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(L—R) John Lennon, Bryan Ledgard – Photo credit: Unidentified photographer for Michiganensian via Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped, with Canva text (left) / Bryan Ledgard via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, cropped (right)

Culture, Past Events

John Lennon wrote a wonderful letter to an aspiring folk artist. It went undelivered for decades.

Ryan Reed

10/24/2025
John Lennon once wrote a fascinating letter to a then-obscure folk artist. It wasn't delivered for decades. – Photo credit: Unidentified photographer for Michiganensian via Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped, with Canva text (left) / Bryan Ledgard via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, cropped (right)

Culture, Music

John Lennon wrote a wise letter to an aspiring folk artist. It went undelivered for decades.

Ryan Reed

8/16/2025
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound had an awkward encounter with John Lennon and Yoko Ono at Abbey Road. – Photo credit: screenshot from Gentle Giant YouTube video, with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound album cover from Discogs

Culture

Rock band crashed Beatles’ studio and jumped on Yoko Ono’s bed. John Lennon wasn’t happy.

Ryan Reed

7/28/2025
When John Lennon and Paul McCartney reunited for a 1974 studio jam, the results were chaotic. – Photo credit: Bernard Gotfryd (Library of Congress) via Wikimedia Commons (left) / Corwin via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 (right)

Culture

Four years after The Beatles’ breakup, John Lennon and Paul McCartney had a chaotic final studio jam

Ryan Reed

6/13/2025
In 1974, John Lennon had a vivid UFO sighting that left a major impression. – Photo credit: Canva (UFO), Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times via Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 4.0 (John Lennon)

Culture

John Lennon had a UFO sighting so vivid, he referenced the phenomenon in a song

Ryan Reed

5/8/2025
Articles, Design, Legacy

Ten Commencement Speakers You Wish You’d Had

Liz Dwyer

5/16/2011

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