now
and then
The Post Chronicle (February 24th 2007): "Yoko Ono has
granted permission for an unfinished track by her late husband John Lennon to
be finished by his Beatles bandmates. The song, called Now And Then, will be completed
by Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr after Ono - who owns the rights to Lennon's
solo material - gave the project a cautious green light." No
official confirmation for this news. 3
days in the life
From Evening Echo (February 24th 2007): "A new
two-hour movie edited from footage shot by John Lennon and his widow Yoko Ono's
first husband Tony Cox in 1970 is to premiere in Maine next month. 3 Days in the
Life was filmed at various locations including the late Beatle's country estate
in England and at rehearsals." Updated in March 2007:
this film premiere has been cancelled due to legal restrictions.
il
giorno della memoria (holocaust day)
An exhibition by Yoko Ono at GAMeC,
Bergamo, Italy, until February 25th 2007. iconoclast
turns 74
Seattle Times (February 12th 2007): "I didn't label myself.
I didn't think I was avant-garde, I thought I was me, just doing my thing."
yoko
ono will tour
Toronto Star (February 18th 2007): "Of course, I'm
going to tour. I don't know about the set up, I may not be able to tour everywhere,
but I think maybe just main cities or something. I think it'll be me with a band."
yoko
ono's 10 commandments
Belfast Telegraph (February 11th 2007): "Cosmetics
is a boon to every woman. But a girl's best friend is still a nearsighted man." yoko
on time out's "hot seat"
Time Out New York (February 15th–21st
2007): "Still, you’re clearly being playful with your image. Yoko: Yeah,
part of it is tongue-in-cheek. I’m a witch—ha-ha." yoko
ono record signing in new york on february 10th
Yoko Ono will be signing
copies of her new album, Yes, I'm A Witch, at Borders
Penn Plaza, NYC, on Saturday, February 10th at 2pm.
new
brilliant album yes, i'm a witch released in february
Pitchforkmedia
(November 15th 2006): "The idea behind Witch goes like this: Ono chose the
artists with whom she wanted to work, gave them access to her back catalog, asked
them to chose a song to rework, and then "provided [them] with the vocals
and whatever other instrumental elements attracted them from that cut. Almost
all the artists chose just the vocals," according to a press release. The
result: a remixes/duets/covers record consisting of "entirely new musical
tracks." Yoko Ono about the album collaborations (UPI,
February 6th 2007): "Some of the results, Ono says, moved her to tears. "I
was just emotionally overwhelmed by each one of them," she says. "Like
most artists, part of you doesn't want people to just meddle around with your
songs, but I just felt so thankful that they even listened to my songs to be able
to pick one that they liked and wanted to record." Ono has no favorite among
the 17 tracks, but she was particularly surprised by Flaming Lips' choice and
treatment of the obscure "Cambridge 1969." A club
remix album of Ono songs is due out in April, and she's also working on some original
material."
john
and yoko visiting japan in 1971
Rare images of John Lennon and Yoko
Ono from a Japanese magazine called Asahi Graphic in February 1971. According
to the magazine John & Yoko paid a secret visit to Japan in January 1971. yoko
ono's chauffeur in a blackmail plot
The Times (January 11th 2007):
Elliot Mintz, Ono’s spokesman: this "was “a clear, obvious, transparent
shakedown”. NY Times reports on February 18th 2007 that
"In a deal that the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Ms. Ono
had agreed with, the chauffeur, Koral Karsan, 50, pleaded guilty to attempted
grand larceny in the third degree, a felony, and was sentenced to the 60 days
he has spent in jail. (--) A spokesman for Ms. Ono, Elliot Mintz, said that Ms.
Ono felt vindicated by the guilty plea and that she would probably have more to
say about it after the Presidents Day holiday on Monday." yoko
ono in new york in 1974
Portraits of Yoko Ono photographed by a Japanese
photographer, Michiko Matsumoto, and published in a Japanese weekly magazine Shukan
Bunshun on August 15th 1974. The article features Yoko at the Dakota and NYC around
1974, before she came back to Japan for her 1974 Japan tour. 
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