• Why did the Beatles broke up?

    From The Starmaker@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 26 21:11:34 2022
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


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    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

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  • From curtissdubois@gmail.com@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Tue Sep 27 06:43:12 2022
    On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 12:11:37 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


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    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    But it was Lennon who first told the others, "I want a divorce," right? The hard part is knowing his (admittedly drug-addled) reasoning for wanting the split.

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Thu Sep 29 04:05:28 2022
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton) destroyed his
    sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way; the brain
    needs intervals in which to recover between trips.

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Thu Sep 29 05:16:11 2022
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton) destroyed his
    sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way; the
    brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.

    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.

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  • From Pamela Brown@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Fri Sep 30 04:21:29 2022
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton) destroyed
    his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way; the
    brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to pamel...@gmail.com on Fri Sep 30 05:20:15 2022
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton) destroyed
    his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way; the
    brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...

    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.

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  • From The Starmaker@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Sat Oct 1 10:09:44 2022
    Norbert K wrote:

    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...

    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.



    LSD and Heroin are two different things.


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Pamela Brown@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Sat Oct 1 11:46:42 2022
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it kept him
    compliant...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From The Starmaker@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Sat Oct 1 14:19:55 2022
    The Starmaker wrote:

    Norbert K wrote:

    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...

    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.

    LSD and Heroin are two different things.

    and i didn't say LSD, I wrore...Heroin.


    Don't you people know the difference.

    I wrote: "i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is
    that true?"


    i didn't say he was addicted to Advil...







    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Sat Oct 1 14:36:00 2022
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 10:09:39 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    Norbert K wrote:

    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...

    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    LSD and Heroin are two different things.

    No one suggested otherwise.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to pamel...@gmail.com on Sat Oct 1 14:44:09 2022
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:46:44 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it kept
    him compliant...

    Have you read May Pang's first book, Pamela?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Pamela Brown@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Sat Oct 1 19:10:24 2022
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 4:44:11 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:46:44 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it kept
    him compliant...
    Have you read May Pang's first book, Pamela?
    I didn't get too far...will try again...I have mixed feelings about May, because she was, in effect, working for Yoko...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to pamel...@gmail.com on Sun Oct 2 05:33:38 2022
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:10:26 PM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 4:44:11 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:46:44 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that
    way; the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it
    kept him compliant...
    Have you read May Pang's first book, Pamela?
    I didn't get too far...will try again...I have mixed feelings about May, because she was, in effect, working for Yoko...

    I asked because there are passages, near the end, indicating that Lennon was being drugged without his consent.

    There's also that weird stuff, early in John Green's book, about Yoko telling Green that she thought John had been "poisoned."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Pamela Brown@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Sun Oct 2 10:10:39 2022
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 7:33:40 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:10:26 PM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 4:44:11 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:46:44 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that
    way; the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it
    kept him compliant...
    Have you read May Pang's first book, Pamela?
    I didn't get too far...will try again...I have mixed feelings about May, because she was, in effect, working for Yoko...
    I asked because there are passages, near the end, indicating that Lennon was being drugged without his consent.

    There's also that weird stuff, early in John Green's book, about Yoko telling Green that she thought John had been "poisoned."

    Thank you! I will read to the end this time. I do recall the 'poisoning' episode from Dakota Days...will check that out again too...

    This could put a different slant on John's drug use, in that he may have been self-medicating something that he had no understanding of, as he was being caused to ingest substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...

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  • From Pamela Brown@21:1/5 to Pamela Brown on Sun Oct 2 10:20:37 2022
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 12:10:41 PM UTC-5, Pamela Brown wrote:
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 7:33:40 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:10:26 PM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 4:44:11 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:46:44 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug
    that way; the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but
    it kept him compliant...
    Have you read May Pang's first book, Pamela?
    I didn't get too far...will try again...I have mixed feelings about May, because she was, in effect, working for Yoko...
    I asked because there are passages, near the end, indicating that Lennon was being drugged without his consent.

    There's also that weird stuff, early in John Green's book, about Yoko telling Green that she thought John had been "poisoned."
    Thank you! I will read to the end this time. I do recall the 'poisoning' episode from Dakota Days...will check that out again too...

    This could put a different slant on John's drug use, in that he may have been self-medicating something that he had no understanding of, as he was being caused to ingest substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...

    I must also say that I found Yoko's statements in the Green book somewhat suspect...as in CYA...

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  • From The Starmaker@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Sun Oct 2 12:42:03 2022
    Norbert K wrote:

    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:10:26 PM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 4:44:11 PM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:46:44 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that
    way; the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it
    kept him compliant...
    Have you read May Pang's first book, Pamela?
    I didn't get too far...will try again...I have mixed feelings about May, because she was, in effect, working for Yoko...

    I asked because there are passages, near the end, indicating that Lennon was being drugged without his consent.

    There's also that weird stuff, early in John Green's book, about Yoko telling Green that she thought John had been "poisoned."

    lead poisoning
    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From The Starmaker@21:1/5 to Pamela Brown on Sun Oct 2 12:45:15 2022
    Pamela Brown wrote:

    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it kept
    him compliant...

    I don't know how you can give a person Heroin without they knowing about
    it...

    and you need a few hits before you can get addicted to it.

    And the High isn't like LDS.


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Sun Oct 2 13:43:18 2022
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 12:45:04 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    Pamela Brown wrote:

    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it kept
    him compliant...
    I don't know how you can give a person Heroin without they knowing about it...

    and you need a few hits before you can get addicted to it.

    And the High isn't like LDS.
    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    Heroin can be smoked or sniffed; it doesn't have to be injected. No one in this thread has claimed its effects are similar to those of LSD.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From The Starmaker@21:1/5 to Norbert K on Sun Oct 2 15:18:39 2022
    Norbert K wrote:

    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 12:45:04 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    Pamela Brown wrote:

    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that
    way; the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it
    kept him compliant...
    I don't know how you can give a person Heroin without they knowing about it...

    and you need a few hits before you can get addicted to it.

    And the High isn't like LDS.
    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    Heroin can be smoked or sniffed; it doesn't have to be injected. No one in this thread has claimed its effects are similar to those of LSD.

    Lennon was shooting it up in the 60's, they didn't smoke it then...


    check his arms. tracks.





    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Pamela Brown@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Wed Oct 5 03:25:40 2022
    On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 2:45:04 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote:
    Pamela Brown wrote:

    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:20:17 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 4:21:31 AM UTC-7, pamel...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:16:13 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:
    On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4:05:30 AM UTC-7, Norbert K wrote:
    On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 9:11:37 PM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I suspect that John's "eating acid like candy" was more conducive to the Beatles' breakup than his later heroin addiction. The constant LSD use (John's life had become a "continuous acid trip," according to his close friend Pete Shotton)
    destroyed his sense of discernment and made him susceptible to predators like Alex Mardas, Yoko Ono, and Allen Klein.

    John's song "Tomorrow Never Knows" is famously inspired by "The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead" by Ralph Metzner and Timothy Leary, and in 1969 John became personally acquainted with Leary.

    I wish Lennon had met Timothy Leary earlier, and discussed LSD use with him. John's biographer Albert Goldman says that he consulted Leary about the effects of constant tripping -- and that Leary said that one should not use the drug that way;
    the brain needs intervals in which to recover between trips.
    What I meant to imply is that, if Lennon had been moderate in his LSD use, he might have kept his wits about him and not fallen for the likes of Mardas, Ono, and Klein. The Beatles likely would have lasted longer.
    I agree. However, it is possible that John was also being given toxic substances of some sort without his knowledge or permission...
    Yes. The first time John, George, Cynthia and Patti were given acid, it was without their consent -- which was spectacularly unethical on the part of the guy who dosed them. LSD in particular is not for everybody.
    I would not be surprised to discover that John had been given substances without his knowledge or consent incrementally, over a long period of time, by someone close to him, whom he would not expect. Not only did this add to his distress, but it kept
    him compliant...
    I don't know how you can give a person Heroin without they knowing about it...

    and you need a few hits before you can get addicted to it.

    And the High isn't like LDS.
    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.
    I wasn't talking about heroin...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From RJKellog@yahoo.com@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Fri Oct 14 12:09:49 2022
    On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 12:11:37 AM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?


    --
    The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
    to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
    and challenge
    the unchallengeable.

    I'm sure it was one of the reasons.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From thewalruswasdanny@21:1/5 to The Starmaker on Tue Oct 25 19:57:27 2022
    On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 5:11:37 AM UTC+1, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?

    Sort of....YO pushed drugs (H) onto him and then manipulated her wangly wangly way and then infiltrated herself into JLs life and then she killed the Beatles. All 100% the fault of YO.
    Bless.

    Danny

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  • From Norbert K@21:1/5 to thewalruswasdanny on Wed Oct 26 05:42:16 2022
    On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 7:57:29 PM UTC-7, thewalruswasdanny wrote:
    On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 5:11:37 AM UTC+1, The Starmaker wrote:
    i heard it was because John Lennon was a heroin addict, is that true?
    Sort of....YO pushed drugs (H) onto him and then manipulated her wangly wangly way and then infiltrated herself into JLs life and then she killed the Beatles. All 100% the fault of YO.
    Bless.

    Danny

    But that wasn't all. Yoko continued to derail Lennon's existence after destroying his band, poisoning his attitude towards McCartney, getting him involved with all those scummy street wannabe-revolutionaries like Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Elephant's
    Memory, etc.

    And then, soon as John had split from Yok, found a supportive female companion (May) and begun to regain his independence and career, Yoko intervened yet again, using her pregnancy to entrap Lennon and derail his reviving career. They became junkies
    again and John's career came to an immediate end. His planned follow-up to Walls & Bridges, Between the Lines, never came to be.

    Then there was the bizarre Bermuda episode. Lennon had hoped to sail to the Thames. Yoko directed him instead to Bermuda, at a time when that region was associated with danger in popular culture.

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