NEW YEAR'S 2006 Arts & Entertainment LIMITED MENU AVAILABLE FROM 4-6:30 PM Remembering John from page 49 PRIX FIXE MENU • FIRST SEATING .was a danger- 7:30-9:30 PM SECOND SEATING 10PM - NEW YEARS CELEBRATION $100 PER PERSON TAX & GRATUITY NOT INCLUDED ENTERTAINMENT & MUCH MORE! MoSAIC • e • Author Larry Kane on John Lennon: "No artistic genius was more complex, and none more SUNDAY BRUNCH misunderstood." 10:30Am- 3:00 Pm MOSAIC RESTAURANT 501 MONROE DETROIT, MICHIGAN 313.962.9366 313.962.9369 $28 ADULTS $12 CHILDREN 12 & UNDER ENDLESS MIMOSAS 1052970 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. Differing Opinions The Honey "tee! The'olifest original restaurant on Otchatd Lake is now on 'Northwestern I-Iwy. 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 Thank you fot your continuing • support at out new location, . We are very grateful George, Teresa and staff from 2 pin - 5:30 pm daily seniors only 20% off total bill Open 7 Days A Week Catering Carry-Out Service At Our Northeast Entrance 41111E11110=1:11110 Carry-Out 33080 Northwestern Highway West Bloomfield, MI Phone: 248-539-8300 • Fax: 248-539-8303 SuMmer Hours: Mon-Fri 11-10 • Sat 9-10 • Sun 9-9 50 December 8 • 2005 ni t 105380 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 .