Tag Archives: Sean O’Hagen Guardian

LENNON: SLUMBERING THROUGH DOUBLE and MULTIPLE FANTASIES

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Dave

The light came through the window, Straight from the sun above, And so inside my little room There plunged the rays of Love. In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see, Out of which the Nameless … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Brian Epstein, Dan Graham, David Buxton, Dwight MacDonald, Dwight McDonald, George Melly, Glenn Gass, Herbert J. Gans, Hunter Davis, Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, John Lennon, Leo Ruth, Nigel Farndale, Philip Norman, Ray Coleman, Scott Thill, Sean O'Hagen Guardian, Todd Gitlin | Leave a comment

THE CELEBRITY OF COMMODITY: Instant Karma of Possession

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Dave

” Similarly, when Nike introduced a new shoe line “Air Huarache” and wanted to distinguish its sign from those of other shoe lines, Nike adopted John Lennon’s song “Instant Karma” as a starting point for the shoe’s sign value. Nike … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Annie Leib, Craig McClean, David Reisman, Dwight MacDonald, F.R. Leavis, George Konig, Ian Bogost, John Lennon, John Osborne, John Stratton, Jon Stratton, Karl Marx, Keith Waterhouse, Luc Sante, Mark J. Nelson, Patrick Mignon, Philip Norman, Pierre Bordieu, Robert Goldman, Robert Hilburn, Sean Lennon, Sean O'Hagen Guardian, Stephen Papson, Stuart Hall, Sue Summers, Theodor Adorno, Thomas Frank, Thorstein Veblen, Yoko Ono | Leave a comment

CONTEXTUAL MIND GAMES: “FREE LOVE” or REAL LOVE?

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Dave

It seems as if John Lennon has been mainly remembered in ways that endorsed his desire and passion for political activism. However, popular culture proves that this was not always the case, since by definition “popular” is a metaphor for the product … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Bob Westall, Brian Epstein, David Kiefaber, Dwight MacDonald, Dwight McDonald, Dwite McDonald, Jaclyn Nardone, John Lennon, Keven Contreras, Sean Lennon, Sean O'Hagen Guardian, Stuart Hall, Thomas Frank, Vicki McClure Davidson, Yoko Ono | Leave a comment

ITS ONLY ROCK N' ROLL

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Dave

In 1830 French Romanticism truly bloomed with Victor Hugo’s Hernani and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, both works that fully embraced Diderot’s mandate: the Symphonie Fantastique, with its programatic autobiographical backdrop and dense intertwining of the spheres of composer and composition, would, … Continue reading →