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John Lennon

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Sean Lennon Brings Akira and Other Favorites to Los Angeles Animation Festival

    Sean Lennon is best known in music circles. The 36-year-old son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono has released three solo albums, as well as two full-lengths with girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl under the name The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (GOASTT). He played with Cibo Matto, collaborated extensively wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Herman Cain on YouTube: "Imagine There's No Pizza"

    Been missing Bill Clinton playing the sax on late night TV? Well, Herman Cain has done the former president one better, singing his version of John Lennon's "Imagine" in white choral robes. Sure, he did it a long time ago, but so what: That's the beauty of YouTube. It turns out that in 1991, whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    The Top (Fab) Four Songs on Beatles' Solo Albums

    Perhaps an honorable mention?​ While yesterday's wallow in negativity was a blast, it is time to restore the karmic balance as the Beatles would have wanted by focusing on the four best songs that John, Paul, George and Ringo produced upon being emancipated from the bonds of "Beatles," or at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Bad Dads: Five Of The Worst Fathers In Musical History

    he's a genius too, you know Dads--they have sure done a lot for music, either by being musicians and dads at the same time, making some rockin' dad rock, or just fathering incredibly talented children. In honor of Father's Day, we thought we'd bring you a short series on dads. Today we bring you s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    'RACH & ROLL

    he's a genius too, you know Dads--they have sure done a lot for music, either by being musicians and dads at the same time, making some rockin' dad rock, or just fathering incredibly talented children. In honor of Father's Day, we thought we'd bring you a short series on dads. Today we bring you s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    HOLD ON, JOHN

    he's a genius too, you know Dads--they have sure done a lot for music, either by being musicians and dads at the same time, making some rockin' dad rock, or just fathering incredibly talented children. In honor of Father's Day, we thought we'd bring you a short series on dads. Today we bring you s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Michael Jackson Glove Goes For $330,000 At Beverly Hills Auction; Johnny Cash Middle-Finger Jumpsuit Reaps $50,000

    Julien's AuctionsNow on display at the Ponte 16 resort in Hong Kong​It was a charged weekend at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills -- most of all, during the paddle war over one of Michael Jackson's most crowd-pleasing staples: the Swarovski-studded glove he wore throughout the "Bad" tour. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    String Quartet in a Dark Bar? Quartetto Fantastico Pays Homage to John Lennon [Video]

    String Quartet in a Dark Bar? Quartetto Fantastico Pays Homage to John Lennon [Video]

  • Film+TV

    October 7, 2010

    NOWHERE BOY

    String Quartet in a Dark Bar? Quartetto Fantastico Pays Homage to John Lennon [Video]

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    This weekend: Plastic Ono Band, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, School of Seven Bells, the Avett Brothers, Fountains of Wayne

    Yoko Ono​John Lennon would have turned 70 next week, and among the events celebrating the legendary Beatle are two shows this weekend featuring a reconstituted Plastic Ono Band, the loose collective of musicians Lennon assembled 40 years ago. His widow Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon (the musica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Yoko Ono is Coming to Los Angeles. This Is Why You Should Go See Her.

    John Lennon's favorite musician​I wrote this column for this week's print edition of the LA Weekly about this weekend's very special, star-studded concert celebrating Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band: Listening to Yoko Do it, without prejudice Circa 1970, John Lennon was savagely mocked whe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    An Evening with Yoko Ono

    John Lennon's favorite musician​I wrote this column for this week's print edition of the LA Weekly about this weekend's very special, star-studded concert celebrating Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band: Listening to Yoko Do it, without prejudice Circa 1970, John Lennon was savagely mocked whe ... More >>

  • Music

    September 30, 2010

    Listening to Yoko

    Do it, without prejudice

  • Film+TV

    September 16, 2010

    Movie Review: Who Is Harry Nilsson?

    Do it, without prejudice

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Live Review: Paul McCartney at the Hollywood Bowl

    Timothy Norris​During the first concert of Paul McCartney's sold-out, two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl, it was sometimes hard to tell who was having the better time. Was it the fans, who were delirious to see their hero in this historic, relatively intimate amphitheater (albeit at a steep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Stage Raw: Getting Our Fringe On

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's Theater Feature on Camelot and Baal. GETTING OUR FRINGE ON I've heard it said at numerous receptions and parties that the reason L.A. has so much bad theater is because it has so much bad theater - that less would be more. Fringe Fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Stage Raw: Trauma Dolls

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    Just Imagine

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Female of the Species

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoFEMALE OF THE SPECIES The Geffen Playhouse just announced that Anette Bening will star in Joanna Murray-Smith's comedy, The Female of the Species along with David Arquette, Mirielle Enos, Merritt Weve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Camp Freddy's Donovan Leitch Lists His Top Ten Cultural Moments of the 1980s

    Donovan Leitch​In honor of the second week of Camp Freddy's December residency, which happens tonight at the Roxy, West Coast Sound asked members of the band to chime in on their favorite music of the decades. Last week Billy Morrison highlighted his favorite things about the 1970s. Tonight's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Stage Raw: ZAR

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on producer Sir Cameron MackintoshStage Raw: ZAR Theatre ZAR from Wroclaw, Poland has been in Southern California for over a week, conducting workshops of their choral-physical technique at UC Irvine and UCLA. Their Tryptich opens next w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Stage Raw: Impacted Wednesday

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Charles Duncombe's The Trojan Women and Julie Hebert's TreeIMPACTED WEDNESDAY​ Equivocation: Photo by Michael Lamont Three big openings on Wednesday: The  U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. (Polish director Grzego ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    UNFORTUNATELY, "CORN FLAKES" IS NOT A EUPHEMISM FOR ANYTHING

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Charles Duncombe's The Trojan Women and Julie Hebert's TreeIMPACTED WEDNESDAY​ Equivocation: Photo by Michael Lamont Three big openings on Wednesday: The  U.S. premiere of TR Warszawa's T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T. (Polish director Grzego ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Stage Raw: Getting Intimate With Michael Kearns

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Rachel Rosenthal at 83MICHAEL KEARNS GETS INTIMATE​L.A. Weekly's 2007 "Queen of the Angels" Michael Kearns performs his solo performance piece, Intimacies, at the drkrm Gallery and Performance Space in Eagle Rock, 2121 San Fernando ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Stage Raw: Rachel Rosenthal at 83

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Poland, where theater is hipRACHEL ROSENTHAL AT 83 ​The Rachel Rosenthal Company (founded in 1989) is throwing a fundraiser to help celebrate the performance artist's 83rd birthday, past achievements and the upcoming publication o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. shows NYC-bound

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Leonard Nimoy and Company of AngelsL.A. SHOWS HEADING EAST ​SoulArt Productions presentation of Alex Lyras' The Common Air - a nominee in last year's L.A. Weekly Theatre Awards solo performance award for its 2008 run at the Asylu ... More >>

  • Stage

    October 15, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Festen, Just Imagine, Never Land, Save Gertrude

    Also, High Ceilings, The Philadelphia Story, The Blunders and more

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Just Imagine

    Also, High Ceilings, The Philadelphia Story, The Blunders and more

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Ten Great Cover Songs from Coachella 2009 (and a few extras)

    Timothy NorrisEven the machinery was flashing the horns. Nothing says "I love you" like a cover song. Artists at Coachella like to acknowledge their influences, love to thrill the crowd with a surprise singalong. This year bands drew from music of many genres, from ragtime to post punk to hip hop. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    MY DEALER TOOK A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY HABIT

    Timothy NorrisEven the machinery was flashing the horns. Nothing says "I love you" like a cover song. Artists at Coachella like to acknowledge their influences, love to thrill the crowd with a surprise singalong. This year bands drew from music of many genres, from ragtime to post punk to hip hop. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2008

    Capitol's Vinyl Series: A Storied Label Digs in its Crates, Uncovers Some Gems

    Yeah, it's easy to pile on the major labels these days for all their foul-ups and foibles, for their lawsuits and their protectionism, for single-minded focus on money at the expense of dignity (see below blurry photo of Coldplay banner sullying the roof of the majestic Capitol Building of this su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

    Can't find the John

    Feeling nostalgic for the good ol' days, I woke up this morning and decided that in honor of John Lennon's birthday I would dig through some old artwork from high school and find some drawings that I did of the dearly departed and post them. Coming up empty, I did find a couple other things that I ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 10, 2008

    The Lennon Year: Mr. Fish Anticipates 40

    Feeling nostalgic for the good ol' days, I woke up this morning and decided that in honor of John Lennon's birthday I would dig through some old artwork from high school and find some drawings that I did of the dearly departed and post them. Coming up empty, I did find a couple other things that I ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 3, 2008

    Movie Reviews: Forever, My Blueberry Nights, My Brother Is an Only Child

    Also The Ruins and more

  • Music

    July 5, 2007

    Lovely Bastards

    Morrissey, Art Brut and the proper way to nick from John Lennon

  • Film+TV

    September 14, 2006

    American Dreamer

    Idealism under siege in The U.S. vs. John Lennon

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2006

    No cartooning today

    This is the view from the balcony of an apartment that me and my wife had in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, before we were married, when I was in a band and she was in grad school.  I was unemployed most of the time and working on a novel largely comprised of the word "fuck" while listening t ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    December 22, 2005

    The Coffee Table

    All things bright and beautiful

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    10 Questions With The Lovetones

    All things bright and beautiful

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    10 Questions With Brendan Benson

    All things bright and beautiful

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    Get Back

    Yoko Ono in an exclusive interview on the new Let It Be . . . Naked

  • Columns

    August 29, 2002

    Devil's Bargain

    Elvis Yoko Anna Nicole

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2001

    All You Need Is Weed

    Tales of serendipity and Lennon

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2000

    The Short List

    Tales of serendipity and Lennon

  • Film+TV

    January 20, 2000

    Villagers

    Watch global, live local

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    The World Festival of Sacred Music -- the Americas

    Global Sacredness, Locally

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    World Festival of Sacred Music — The Americas

    Global Sacredness, Locally

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    The Big Sleep

    Eulogies for heads of state and underground artists, pop icons and ’60s revolutionaries

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Thus Spake Lennon

    Eulogies for heads of state and underground artists, pop icons and ’60s revolutionaries

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Marx and Duchamp for Beginners

    Eulogies for heads of state and underground artists, pop icons and ’60s revolutionaries

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