Paste Magazine — Look, no one is cooler than John Lennon, and his version of “Happy Xmas/War is Over” is swell. It’s just that we’ve heard it every year, over and over, on every radio station in America. It’s time for Burl Ives and Brenda Lee and Bing Crosb... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — The Vox Guitar Organ was expected to revolutionize music. It did not. Wikipedia explains, "In 1966, Vox introduced the revolutionary but problematic Guitar Organ, a Phantom VI guitar with internal organ electronics. John Lennon was given one in a bid... more info

Pasta Primavera — In January of 2009 Dopamine Records is set to re-release Boston quartet Hooray For Earth’s debut S/T album.  I’ve been listening to this album fairly frequently for the last month or so and have had a hard time pinning them down.  Imagin... more info

Paste Magazine — Today's list begins a series that will recur every Friday for the next few weeks, in which I'll highlight my favorite lesser-known Beatles tracks. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wrote and recorded such consistent... more info

Undercover, Australia — Ben Lee has covered John Lennon’s ‘Woman Is The Nigger Of The World’. more info

Silent Uproar — Glassjaw has released "You Think You're John Fucking Lennon," the first song from their long-awaited third album. The track is streaming on glassjaw.com, but you have to be patient. more info

New York Times — The 28th installment of an annual show remembering John Lennon is being planned for Sunday, even though corporate backing has evaporated and ticket sales are sluggish. more info

PopSugar — One of the short slide/shows and videos I made. Get Flash to see this player. var so2550341 = new SWFObject('/static/flash/mediaplayer.swf','mpl','400','300','7'); so2550341.addParam('allowfullscreen','true')... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — It's time to admit the truth. You will never be a rock star. You care too much about what people think. Yeah, you make outlandish comments from time to time, but you do it under some pseudonym on a comment board to make it easy. You wouldn't go on na... more info

Kerrang! — Long Island post-hardcore quartet Glassjaw have uploaded a new studio recording from their long-awaited follow-up to 2002's Worship And Tribute. You Think You're John (Fucking) Lennon can be heard on their official website. No release date for th... more info