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John Lennon and the FBI – Dissent Magazine

    John Lennon and the FBI – Dissent Magazine

The concept of the ‘official secret’ is the specific invention of bureaucracy,” Max Weber wrote, “and nothing is so fanatically defended by the bureaucracy.” Democratic politics requires a public informed

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Why John Lennon thought he was a “phony”

    Why John Lennon thought he was a “phony”

John Lennon’s harshest critics would have to admit that he was, at the very least, a forward thinker. Even if he slipped into tone deafness, or hypocrisy, or just generally

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The 1975 John Lennon Recording Sessions That Ended in Fighting, Car Wrecks, and “Basic Disrespect for Human Values” – American Songwriter

    The 1975 John Lennon Recording Sessions That Ended in Fighting, Car Wrecks, and “Basic Disrespect for Human Values” – American Songwriter

John Lennon was in the throes of a debaucherous, hedonistic, and at times violent “Lost Weekend” in the mid-1970s, so it’s unsurprising that the recording sessions he scheduled for his

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The real reason John Lennon left The Beatles

    The real reason John Lennon left The Beatles

While there are many reasons and countless rumours, the actual truth of why The Beatles split can only ever be fully known to its members. But even then, it’s subjective

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The tragic story of John Lennon’s denouement

    The tragic story of John Lennon’s denouement

Most artists can only hope to have a say in how their final bows are going to go in the

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The erotic John Lennon album impounded for obscenity

    The erotic John Lennon album impounded for obscenity

Without wanting to be too crass about it, one would imagine there were few more effective ways of selling an

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Yoko Ono names the song that proves John Lennon was “before his time”

    Yoko Ono names the song that proves John Lennon was “before his time”

There are a lot of people who blame Yoko Ono for the break-up of The Beatles. They attest that she

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The Paul McCartney solo song John Lennon immediately rejected for The Beatles

    The Paul McCartney solo song John Lennon immediately rejected for The Beatles

They may have founded The Beatles together through a mixture of charm, determination and solid gold wit, but John Lennon

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John Lennon’s NYC Period Collected in Box, ‘Power to the People’

    John Lennon’s NYC Period Collected in Box, ‘Power to the People’

A new John Lennon box set focusing on his most political era will be released on Oct. 10, one day

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The music that reveals the true John Lennon

    The music that reveals the true John Lennon

After the breakup of the Beatles, each member went to their own corner. All four were probably thinking the same things, contemplating how their life had just changed and how

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