She Said What?!?

Thursday, December 08, 2005

It Was 25 Years Ago Today...

...that John Winston Ono Lennon was murdered in the entrance way of his home at the Dakota Hotel in New York City. By a crazed fan who claims to this day that he was only killing an imposter. He and Yoko were on their way home from wrapping up the recording of the new record, Double Fantasy. John's first in five years and ironically the most widely received album he had done. Earlier that day he had signed an autograph for his killer. Mark David Chapman. Bastard.

If you're in Nashville and want to catch the tribute, Imagine No Hand Guns, this guy can be seen playing the two best Beatles' songs ever. At least I think they are.


...bliss the moment arrived
Apparition, four brown English
jacket christhair boys
Goofed Ringo battling bright
white drums
Silent George hair patient
Soul horse
Short black-skulled Paul
wit thing guitar
Lennon, the captain, his mouth
a triangular smile,
all jump together to End
some tearful memory song
ancient two years

~ Allen Ginsberg

We love you, John.

xoxo

Posted by Stella @ 8:35 PM  

33 Comments:

  • At December 08, 2005 9:40 PM, Blogger Jamie said…

    Remember the leaf.

     

  • At December 08, 2005 9:41 PM, Blogger Stella said…

    Always and forever.

     

  • At December 08, 2005 9:44 PM, Blogger Jamie said…

    you can live a lie until you die
    one thing you can't hide
    is when you're crippled inside.

     

  • At December 09, 2005 7:26 AM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

     

  • At December 09, 2005 7:27 AM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    good words.
    by the way, your brother rules.

    (had to delete my comment above. i had stupid typos. s-m-r-t.)

     

  • At December 09, 2005 10:15 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Jill you should erase The My Relationship With Gravity page it is getting nasty under the comments and Chad is a good guy and says he knows you so do us all a favor and delete that please!!!

     

  • At December 10, 2005 11:22 AM, Blogger Stella said…

    Step off, Chad.

     

  • At December 13, 2005 6:33 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I don't think that the John Lennon would have made much of a difference in this world. True he was a great musician and a very talented song writer but I here all of these people talking about how he was a great philosopher and would have changed the world. That is a bunch of crap really! I am not knocking his efforts or sincerity (even though I know I would not agree with his liberal political banter) but hwen it comes down to it he was just a musician. To put him inthe same class as JFK, Nelson Mandella, Ronald Reagan, Don King, Regis Philbin, or Stone Cold Steve Austin, you know people that made a real difference, is a stretch. People thought that Michael Jackson could change the world and the only thing he ended up changing was some Underoos!

    On another note, I know John Lennon would champion free speech which it seems that Jill does selectively sometimes. This is my second post on this John Lennon article and apparently the first one did not make the cut. So if this gets read before Jill tries to censor me again then enjoy. However if Jill deletes me, then you should boycott her. Wow, I am starting a movement, I think John has inspired me!

     

  • At December 13, 2005 7:53 AM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    i, for one, hope she leaves it up so everyone can see what a dope you are.

    i won't take the rest of your bait, but i will help myself to another cookie. delicious.

     

  • At December 13, 2005 8:25 AM, Blogger Stella said…

    Pay no attention to this blonde bomber. He's had a crush on me since the 8th grade bus rides and hasn't quite gotten over it yet.

    This is his sick way of trying to prove himself to me.

    Sorry, Tommy. I'm a California girl now.

     

  • At December 13, 2005 11:03 AM, Blogger Jamie said…

    I can't believe you put my boyfriend Stone Cold in the same category as Don King! Steve's hair is SO much better.

     

  • At December 13, 2005 1:36 PM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    sheesh. show up for the blog, stay for the soap opera.

    really, though, i don't care what you say about lennon, but he's a better comparison to mlk and mandela than ronald f'ing reagan. digging on jelly beans does not a philanthropist make.

     

  • At December 13, 2005 1:49 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Obviously the Stone Cold and Don King were jokes but if Newton were to take his lefty blinders off he would see that Ronald was a great president. Not much to argue on that one because it is basically historical fact. Again Lennon was a good musician, my point is to keep it in perspective. After all he did not defeat the Evil Empire like a certain president did. Enjoy your cookie Newt.
    As for you Jill, I do believe it is also historical fact that you had the crush on me in 8th grade! I think Jag can back me up on this one.

     

  • At December 13, 2005 2:15 PM, Blogger Stella said…

    Hmmmm...never had a crush on Denise Danner. Just a certain blonde that lived down the street. I hear he's an a$$hole these days...doesn't know when to drop things.

     

  • At December 13, 2005 2:21 PM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    you say lefty blinders, i say right bias. he's not the great grandfatherly figure that most of us who are in our demographic remember.

    and for the last.f'ing.time.

    it's newton, not newt.

    (abbreviated the curse word, just for you, stella)

     

  • At December 13, 2005 3:52 PM, Blogger Stella said…

    Awwww. Such a gentleman.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 8:11 AM, Blogger Jamie said…

    I have to take the Danner's side on part of this. Not arguing right/left or 8th grade crushes, but this is more or less a public forum and and it is his right to debate the points made in the post. At least he's not telling you to delete your post because he disagrees with it, like the j-hole Blake had to deal with. Did a comment really get deleted? I'm curious about that.

    Personally, I think Ronald Reagan did a lot of great things, as did John Lennon. I don't know if the two are comparable in the way Dry Weave is making it out to be, but Lennon certainly reached a lot of people and brought those same people together in a way that a President can't. His words continue to represent a timeless ideal, and there is a lot to be said about that.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 8:39 AM, Blogger Stella said…

    Why does a freakin' side have to be taken? Like, who the f*ck cares? He died. I was paying him respect. The end.

    And yes, it was removed. Why? Because I don't like when someone is being an asshole for the sake of being an asshole. An immature one at that.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 8:46 AM, Blogger Jamie said…

    No need to cuss me out, Jill. You can't control what people are going to discuss in the comments. If you don't like it, disable them.

    You know he does it to get a rise out of you, and it keeps working, so he keeps doing it.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 9:24 AM, Blogger Stella said…

    You don't know the half of it.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 9:25 AM, Blogger Jamie said…

    Thank God!

    :)

     

  • At December 14, 2005 9:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Whoa, look what I just walked into. I smell pooh.

    Blondie needs to admit it; he has a crush on me. He drove all the way out here last night just to peep in my windows and serenate me with John Lennon songs. What a sweetie.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 9:54 AM, Blogger Jamie said…

    He doesn't really like you then. He serenages the girls that he REALLY likes with Nirvana.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 10:11 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Wow, I'm missing out then because when I think romantic, I think Nirvana.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 11:15 AM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    that was me at your window. sorry, i sleepwalk.

    who wants to talk about dental surgery (looks around awkwardly)?

     

  • At December 14, 2005 11:28 AM, Blogger Jamie said…

    You wanna talk dental surgery? I can tell you ALL about that. I'm not kidding.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 1:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I KNEW that couldn't have been blondie because I heard talent.

     

  • At December 14, 2005 2:37 PM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    **blushing**

    i'd rather talk dental surgery than debate the merits of some mope comparing musical greats with washed up wrestler dudes...

     

  • At December 15, 2005 8:19 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Ciaobella, wait until I start playing you some Metalica, then you will get to know the meaning of seranading. Just ask your cuz or jag on that, trust me it worked on both of them! It almost led to Jill and I being locked together until the dental surgeon came to seperate us.
    Let us lay this dispute to rest. Jill as much as you don't like it Jag is right. (Right now Jill is making that face that says "whatever!") People change the world in different ways and it does not always by making all people agree. For example I think Ronald Reagan changed the world for the better and stand by that, but others do not see the same way. The point that I was trying to make is that they are allowed to have a different opinion and express it. That is what this country and freedom is based on. That is what John Lennon expressed. Keep it in perspective, John Lennon was a musician. he brought people together through music, he did not make sweeping social or political changes. Give him the credit he deserves but don't inflate it. I think Newt and I could actually agree on this. Jill, I have always loved to push your buttons, how do you think we have been able to get along for so long

     

  • At December 15, 2005 10:12 AM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    making changes and influencing changes are two different things. he didn't do the first, he did the 2nd.

    and i swear to the gods of hockey that if you don't stop calling me newt, when we meet in person i will show you the meaning of jersey control.

     

  • At December 15, 2005 10:13 AM, Blogger newton dominey said…

    by the way, i agree with whoever said it's time to move on...

     

  • At December 15, 2005 12:42 PM, Blogger Stella said…

    No doubt.

    And I never said anything to begin with on John's sweeping social or political changes.

    The End.

     

  • At December 19, 2005 6:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey Newt, THE END

     

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