USA Today had a short article about George Harrison's 67-year-old sister, Louise in the People section January 28, 1999. Ms.Harrison was at the Newseum in Arlington, Virginia on January 27 to mark the 35th anniversary of the Beatles' first U.S. concert tour. "It's always a lot of fun when I'm out with Beatle people," she said. She also said that George "is fine" after beating neck cancer. Harrison suggested playing Beatles tunes for senators at the impeachment trial of President Clinton to "see if we can't unstarch some of their underwear." The Newseum kicked off an exhibit of Beatles photos to commemorate the anniversary.
(Entered January 26, 1999)
Julian Lennon chooses the internet to deliver a new single to the World
(News Release From Audiodiner)
Chicago, Il.- Fuel 2000 Records and Julian Lennon have released a free single from
the upcoming album Photograph Smile. The single, "Day After Day," will be available
from both Audiodiner.com and the Fuel2000.com web sites as a free Liquid Audio formatted download.
Mr. Lennon described the new album as "a reflection of every human emotion I've
ever been through, emotions we've all been through; love, hurt, rejection - the list goes on."
Photograph Smile, set for release in the U.S. on February 23, is the first album from
Julian Lennon in eight years and has seen strong success in Japan and
Europe as an independent release. Critics consider the album the most powerful of Lennon's
releases and an attested statement of the songwriter's maturity.
"Here is a man, who carries with his own music, a legacy," said David Charles,
the president of Audiodiner. "I have no idea what it would be like to carry to every
performance, recording, or private moment the Lennon name. But I am excited to be a
part of carrying this artist's work, and the legacy, onto the internet."
(Entered January 25, 1999)
It was a rumor last week on Sean Lennon's Web Place, and now IK has confirmed the
sad news that Yoko's mother (Sean's Grandmother) has died. Isoko Ono died at the
age of 88 on January 15, 1999. Yoko and Sean both flew to Tokyo to attend the
funeral. Our source told us that Mrs. Ono had been suffering for some time with
an illness (unspecified), but that it was still a shock for the family when she
passed away.
Sean, who has been on tour in Australia, had to leave the Big Day Out concert series
briefly to attend the funeral.
The Australian
online newspaper has a story that was published January 23, after Sean's
return to Syndney for the concerts.
(Entered January 25, 1999)
(From
Rocktropolis.Com )
Paul McCartney Speaks Out On BBC's Refusal To Play Wife's 'Fuck' Song
The BBC has p-o'ed PM. In response to Linda McCartney's new single,
the BBC has told Paul that "The Light Comes From Within" they will not play
the entire song, rather just bleeping out the offending "F" word within.
This, despite the word turning up on the network's television programming.
The song, taken from Linda's poshthumous album, "Wide Prairie." The album
also has a parental guidance sticker, which warns record buyers of explicit lyrics.
Paul has responded to the banning of the single and the stickering by taking out
advertisements aimed at parents in the local press. The advertisements state, in part,
"Should you decide that your children must not hear this record, we would be
grateful for your wisdom and good sense and will put our fingers in our ears whenever
we hear it played. If, on the other hand, you feel that no harm will come to your children
by being exposed to this song, give it the guidance so sorely needed and tell
them it's O.K. to do so."
BBC Radio 2 is playing the B-side to the single, "Seaside Woman," but the A-side is strictly
forbidden. The video for the song has also been black-listed by all the major players on
British television, including Top of the Pops, The Pepsi Chart
Show, Live & Kicking, The Big Breakfast, and GMTV.
Paul, in a statement to the press, says, "It does seem bizarre that TV's own people can
say 'fuck' on a show but you can't sing it in a song. I don't understand the difference."
McCartney goes on to point out several examples of the word being used on BBC television,
including Bob Geldof's famous "Give us your fucking money now" speech. It has also been
used in several songs by British artists over the years, including McCartney's former
bandmate
John Lennon
in "Working Class Hero" and the Rolling Stones' "Star Star."
In her song, Linda is telling her critics what they can do to themselves...
(Entered January 23, 1999)
We've said it before, it bears repeating: Julian's "new" album, Photograph Smile
is set to be released in the United States on the Fuel 2000 label on February 23rd.
The album was released months and months ago in Europe. U.S. fans have been cooling
their heels waiting for the album to become available here.
(Entered January 20, 1999)
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60,000 POUNDS OF FOOD DELIVERED TO THE NEEDY
IMAGINE - There's no hunger!
On January 19th, 1999, through the generosity of Yoko
Ono and The G.L.O.W. Project of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Fort Lauderdale,
60,000 lbs. of food will be delivered by Feed the Children to benefit South Florida food
banks including Poverello, Broward House, Think Life, Genesis; Miami, Miami
Food for Life, and The Food Pantry at West Palm Beach CAP.
A Press conference was held on the morning of the 19th at 9:30am in Pompano Beach.
In addition to the food delivery, Yoko Ono and Lasco Productions, with the help of the
G.L.O.W. Project, The Shops of Las Olas and Majic 102.7 will unveil an exhibit of the
artwork of Ms. Ono's late husband, John Lennon.
In honor of the release of the John Lennon Anthology, Ms. Ono has chosen Ft. Lauderdale
area to premiere the new Anthology suite of John's artwork and
also to help relieve hunger in Southern Florida. Taken from the covers for the
CD set, these six images are some of John's finest work. This highly
collectable art will be sold at special prices for four days only. January 21st, 22nd,
23rd and 24th, downtown Ft. Lauderdale, 816 E. Las Olas Blvd. During the
show GLOW Project volunteers will be collecting a $2.00 donation at the door that
will benefit Feed the Children.
For more information about the food delivery, please call Todd MacLean at 954-563-9500.
(Entered January 10, 1999)
SonicNet.com had a feature about Yoko's input on the John Lennon Anthology which
could help the oldtime fans understand why this or that particular song was not
included in the boxed set.
Here's a short excerpt from the Sonicnet
article:
"Producer Rob Stevens trimmed 2,000 hours of tapes to 50 hours and worked side by side
with Ono; Stevens lobbied for what he knew die-hard Lennon fans would want. Meanwhile,
Ono said, she acted as the gatekeeper, keeping a lock on material she knew Lennon
wouldn't have wanted released.
'[Rob] would say, "This is the kind of thing that fans
are waiting for"; whereas I was there as a co-producer to John in the initial making of
these tracks, so I knew what John and I would have wanted to send out there,' Ono
said. She added that she stood her ground with Stevens over certain tracks he tried
to push through.
For his part, Stevens said he enjoyed the intense discussions that
determined the shape of the anthology. 'Yoko really welcomes a spirited debate,' Stevens said.
'That's one of the aspects of working with her I love, because it's like sitting
and playing chess with a grand master. Even if you yourself are not a grand master,
the mere fact of sitting down and playing with one almost osmotically improves your own playing.' "
(Entered December 11, 1998)
Yoko Ono will be doing a chat with SonicNet!
Date: December 21st Time:
Mark your calendars!
For all the latest info surrounding the John Lennon Anthology, go to
http://hollywoodandvine.com/johnlennon
(Entered December 21, 1998)
Sonicnet Music News of the World reported on Friday, 12/18/98 that Yoko had this
to say about the then yet-to-be-decided impeachment of President Bill Clinton:
"I don't think he will be impeached. I don't think that's a necessary step.
I wish him all the best. Whoever is up there dealing with the politics, we
should give them energy and good wishes and give them in fact, support."
(Entered December 11, 1998)
(USA Today-AP)-Yoko imagines holiday meals for the needy
SANTA ROSA, Calif. A traveling art show featuring lithographs by John Lennon was
accompanied by an early Christmas gift from Yoko Ono. Ono had 33,000 pounds of food
delivered by tractor-trailer Dec. 8 to the Redwood Empire Food Bank. "It's like the song
, 'Imagine there's no hunger,'" said Michael Flood, whose organization distributes food
to 120 charities. The art show, which is touring the country, will be on view in Santa Rosa
from Dec. 11-13.
(Entered December 10, 1998)
Yoko Ono's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, has confirmed that John Lennon will be the
focus of an upcoming British TV spot for One20ne mobile phones. Footage from
John and Yoko's Amsterdam bed-in will be digitally remastered to fit comedian
Chris Evans into the bed with John and Yoko. (Yoko did a play on this theme
when she and the "Mad About You" couple, the Buckmans, wound up in bed together at
the end of her guest-starring episode a couple of years ago)
Yoko authorized the use of the images of John and Yoko for $75,000, all of which,
Mintz reports, will be given to a British charity called "Help for the Aged,"
which helps elderly English citizens heat their homes during the cold winters.
(Entered December 10, 1998)
Hollywood and Vine reports that
The JOHN LENNON ANTHOLOGY will be featured on "Good Morning America" during their box set
roundup scheduled to air on Monday, 12/14 at approximately 8:15am!
(Entered December 8, 1998)
VH1'S "LEGENDS:JOHN LENNON" PREMIERES TONIGHT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 AT 9:00PM
On the 18th Anniversary of John Lennon's death, VH1 presents a program with new
interview with Yoko, Beatles' producer George Martin, tracks from "The John Lennon
Anthology" and rare photos.
The program follows John's life from his childhood in Liverpool to Beatlemania,
through his solo career and his work with Yoko.
VH1 will air repeats of the
episode again tonight at 11PM ET, December 9 at 8PM, December 10th at Noon
and December 12 at 11PM.
(Entered December 8, 1998)
LONDON (Reuters) - Yoko Ono said she
still felt misunderstood by Beatles fans who blame her for the
breakup of the Beatles and for Lennon's search for seclusion in
his last years.
She also felt hurt and isolated after not being invited to a
memorial service for fellow Beatle spouse Linda McCartney seven
months ago, she said in an interview with Britain's Express
newspaper Tuesday.
``I was hurt, yes, but I understand it,'' she said in the
interview, published on the 18th anniversary of Lennon's
shooting by deranged fan Mark Chapman outside his and Ono's
luxury New York apartment.
Linda, photographer, animal rights campaigner and vegetarian
foods entrepreneur, died in April in the arms of former Beatle
husband Paul in Arizona, after losing a three-year fight against
cancer.
Ono, 65, who was widely accused of causing the Beatles' 1970
split, said Paul's decision not to invite her was not
surprising. ``I'm still here but Linda and John are not,'' she
said. ``That must hurt very much.''
``I wasn't very social after John's death. I'm the first one
to know how painful it is to lose someone and how painful it can
be to see somebody who was also close to them.''
The Japanese-born artist said a racist Western world saw her
for years as the ``dragon lady,'' blaming her for stealing
Lennon from his first wife, splitting up the Beatles, and even
indirectly for the star's death. ``If I was blonde with blue
eyes, a beautiful tall skinny
woman I'm sure there would not have been a problem. But for
people to see their Western hero getting together with an
Oriental woman -- well that was too much,'' she said.
She said it was Lennon who sought seclusion in a move to New
York's exclusive Dakota building, and that far from being the
arrogant and overbearing woman portrayed in the press, she made
most of the sacrifices in the relationship.
``I lost credibility as an artist. My ideas were not killed
but were ignored. That hurt sometimes,'' she told the Express.
(Entered December 1, 1998)
Yoko unveiled a 20X60-foot War Is Over (If You Want It) billboard in Times Square
today. Located on the west side of Broadway, between 46th and 47th Streets,
the billboard is a gift to the fans from John and Yoko. In a message that you
can read elsewhere on this web site, Yoko invited fans
to stand in front of the message, take pictures and help send the message around the world.
(Entered November 20, 1998)
(From Yahoo News - North Carolina Region)
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(RALEIGH) -- Artwork from late Beatle John Lennon will be on display and sale today (11/20/98)
through Sunday at the Holiday Inn Crabtree in Raleigh. Show producer Larry Schwartz says
Lennon spent much of his later years producing
oriental line drawings. He says Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, selected Raleigh-
Durham and Saint Louis, Missouri as the two cities for the exhibition. Admission
to the show is two-dollars, and proceeds will go to Feed The Children, a worldwide
hunger fighting charity.
(Entered November 18, 1998)
ABC News reports that Julian plans to release "Photograph Smile" in the
United States on February 23, 1999. It will be his first album released in
the States in seven years. Julian was quoted as saying one of the cuts,
"I Don't Want To Know" a tune "that a lot of Beatles fans have been waiting
for me to do." He says it's because the song is Beatle-esque.
Michael Heath, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, Gay and Lesbian Community Center
of Fort Lauderdale
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