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Author Larry Kane
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"No artistic genius
was more complex,
and none more
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ous man."
It was a
minefield for
the rocker and
the reporter.
And Lennon
served up a
verbal battle
against Karie
when the
young broad-
caster indicat-
ed his own
intent to serve
his country
("I was lucky
enough to get
into the
Reserves," recalls Kane).
The pacifist John was less than
reserved about the revelation. "He
offered me a job if I moved to England"
and stayed out of the service, says
Kane. "Maybcworking as a publicist for
them, a writer." But Kane, quintessen-
tially and proudly American, was not
about to cross the Pond.
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The "war of words" did show how the
writer and the singer were not in con-
cert on so many views — which Kane
wants to make clear: "I didn't approve
of a lot of the way he conducted his
life says the writer of the roads
Lennon took manifesting the mantra of
"sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll:'
And yet, despite revelations of
Lennon as a man beset by a bad tern-
per and inflamed passions — he once
bloody-well kicked and beat the day-
lights out of one of the true loves of his
life, original band member Stuart
Sutcliffe — Kane concedes that, in put-
ting together the final chapter of his
book, devoted to reminiscences by oth-
ers,"I couldn't find anyone to say any-
thing negative about him."_
But bad buzz did heset Lennon,
dogged as he was by the FBI as an
undesirable, with J. Edgar Hoover
desiring to keep him out of the coun-
try, and by those.who saw him only as
a guitar-strumming troublemaker. "But
he didn't see himself as that way," says
Kane. "Even in the song 'Revolution,
that song is about seeking peace.
"He was hardly a left-wing extrem-
ist," adds Kane. "In fact, he was some-
one who loved cops and bought bullet-
proof vests" as a gift for New York City's
finest..
One of the finest recollections in the
book focuses on New York — the Shea
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Stadium concerts held on the turf of
baseball's New York Mets. And some of
the less-than-stellar memories are
about those dearest to Lennon's heart.
There are tales of the robust
romances with inamorata May Pang
("She is not thrilled with this book:'
says Kane); firSt wife Cynthia Lennon
(whose own memoir just came out);
and, of course, Yoko Ono, whose influ-
ence on Lennon infuriated many of his
fans.
Kane's conversations with her for the
book were instructive and intriguing,
with Ono depicted far more benign
than bedeviling.
"Yoko has not said a word to me"
since the book came'out. But silence
speaks volumes— of acceptance, even
if May "said she felt a tinge of disap-
pointment" in the book, says Kane. "If
both loved it, I'd be worried:' says the
author of trying to please two of the
loves of Lennon's life.
'Kane tackled his complicated subject
in an inventive way. "The book is a dif-
ferent way of looking at a person's life
Kane says of the format he devised of
"12 to 13 themes, ranging from
"Murder at the Dakota" and "Eight Days
a Week" (Lennon on Tour) to "The
Man, the Myth and the Truth" and "The
Lennon Generation Speaks."
His thoughts on what Lennon would
be like today, if he were alive at age 65?
"He loved technology," and would
have been at the forefront of new
sounds and their development, asserts
Kane, who says he could imagine •
Lennon diversifying.
Imagine ... If McCartney's now into
McClassics, what would Lennon do?
Replies Kane: "I could see John com-
posing opera."
Yoko Ono presents "So This Is
Xmas: The Artwork of John
Lennon" 5-9 p.m. Thursday,
noon-9 p.m. Friday, noon-7 p.m.
Saturday and noon-6 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 8-11, at 217 N. Main
St., in Ann Arbor. The exhibit
will feature original drawings
and limited edition prints and
help benefit Dawn Farm,a non-
profit facility that assists addicts
and alcoholics in achieving
long-term recovery. For show
information, call
(888) ART-1969. For directions,
call (734) 668-7112 or visit
www.mainstreetannarbor.org .