by Craig McLean, Times Online Have Beatles fans finally learnt to love Yoko Ono? She talks about building a tower of light for Lennon Yoko Ono was thinking ahead. That was the only way she could think. Like an art-shark — not one of this elaborate theoriser’s metaphors, but it could be — she has [...]
My Sweet Friends! I am so glad that Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Prizes are given to those in need. (I must have needed a lot this past July!) Obama needs all the encouragement he can get at this point. Let's all send him the love and trust he could use as his [...]
Lady Gaga performed her rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine" at the 13th Annual National Dinner of the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, DC last night in the presence of president Barack Obama. Gaga then marched alongside thousands in the National March for Equality, showing her undying support of the LGBTQ community. Dear Lady Gaga, Thank [...]
Yoko Ono: about IMAGINE PEACE TOWER Tribute Events for 9 October 2009 REYKJAVIK, ICELAND IMAGINE PEACE TOWER lighting & Yoko RÁS2 radio interview was STREAMED LIVE here on www.IMAGINEPEACE.com from 8:30pm London / 7:30pm Reykjavík / 3:30pm NY / 12:30pm LA / 04:30am Tokyo [streaming audio broadcast is now over] NEW YORK, USA Rock & [...]
In honour of the lighting of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on 9th October 2009, Yoko Ono offers the general public free ferry crossings to Viðey on 9th, 10th and 11th October and invites them to attend a memorial concert for John Lennon at Hafnarhús (The Harbor House at The Reykjavík Art Museum) on 9th October at 22:00. [...]
‘I dedicate this light tower to John Lennon. My love for you is forever.’ Yoko Ono ‘Imagine all the people living life in peace’ John Lennon ‘A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.’ Yoko Ono IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Images from official IMAGINE PEACE TOWER Second [...]
Interview Performance: "I'm Going Away Smiling" Yoko Ono & Sean Lennon on The View, 30 October 2009 with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar & Sherri Shepherd. “The View,” recipient of the 2003 Daytime Emmy® Award for “Outstanding Talk Show,” is ABC Daytime’s morning chatfest, featuring a team of dynamic women of different ages, experiences [...]
The rainfall brought by typhoon ONDOY to Metro Manila and nearby areas in a span of six hours on Saturday was the most in recorded history, surpassing the previous record for the metropolis in 1967. Hurricane Katrina dumped over an inch of rainfall in Louisiana for 3 hours and another 0.5 inches per hour over [...]
by Carol Clerk, The Quietus Some of us may be surprised at just how good Between My Head And The Sky, the new album by the Plastic Ono Band, actually is. Not Carol Clerk, who met up with Yoko to talk about her music and peace projects . . . It's a beautiful September morning, [...]
AFFIRMATION FOR PLANET PEACE by Yoko Ono Thank you, thank you, thank you Our planet is healthy and whole Every part of the planet is revitalized and healed. We, the people of Earth See clearly, Hear clearly, Think clearly. Express and communicate our thoughts clearly Spiritually, mentally, and physically. For the benefit of ours and [...]
Dear Friends, You and I share a passion for peace and justice – and a commitment to helping Amnesty International stand up for humanity and human rights. That's why I'm writing to ask you to help Amnesty reach a vitally important goal of 10,000 membership donations in the month of September. Please join by the [...]
NYLON TV celebrates the end of a great season with the threeASFOUR presentation, in collaboration with Yoko Ono. Then our host, Cory Kennedy snags an exclusive interview post-show with Yoko and Sean Lennon. threeASFOUR's colab show with Yoko Ono from PAPER Magazine on Vimeo. Threeasfour's collab show with Yoko Ono at Milk last night was such [...]
Download desktop photo by Greg Kadel ©2009 Yoko Ono. BETWEEN THE SKY AND MY HEAD by Yoko Ono Just before the worldwide announcement of the economic shock, my son announced the birth of a music company called CHIMERA. Nice name. The first sound Ki, is Ki:Air, and the minute you pronounce that syllable, you feel [...]
YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND - BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY - New Album. New Website. New Forum. New previews every day. Point. Click. Explore. http://www.YOPOB.com. Enjoy! love, yoko
#smilesfilm by Yoko Ono My ultimate goal in film-making is to make a film which includes a smiling face snap of every single human being in the world. Of course, I cannot go around the whole world and take the shots myself. I need cooperation from something like the post offices of the world. If anybody [...]
Currently Hanging by Jen Graves on The Slog at The Stranger on 8 July 2009 Yoko Ono's 1961 artwork Painting to Hammer a Nail is a white painted wood panel with a hammer hanging from a chain attached to it, and a box of small nails sitting next to it. The title and the stray [...]
Walter Cronkite on the Department of Peace idea This interview with Walter Cronkite and Congressman Dennis Kucinich was filmed at the Department of Peace conference in September of 2006 in D.C. Mr. Cronkite was a strong supporter of the need for a federal institution focusing on peaceful conflict resolution. He will be missed. HR808/U.S. Department [...]
From MYFOXNY.COM Of the many passions legendary singer and songwriter John Lennon had was his love for New York City. Yoko Ono- his widow and former partner in life- spoke with Rosanna Scotto as they toured a new exhibit in SoHo honoring Lennon: "John Lennon: The New York City Years." "He was passionately in love [...]
Global campaign calls on G8 leaders to make their mothers proud A global campaign backed by international figures including Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Emma Thompson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Yoko Ono, Wendi Murdoch, Christiane Amanpour, Annie Lennox and JK Rowling is being launched today calling on G8 leaders to keep their promises on maternal health. With only 2 days to [...]
With his enormous talent, Michael kept giving us power, inspiration and joy. Yet he knew that the world was not kind to him for many reasons, some of it going right back to racism. That must have been so hard for him. His various attempts to be loved by the world equaled the pain he [...]