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Mercury News, California — When Beatle John Lennon first met avant-garde artist Yoko Ono in a London art gallery in 1966, it was a thunderclap moment in modern pop-culture history, with big implications for not only Lennon and Ono, but the Beatles and popular music in general. more info

Stereogum — After headlining Newport Folk Festival on Saturday night, Jack White made his way over to Beck’s concert in nearby Providence, Rhode Island to perform for his whole encore. The two did “Loser” and “Pay No Mind” together and were joined by S... more info

NME — The Pearl Jam frontman played the song during a solo show in Portugal more info

NME — Pearl Jam singer quotes John Lennon in statement in which he defends his anti-war speech more info

Stereogum — The latest in Weird Al Yankovic’s eight-videos-in-eight-days Mandatory Fun rollout plan is “Foil,” his parody of Lorde’s “Royals.” What begins as a celebration of preserving leftover food spirals into a conspiracy theory anthem — tin fo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — GOASTT at Hammerstein in June (more by Gretchen Robinette) Sean Lennon's band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (or The GOASTT) put out their newest album, Midnight Sun, earlier this year and have now made a video for one... more info

Stereogum — There was a time, circa Midnite Vultures, when every Beck song seemed to be aiming at Prince pastiche. That time was 1999, which is an appropriate time for such endeavors, all things considered. Yet Beck had never actually covered Prince’s “1999�... more info

Stereogum — “Bob Lennon John Dylan,” from the Phoenix Foundation’s recent Tom’s Lunch EP, conjures sounds from rock history, but not so much the ones referenced in the song title. The New Zealand nerds have a whiff of Devo about them, but they approach t... more info

The Independent — John Lennon’s scribbles, letters and poems have proved a hit for Sotheby’s after exceeding their pre-sale estimates to sell for almost $3 million in New York.  more info