whiskers. Courtesy of Archie McPhee's Endless Guyser of Awesome!.

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Me on Lennon on Huffpo

By Michael Gerber|2013-08-07T04:24:01-07:00December 6, 2010|1980, John Lennon|

Lennon on the cover of Newsweek, Dec. 22, 1980. Guys, just wanted to let everybody know that an essay I wrote on the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's murder--and what I plan to do to commemorate it--is up at The Huffington Post. Welcome fellow Dullblogger Devin McKinney to The December 8th Project!

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Prove Violence Doesn’t Work: Do Good in John Lennon’s Name This Dec. 8th!

By Michael Gerber|2013-08-07T03:44:25-07:00November 16, 2010|1980, John Lennon|

This morning I had a great idea: "Wouldn't it be great if everybody who loved John Lennon and The Beatles did something nice in his name on December 8th? Something that he might've done, if he were still here with us...like donating to the ACLU; eating organic (or even macrobiotic) for a day; spending some extra time with a kid; making some art that showed love for people and hope for the world...Wouldn't it be wonderful to turn a tragic anniversary into something awesome? And wouldn't that show, once and for all, that violence doesn't work unless we allow it to?" Like [...]

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