New York Times — Ms. Ono’s early albums, which brought the worlds of rock music and avant-garde art together in an inventive head-on collision, are being reissued. more info

Stereogum — Way back in 1993, The Simpsons opened its fifth season with an episode titled “Homer’s Barbershop Quartet.” In the episode, Homer Simpson starts a band called the Be Sharps with Barney, Apu, and Principle Skinner. The band’s trajectory vaguel... more info

Chicago Tribune — When Chicago bassist-bandleader Tatsu Aoki was growing up in his native Japan, he drew inspiration from three musical heroes above all: Yoko Ono, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (a collective ... more info

Stereogum — The former Pedro The Lion frontman David Bazan has been releasing solo Christmas songs since 2002, and he’s collecting 10 of the long out-of-print tracks on the new collection Dark Sacred Night. We’ve already posted his version of Low’s “Long... more info

MSN Music — ALBANY — In gunning down Beatles' legend John Lennon in cold blood, murderer Mark David Chapman said he almost left one bullet to use on himself. But while he was able to kill Lennon as he returned to his Dakota building home across from Centra... more info

MSN Music — Ron Howard's documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week made its world premiere Thursday in London. Howard, John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, and George Harrison's widow Olivia Harrison were among those at the star-filled screening, but the m... more info

The Mirror — John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, and Olivia Harrison, widow of George, also attended the London screening more info

Consequence of Sound — "Send a testament of harm done to you for being a woman," the artist asks. more info

MSN Music — Imagine all the famous people sharing all the world. John Lennon's son Sean defended Yoko Ono in a lengthy Facebook rant after haters took over his page on Tuesday, slamming his mother Ono for meeting and taking a photo with reality TV star Kim K... more info

Stereogum — Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon were invited to Kanye West’s show at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. While they were there, they met Kim Kardashian backstage and took a picture together. Ono and Lennon posted that picture on their respective Facebook pa... more info