Word: yoko
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...vanity project that somehow went horribly right. The chaotic show--a hybrid of circus and rock concert with some of the hottest acts in swinging London (John Lennon, the Who)--was shelved in the 1960s and not released on video until 1996. The new DVD adds commentary from Jagger, Yoko Ono and others. Keith Richards mumbles the best line: "I remember not remembering everything towards the end." But watching a young Jagger lead the Stones through sublimely insolent versions of You Can't Always Get What You Want and Sympathy for the Devil is simply unforgettable. By Christopher John Farley
...think the images are shocking, because that's the first thing you see when you are born." YOKO ONO, Japanese artist, on My Mother Was Beautiful, her display of banners featuring multiple images of a female breast and crotch, to be hung this week at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool, England
...marriage was a good model for Japanese young people. I wish the Imperial Household Agency [the ultra-traditional overseer of the activities of Japan's royal family] would change, so that the Harvard-educated princess, who worked in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, could live her life to the fullest. Yoko Ninomiya Hiroshima...
...through details to find patterns and axes to grind with the music. Without them, there could be no arguments about who produced the three best U2 albums, or at least it would require more effort to resolve. Then again, avoiding liners might have saved Paul McCartney being sued by Yoko Ono over his switching of the traditional Lennon/McCartney credit on his last album. And then there’s the problem of lyrics. Without printed prompts, will we still be able to sing along with our accustomed confidence and abandon...
...tide has turned, egged on by investment banks, such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, that are counseling clients to continue to load up on Japanese stocks. "I doubt the index will rise to 20,000 anytime soon, but I'm hoping this positive growth will continue," says Yoko Maekawa, a 29-year-old Tokyo software engineer who is buying shares of Japanese companies. "Compared with before, I certainly feel I have better odds...