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Memos Tagged John Lennon


Random, Somewhat Historial Significance
Jul92010

Random Thoughts of the Day

Why is every assassin known by three names? Need examples: John Wilkes Booth, James Earl Ray, Lee Harvey Oswalt, and Mark David Chapman. It’s fairly safe to say that if you have associates that go by three names, you better keep your distance.

lincolnshooting Random Thoughts of the Day

While we’re on this topic, check out this Poetry Collage of the Lincoln Assassination. It’s not typically something we’d promote (the Captain’s are anti-assassination – we prefer duels with sabers and pistols), but it’s cool as shit so it’s worth the shout.

Thanks to Christian for sending us the collage.


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Issues, Video
Mar182010

Yoko Uses John Lennon To Sell Cars

Yoko’s really done it this time. I already hate the fact that when I turn on the TV and see a Target commercial with douchey Jonas Brothers look-alikes singing “All You Need Is Love” but at least that was because Michael Jackson was a fucktard (and business genius) and bought up the rights to about half the Beatles song catalog, so I can’t actually blame the Beatles for doing it.

Now a french car company has been granted right’s courtesy of beast master Yoko Ono herself to use a John Lennon interview snippet to sell cars. Her excuse, courtesy of son Sean Lennon, is as follows: “She did not do it for money.  It has to do [with] hoping to keep dad in public consciousness. No new LPs, so TV ad is exposure to young.” Funny, I always thought Sean lived in New York not outer fucking space. I wonder if he’s every heard of the Beatles? Or perhaps the fact that their is now a video game called Beatles: Rock Band.

Well whatever the reason, take a look for yourself.

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Music
Dec82009

R.I.P. John Lennon

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John Lennon has been dead for 29 years. Shot dead by a dickless fuck face who happened to have good taste in books. Shitty…really fucking shitty.

You may remember Lennon for his short tenure with that obscure band the Beatles. He wrote a bunch of songs you have probably never heard (note: this is internet sarcasm) On one hand, I think it’s important that Lennon died when he did…it ensured the Beatles would never get back together for some short lived 1980′s reunion and have the possibility to tarnish their legacy. The wheels stopped in 1969 (or possibly 1970) for the group and that’s where it ended, no one can take that away from them.

I often wonder though what would have happened in old age to Lennon as he was beginning to mount his musical comeback when his life was cut short. Would he have pulled the McCartney route and pimped the Beatles legacy forever? Would he have ever made amends with his former collaborator? Their are a lot of unanswered questions that I suppose are probably better left unanswered.

Anyway, I could post some lame video of Lennon singing “Imagine” or something like that, but you all know the song. Tonight have a beer in his honor or light up something nice and enjoy listening to some Beatles albums or Lennon albums. Whether you realize it or not his songs are a part of you and a fabric of not just American or British society but all across the world (universe?).

A beautiful man, with a beautiful message.


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