BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1969) @YokoOno

Yoko Ono ↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓
Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world. Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn't know. It was good that we filmed it, though. The film is powerful now. What we said then could have been said now. In fact, there are things that we said then in the film, which may give some encouragement and inspiration to the activists of today. Good luck to us all. Let's remember WAR IS OVER If We Want It. It's up to us, and nobody else. John would have wanted to say that.
love,
Yoko Ono Lennon
NYC
International Peace Day, 21 September 2020

Find out more at http://imaginepeace.com/archives/15702

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ABOUT BED PEACE

1969 was the year that John & Yoko intensified their long running campaign for World Peace. They approached the task with the same entrepreneurial expertise as an advertising agency selling a brand of soap powder to the masses. John & Yoko's product however was PEACE, not soft soap, and they were determined to use any slogan, event and gimmick in order to persuade the World to buy it.

BED PEACE (directed by Yoko & John and filmed by Nic Knowland) is a document of the Montreal events from 26-31 May 1969, and features John & Yoko in conversation with, amongst others, The World Press, satirist Al Capp, activist Dick Gregory, comedian Tommy Smothers, protesters at Berkeley's People's Park, Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg, quiltmaker Christine Kemp, psychologists Timothy Leary & Rosemary Leary, CFOX DJs Charles P. Rodney Chandler & Roger Scott, producer André Perry, journalist Ritchie York, DJ & Promoter Murray The K, filmmaker Jonas Mekas, publicist Derek Taylor & personal assistant Anthony Fawcett.

Featured songs are Plastic Ono Band's GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & INSTANT KARMA, Yoko's REMEMBER LOVE & WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND & John's acoustic version of BECAUSE.

"As we said before: WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)" - yoko

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BED PEACE

Directed by Yoko Ono & John Lennon
Starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono

FILMMAKERS
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
Nic Knowland
Franco Rosso
Malcolm Hawley
Angus Trowbridge
Wendy Bindloss
Mike Lax
Richard Key
Jack Reilly
Mike Billing

Bag Productions
Copyright © 1969 Yoko Ono Lennon.
All Rights Reserved.

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BED PEACE starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1969)

Yoko Ono 2012-06-22 | ↓ Read the MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO ↓
Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world. Well, it might have. But at the time, we didn't know. It was good that we filmed it, though. The film is powerful now. What we said then could have been said now. In fact, there are things that we said then in the film, which may give some encouragement and inspiration to the activists of today. Good luck to us all. Let's remember WAR IS OVER If We Want It. It's up to us, and nobody else. John would have wanted to say that.
love,
Yoko Ono Lennon
NYC
International Peace Day, 21 September 2020

Find out more at http://imaginepeace.com/archives/15702

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ABOUT BED PEACE

1969 was the year that John & Yoko intensified their long running campaign for World Peace. They approached the task with the same entrepreneurial expertise as an advertising agency selling a brand of soap powder to the masses. John & Yoko's product however was PEACE, not soft soap, and they were determined to use any slogan, event and gimmick in order to persuade the World to buy it.

BED PEACE (directed by Yoko & John and filmed by Nic Knowland) is a document of the Montreal events from 26-31 May 1969, and features John & Yoko in conversation with, amongst others, The World Press, satirist Al Capp, activist Dick Gregory, comedian Tommy Smothers, protesters at Berkeley's People's Park, Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg, quiltmaker Christine Kemp, psychologists Timothy Leary & Rosemary Leary, CFOX DJs Charles P. Rodney Chandler & Roger Scott, producer André Perry, journalist Ritchie York, DJ & Promoter Murray The K, filmmaker Jonas Mekas, publicist Derek Taylor & personal assistant Anthony Fawcett.

Featured songs are Plastic Ono Band's GIVE PEACE A CHANCE & INSTANT KARMA, Yoko's REMEMBER LOVE & WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND & John's acoustic version of BECAUSE.

"As we said before: WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)" - yoko

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BED PEACE

Directed by Yoko Ono & John Lennon
Starring John Lennon & Yoko Ono

FILMMAKERS
Yoko Ono
John Lennon
Nic Knowland
Franco Rosso
Malcolm Hawley
Angus Trowbridge
Wendy Bindloss
Mike Lax
Richard Key
Jack Reilly
Mike Billing

Bag Productions
Copyright © 1969 Yoko Ono Lennon.
All Rights Reserved.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOKO!

Yoko Ono 2023-02-17 | wishtreeforyokoono.com 🏷️🌲✨♥️
To celebrate Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday on 18 February 2023, Sean Ono Lennon has made a virtual ‘Wish Tree’ for people all over the world to post their wishes online and (in association with One Tree Planted) plant real trees in Yoko’s honor. We hope to gather as many wishes and plant as many trees as possible to honor this incredible woman.

The website launches publicly on Yoko’s birthday, 18 Feb 2023, at www.wishtreeforyokoono.com. Please share this link with your friends and followers. To find out more about Yoko’s original ‘Wish Tree’ installations and the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, her tribute to John, go to imaginepeacetower.com.

‘Wish Tree for Yoko Ono’ has been realised by James Swindells and Loud Beings for Sean Ono Lennon.

Anohni & Yoko: I Love You Earth (4K)

Yoko Ono 2022-04-22 | I LOVE YOU EARTH
There are so many of us in the world who are now awakened, ready to act to save our world. So let’s work together to save this planet. Together. That’s how we will change the world. We change, and the world changes. Have trust in what you can do. Have trust in how fast we can change our world for the better. Why? Because we have to. Believe that we are one and together we will make it. Love is what connects all lives on Earth.
love, yoko

Written by Yoko Ono, Anohni and Yoko’s duet 'I Love You Earth' is both an Instruction Piece and a powerful affirmation. It is a protest song of imagination, peace and love.

With shimmering vocals and perfect acceptance, Anohni loves everything about the Earth and the way the Earth is. Yoko loves the sky, the wind, rivers, mountains, all species and the forests that give us oxygen to breathe. The Earth is a world of amazing biodiversity. As we lose more and more of nature, the climate grows more unstable, putting all species at risk. Yoko wants to scream. Instead, she sings with love and a voice like the hush of home.

'I Love You Earth' is a lullaby, a love song for planet Earth, our beautiful and much-loved home. Anohni and Yoko pay homage to the Earth at this turning point in the climate crisis. A point at which we must act now to repay our love for the planet that has done so much to nurture us. Yoko’s song and film, made in collaboration and support for The Rainforest Trust, reminds us that ‘together we can love the Earth and save the world’.

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I Love You Earth
Vocals: Anohni & Yoko Ono
Piano: Thomas Bartlett
Recorded by Chris Allen at Sear Sound
Mixed by Yuka Honda
Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
Written by Yoko Ono
© Ono Music c/o Downtown DMP Songs (BMI)

Film Producer: Yoko Ono
Film Editor: Simon Hilton
© 2021 Yoko Ono

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About Variations:

During lockdown Sage Gateshead commissioned four stellar international artists, Anohni and Yoko Ono, John Grant, Moor Mother and Tune-Yards, to each create a new music film reflecting their experience of the climate crisis and pandemic. Release of the new music films coincides with COP26, the annual United Nations global summit to tackle climate change. This year's climate summit, held in Glasgow, is being described as the last chance for governments to commit to the change needed to prevent climate catastrophe.

Variations is a quartet of musical variations on themes of covid variants, that sent the world into lockdown, and climate variations that could tip the Earth's systems into an uninhabitable state. Four songs with accompanying films by four artists that express love for the Earth, all species and the air we breathe. The songs are an expression of grief and loss for the world we had that has changed, a testimony of injustice and a plea to work together, to imagine change and act now.

Find out more at sagegateshead.com/variations

Imagine all the people living life in peace.

Yoko Ono 2021-09-11 | Imagine all the people living life in peace.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - The Ultimate Collection - Unboxing Video

Yoko Ono 2021-04-05 | Pre-order now at bit.ly/JLPOB2021. Featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Alan White and Phil Spector. Completely Remixed from the original multitracks, containing Ultimate Mixes, Out-Takes, Elements, Raw Studio and Evolution Mixes; Demos, Jams and Yoko Ono Live Sessions.

SUPER DELUXE BOX SET CONTAINS:
6 CDs - 102 new Stereo Mixes - over 6 hours of audio.
2 Blu-Ray Audio Discs - 159 new Stereo Mixes - Over 11 hours of audio in Hi-Res 192/24 Stereo, 5.1 Surround and Dolby Atmos Mixes.
132 Page Hardback Book With Rare Photos, Memorabilia and Extensive Notes.
WAR IS OVER! Poster and 2 Postcards.
Also Available: 2 CD, 1 CD, 2 LP, Download and Streaming.

FIND OUT MORE. → http://bit.ly/JLPOBbox

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER 2020

Yoko Ono 2020-10-06 | Dear Friends, On October 9th 2020, IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will be relit in Reykjavík, Iceland, in memory of my late husband John Lennon, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. I hope you will join us in celebrating the relighting of IMAGINE PEACE TOWER at http://imaginepeacetower.com, in Iceland and around the world.

Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Power works in mysterious ways. We don’t have to do much. Visualize the domino effect and just start thinking PEACE. Thoughts are infectious. Send it out. The message will circulate faster than you think.

It’s Time for Action. The Action is PEACE. Think PEACE, Act PEACE, Spread PEACE. PEACE is POWER!

Thank you, thank you, thank you
I love you!

love, yoko

Yoko Ono Lennon
1 October 2020

Above Us Only Sky Trailer

Yoko Ono 2019-07-30 | Pre-order your copy here: https://smarturl.it/JohnYoko

Above Us Only Sky reveals the depth of the creative collaboration between John and Yoko on John’s ‘Imagine’ album, bringing the period to life while at the same time outlining the relevance of the music and their message to a contemporary audience. The film examines how the art, activism, politics and music of the pair are intrinsically entwined, with full cooperation from and exclusive access to Yoko Ono and the John Lennon Estate.

Featuring never-seen-before footage of John and Yoko, new interviews and archive material, Above Us Only Sky illustrates how the underlying message of the album was one of radical engagement, and that it is as relevant today as ever.

#AboveUsOnlySky

Yoko Ono - I Love You Earth

Yoko Ono 2018-10-16 | I love you Earth, you are beautiful, I love the way you are
I know I never said it to you but I wanna say it now
I love you, I love you, I love you Earth
I love you, I love you, I love you now

I love you, Earth, you are beautiful, I love the way you shine
I love your valleys, I love your mornings, in fact I love you every day
I know I never said it to you, why I'd never know
Over blue mountains, over green fields, I wanna scream about it now
I love you, I love you, I love you Earth
I love you, I love you, I love you now

You are our meeting point of infinity
You are our turning point in eternity

I love you, I love you, I love you Earth
I love you, I love you, I love you Earth
I love you, I love you, I love you now

http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Imagine

Yoko Ono 2018-10-09 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Imagine written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Im Alive

Yoko Ono 2018-10-03 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Teddy Bear

Yoko Ono 2018-09-25 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Sam Williams © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - I Love All of Me

Yoko Ono 2018-09-21 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Sam Williams © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Children Power

Yoko Ono 2018-09-13 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Its Gonna Rain

Yoko Ono 2018-09-06 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Why

Yoko Ono - Woman Power

Yoko Ono 2018-08-22 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Where Do We Go From Here?

Yoko Ono 2018-08-15 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Sam Williams © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Imagine by John & Yoko - cinema trailer

Yoko Ono 2018-08-14 | Imagine, the ground-breaking music film directed by John & Yoko, is coming to cinemas this September. Tickets: http://imaginefilmtickets.com. Remastered frame-by-frame from the original film negative and completely remixed from the ground up, from the original first-generation audio multi-tracks in stunning Dolby Atmos and 7.1 Surround Sound, this collage of colour, sound, dream and reality stars John Lennon and Yoko Ono with George Harrison, Fred Astaire, Jack Nicholson, Andy Warhol, Dick Cavett and many more.

The film will be accompanied by exclusive cinema-only bonus footage featuring John Lennon performing tracks in the studio with George Harrison from The Beatles, Nicky Hopkins from The Rolling Stones, Alan White from Yes and dear friend Klaus Voormann.

Screenings taking place globally from September 17.

Go to http://imaginefilmtickets.com to find your nearest one. New locations added daily!

Find out more at http://imaginejohnyoko.com

Yoko Ono - Now Or Never

Yoko Ono 2018-08-08 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Sam Williams © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music.

NOW OR NEVER
Are we gonna keep pushing our children to drugs?
Are we gonna keep driving them insane?
Are we gonna keep laying empty words and fists?
Are we gonna be remembered as the century that failed?

People of America, when will we learn?
It's now or never, there's no time to lose

Are we gonna keep sending our youth to war?
Are we gonna keep scarring rice fields and infants?
Are we gonna keep watching dead bodies over dinner?
Are we gonna be known as the century that kills?

People of America, when will we stop?
It's no or never, there's no time to waste

Are we gonna keep pretending things are alright?
Are we gonna keep our mouths closed just in case?
Are we gonna keep putting off until it's too late?
Are we gonna be known as the century of fear?

People of America, when will we see?
It's now or never, we've no time to lose
People of America, when will we see?
It's now or never, we've no time to lose

Are we gonna keep digging oil wells and gold?
Are we gonna keep shooting the ones that tries to change?
Are we gonna keep thinking it won't happen to us?
Are we gonna be known as the century that kills?

People of America, please, listen to your soul
We can change the times to century of hope
'cause dream you dream alone is only a dream
But dream we dream together is reality

Yoko Ono - Hell In Paradise

Yoko Ono 2018-08-03 | http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

Yoko Ono - Warzone

Yoko Ono 2018-07-25 | + + + WARZONE + WARZONE + WE’RE LIVING IN A WARZONE + + IT’S A WARZONE + MEN FLASHING THEIR GUNS AND BALLS + WOMEN LOOKING LIKE BARBIE DOLLS + WAKE UP + WAKE UP + HOLD YOUR LIFE + WE’RE OUT TO CHILL + OUT TO KILL + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + + GUYS STEALING ZILLIONS GETS AWAY + WHILE WE KNOCK EACH OTHER TO MAKE OUR DAY + WAKE UP + WAKE UP + HOLD YOUR LIFE + WAKE UP + THEY’RE OUT TO CHILL + + THEY’RE OUT TO KILL + + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + + DON’T MAKE US LAUGH + WITH YOUR HIGH MINDED TALK + WHEN ALL YOU WANT FROM US + IS SOME PILLOW TALK + WAKE UP + WAKE UP + WAKE UP + WAKE UP + WAKE UP + + HOLD YOUR LIFE + + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + WARZONE + WE’RE LIVING IN A WARZONE + HELP US + HELP US + IF YOU HEAR ME + IF YOU HEAR ME + + PLEASE HELP US + + +

http://yokoonowarzone.com
Vocals, words and music by Yoko Ono © Ono Music (BMI)
Produced by Yoko Ono and Thomas Bartlett
Drawings by Yoko Ono, animated by Jonny Sanders © Yoko Ono, 2018
From the album, Yoko Ono - Warzone, on Chimera Music, in stores on October 19, 2018.

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER relights 9 October

Yoko Ono 2017-10-07 | IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will relight on John Lennon's birthday, Oct 9th 2020 at 9pm Reykjavik, 10pm London & Liverpool (UK), 5pm NYC, 2pm LA, 5am Tokyo.
Join us at IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com and send in your wishes. love, yoko

Yoko Ono - Woman Power

Yoko Ono 2017-08-01 | The Remastered Editions of YOKO ONO's albums FLY, APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE and FEELING THE SPACE are OUT NOW on Amazon at http://bit.ly/YO-SC2 From Strictly Canadian & Chimera Records

Yoko Ono - I Want My Love To Rest Tonight

Yoko Ono - Mrs Lennon

ONO - Hell In Paradise (2016 Dave Audé Remix)

Yoko Ono 2016-12-04 | ONO - Hell In Paradise (2016) Remixes Part 1 is OUT NOW on iTunes at http://bit.ly/ONOHIP1
Featuring 10 remixes by DAVE AUDÉ, CAMELPHAT, ALYSON CALAGNA, PAGANO and KUE.
Find out more at http://imaginepeace.com/archives/21779

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER 2016

Yoko Ono 2016-10-08 | Join us live tomorrow on #Periscope Video at http://twitter.com/yokoono, when I relight IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in memory of John Lennon. Send in your wishes at http://imaginepeacetower.com. I love you! i ii iii yoko

Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance (1969)

Yoko Ono 2016-09-21 | 50 years ago today - almost feels like yesterday. Achieving peace has never been more urgent. Let's keep giving peace a chance. I love you! yoko
Yoko Ono Lennon, 31 May 2019 http://imaginepeace.com & http://johnlennon.com

ONO/Tenaglia - Walking On Thin Ice (Maestro Version) 2016

Yoko Ono 2016-02-18 | ONO - YES I'M A WITCH TOO - Preorder now on Amazon & iTunes:
http://bit.ly/ONO-YIAWT-Amazon http://bit.ly/ONO-YIAWT-iTunes
Vocals by ONO. Performed, produced and mixed by Danny Tenaglia.
Danny Tenaglia previously remixed Yoko Ono's 'Walking On Thin Ice' in 2003 and 2013. Both remix packages went to #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart. Danny created and delivered his "Walking On Thin Ice (Maestro Mix)" and it was an unexpected pleasure when Yoko received it - abandoning his usual dance style for a more poignant and elegant orchestral remix. Released on Yoko's 83rd birthday, 18 Feb 2016, this new video contains original camera footage from the music video that Yoko directed herself in 1981 for the original version of 'Walking On Thin Ice', much of it previously unseen.
Music Executive Producers: ONO & Rob Stevens.
Video directed by YOKO ONO (1981/2016), edited by Simon Hilton (2016)

HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY, JOHN! and more, and more, and more…

Yoko Ono 2015-10-09 | Dear Friends,
Tonight, October 9th 2015, I will be on the island of Viðey in Reykjavík, Iceland, to relight Imagine Peace Tower in memory of my late husband John Lennon, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
Please ask all your friends to join us by sending wishes by post, email, Twitter & Facebook - details are at IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com

Join us live on IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com and on the Periscope App broadcast on the @yokoono channel

Watch events including music from Ólöf Arnalds and the Male Choir of Reykjavík; speeches by Yoko Ono and Dagur B Eggertsson (Mayor of Reykjavík) before Yoko lights IMAGINE PEACE TOWER at 8pm, and John Lennon’s IMAGINE and GIVE PEACE A CHANCE are played as the TOWER switches on, sending its bright lights and the wishes of the world high into the night sky.

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER illuminates at 8pm in Iceland = 7pm UK, 4pm NY, 1pm LA, 5am JAP

Tell all your friends. Spread the word!

Every year so many people celebrate John’s life in different and very special ways. I’m always so proud that John’s legacy just grows and grows and resonates with new generations all around the world. It always chokes me up to see his message still out there. Music helps create a global village and John’s music is very much woven into our lives and will continue to be so forever. He wanted a better planet and together we tried to make it so. The message he was promoting was clear and direct and is as needed today as it was then. All we are saying is give peace a chance! I love you John!

I hope the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER will give light to the strong wishes of World Peace from all corners of the planet. And give encouragement, inspiration and a sense of solidarity in a world now filled with fear and confusion. Let us come together to realise a peaceful world.

Love is our energy.
Wisdom is our power.
It’s time to shed light to all corners of the world.
Enjoy the trip we make together.

Join our live coverage every night from Oct 9th until Dec 8th at IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com at 8pm in Reykjavik, 9pm in London & Liverpool, 4pm in New York, 1pm in Los Angeles, 5am in Tokyo.

love,

Yoko Ono Lennon
9 October 2015

Yoko Ono - #smilesfilm

Yoko Ono 2015-02-24 | "My ultimate goal in film-making is to make a film which includes a smiling face snap of every single human being in the world"
Yoko Ono 1967

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ABOUT #smilesfilm

#smilesfilm is a worldwide online participatory artwork by Yoko Ono that reflects her pioneering vision of the power of mass participation.

Originally conceived in 1967 as a way of connecting people across the world, this 21st century project invites people to upload images of their smiles to Instagram & Twitter, accompanied by the hashtag #smilesfilm.

Using the hashtag, all the smiles are collated by the #smilesfilm website, and are then viewable globally and locally on a world map and together as a film.

#smilesfilm taps into the transformative potential of the smile.

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MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO

Our smiles change moods and opinions as they radiate positive energy out into the world, creating joy, healing and peace, changing the Universe for the better.

People from cities and countries around the world can freely upload their smiles by mobile phone and computer to the world and its people.

Each time we add our smiles to #smilesfilm, we are creating our future, together.

Give us your smile! I love you!"

Yoko Ono, 2012

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TO JOIN IN WITH #smilesfilm

☺ Using the Instagram or Twitter phone App, take or upload a smiling face picture.

☺ Add #smilesfilm in the text field

☺ Turn on "Add to your location map" for your picture to appear on our map.

☺ Explore and enjoy #smilesfilm at http://smilesfilm.com

☺ Tell all your friends

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If all of this technology is far too baffling, then you can email your picture to smile@smilesfilm.com.

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LINKS

Instagram: http://instagram.com/smilesfilm
Twitter: http://twitter.com/smilesfilm
Facebook: http://facebook.com/smilesfilm

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YOKO ONO

Working as an artist, film-maker, poet, musician, writer, performance artist and peace activist for over five decades, Yoko Ono has influenced generations of artists and received numerous prestigious awards. In her prolific career, she has embraced a wide range of media, defying traditional boundaries and creating new forms of artistic expression. Born in 1933 in Tokyo, she is a pioneer of conceptual art and her work has been presented internationally in major exhibitions and performances.

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MUSIC

The music in this video is called "Healing" by Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band. You can hear the full length version here: http://soundcloud.com/yokoono/healing

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RECOMMENDED TWEET

To join in with @smilesfilm by @yokoono, tag your Instagram & Twitter photos #smilesfilm & go to http://smilesfilm.com ☺

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Kishin Shinoyama, John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy

Yoko Ono 2015-02-07 | Find out more at Taschen: http://bit.ly/KSJLYO
Renowned for his sensual, provocative images, Kishin Shinoyama is one of Japan’s most controversial and acclaimed artists, at once hailed by critics and charged for public indecency. Photographing everything from antiques to porn stars, Shinoyama is particularly recognized for his work with pop icons and celebrities, and the rare, private moments he captures with very public personalities. Through his lens, world-famous faces often reveal an unexpected openness and vulnerability.

This capacity for ease and intimacy is perhaps most poignantly expressed in his beautiful series of photographs of Yoko Ono and John Lennon, shot at Ono’s request for the cover and promotion of the couple’s celebrated 1980 album, Double Fantasy, just three months before Lennon’s untimely death. Now, over 30 years later, these images—many of them never seen before—still resonate with a remarkable freshness and honesty, immortalizing the iconic couple at a pivotal moment in their personal and creative relationship.

Limited to a total of 1,980 numbered copies signed by Yoko Ono and Kishin Shinoyama, this book is available as Collector’s Edition (No. 251-1,980), and also in two Art Editions of 125 copies each, with a pigment print signed by Kishin Shinoyama.

ONO featuring Dave Audé - Hold Me (Dave Audé Original Album Mix)

Yoko Ono 2014-04-03 | OUT NOW on iTunes
itunes.apple.com/album/hold-me-remixes-part-1-feat./id597630823

Yoko Ono's dynamic, uncompromising and, often controversial career has spanned more than 5 decades and has seen Ono expand from vilified outsider artist, socio-political revolutionary and progenitor of punk and New York's famed Downtown art scene to now include global peace ambassador, philanthropic contributor to the Arts and Billboard Dance chart-topping diva.

In the past two decades, the boundless art-rock visionary has opened up her catalog of original works to be cleverly reinvented by a cherry-picked assemblage of dance, electronic and indie/alternative music innovators including PET SHOP BOYS, FLAMING LIPS, BASEMENT JAXX, DANNY TENAGLIA, PENGUIN PRISON, JUAN MACLEAN, FELIX DA HOUSECAT, PEACHES, ANTONY (of ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS), SPARKS, CSS, HANK SHOCKLEE, CAT POWER, JUNIOR BOYS, BIMBO JONES, and THE POLYPHONIC SPREE. To date, the groundbreaking remix series has spawned nine #1 BILLBOARD HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY chart-topping hits including TALKING TO THE UNIVERSE, MOVE ON FAST, WOULDNIT (I'M A STAR), GIVE ME SOMETHING, I'M NOT GETTING ENOUGH, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, NO NO NO, EVERYMAN / EVERYWOMAN and the definitive anthem WALKING ON THIN ICE, as well as, 2 critically-acclaimed remix albums -- YES, I'M A WITCH and OPEN YOUR BOX.

ONO kicked off the 2013 New Year with a fiery new dance single HOLD ME - a searing collaboration co-written and produced by EDM A-lister DAVE AUDÉ (whose discography includes remixes and productions for U2, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Depeche Mode, Coldplay and Pussycat Dolls, and an unprecedented 83 #1 Billboard Club Play Chart hits). The single finds ONO as vibrant and compelling as ever, continuing her streak of dance floor and club chart domination.

While her previous club hits have been star-studded reworkings of her classic material, "HOLD ME" is an entirely new song co-written by ONO and Dave, tailor-made for dance floors, and filled with her vivid lyrical imagery. Combined with Audé's midas touch for solid, contemporary club anthems, the collaboration is an inspired one that sheds a new light on ONO and adds a strikingly new dimension to her illustrious career.

Enlisted for remixes are Grammy Award-winning producer RALPHI ROSARIO, premiere Dutch DJ/producer R3HAB, sweltering progressive house collective PAPERCHA$ER, Spain's IVAN GOMEZ & NACHO CHAPADO, Brazilian electro house/dubstep heavyweights DIRTY LOUD, electro nu-rave legend TOMMIE SUNSHINE and Boston-based wunderkind EMJAE (aka DJ/producer/remixer Matt Johnson of Nightriders and The Night Owl), all of whom deliver adrenalin-fueled bangers that keep the emotion and energy levels high. In addition to his original production, Audé himself also contributes to the collective of vibrant interpretations.

HOLD ME will be available as two separate digital green releases (no materials used or abused) on MIND TRAIN / TWISTED Records issued in February on iTunes and at all fine digital retailers.

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER time lapse video - night of 19 Nov 2013.

Yoko Ono 2013-11-20 | Think PEACE, Act PEACE, Spread PEACE.
Shed light in darkness.
IMAGINE PEACE.
All we are saying is Give Peace A Chance.
All we are saying is Give Peace A Chance.

http://IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Bad Dancer

Yoko Ono 2013-11-04 | #BADDANCER Video - YOKO ONO with Ad Rock & Mike D, Ani Taj & Dance Cartel, Greg Saunier, Heems, Ira Glass, Josh Fox, Justin Vivian Bond, Questlove, Reggie Watts, Roberta Flack, Yuka Honda & Miho Hatori.

Video directed by Ben Dickinson, Ghost Robot http://ghostrobot.com

BAD DANCER
When your heart is dancing
Your mind is bouncing
Bounce bounce bounce bounce

I'm a bad dancer
A busy bouncer
Never touch the ground
Never make a sound

I'm a tough lover
A sweet pusher
Writing my life with sand
Waiting too see the land

Place your bets
Watch your step
I'm a bad dancer
With no regrets

Break a leg
Cut the thread
I'm a bad dancer
Full speed ahead

I'm a bad dancer
You're a bad dancer
He's a bad dancer
Bad bad bad

I'm a fast mover
A straight shooter
I might bend
To see the end
Never say never
Cause it's never 'never'

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF HELL
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BAD DANCER
YOKO ONO -- Vocals
Andre Kellman -- Mix engineer at Oscilloscope Laboratories
Remixed by Adam Horovitz and Mike D
Additional beats, programming and other curve balls by Adam Horovitz and Mike D
Words and Music by Yoko Ono
Copyright © 2013 Ono Music (BMI)

TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF HELL
Produced by Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, and Yuka C. Honda
Recorded at Sear Sound by Christopher Allen
Mixed by Michael H. Brauer for MHB prods
Mixed at Electric Lady Studios
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering
Kevin Harper -- Assistant Engineer
Mark Bengston -- ProTools Engineer and Assistant

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: http://YOPOB.com
Yoko Ono: http://IMAGINEPEACE.com

RUV: Yoko Ono awarded Honorary Citizenship of Reykjavik, Iceland

Yoko Ono 2013-10-10 | Jón Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavík, nominated the artist YOKO ONO as Honorary Citizen of Reykjavík at a special ceremony at Höfdi House today.

The City Council Executive Committee of Reykjavík agreed unanimously last week to make ONO an honorary citizen of Reykjavík, capital of Iceland.

With this honorary title Reykjavík wants to thank Yoko for her extremely valuable contribution to Reykjavík and for her lifelong work as an advocate for world peace and human rights and for choosing Reykjavík as a platform from which to spread her message.

More info at http://imaginepeace.com/archives/19937

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER relights 9 Oct 2013

Yoko Ono 2013-09-06 | Dear Friends,
On Wednesday 9th October 2013, I will be in Reykjavík, Iceland to relight IMAGINE PEACE TOWER at 8pm (9pm London, 4pm NY, 1pm LA, 5am Tokyo) in memory of my husband John Lennon.

I hope you will join us at http://IMAGINEPEACETOWER.com for the live event where you can Tweet, Email & Facebook chat your wishes LIVE to @IPTower and watch a live feed of the event.

IMAGINE PEACE: Think PEACE, Act PEACE, Spread PEACE.

i love you!
i ii iii
yoko

To find out the time in your region, go here
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=IMAGINE+PEACE+TOWER+relights+2013&iso=20131009T20&p1=211&ah=4

Imagine all the people living life in peace
Hugsa sér allt fólkið lifa lífinu í friði
John Lennon

A dream you dream alone is only a dream
A dream you dream together is reality
Draumur sem mann dreymir einn er aðiens draumur.
Draumur sem okkur dreymir saman er raunveruleiki.
Yoko Ono

YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND & RZA, Live at the Orpheum, Los Angeles, Oct 1, 2010

Yoko Ono 2013-09-04 | Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over The City / Seed Of Joy / Life Is A Struggle
Download from itunes.apple.com/album/rza-yoko-single/id687809264
Vinyl from http://www.chimeramusic.com & recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Greenfield-Morning-Seed-Of-Joy-Life-Is-A-Struggle/2OU00000000

Words and music by Yoko Ono, Ono Music (BMI)
and Robert F. Diggs, Ramecca Publishing (BMI)

Profits of the download and vinyl sales will go to The Children's Literacy Society, which provides after-school enrichment programs for at-risk children in Staten Island, NY.
http://www.childrenliteracysociety.org
facebook.com/ChildrensLiteracySociety

Vinyl release is a Limeted Edition of 1000 copies: one-sided 10" vinyl with a Yoko Ono artwork etching on the B-Side.

This is the fourth record in a series of Yoko collaborations and covers -- Iggy Pop and tUnE-yArDs vinyls are still available. YokoKimThurston is sold out.

http://www.chimeramusic.com
itunes.apple.com/album/rza-yoko-single/id687809264

Yoko Ono on NDR Kulturjournal 12 August 2013

Yoko Ono 2013-08-15 | ...

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band & Iggy Pop: Waiting For The D.Train

Yoko Ono 2013-08-03 | Vinyl & download available from http://chimeramusic.com
Live at The Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, 1st October 2010
Yoko Ono - Vocals, Iggy Pop - Vocals, Mike Watt - Bass, Nels Cline - Guitar, Sean Lennon - Guitar, Yuko Araki - Drums

"The 'D' stands for death, so the thing is you're waiting for death in a way. And while you're waiting for death, a lot of things go on in your life. Separations or pain or some beautiful joy, all this stuff happens. And then in the end [of the 'Between My Head And The Sky' album is] the song called "Higa Noboru," which means "The Sun is Rising." After the D Train, The Sun Is Down. And then the sun is rising, and I'm saying "I'm still alive." It's going into the new era, a new age. We're gonna go to a new age together. That's what it means." - yoko

WAITING FOR THE D TRAIN
Waiting For The D Train
D Train
Waiting for the D Train
Train, train, train, train
Connection..
Cueing for my bread
Passing many tunnels
In the cold winter morning
Looking for the end
Cueing for the bread
Waiting for exit

BBC News: Yoko Ono interview about Meltdown 2013

Yoko Ono 2013-05-14 | Yoko Ono is also about to curate the Meltdown Festival in London http://meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk which will end with the first ever live performance of "Double Fantasy". Siouxsie Sioux, Marianne Faithfull and Iggy and the Stooges head a list of acts chosen by Yoko Ono to perform at this year's festival. BBC News' entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson caught up with her.

Yoko Ono Interview on The Jonathan Ross Show 11 May 2013

Yoko Ono 2013-05-12 | Get tickets for Yoko Ono's Meltdown at http://meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk

Thanks to biffycat0791

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - It Happened, Waiting For The D Train

Yoko Ono 2013-04-11 | Live in Berlin 17 Feb 2013

Yoko Ono talks to Sir David Frost about her concept for the Smiles Film - 17 December 1971

Yoko Ono 2013-02-16 | "My ultimate goal in film-making is to make a film which includes a smiling face snap of every single human being in the world"
Yoko Ono 1967

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ABOUT #smilesfilm

#smilesfilm is a worldwide online participatory artwork by Yoko Ono that reflects her pioneering vision of the power of mass participation.

Originally conceived in 1967 as a way of connecting people across the world, this 21st century project invites people to upload images of their smiles to Instagram, accompanied by the hashtag #smilesfilm.

Using the hashtag, all the smiles are collated by the #smilesfilm website & app, and are then viewable globally and locally on a world map and together as a film.

#smilesfilm taps into the transformative potential of the smile.

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MESSAGE FROM YOKO ONO

Our smiles change moods and opinions as they radiate positive energy out into the world, creating joy, healing and peace, changing the Universe for the better.

People from cities and countries around the world can freely upload their smiles by mobile phone and computer to the world and its people.

Each time we add our smiles to #smilesfilm, we are creating our future, together.

Give us your smile! I love you!"

Yoko Ono, 2012

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED

First of all, download the free Instagram App
iPhone/iPod: http://itunes.com/apps/instagram
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.android

And download the free #smilesfilm App
iPhone/iPod App: itunes.apple.com/gb/app/smilesfilm/id536220280
Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smilesfilm

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TO JOIN IN WITH #smilesfilm

☺ Using the Instagram App, take or upload a smiling face picture.

☺ After colorising it, add #smilesfilm in the text field

☺ Turn on "Add to your location map" for your picture to appear on our map.

☺ Explore and enjoy #smilesfilm using the #smilesfilm Apps or website: http://smilesfilm.com

☺ Tell all your friends

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ABOUT THE IPHONE & ANDROID APPS

The #smilesfilm iPhone App encourages you to interact in 3 ways:

1. dream -- look at recent upload activity on a zoomable world map

2. watch -- view the lastest uploaded smiles

3. smile -- take/upload photos to Instagram & Twitter.

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APP TIPS

☺ When looking at the Map, tap and hold your finger on a country to view smiles from that area.

☺ To return to the main menu at anytime, press the blue swoosh top left.

☺ Press and hold the blue swoosh for the Easter Egg screen where you can read the whole of Yoko's original 1967 script.

☺ The App also includes inspirational quotes and sounds from Yoko Ono.

☺ If you have any queries regarding the website or the App, please email admin@smilesfilm.com

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If all of this technology is far too baffling, then you can email your picture to smile@smilesfilm.com, but it is more fun to do it with the Apps.

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LINKS

Instagram: http://instagram.com/smilesfilm
Twitter: http://twitter.com/smilesfilm
Facebook: http://facebook.com/smilesfilm
News: http://smilesfilm.com/news

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YOKO ONO

Working as an artist, film-maker, poet, musician, writer, performance artist and peace activist for over five decades, Yoko Ono has influenced generations of artists and received numerous prestigious awards. In her prolific career, she has embraced a wide range of media, defying traditional boundaries and creating new forms of artistic expression. Born in 1933 in Tokyo, she is a pioneer of conceptual art and her work has been presented internationally in major exhibitions and performances.

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Gimme Some Truth about Fracking - Gov Cuomo - Dont Frack New York!

Yoko Ono 2013-02-07 | "Governor Cuomo, Since you haven't met with me about the dangers of fracking, I will show you now on TV:

• Tap water too toxic to drink or bathe in
• 60 percent of wells leak over time
• And they're much too deep to fix
• Keep our water safe
• Keep fracking out of New York.

P.S. Nice to meet you, Governor." - yoko

Join us at www.artistsagainstfracking.com to add your voice.

"After visiting with families in Pennsylvania whose water, homes and lives have been hurt by the gas industry, I wanted to show Gov. Cuomo and the public what I saw. He must know what could happen to New Yorkers -- our air, our water, our climate -- if he allows fracking" - Yoko Ono Lennon

"We hope Cuomo makes New York the clean energy state, not the dirty fracking state," Artists Against Fracking Co-founder Sean Ono Lennon.

Yoko Ono and Artists Against Fracking Find Out What Fracking Has Done to Pennsylvania

Yoko Ono 2013-02-04 | Sign the petition http://bit.ly/DONTFrackNY to tell New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban Fracking in New York and turn New York into a clean energy leader.

Featuring Yoko Ono, Sean Ono Lennon, Susan Sarandon, Arun Gandhi on behalf of Artists Against Fracking. http://artistsagainstfracking.com

Directed by Josh Fox
http://gaslandthemovie.com

***ABOUT ARTISTS AGAINST FRACKING***

Started by Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, Artists Against Fracking is a group of artists, musicians, and filmmakers dedicated to bringing attention to the damages and environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing.

"Right now, some people are trying to make easy money, and meanwhile ruin this country's future, by a thing called 'fracking." -- Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono and her son Sean Lennon were compelled into action by Governor Andrew Cuomo's announcement that fracking might soon begin in New York -- directly impacting their home in upstate New York. In less than 10 days, they gathered nearly 150 fellow artists to join them in the founding of Artists Against Fracking in August 2012.

Today, at nearly 200 members Artists Against Fracking works to expose and stop the harmful and contaminating practice of fracking for natural gas and oil through mass awareness and peaceful democratic action. At its core, we believe that fracking for shale gas is a danger to New Yorkers. Inevitably, the process leads to the release of toxic chemicals — many of which are unknown and unreported — into our air and water.

"Though my father died when I was 5, I have always felt lucky to live on land he loved dearly; land in an area that is now on the verge of being destroyed."

Members of Artists Against Fracking include:
Abena Koomson
Adam Greene
Alec Baldwin
Amanda Palmer
Amy Ryan
Amy Sohn
Animal Liberation Orchestra
Anne Hathaway
Anthony Edwards
Beast Patrol
Beastie Boys
Beck
Ben Perowsky
Ben Tyree
Bethany Yarrow
Bill Frisell
Bill Migliore
Black Keys
Bon Iver
Bonnie Raitt
Brad Mehldau
Brazilian Girls
Carrie Fisher
Charlotte Kemp Muhl
Chris Maxwell
Cibo Matto
Cindy Sherman
Conor Oburst
Corn Mo
Dan Fogler
Darren Aronofsky
Daryl Hanna
David Byrne
David Crosby
David Fiuczynski
David Geffen
David Lang
David Sitek
Deborah Eisenberg
Deepak Chopra
Deerhoof
Devendra Banhart
Donald Fagen
Dub Trio
Dustin Yellin
Elephant Revival
Eric "Roscoe" Ambel
Flea
Flobots
FonLin Nyeu
Fred Armisen
G Tom Mac
Gene Ween
George Saunders
Glen Hansard
Gotham Chopra
Graham Nash
Greg Bissonette
Greg Rolie
Greta Seacat
Gwyneth Paltrow
Harper Simon
Hugh Jackman
Indigo Girls
Ingrid Sischy
Irina Lazareanu
Jackson Browne
Jake Hoffman
Jamie Saft
Janet Feder
Jeff Koons
Jenny Scheinman
Jesse Harris
Jimmy Fallon
Joe Walsh
Joel Hamilton
Joel Rafael
John Cameron
Mitchell
John Zorn
Johnny Irion
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Josh Fox
Judy Kuhn
Julian Lage
Julian Lennon
Julianne Moore
Justin Bond
Karen Elson
Katelan Foisy
Kathleen Hanna
Keith Secola
Kim Gordon Kronos Quartet
Kyoko Ono Cox
Lady Gaga
Lee Ranaldo
Lenny Kaye
Liv Tyler
Lowell Boyers
Malcolm Ford
Marina Abramovic
Mario Batali
Mark Rivera
Mark Ronson
Mark Ruffalo
Martha Colburn
Martha Stewart
Martha Wainwright
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Meredith Monk
MGMT
Michael Pollan
Mike Watt
Monica Heidimann
My Morning Jacket
Nadia Dajani
Nancy Shevell + Paul
McCartney
Natalie Merchant
Nels Cline
Nico Muhly
Nicole Bonelli
Noah Emmerich
Patti Smith Group
Peter Coyote
Polyphonic Spree
Questlove
Ralph Gibson
Richard Gere
Richard Page
Ringo Starr
Roberta Flack
Roberto De Niro
Ron Delsner
Rosario Dawson
Rubblebucket
Rufus Cappadocia
Rufus Wainwright
Ryan Sawyer Salman Rushdie
Sandra Brant
Sara Lee Guthrie
Scissor Sisters
Scott Amendola
Scott Harding
Sea Wolf
Sean Ono Lennon
Sim Redmond Band
St. Vincent
Stephanie & Warren Haynes
Steve Cardenas
Steve Lukather
Steve Shelley
Stuwart Hurwood
Susan Sarandon
Sxip Shirey
Talia Lugacy
The B-52′s
The Flaming Lips
The Present
The Strokes
Thomas Bartlett
Three As Four
Thurston Moore
Tim Robbins
Todd Reynolds
Todd Rundgren
Tom Noonan
Tommy Hawk Wilson III
Tony Shanahan
Trevor Wilson
Tune-Yards
Uma Thurman
Vernon Reid
Vincent Gallo
Wallace Shawn
White Out
Wilco
Will Bernard
Yo La Tengo
Yoko Ono
Zooey Deschanel.

Imagine Theres No Hunger 2012

Yoko Ono 2012-11-12 | Dear Friends, This is a beautiful step towards World Peace. To IMAGINE THERE'S NO HUNGER - as John sang in his song - we express our strong desire to bring about a world in which children will never again suffer from hunger or poverty. Let's come together and help spread this message around the world. love, yoko

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IMAGINE THERE'S NO HUNGER 2012

Forty years ago, the late John Lennon dared to Imagine a world free from hunger and poverty.

Decades later, his legacy thrives as his wife Yoko Ono Lennon joins Hard Rock International & WhyHunger once again for IMAGINE THERE'S NO HUNGER.

Dedicated to the memory of John Lennon, and to Hard Rock's motto "All is One", proceeds from the IMAGINE THERE'S NO HUNGER campaign will directly benefit WhyHunger, a leader in building the global movement to end hunger and poverty, supporting efforts in Haiti, India, Thailand, Kenya, the USA and more.

Purchasing the Bracelet, Men's T-Shirt, Ladies T-Shirt, Pin & Bear (click on the images above) will help WhyHunger fight childhood hunger and poverty worldwide through grass roots solutions that secure basic rights to food, water, land, jobs and credit.

PINTEREST LINKS
Red Bracelet http://pinterest.com/pin/88664686385366479
Men's T-Shirt http://pinterest.com/pin/88664686385366488
Ladies T-Shirt http://pinterest.com/pin/88664686385366426
Gold Base Metal Pin http://pinterest.com/pin/88664686385366558
Cuddly Bear http://pinterest.com/pin/88664686385366515

You can also shop directly at http://hardrock.com/imagine

More information at http://imaginepeace.com/archives/18836

ONO Im Moving On (Papercha$er Mix)

Yoko Ono 2012-09-11 | ONOMIX - 30 Track Remix Retrospective OUT NOW on Mindtrain/Twisted:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/onomix-feat.-yoko-ono/id555045639
http://www.beatport.com/release/onomix/959596

I'M MOVING ON, featuring remixes by Starkillers, Papercha$Er, Director's Cut (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper) Sted-E & Hybrid Heights, Dave Audé And Ralphi Rosario, will be released digitally September 25th on Mind Train/Twisted Records.

ONOMIX - A 30 Track Remix Retrospective featuring mixes by Basement Jaxx, Danny Tenaglia, Dave Audé, Ralphi Rosario, Richard Morel, Francois K., Eric Kupper, Bimbo Jones, DJ Meme, Karsh Kale and Roberto Rodriguez will be available digitally on September 18 on MINDTRAIN/TWISTED RECORDS from Beatport & iTunes.

ONO - I'M MOVING ON (Remixes)
Out Sept 25th on Mindtrain/Twisted Records via iTunes & Beatport.
The ferocious new ONO single is I'M MOVING ON, featuring remixes by Starkillers, Papercha$Er, Director's Cut (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper) Sted-E & Hybrid Heights, Dave Audé And Ralphi Rosario - Out September 25th on Mind Train/Twisted Records.

ONOMIX - 30 Track Remix Retrospective
Out Sept 18th on Mindtrain/Twisted Records via iTunes & Beatport.

ONOMIX assembles 30 stand-out mixes (including the brand-new club single I'm Moving On) from YOKO's staggering body of remixed works that, to date, has yielded nine #1 Billboard Club Play chart hits (Talking To The Universe, Move On Fast, Wouldnit' (I'm A Star), Give Me Something, I'm Not Getting Enough, Give Peace A Chance, No No No, Everyman / Everywoman and the timeless Walking On Thin Ice) and two critically-acclaimed remix anthologies: Yes, I'm A Witch and it's companion Open Your Box.

Mixes by Basement Jaxx, Danny Tenaglia, Dave Audé, Ralphi Rosario, Richard Morel, Francois K., Eric Kupper, Bimbo Jones, DJ Meme, Karsh Kale and Roberto Rodriguez.

YOKO ONO has long been credited with igniting the punk-rock fire years before its official explosion, and her work continues to be relevant and generation-inspiring decades later. For the past 10 years, ONO has been meticulously reinventing select songs from her vast catalog for 21st-century dance floors, giving the groundbreaking pop culture icon a greater platform and visibility of which many contemporaries and present-day contenders can be envious.

Since first bursting onto the art and music worlds with her compelling, forward-thinking works, ONO has been a chameleon, ingeniously transforming herself from revolutionary outsider artist and punk rock progenitor to global peace ambassador, treasured pop culture icon, and dance/electronic music's reigning matriarch.

This digital-only green release offers a comprehensive overview of ONO's ambitious and ongoing dance remix series campaign, through which the boundless art-rock visionary has opened up her catalog of original material for reinvention by an eager generation of cutting-edge innovators, including Pet Shop Boys, Basement Jaxx, Danny Tenaglia, Felix Da Housecat, Juan Maclean, Ralphi Rosario, Dave Audé, Murk, Junior Boys, CSS, Stonebridge, Bimbo Jones, Peaches, Linus Loves, Digital Dog, Penguin Prison, Richard Morel, Francois K., Eric Kupper, DJ Meme, Karsh Kale and many more.

Video: ONO "I'm Moving On" (Papercha$er Mix)
Video editing and design by Matthew Dailey http://www.mattdailey.com

Yoko Ono on NBC Nightly News: I envisioned the whole world smiling together

Yoko Ono 2012-07-29 | Yoko Ono: 'I envisioned the whole world smiling together'
MSNBC Nightly News, 22 July 2012

The idea that a smile had the power to heal occurred to Yoko Ono in the days after her husband, Beatles singer John Lennon, was murdered. NBC's Lester Holt and Ono smile together in this report about Ono's new project about smiles.

We close with a story tonight that just might give you a reason to smile. The power of a smile is the basis of a new art project on exhibit here in London. It is the work of a woman you likely know well who after suddenly losing her husband found the answer to healing her pain was written across her face.

NBC: There is more than just the olympics and a break from the rain that has Londoners smiling these days. The whole world is smiling this light hearted project on display at the serpentine gallery , the hope of artist Yoko Ono when she mused on the idea.

YOKO ONO: I envisioned the whole world smiling together.

NBC: The idea that a smile had the power to heal really took hold for Ono in the days and months after the murder of her husband back when it seemed there could never be anything to smile about.

YOKO ONO: Every day in the morning when I see the mirror I try to smile. It is very hard. In the beginning it was so phony. But then I started to really smile.

NBC: She calls the project hash tag #smilesfilm. There was no public internet or twitter back when she started thinking about it. Technology has caught up ask and Ono is asking people to snap a picture and smile.

YOKO ONO: If we all start to smile in the world something will happen. I think that it will be better for the world maybe.

NBC: Featured in the gallery exhibit a slow motion film of Lennon breaking into a smile. Over the years Ono has dedicated herself to peace, a message she shared with her husband. The two famously staged a Bed-In for Peace in 1969. In 2011 she created the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Iceland. She said she likes to think John is smiling about smiles but it is not hard to.

NBC: You think John is smiling with us now?

YOKO ONO: He would love it. It is the kind of thing he liked.

NBC: Ready?

YOKO ONO: Okay. I like this.

NBC: Maybe it is true. When you smile the whole world really does smile with you.

See www.smilesfilm.com for more.

Yoko Ono: International Widows Day

Yoko Ono 2012-06-23 | Donate here: http://www.theloombafoundation.org/donate

International Widows Day is the UN's annual global day of action to address the poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their dependents in many countries. It takes place on 23 June.

http://www.theloombafoundation.org/international-widows-day

International Widows Day was initiated by the Loomba Foundation in 2005 and officially recognised by the United Nations General Assembly, on a motion by the Government of Gabon, on 22 December 2010.

The significance of 23 June is that this is the day, in 1954, that the woman who inspired the founding of the Loomba Foundation, Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba, became a widow.

When the Loomba Foundation was founded in 1997, its focus initially was on relieving the desperate plight of poor widows and their children in India -- and this remains a very important objective. Founder Raj Loomba soon came to realise however that this problem is by no means confined to India alone. "I was shocked to discover that widowhood was a huge problem not only in India, but across Africa," he explained to WidowsVoice.org. "They were losing husbands through HIV, through genocide, through conflict, and they were becoming destitute. They were not looked after by governments or NGOs and they were shunned by society. It's such a big problem, and yet nothing has been done. Nobody in the world, including the United Nations, had ever addressed the problem of widows."

In Africa, too, the problem is more deep-rooted than current devastations like genocide and HIV. Attitudes are founded in traditions and so-called 'customary laws'.

In 2005, Loomba Foundation president Cherie Blair launched International Widows Day at the House of Lords in London and over the next five years, the Foundation campaigned for international recognition of this day as a focus for sustained, effective, global action to bring about a radical and lasting transformation in the plight of widows. In 2006 the Loomba Foundation held an international conference on the topic at the Foreign Office in London, addressed by widows from ten countries as well as Cherie Blair, Hillary Clinton, Indian cabinet minister Renuka Chowdhury, Yoko Ono and Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon. The Foundation established offices in America and Canada and organised meetings at the United Nations, gaining the attention and support of leaders like Rwandan president Dr Paul Kagame and the former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.

The big problem with the cause was its invisibility. Governments, NGOs, international organisations -- all neglected the issue because so very little was known about it. The Loomba Foundation initiated and supported an investigative programme with writers, researchers and institutions including Chatham House and in 2010, Vijay Dutt's Invisible Forgotten Sufferers was published with research by Risto Harma: the first comprehensive research study of the plight of widows around the world.

Backed with that hard information, support for UN recognition grew. President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and his wife Madame Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, threw their weight behind the campaign and on 22 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution from Gabon officially recognising 23 June as International Widows Day.

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