SOMETHING NEW: We want to see YOU looking FAB in all your Beatles gear! Send us a picture of you wearing your favorite Beatles items that you got from THE FEST, and you may just end up on our website. Rock out your best Beatles t-shirt,  OR show us your Beatle-bathroom (shower curtain, towels and all), Beatles Room, or perhaps an English Tea Party with all those mugs! What ever you’ve got, we want to see it, and so do your fellow fans.

Sending your images gives us permission to use those photos on The FEST site, or possibly in future FEST catalogues! Have fun!

[photosmash]

We heard the comments ourselves last night. We were at the Palisades Center Multiplex in West Nyack, NY, when fans came out of the theatre. Some came over to us and told us how much they loved the movie. They liked the honesty in the film and the actor who portrayed John Lennon – Aaron Johnson. The movie opened in hundreds of theatres last night.Go see it this weekend. You won’t be disappointed.

Today, we celebrate the life of John Lennon on the day he would have turned 70. It is also Sean’s 35th, so it would have be the exact day that his dad was twice as old as him. Celebrations are taking place around the world to honor John’s life, so put on some of John’s music in your iPod, CD or DVD player or however you listen to music. All of these formats were not around in 1980!

Yoko is in Iceland today for the lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower.  “Let’s Tweet a million wishes for Peace for John’s birthday” is Yoko’s wish. Go to http://imaginepeacetower.com/
to send a wish and you can also watch the lighting live today at 3PM EDT.

Nowhere Boy opened last night in New York and Los Angeles to excellent reviews. It opens in many more cities on Oct 15th. Don’t miss it.

The PBS movie LENNONYC will make its TV debut on November 22nd with the DVD coming out the next day. If you live in NYC there is a FREE showing in Central Park to the first 5500 people. We went to the premiere the over evening and it was extremely well done.

This evening we are going to the Amnesty International Concert  for John at 7PM with The Quarrymen, Pete Seeger, Neil Innes, Mark Hudson, Earl Slick, Glen Burtnik, Tom Paxton, Tom  Chapin and many others. There are still some tickets available. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

If you purchased any of John’s remastered reissues this week, the John Lennon Universe is now open. The was a card in every CD telling you how to get there.

Today we think about John and the treasures he gave us that can never be taken from us. We can’t help but to think of what the last 30 years would have been like for him (and us) had he lived. We can only Imagine! Happy Birthday John. Thank you for everything you gave us.

On a personal note, my dad shared John’s birthday. He was my guiding light in this world and I think of him today as well.