john lennon

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) – (L—R) John Lennon, Bryan Ledgard

Culture, Past Events

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

Ryan Reed

10/24/2025
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) – John Lennon once wrote a fascinating letter to a then-obscure folk artist. It wasn't delivered for decades.

Culture, Music

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

Ryan Reed

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

Culture

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

Ryan Reed

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

Culture

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

Ryan Reed

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

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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