Saturday, December 09, 2006

Imagine all the Profit

On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman while entering his apartment with his wife, Yoko Ono.

Chapman was not a Beatles fan.

Yoko Ono survives. And profits.

18 Comments:

At 7:40 AM, Blogger Woozie said...

CONSPIRACY!!!11!!!oneoneone

 
At 8:06 AM, Blogger Kønig Hasemörder said...

A yolk of pure evil?

 
At 10:44 AM, Blogger sammyray said...

I disagree with the conspiracy theories surrounding Lennon's murder. Many celebrities become targets of mentally unstable people. Lennon was especially vulnerable to this because his rhetoric often called for and incited passionate allegiance and action.

 
At 11:34 AM, Blogger Woozie said...

Yeah I don't buy into conspiracies either.

 
At 4:13 PM, Blogger Omnipotent Poobah said...

There isn't a conspiracy?

Who knew?!

 
At 5:48 PM, Blogger Sterculian Rhetoric said...

I'm not sure if I mentioned this but for a while I lived in New York. From the end of 1979 to December 1980. Here are some extracts from a diary I kept there. Which is quite miraculous considering I was born in 1967, but then again, I am the spawn of diplomats!

January 14th 1980: It's a funny place this, the car horn seems to be a means of communication although I can't quite decipher its intricate speech patterns. Saw Woody Allen. Ran after him so I could trip him up, lost him the crowds though. Met my neighbour. Seems all right. A bit fucking speccy though, the four eyed cunt.

Feb 27th 1980: Damn, it's cold here. Lost one of my gloves. Ran into my neighbour earlier who said his wife found it but donated it to a tramp who lives outside our building. I fucking hate tramps and I include his poxy wife in that.

Feb 28th 1980: Saw my neighbour, asked him to please ask his wife to give me back my stuff if she finds it. The glove was monogrammed for fucks sake. He laughed. Said nothing but we'll see who's laughing, English wanker.

March 19th 1980: Got talking to a bloke at work, Mark, who has some really strange ideas about life. He's not exactly somebody I'd go out for a drink with. He's one of those people who'd think he was your best friend or something and would turn up at your door with the latest Styx LP.

April 11th 1980: Met the neighbour and his wife in the lift. Was very polite despite feeling very poorly. Think it was the hot dog and the 9 pitchers of beer I had. Didn't appreciate their looks of disgust when I farted though. Fucks sake, it wasn't that bad. Like either of them has never farted. By the looks of them I'd say they eat each others poo.

May 19th 1980: Was on the phone with my dear old mam when someone started hammering on the front door. It's the wife from next door. "He claaaazy, go maaaaaaad" she shouts standing there stark naked and let me tell you that's the last thing I need to see. "Fuck off", I said and shut the door.

May 20th 1980: Neighbour wakes me early, pounding on the door. Wants to know what his wife said. Told him to fuck off and if his wife comes around here nude again I'll call the police. He tells me seeing his wife naked is like having an affair with her. Told him I'd rather have an affair with a decomposing goat. He poked me in the chest. I clipped him around the ear. He tried to punch me. I kicked him in the balls and told him it was war. Which it is.

June 30th 1980: That bloke at work is mental. Always reading the same book. Decided to wind him up a bit. Told him my neighbour knew him and was always saying bad things about him and how he was a mentalist and a window licker. He doesn't believe me though.

July 25th 1980: Told Mark at work that my neighbour told me that when Mark was a lad that he got caught wanking with another lad from his school and that my neighbour was going to call everyone in his yearbook to tell them he was a homo. He looked a bit worried about that. Think I might have struck a chord.

August 21st 1980: Not even on speaking terms with my neighbours now. Saw them going into their apartment and didn't say a word. Coughed and made the cough sound like 'cunts' though. heh.

September 26th 1980: Told Mark I heard my neighbour writing a song about him last night. I didn't catch all the lyrics but it was all about him being a big gayer and liking the cock and so on. Told him that he should really do something about it or everyone would know he was a massive gayer who liked the cock. He seemed a bit introspective, a bit withdrawn.

October 1st 1980: Told Mark my neighbour is sending me anonymously typed letters saying that he's going to release that song soon. Showed him one of the letters. Offered to try and mediate with my neighbour on Mark's behalf. He seemed relieved. Told him I'd get back to him as soon as I had any news.

November 18th 1980: Let Mark stew for ages. He's been asking every day. Told him last night I saw my neighbour and begged him to drop the song. I implored, pleaded, even supplicated to give him a break but he wouldn't do it. I told Mark that had I told him 'Think about this poor guy' and that my neighbour just laughed.

December 1st 1980: Saw Mark outside my building. Avoided him. He's gone even more mental these last few days.

December 6th 1980: Told Mark in work that I'd met my neighbour and that my neighbour said he was going to do a live TV show in which he was going to perform the song about Mark for the first time on December 9th. He seemed very upset. Told him my neighbour called him a 'ball-licking fistaholic'. I was sure I saw tears.

December 8th 1980:

JOHN LENNON SHOT DEAD IN NEW YORK CITY. MARK CHAPMAN ARRESTED.

Result!
Rang the lads. Told them I'd be home by the end of the week.
That'll teach you to give my glove to a tramp, Yoko, you cunt.

 
At 7:40 PM, Blogger Me said...

Too long before my time. I'm still reeling over Tupac's sudden departure.

 
At 2:36 AM, Blogger Kshitij L said...

How come nobody made a "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" joke yet?

 
At 2:38 AM, Blogger Kshitij L said...

How come nobody made a "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" joke yet?

 
At 2:45 AM, Blogger Kshitij L said...

How come nobody made a "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" joke yet?

 
At 5:56 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The fact that everyone sems to be telling the same story, saying there is no conspiracy, proves to me that there is, in fact, a conspiracy. I won't rest until I find proof.

 
At 7:52 PM, Blogger Sterculian Rhetoric said...

"...Negro please. ..."

Would that be a query, woosie?
If so, no thanks, I'm tryin' to quit.

 
At 6:42 AM, Blogger Pixie said...

I always laugh when I see Sean on TV, talking about his father like he can remember everything from the second he was born.
The way he dresses to look like his Dad round glasses included.
Stop trying to make money of someone elses talent.

 
At 9:18 AM, Blogger skinnylittleblonde said...

Dead or Alive, I still love the works of John Lennon. His murder is something that I'll never quite understand and although I have never been impressed with Yoko Ono, he apparently was & if nothing else, i'll respect that.
I did read once that John Lennon suffered terribly from depression & that many felt that Yoko played the role of creator & healer of much of his emotional pains. I wasn't there, so I don't know.
BTW Sammy~ Glad to finally be able to pull up your blog without having to immediately see a pecker...I have enough of those already in my life. LOL.

 
At 1:19 PM, Blogger Me said...

Love your new title: SammyRay; Evolution of the Species Reasoning.

 
At 5:09 PM, Blogger Stevenapolis said...

Yeah well I guess Lenon had it comin. Dating Asians is a bad idea. They'll take you for everything you've got and leave you cold, no regret. I need a beer...

 
At 7:58 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yoko seems to be pretty universally hated, since so many people blame her for breaking up the Beatles.

I don't know about that; I think maybe the break-up of the Beatles was inevitable with or without Yoko.

But I really hate the way she split of Fleetwood Mac.

 
At 5:31 PM, Blogger Sterculian Rhetoric said...

Yoko did Fleetwood Mac?
Rumours! Only rumours Morgan Le Fay!

 

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