Tag: John Lennon
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Imagine Peace Tower lighting canceled for second year in a row
The event to light the peace tower on the island of Viðey on October 9, the anniversary of John Lennon’s birth, was canceled due to weather. The Peace Tower, a pillar of light illuminating the Icelandic winter, is the idea of Yoko Ono and is intended to be a light of peace in the world.…
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Yoko Ono – avant-garde, activist and forever Lennon’s wife
Yoko Ono is an avant-garde artist and peace activist who creates works with humor and playfulness, but also with strong messages. She became famous throughout the world through her relationship with John Lennon, and has been repeatedly accused of being the one who broke up The Beatles. Over the years, the almost 90-year-old Yoko Ono…
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Concert Review: This family affair was great fun
It would not have passed the aficionados’ attention that two legends in music turned 80 in the last fourteen days, even though their energy levels suggest that they are much younger men. Truly, it is a testament to human endurance that even though they may not have an ass anymore, they certainly know how to…
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John Lennon – The Beatles, Yoko and the Murder
It’s Thanksgiving in 1974 in the large Madison Square Garden concert venue in New York. For over an hour and a half, a man has been anxiously circulating backstage. He has beige platform shoes, dark blue flared trousers and a black jacket. And soon it’s his turn to give up on stage. He has just…
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Mishra’s Mishmash: Warmongering in Denmark is a new trend
Since the war broke out in Ukraine on February 24, Danish newspapers have been busy playing the blame game. The country of Russia is responsible for the full-blown humanitarian crisis at the door of the EU. Nobody else. It encourages them to say so. Peace activists around the world are doing their best to warn…
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Straight, No Chaser: Will you still use me, will you still feed me when I’m 64?
In mid-November last year, I was so lucky (or unlucky, if you prefer) to turn 64 years old. Lord of the StringsAround the same time, the hype was in full swing to promote the 50th anniversary of the Beatles album ‘Let it Be’ – an extension of Peter Jackson’s documentary ‘Get Back’. In true Jackson…
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Christmas in Denmark: The inn’s audience
Christmas in Denmark begins on the first Sunday in Advent. No, scratch it… Christmas in Denmark begins on J-Day, the launch of Tuborg’s Christmas beer in early November. No scratch that… Christmas in Denmark begins with the Santa Claus conference in Bakken… in July. Wait a minute! The Danish words for July and Christmas are…
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Tonight the light of the Peace Tower will shine again
According to mbl.is, tonight at 8 p.m., on John Lennon’s birthday, on Viðey Island, off the coast of Reykjavik, the light of the Imagine Peace Tower will be lit for the 15th time. Lennon was born in 1940 – 81 years ago. Due to the current restrictions on public gatherings, a maximum of 500 people…
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Culture Round-Up: The notion that television kills is an old chestnut with good reason
The most popular show on Netflix in Denmark right now pays homage to a kind of children’s game. But no, it’s not the Korean show ‘Squid Game’ that poses challenges based on playground activities where the losers are horribly killed. The last weekend has knocked ‘squid games’ out of its perch and been the Danish…
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Old Danish band with Lennon interview sold for 370,000 kroner
An unprecedented cassette tape with an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono has been sold at the auction house Bruun Rasmussen for 370,000 kroner. It appears from Bruun Rasmussen’s website. The tape was recorded in Thy in 1970. On the tape, it is, among other things, four 16-year-old schoolboys who interview the Beatles star.…
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The teats of John and Yoko: Rare admission of couples in Denmark for sale at auction
The year 1969 was coming to an end and it had been eventful. Man walked on the moon, the music world said goodbye to Judy Garland and Brian Jones, supporters of Charles Manson murdered Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski and several others in the Hollywood Hills, and Ted Kennedy took ten hours…
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Here they are nominated for the Swedish Radio Short Story Award 2021
Time to vote for your favorite short story! It is now clear which five short stories have been nominated for the Swedish Radio Short Story Prize 2021. It is the listeners who decide who wins. Here you can vote starting March 29 and even April 18. Karin Smirnoff, Gustav Tegby, Simon Issát Marainen, Björn Runge…
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A truly cultivated country
Lithuania’s legions of basketball legends embody the national identity of a country, as their creativity, deception and indomitable spirit are reflected in the achievements of their countrymen. This liveliness shines especially through Lithuania’s opera stage, where world – class composers, singers and conductors are produced with such regularity that the world notices it. All eyes…
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Move: The Hateful 8
The phases of the expat curve are a bit like the Beatles. Most experts agree that there are four, but some lists include six or seven. As a simple quarter, the basket can be boiled down to Preparation, Honeymoon, Culture Shock and Customization – then John Lennon (the founder), Ringo Starr (cheeky laugh touring around…
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From Iceland – The Peace Tower in Viðey will be lit until the spring equinox
The Reykjavík Art Museum has decided to light the Viðey Peace Tower until the spring equinox, Indicator reports. This decision had been made “in the light of world circumstances”. The Peace Tower is a work of art by Yoko Ono that was created to honor the life of her late husband, John Lennon. The tower…
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From Iceland – Imagine Peace Tower lights up for Lennon’s birthday
Published October 9, 2020 Although travel to Videy is currently limited due to Covid, the Imagine Peace Tower will be launched tonight (October 9), to celebrate the late, John Lennon’s big birthday. Yoko Ono had Imagine Peace Tower erected in memory of her husband in 2007, to represent Lennon and Ono’s campaign for world peace.…