John Lennon's killer denied parole for 7th time

Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed former Beatle John Lennon 32 years ago, was denied parole for a seventh time, New York State's Department of Corrections said on Thursday.

Chapman, 57, is serving a prison sentence of 20 years to life for shooting Lennon four times in the back outside the musician's New York City apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

His parole hearing was earlier this week at Wende Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Alden, New York, where he is being held, the department said.

Chapman has come up for parole every two years since 2000 and has been turned down each time.

After his last hearing in 2010, the three-member parole board cited in denying the request the disregard Chapman "displayed for the norms of our society and the sanctity of human life."

Ahead of that hearing, the parole division received dozens of letters arguing against Chapman's release, including one from Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, who said she believed Chapman posed a risk to her, Lennon's two sons, the public and himself.

Chapman was transferred in May to Wende from Attica Correctional Facility, the maximum-security penitentiary in Attica, New York, where he had been held for 31 years.

A corrections spokesman said at the time Chapman was placed in protective custody at Wende, but the reason was not made public. Wende is in western New York, east of Buffalo. — Reuters

source: gmanetwork.com

John Lennon Truly a Legend

Today marks the 31st death anniversary of Legendary Beatles member, one of the founders of The Beatles John Lennon. Legendary Beatle member/legend was shot by Mark David Chapman December 8, 1980, at the age of 40 outside his New York City apartment building and died at a local hospital about 15minutes later. John Lennon is truly a legend and everybody loves The Beatles!

John Lennon's tooth on the auction block in England

Legendary Beatles tooth is set for an auction with a reserve bidding price of $16000. Yes, John Lennon's tooth will be on the auction block in England at the Omega Auction House on November 5.



The tooth was given to the former Beatles' housekeeper Dot Jarlett when she worked for Lennon at Kenwood mansion in Surrey, England in the late 1960's.

30th Anniversary of John Lennon's Death

Today marks the 30th death anniversary of the murder of John Lennon- most influential man of a generation. John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980 by Mark David Chapman outside his apartment building in New York City. It was around 10:50 PM when John Lennon was returning home from a recording session.

Millions of fans will gather at a memorial garden in Central Park, New York, opposite the apartment block where he was shot dead and many will have a vigil at a new memorial in Liverpool. John Lennon’s death anniversary will be celebrated around the World.


John Lennon is still very popular after three decades since his death and as of 2010, his solo album sales in the United States exceed 14 million units and as performer, writer or co-writer he is responsible for 27 number one singles on the US Hot 100 chart.




John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool UK and he formed The Beatles in 1957, at the age of 16. He is 70 years old if he was alive now. However, John Lennon is alive and his music will remain and continue to be passed down through generations.

John Lennon Birthday

Everyone has heard one of the songs of John Lennon. Now, Google is celebrates John Lennon's the 70th birthday today with a music player Google Doodle. It is a YouTube video which is playing the popular song Imagine. A movie called "Nowhere Boy" touches on John Lennon's life. "Nowhere Boy" is the first film to dramatize the early years of John Lennon in Liverpool, his time with his first band, the Quarrymen, and the start of the Beatles. John Lennon left the music industry in 1975 to concentrate and give more time to his family. Then later return in 1980 with a comeback album, Double Fantasy, its best-selling studio album in 3 million shipments in the United States and has won the Grammy Awards for Album of the Year in 1981.

Jealous Guy Lyrics - John Lennon

Jealous Guy Lyrics by John Lennon

I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I was trying to catch your eyes
Thought that you was trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain
I was swallowing my pain

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy, watch out
I'm just a jealous guy, look out babe
I'm just a jealous guy

Rolling Stones Magazine

The Rolling Stones Magazine is a bi-weekly publication that was founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the publisher and editor, along with Ralph Gleason, who is a music critic. Founded in San Francisco during a time when it was popular to combine politics and music, it has evolved from reporting on the hippie-era interests to a mixture of in-depth political coverage, music icons, television actors and pop culture stories, with a circulation of 1.4 million people. In the very first edition, it was written that "Rolling Stone is not just about the music, but about the things and attitudes that music embraces."

Perhaps many people started reading Rolling Stones Magazine because they liked the famous person on a certain cover. In fact, many people can remember who was on the cover of the first Rolling Stones Magazine they bought and many people collect them for that same reason. Some of the famous artists that have graced the covers include The Beatles, John Lennon, Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Paul McCartney, Donovan and Otis Redding and Jack Goldman. Some of them have appeared more than once for a variety of reasons.

Of course, stories are another reason that people bought their first copy, and stories like the Patty Hearst abduction, was one of the most famous stories covered by Rolling Stones Magazine. In the 60's and 70's the magazine was also known for stories on how to grow marijuana and buy the supplies to do it. Later, it was criticized for turning its back on marijuana and becoming more mainstream, but many people learned about "grow-lights" and "hydro-growing" from the Rolling Stone Magazine stories, however.

Other reasons that people enjoy reading the magazine are the lists, such as The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The magazine has drawn criticism for being biased on the lists they have compiled in the past because they weren't a very diverse mixture of styles and some contained hardly any female artists.

The history of the magazine has been filled with criticism for bias, especially in the early years when the 21 year-old Wenner first founded the magazine. As it has progressed and aged through the years, the purely rock music, hippie revolution reputation has become more relaxed mainstream and other popular artists and styles of music have been included. The political views aren't quite as slanted as they used to be and the magazine is enjoying a resurging popularity, especially among the crowds that are interested in current events and pop culture.

The Rolling Stones Magazine has been published in the International arena, with many different countries involved. For 2010, a Rolling Stones restaurant is going to be opened in Hollywood, but it will have no musical entertainment ties. The magazine's name originally came from the 1948 Muddy Waters song by the same name. Of course, the Rolling Stones and Dr. Hook's song, "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" has made the magazine an American icon that most people really like or have some kind of criticism of. It has been a survivor in the pop culture reporting arena, even though there have been many changes over the past few decades.

Graeme Olsen writes for http://www.magazinesubscriptions.net.au, specialising in magazine subscriptions for popular titles.

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