It is John Lennon's birthday. Also, Sean Lennon's. Happy birfday, guys.
Also tonight I went to the Kansas concert- fucking rocked. Simply and amazingly. It was so cold, too, my feet froze, and those dudes up on the stage kept rocking, they were like 'err it's cold we can't feel our fingers but here's a song you might know' DUST IN TEH WIND, WAATCHA.
Andand. I've got to do a few things before going to bed whicih suucks I am tired but anyway: a) copy out hat knitting pattern for car ride tomorrow b) get shops and shop adresses for trip tomorrow c) christ, mom's CD player in her car doesn't damn work- wonder if we can bring the portable one and if it will run off batteries? i've got some hella good CDs. d) mhmm what else...
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Nothing to do to save his life; call his wife in.
ReplyDeleteAll he was saying was, "Give peace a chance".
When a celebrated person passes on, we may pause and reflect for a moment on his or her life and career, but then we move on. We may watch with appreciation the brilliant performance of a long dead James Dean in the film Giant and think not a thing about his absence from our lives. That's not the case in this instance.
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I sure do miss John Lennon.
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Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans
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Anyone who was living in Goshen, NY in December 1980 will remember this:
Six days after he died, on Saturday the fourteenth, a worldwide vigil in John's memory was held at 2 PM EST. For ten minutes there was silence - peace - all across the planet earth. I had a couple friends over to observe the event on television. In the village of Goshen, although it had been a clear and sunny day, the moment the vigil began at two o'clock, it began to snow - and not just flurries - for ten solid minutes there was a blinding blizzard. At exactly 2:10, the moment the vigil ended, the snow stopped and the sun came out. His child-like, 1971 anthem, Imagine, drifted through the ether:
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
It was only at that moment that I felt happy for John Lennon.
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Tom Degan
Goshen, NY