Remembering John Lennon today: October 9, 1940 - December 8,1980

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

[FarLeftRage]

1. I'm listening to him right now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqP3wT5lpa4

Instant Karma... :cry:

[whyzayker]

2. I'm surprised and disappointed

....That there hasn't been more mention of this today.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

3. I lit a candle (actually, there were multiple wicks on it) for him before

turning on my computer to blog.

[FarLeftRage]

8. The corpoRATe m$m will keep this out of the "news" cycle

Pretty much like they did with the 45th anniversary of JFK's death.

It would be best for them, if people forgot.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

9. Keith didn't mention it, either.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. A lot of the people on this board weren't even alive

when Lennon was killed, or were too young to remember him.

As for me, I remember hearing about it on the radio, and then staying up the rest of the night recording the local radio station's impromptu tribute to Lennon and the Beatles.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Where you you?

I was driving home after a night class, heard it on the radio

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

5. I was only 10 years old when it happened. I'm sure I was home in my pajamas,

probably in bed. I'm trying to remember if I have a distinct memory (you'd think something as significant as that would cause me to remember). I think I may have heard and was wandering around the living room afterwards, but I was in fifth grade, so I can't really remember.

I really got into the Beatles when I was in high school; I felt the impact much more then and still do.

[Greyskye]

7. 1st semester of college

No one could believe it at first. :(

[Cha]

6. Thanks, I had forgotten today

was the day in 1980. I saw that Imagine Peace Memorial in Central Park this summer in August, Strawberry Fields.

[Nikki Stone1]

10. I remember this day vividly.

RIP to one of the bright spots on the planet. A man who believed that love could save your soul:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ThzeFA8lg

[Condem]

11. Howard Cosell told me...

A junior in college. One sad time. I'll never forget the moment. Something funny, though. A few years prior on Monday Night Football, both Ronald Reagan and John Lennon were in the booth chatting up a storm. Just before putting them on camera, Howard said to Frank Gifford, " you take Reagan, I'll take the Beatle". George Vescey(NY Times).

[spanone]

13. all he was saying is give peace a chance.....