Canadian PM Harper covers Mick Jagger

Harper sings a few songs for his party faithful
OTTAWA — Mick Jagger, eat your heart out. There’s a powerful politician roaming around in a black shirt who likes his day job — but he likes singing your stuff before an adoring crowd of fans just as much. That was apparent on Wednesday evening, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper surprised a packed ballroom of loyal Conservatives who had gathered for their annual Christmas Party. Tory MPs, senators, their staff and the media had all been expecting Harper to kick off the evening w...

Stephen Harper performs rock show at party event
Stevie Harper and the Herringbones rocked the Conservative Party Christmas Party Wednesday night, to raucous applause from what was, admittedly, a friendly house. Sweet Caroline started the show, with the Prime Minister in a grey shirt and playing an electric piano, assisted by local musicians Richard Linke on guitar and bass, Phil Nolan on drums and Andre Van Schyndel playing bass and accordion. The show continued with I’m On My Way by The Proclaimers, The Who’s The Seekers and a f...

Stephen Harper shows Tory faithful his rock star side
Stevie Harper and the Herringbones rocked the Conservative Party Christmas Party Wednesday night, to raucous applause from what was, admittedly, a friendly house. Sweet Caroline started the show, with the Prime Minister in a grey shirt and playing an electric piano, assisted by local musicians Richard Linke on guitar and bass, Phil Nolan on drums and Andre Van Schyndel playing bass and accordion. The show continued with I’m On My Way by The Proclaimers, The Who’s The Seekers and a f...

If You Were Here Today...
And If I Say I Really Loved You And Was Glad You Came Along. If You Were Here Today. Ooh- Ooh- Ooh- For You Were In My Song. Ooh- Ooh- Ooh- Here To - Day. - Paul McCartney "Here Today" By Carl It was a snowy Saturday morning in January, late 70s. I can't remember the exact year, and I suppose I could b...

John Lennon remembered in Wichita KS
Ken and Julie played some Beatle favorites at the Naked City Gallery Wednesday night. It has been 30 years since John Lennon died, gunned down in front of his home in New York City. He is most famous for being a member of The Beatles, maybe the most influential rock band of the 20th century. He was an Icon on his own, with several solo albums and some done with his wife, Yoko Ono. In Wichita, a memorial celebration took place at the Naked City Gallery in Old Town, Wednesday night. Musician play...

John Marshall: Whatever Got Me Thru That Night
December. Monday night. University of Pennsylvania. Van Pelt Library, Rosengarten Reserve Room. Ground floor study center. Students everywhere. We live here now. At desks, at tables, on the floor. Textbooks, notebooks, soda cans, gum wrappers. If we talk, it's in hushed whispers. There is no noise during Finals Week. The stakes are too high. We are all different, but we all agree: don't disturb my Future and I won't interrupt yours. Suddenly there is a sound. Everyone turns. A big, bearded st...

John Lennon Remembered
On Dec. 8, 1980 - 30 years ago today - former Beatle John Lennon was murdered outside the Dakota, his upper-Westside apartment building in New York City. Rolling Stone magazine found lost tapes of an interviewed conducted three days earlier, which they are running as the cover story distributed on Friday. Just as the Beatle’s appearance in 1964 pulled us out of the depression over the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November of the preceding year, so too, in some ...

On a Milestone Day, Business Lessons From the Beatles
Getty ImagesPaul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon of The Beatles at London Airport in 1964. Fans of The Beatles gathered at global Vigils on Wednesday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. What many fans may not know is that Lennon and his bandmates were not just talented musicians. They were also canny businessmen. The Beatles’ moneymaking power continues even now, well over three decades after they broke up, with four full albums still ra...

Sick of Hearing About John Lennon: His Devastating War on America
Is it just me . . . or are you sick of hearing about John Lennon and his death 30 years ago, this week?  Please, Make It Stop. I wish Mark David Chapman hadn’t shot him-not because I care a whit about Lennon, but because instead of being beatified and sainted, John Lennon, today, would be just another wealthy, aging, crotchety anti-war has-been denouncing conservative values and whining about “oppressed” Islamic Terrorists.  The only thing I think of when I hear...

Los Van Van suck it up in New York City
It seems that Castro's version of the "Rolling Stones," Los Van Van, left a New York Times critic less than wowed. Every band has off nights, but Los Van Van’s show at S.O.B.’s on Monday made you wonder whether the dynastic, once-brilliant Cuban band’s aura and reputation — at least here, where we rarely get to see it — hasn’t moved ahead of its ability. Monday’s show often felt like a reasonable facsimile of a good gig: It was two hours-plus, with the f...

Canadian Pro-Lifers: Prime Minister Should OK Free Vote on Abortion Bill
In advance of a debate in parliament over a bill that would stop coerced and forced Abortions on women, a pro-life group says Prime Minister Stephen Harper should reconsider his position. Harper has said he will never reopen the abortion debate nor will he support this bill, but Peter Ryan, Executive Director of New Brunswick Right to Life, hope he will change his mind as he did before. “Right now the Prime Minister is saying his government - all the cabinet members, around 40 MPs I ...

People remember Lennon's message of peace 30 years after his death+
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Hundreds of people gathered at John Lennon's memorial near his apartment in New York on Wednesday on the 30th anniversary of his Assassination in front of his residence. At Strawberry Fields, named after a Beatles song, located on the west side of Central Park near the site of the Assassination on Dec. 8, people sang songs for peace as bands performed. Some of the fans were holding up Lennon's photos and signs reading "Love and Peace" -- his signature messa...

New York fans recall Lennon 30 years after murder
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK | Wed Dec 8, 2010 3:04pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crowds gathered around the "Imagine" mosaic in Central Park on the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death on Wednesday, sharing his music and recalling when they first heard the former Beatle was shot. Lennon was 40 when he was murdered outside his New York apartment on December 8, 1980. His killer, Mark David Chapman, is serving a Prison sentence of 20 years to life. "It came over the radio and me Mum just stoppe...

John Lennon: Where you were
Where were you when Lennon died? It's 30 years since John Lennon was murdered in New York - an event so shocking and unexpected that many remember exactly where thet were when they heard the news. Earlier this week, the Magazine reflected on those global news events that have become "where were you when" moments. Here are some of your accounts of where you were when you heard about John Lennon's death. "I was 10 and we filed in to school assembly with "All You Nee...

Honoring John Lennon 30 Years Later.....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."~ John Lennon Tonight is the 30th Anniversary of one of our greatest geniuses being slain, a Voice of the Ages. **( This post is being reposted from last December 2005. Please see the Song that is posted tonight as well. I am sitting doing exactly what I was doing a year ago, watching CSPAN as the House has late night Vote, and I am blogging, praying for a better Future.I am eatin...

John Lennon
No one has been a Beatles fan longer, more consistently, and more devotedly - even obsessively - than me.  But Lennon was a gifted songsmith, period.  His political philosophy was puerile and as predictable as sightings of peace symbols in Haight-Ashbury during the summer of love.  “Love” is not all the world needs, and whenever I imagine no possessions I see only a sanguinary free-for-all. I’ll continue to enjoy Lennon’s music.  But his po...

Daily Blogwatch: Is Apple Going Up Another 4,500%?
Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web: Cody Willard was right about Apple (AAPL), which grew 4,500% since he picked the stock. So what's he recommending now? ____________ Heidi Moore teaches us what business lessons we can learn from The Beatles. ____________ Nine things I'd do if I knew I was going to die today. ____________ Sponsored Links I'm really starting to think about home schooling my kids. This is, by far, the best article I've read on the topic. I mean, fac...

30th anniversary of John Lennon's murder
Born in Liverpool in 1940, Lennon formed his first band, The Quarrymen, in 1957, which went on to become The Beatles the next year with the addition of Paul McCartney and George Harrison. The Beatles, which disbanded in 1970, are estimated to have sold more than a billion records worldwide. Following his break-up with the Beatles, Lennon continued on with a successful solo career. 'Imagine', probably Lennon's most popular solo album, was released in 1971. Its title track, a utopian s...

Humpday Blues
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Rolling Stone Releases John Lennons Last Interview
The Beatles have certainly made a splash in the media this year, perhaps more so than most years. Google wished John Lennon a happy 70th birthday with a special video edition of its logo, while Apple made the entire Beatles catalog available on iTunes. Now Rolling Stone is entering the nostalgic arena by releasing recently unearthed clips from what’s believed to be Lennon’s last ever print interview, conducted three days before his death. Some simple housecleaning led Jonathan Cott t...

Oprah Winfrey talks about fame, ego and the Kennedy Center Honors
Chicago - To sit in the studio audience of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is akin to having parachuted into an amiable and welcoming cult. It means being embraced in a group hug, swaying side to side, and singing the Oprah song - which involves chirping "O!" an awful lot. This Story Made for TV: Which moments from the Kennedy Center Honors will make the CBS cut? Kennedy Center Honors: Who shows for the show Obama: Kennedy Center Honorees gave gift of arts Stars gather for Kenned...

Fans honor Lennon at NY's Strawberry Fields
NEW YORK (AP) - John Lennon's fans celebrated his life Wednesday by visiting Strawberry Fields, the Central Park garden dedicated in his honor, while a newly released interview he gave shortly before his death showed he was optimistic about his future. On the 30th anniversary of Lennon's murder outside his Manhattan apartment building, admirers played his music nearby at Strawberry Fields and placed flowers on a mosaic named for another famous Lennon song, "Imagine." "I grew up with his voice,...

Fans honor Lennon at NY's Strawberry Fields
New York (AP) — John Lennon's fans celebrated his life Wednesday by visiting Strawberry Fields, the Central Park garden dedicated in his honor, while a newly released interview he gave shortly before his death showed he was optimistic about his future. On the 30th anniversary of Lennon's Murder outside his Manhattan apartment building, admirers played his music nearby at Strawberry Fields and placed flowers on a mosaic named for another famous Lennon song, "Imagine." "I grew up with his ...

Lennon fans flock to Liverpool for anniversary
Fans gathered in Liverpool on Wednesday for a vigil to mark the 30th anniversary of the Murder of John Lennon. In the city which produced The Beatles, the focus of the memorials will be the Peace and Harmony monument unveiled earlier this year in memory of Lennon, who died when he was only 40. Fans will light candles and sing songs and remember the global icon whose life was abruptly ended by a lone gunman's bullet outside a luxury apartment block in New York on December 8, 1980. The Peace an...

Judge: Music website violated Beatles copyrights
A Federal Judge has ruled that a website that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents before they were legally digitally available is liable for Copyright Infringement. U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton Tucker ruled Wednesday that BlueBeat.com violated the Copyrights of music company EMI Group and others. The site streamed and sold music by the Fab Four and other top-name acts, including Coldplay and Lily Allen, for several days before music companies sued to shut it down in November 2009. The...