Well, between Keith Urban's (unavailable) performance on Leno and the Zac Brown Band on Conan, last night's late shows were once again going country. The latter of the two, rather than gussying up country as most of the genre's artists are bound to do these days, instead released a refreshingly straightforward ditty and did dress up one bit for his TV appearance. Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon score...
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Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon have partnered with EMI Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing to release a 40th anniversary digital single of the Plastic Ono Band's historic recording of Give Peace a Chance. Proceeds from the sales go to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF). The single became available today on iTunes and will be offered through the end of the year.Ono commented,...
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John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has revealed life is "not easy" for women who are associated with The Beatles.Speaking to Sky News she said: "I think all the wives did suffer, and I think quietly suffer. Suffer but endured, I would actually say."Referring to Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills' recent divorce settlement, she said she "felt sorry" for Sir Paul.Ono, 75, added that Mills needed to "...
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Yoko Ono celebrated her 75th birthday last night with musicians ranging from David Byrne to the Strokes. Ono organized the party with her John Lennon spawn, Sean Lennon, and hosted about 150 people at NYC's Joe's Pub. Ono performed a handful of tunes from the stage, including 'Don’t Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow).' Members of the B-52s, as well as her son accompanie.
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By DENISE LAVOIE BOSTON (AP) - They are rare, intimate images of John Lennon just before the breakup of the Beatles: He's hunched over a piano writing songs, smoking pot, joking about putting LSD in President Nixon's tea. Almost four decades after the footage was shot at Lennon's estate in England, his widow is in court, fighting to keep the images private. World Wide Video LLC, a Lawrence, Mas...
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I know what you are saying, "Oh no, Yoko Ono- No!" It's true, Yoko hasn't gotten much play on MOG- and that's usually a good thing. But, I ran across this track she did with Porcupine Tree on her newest CD and I thought it was a pretty good one to share. Do you like it?
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Yoko Ono will christen a light tower dubbed the "Imagine Peace Tower" in Iceland on October 9, on what would have been John Lennon's 67th birthday.The tower is a beam of light emanating from a giant wishing well which features the words "imagine peace" in 24 languages, reports the Associated Press. It will be lit every year from October 9 (Lennon's birthday) to December 8, the anniversary of hi...
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So Yoko's limo driver wants to sell, among other things, pics of Mrs Lennon in a flimsy nightgown? Geeze, I'm one of those who actualy like a great deal of YOKO'S art, both visual, and musical. But seein' her naked on TWO VIRGINS was traumatic enough. Seein' her NOW, presumably in recent pics? NO FRIKKIN WAY> Who would pay to see that besides ROCKNROLLPIMP!? lol
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After spending my entire life ignoring Yoko Ono's musical contributions, thanks to my buddy Spencer, I have finally succumbed. When I was a child, I would flip through my Dad's copy of "Grapefruit", a book of instructions for art and life by Yoko and John. I grew up much more aware of her contributions to the art world, and am cursing myself for not listening to more of her music until now!It...
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Britain's Mojo Magazine presented their annual Mojo Awards on Thursday night in London.Yoko Ono was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Host Phil Alexander (chief editor of Mojo), said "She may have been married to one of the most famous men in the world, but she also helped change music as we know it in her own right, first, by introducing avant-garde sensibilities to her husband but...
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Updated: 4:29 p.m. ET Dec 14, 2006NEW YORK - A judge set bail at $500,000 Thursday for a chauffeur for Yoko Ono after a prosecutor said he tried to extort $2 million from John Lennon’s widow and “had people on standby waiting to kill” her.Koral Karsan, 50, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on a first-degree attempted grand larceny charge.Assistant District Attorney Maureen O’Connor
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http://mog.com/Kate/blog_post/30527Funny thing happened when I gave Kate this Yoko mix this morning... she played it on the stereo here at the MOG offices (mogffices?), and at a certain moment (specifically, upon the fadeout of "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him"), someone asked... "Who is this?" (A sign of interest!) I said, "Yoko." Then Jess (hate to single you out, Jess, but it is pretty i...
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Okay, friends, it's time for me to talk about some music I love.Yes, kids, it's time for some Difficult Mogging. Do you recognize that face? It was once a face more hated than loved or even liked, and it probably still is. I have been listening to Yoko Ono for years, and I prefer her albums Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band and Fly to any Beatles record, or any solo Beatle's record. It's just how my ta...
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Yoko Ono will headline the second day of the Pitchfork Festival this July.More additions to the festival's lineup include Califone, The Sea & Cake, The Twilight Sad, Nomo, The William Parker Quartet and Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra.That makes the weekend look like this :Friday, July 13:Sonic Youth perform Daydream NationGZA/Genius performs Liquid SwordsSlint perform SpiderlandSaturday...
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John Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York City apartment after deciding he wanted to return home to see his son rather than go out for dinner, Yoko Ono said according to Yahoo."We were returning from the studio, and I said: 'Should we go and have dinner before we go home?' and John was saying, 'No, lets go home because I want to see Sean before he goes to sleep.' And it was like he w...
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