LENNONYC: Watch it Now!

The PBS series American Masters looks at John Lennon and his time in New York.

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D.M.C.'s Tribute To John Lennon

John and Yoko by Shepard Fairey

Beatle-ology 101

Liverpool Hope University (in The Beatles hometown) will be offering a masters program called "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society. The Director of the program Mike Brocken said "students would be expected to study the Beatles' songs, stardom, hometown and cultural impact through four 12-week courses and a dissertation." No mention if the the class will tackle the post Beatles life of the Fab Four. Lennon's antiwar history seems like it would be interesting.

John Lennon's Sons To Perform Together

For the first time ever Julian and Sean Lennon will perform together. The event will take place February 26 at something called The U.N. Millennium Good Awards. It's good to see that the continued battle over Lennon's estate is not keeping these two from being brothers. Oh, and Jersey Douchbag John Bon Jovi is playing as well.

The Real Political Beatle

In an English magazine this week Paul McCartney claims that it is in fact he and not John Lennon who was the real political member of the Beatles. Most Beatles fans would probably say that Lennon who wrote "Revolution" and "Give Peace A Chance" was the true liberal in the band. Lennon also conducted his "bed in" with wife Yoko to protest the Vietnam War and was a noted enemy of Richard Nixon. Paul however claims that after a meeting with Philosopher Bertrand Russell it was he who talked to John about what a bad war Vietnam was. It seems to me that Paul may have introduced these ideas to John but did not have the same courage and conviction to vocalize these beliefs as John Lennon did. It comes down to the old saying that "actions speak louder than words."