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peace a chance with john&yoko
We have a winner for the autographed
copy of a new book with contributions by Yoko Ono and John Lennon. yoko
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Read all about Yoko Ono's great gig in Chicago in
July.  Photos
of Yoko live at Pitchfork
Listen
to Yoko Ono's interview by Sound Opinions (at app. 12 minutes)
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jaxx team up with yoko ono
NME (July 19th 2007): The band is currently
penning tracks for the follow-up to 2006's Crazy Itch Radio. Member Felix Buxton
said of the new collaboration: "We ended up doing a couple of things, once
I started listening to her stuff. I think she was miles ahead. She should be on
the new album. I mean, we haven't finished any tracks at the moment, but we are
working on her things."
john
lennon and yoko ono were monitored by canadian police
CBC Canada: "The
RCMP was spying on Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono after they announced
plans for a massive festival to promote peace near Toronto, newly declassified
government files show. Lennon had wanted the festival to
be beamed around the world. It would have been staged at the height of the Vietnam
War, and the musician said he picked Canada because it was a "young nation"
that wasn't interfering in foreign countries." ono's
wish list: aid darfur, support garden, open peace tower
Bloomberg (July
24th 2007): "The 350 guests at Saturday night's benefit for the LongHouse
Reserve dug into their pockets and raised $350,000 for the sculpture garden. The
event also honored Ono for her charitable works, including her ``wish tree'' art
project and donating the publishing rights to her late husband John Lennon's songs
for an album to aid victims of Darfur's civil war."
yoko
ono imagine peace featuring john & yoko's year of peace
An exhibition
in Myers School of Art, Akron, Ohio, opening in July, "focuses on the thematic
ideals of peace and love, and follows the work of Yoko Ono and John Lennon chronologically
as solo artists, as a couple in the 1960s, and also includes Ono's recent solo
works." "In
her art and focus on peace, I'm just being myself,' Ono says" italian
winery turns labels into art exhibits
Reuters (July 6th 2007): "Yoko
Ono is the 25th artist commissioned by German art collector and owner of the Nittardi
winery, Peter Femfert, to draw a label for a limited edition of his wine. (--)
This year Ono has produced a colored ink drawing entitled "Imagine you,"
a still life of bottles and glasses in a dotted style reminiscent of the late
19th century French painting style known as pointillism. Ono and all the other
artists involved were given total creative freedom. She tasted Nittardi Chianti
and other farm products, said Conte, drawing her inspiration from the wine." mccartney,
starr, yoko ono & olivia harrison on larry king live on june 26
Interview
transcript
Watch
the show on Youtube yoko ono
says she still might write a memoir
Reuters (June 20th 2007): "Yoko
Ono may yet write her autobiography despite a reluctance to deal with hostile
critics -- Beatles fans who still blame her for breaking up the band. But she
also is worried about hurting the people she would write about. "I want to
one day do that probably but still don't have the time." you're
the one hot dance club play # 2
According to Billboard, a single from
compilation disc Open Your Box, You're The One, has hit # 2 as Hot Dance Club
Play. Congratulations to Yoko! You
can download You're The One from 7digital
Other
Yoko Ono downloads from 7digital yoko's
desert island discs
Yoko Ono chose five songs for BBC Radio 4's programme
Desert Island Discs: When I Grow Too Old To Dream by Gracie Fields, Beautiful
Boy by John Lennon, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf, Liverpool Lou by Scaffold,
and Magic by Sean Lennon. instant
karma - the amnesty international campaign to save darfur
From the
press release: "U2, R.E.M., Christina Aguilera, Green Day, Black Eyed Peas
and Avril Lavigne are among the stars who've covered John Lennon songs for a charity
compilation titled Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur.
A two-CD, 23-song set will be released by Warner Bros. on June 12. Additional
Lennon covers by Canadians Finger Eleven, The Waking Eyes, David Usher, Barenaked
Ladies and K-OS — as well as Duran Duran, Deftones, Ozzy Osbourne and others
— will be made available as digital downloads via online retailers."
(Thanks to Miki for the scan of the ad below) Check
out the campaign ad from Billboard, May 2007 transmission
with t-mobile interview with yoko
You can watch the interview on Youtube. 
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