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The Ghost Sonata

Vincent Zangrillo

The Ghost Sonata - Vincent Zangrillo

Gregory Corso loved Patti Smith. Patti Smith loved Jim Carroll. Jim Carroll loved Ted Berrigan. Ted Berrigan loved Mark and Mark loved me. Once after Gregory was gone maybe two years, I’m not good with numbers, I ran into Patti at the O.T.B. on King St. … [Read more...]

Review – Reaching Out with No Hands: Reconsidering Yoko Ono by Lisa Carver

Denise Enck

Reaching Out with No Hands - Reconsidering Yoko Ono

Reaching Out with No Hands: Reconsidering Yoko Ono / Lisa Carver / Backbeat Books / 2012 / 978-1617130946 The popular perceptions of Yoko Ono are often unflattering: hanger-on, untalented, unattractive, shrill, remote. Lisa Carver, herself an artist … [Read more...]

Review – An Invisible Flower by Yoko Ono

Denise Enck

Yoko Ono - An Invisible Flower

An Invisible Flower by Yoko Ono / Chronicle Books / 52 pages / 978-1452109114 An Invisible Flower was written and illustrated by nineteeen-year-old Yoko Ono, years before she met John Lennon, or became a public figure. It is the tale of a girl who … [Read more...]

Book Review – Love Me Do: Behind the Scenes at the Recording of the Beatles’ First Single

Craig Enck

Love Me Do Behind the Scenes at the Recording of the Beatles' First Recording

Bill Harry's chronicle of the Beatles road to their first single release may not get any awards for journalistic style, but it is still a fascinating rundown of the lucky breaks, perseverence, and machinations it can take to get even a talented band … [Read more...]

Review – The John Lennon Letters

Denise Enck

The John Lennon Letters

It's the small artifacts of everyday life which reveal so much about us - the notes, letters, photos, lists, all capture our daily moods and thoughts. Some are intimate; others are mundane, but all have the capacity to shed light on who we … [Read more...]

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