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   Norbert K to All   
   John in the L.A. Times, 1974   
   07 Feb 24 02:33:23   
   
   From: norbertkosky69@gmail.com   
      
   Lennon was in Los Angeles for three days of business meetings and promotional   
   activities, including a three-hour stint as a disc jockey on a local radio   
   station.  Identifying himself as "Dr. Winston O'Boogie," he played some   
   records (including, to the    
   surprise of some who feel he's still anti-Beatles, Paul McCartney's "Jet" and   
   George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord") and answered phone calls in the wry,   
   who-can-take-this-seriously style that was his trademark with the Beatles.     
      
        "Hello, John," a caller said, a bit of hero-worship in his voice.  "This   
   is Mark.  One of the songs you wrote in the Beatles days -- 'I Am the Walrus'   
   -- is a favorite of mine."     
      
        "Oh," Lennon said in a greatly exaggerated voice.  "That's a favorite of   
   mine, too.  What a coincidence."     
      
        "I wanted to know," the voice continued, still trying to inject a note of   
   seriousness into what had turned into a zany radio show, "where some of the   
   insane lyrics that you write come from."   
      
        "Out of my insane head," Lennon roared back.  "I have to leave you now   
   because my head is walking away from me."  And he was off to the next caller.   
      
   -- excerpted from the Sept. 1974 article "Dr. Winston O'Boogie Movng On to   
   Lighter Ground" by Robert Hilburn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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