View Full Version : Yoko mail re: Dec. 8 Anniversary
AtPontchartrain
12-07-2007, 04:08 PM
Dear Friends
This December 8th is the 27th anniversary of John Lennon's passing.
Please visit www.IMAGINEPEACE.com at any time on Dec 8th for a special
message & video.
WAR IS OVER! artwork is now available for download at
http://www.imaginepeace.com/downloads/WarIsOver.jpg
Please print & display in your window, workplace, school, street, car,
computer & elsewhere over the holiday season.
On December 8th, 11.15pm (your local time) please remember John by
taking a moment of quiet reflection. If you would like to play or sing
"Imagine" and IMAGINE a world of PEACE, we will all be together at
that moment in every time zone as IMAGINE PEACE makes its way around the world - every hour for 24 hours.
Please send in stories & photos of what you did on December 8th to
stories@imaginepeace.com and tell us of your experiences. That would
be lovely!
With deepest love
Yoko Ono Lennon
'Get Your Matches Ready!"
RIP John
mightyradgumbo
12-08-2007, 12:25 AM
Remember that night like few others....watching the Pats on Monday night versus Miami and Howard Cosell announced it....very sad....RIP John
denideadhead
12-08-2007, 01:20 AM
Remember that night like few others....watching the Pats on Monday night versus Miami and Howard Cosell announced it....very sad....RIP John
Wierd but guess not.... just said to somebody I so remember I was watching Monday nite Fball and my friend me called from Chicago..then def don't remember watching anymore of the game
AtPontchartrain
12-08-2007, 08:45 AM
We were in Dallas, and my mother called from N.O. in somewhat of a panic, "Who is this John Lennon?" Generation gap!
ibjamn
12-08-2007, 08:48 AM
I was working at Ochsner Hospital, getting dressed in scrubs in the locker room when someone told me. I was in a fog for days....
One year after, Dec. 8 1981. I was in High School at the time. My friends and I decided to cut classes after lunch, and with my friend's boom box playing Lennon/Beatle songs, we walked from the school on the Upper East Side, across Central Park, to the Dakota.
There were maybe 100-200 folks there holding a vigil. The sidewalks in front of the Dakota were barricaded off, and the police were keeping all of us across the street. The vigil was nothing planned or formal. Just standing around, talking, remembering, and occasionally singing. "Give Peace a Chance" was the top choice that day.
It was a miserable NYC December day, maybe 40 degrees and drizzling/raining, and I had a cold. But someone was passing around a bottle of Southern Comfort, and that warmed me up and soothed my throat.
What I remember most, though - someone had placed some candles on the steps to the Dakota. Despite the drizzle and the periods of heavier rain, the candles all kept burning. I was there for a couple of hours, and not a single flame was extinguished.
RIP.
rosetree
12-08-2007, 11:39 AM
December 8, 1980, one of those touchstone memories.....After a raucous, intense, gone-to-church concert by Bruce Springsteen in his prime, we left the Spectrum in Philadelphia in a cloud of pleasure and fulfillment. We got back to our car and turned on WMMR and heard nothing but John Lennon songs. We thought it strange because after a major concert, the station would play that artist's songs, especially Bruce. Our bewildered minds were shocked when the announcer came on to tell of Lennon's murder.
The next night, the crowd in the Spectrum was a little anxious. What would Bruce do? Would he be subdued, or will he kick ass? Well, he was the later! He dedicated his encore of "Born to Run" to Lennon, and we went crazy! Music can be so cathardic!!! I think of that show every December 8th....
Many of my friends & I gathered at another friend's house, played Lennon & Beatles music until late the next night. I still listen to Double Fantasy every 12-8...well, half of it...
jazzfestchic
12-08-2007, 02:43 PM
How freaky!!! I just put the One cd and than I jump on the board see that it is John's anniversary.....
festivalgirl
12-08-2007, 07:55 PM
I was living only a few blocks away. First year of college, watching MNF.
That was the neighborhood I grew up in. It hadn't become yuppied and expensive yet. It was a free thinking mixed area. My schools had kids of every race, creed, ethnicity and we all learned from each other. I always thought that is why John chose there to live. Paul & Linda McCartney also had an apartment nearby.
My mother's dream was to live in The Dakota but it was not in our budget.
A lot of dreams died that night. :(
jazzfestchic
12-09-2007, 05:38 AM
I was living only a few blocks away. First year of college, watching MNF.
That was the neighborhood I grew up in. It hadn't become yuppied and expensive yet. It was a free thinking mixed area. My schools had kids of every race, creed, ethnicity and we all learned from each other. I always thought that is why John chose there to live. Paul & Linda McCartney also had an apartment nearby.
My mother's dream was to live in The Dakota but it was not in our budget.
A lot of dreams died that night. :(
I just got goose bumps readin' this...............................
husb_2ndliner
12-09-2007, 10:08 AM
I will probably get flamed for this.
Instead of remembering where you where when John was killed, how about thinking how you can work for peace which is the message of the video?
saturn
12-09-2007, 11:49 AM
Not a flame, but isn't it possible to do both - reminisce and move forward? I don't find them to be contradictory.
Zydekitten
12-09-2007, 12:11 PM
Not a flame, but isn't it possible to do both - reminisce and move forward? I don't find them to be contradictory.
I totally agree, Kate - I find that remembering John Lennon; how his murder felt and impacted me, helps me think about how I can honor his life and legacy to foment peace, not conflict.
freebo
12-09-2007, 01:55 PM
There's always the decision of which to celebrate: the day of their passing or the day they were born...
It's easy to remember the passings, because they're often brought up in the news media. Sort of ready-made reminders.
For sure: One thing I refuse to do is speak the name of the killers. Not gonna give them that honor.
I guess that any chance to pause and reflect on a life well lived, or at least the wonderful life's work of someone special - it's OK whenever/however it occurs.
I'm with husband_2ndliner: Best of all is to do something in your own life to honor their memory. Increase the peace, especially in your own home.
"All we are saying..."
festivalgirl
12-10-2007, 07:54 PM
I will probably get flamed for this.
Instead of remembering where you where when John was killed, how about thinking how you can work for peace which is the message of the video?
Sometimes you need to remeber where you've been to know where you're going.