myth-making

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

  the other night i saw that yoko ono interview on tv, where she said that she 
  thinks that john lennon, if still alive, would today be into hiphop ... kfl 


Doug Millison schrieb:
> "So even if, against all odds, the revisionist view were proved 
> correct and aspects of Lennon's biography were shown to be a myth, 
> composed by Lennon and maintained by Ms. Ono, what of it? The 
> essentials are undeniable: you can come from a suburb of a moribund 
> industrial city, develop a talent that captures the imagination of 
> the world, use your success to raise issues of transcendent 
> importance and make a lasting mark on the culture. Apart from this 
> one's tragic ending, 20 years ago tomorrow, myths don't get better 
> than that."
>
> ...unless you're Thomas Pynchon, perhaps.  Some of you may enjoy this 
>
> article, at http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/arts/07NOTE.html
> -- 
> d  o  u  g    m  i  l  l  i  s  o  n  <http://www.online-journalist.com>