The Leonard Lopate Show

please ask if she's happy she broke up the beatles.

housewive is not a terrible word

SHE HAS BEEN MAKING "ART" FOR 40 YEARS--ALL BAD

Yoko Ono: Do you play video games?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90060928

Seems Morning Edition didn't miss today's real story here. Not gonna bring up her lawsuit(s)????

No talent name dropper. Who cares? Where is WBAI on the dial?

So threatened by Ono...

"Please ask if she's happy she broke up the Beatles"... how tired and played.

Yoko Ono: When is your video game coming out?

mc,

that's what makes it funny, silly

Hi Yoko and Leonard,

I just saw the slide show,COOL!.

Ask Yoko what she thinks of the state of art today. Where is it going? Are there really any new noteworthy artists these days?

Can I get on a mailing list to find out where your upcoming shows will be?

My favorite is image #9. I think it is called "EXIT to Nowhere"; Notice how skillfully off-center the exit sign is, even breaking the rule of thirds. Brilliant!

Her music on the other hand sounds like the theme music from Japanese TV shows of the 90's...Sorry

her insanity will take 1000 years to understand

The slides of her show bore me; where is color, where is life? It's just more pretentious arty stuff, not true art. Plus, she told Leonard that all the information about her life with john is "already recorded". So, here's a woman who, to this day, has profited handsomely from the "Lennon Legend" in all kinds of ways, regardless of any innate talent she has (and she does have some). Yet she doesn't want to talk about her life with Lennon. Yet she puts a pair of high-heels with dribbles of blood-red paint in her show. I mean, Yoko Ono is complex, astute, highly intelligent, even sweet in some rather odd way. But she's also controlling and egocentric. That much came through in the interview. She's definitely a mixed bag. I refuse to either worship her has Lennon's goddess Or hate her as his witch. She just is, I guess.

So many haters!! And such tired old comments..sheeesh!

Yoko Ono has been fearless in her approach to art, music and life - in the face of public vilification such as is evidenced above.

The first "Cut Piece" was staged in 1964 - how outrageous/courageous was that in the context of the early 60's? Much, but not all of her work references the female condition.

And the comments above make clear that not much has changed in terms of male marginalization and contempt for any woman who takes herself and her art seriously..sad to say.

I visited the show and found the various works provocative, moving, and fun. I'm glad Ms. Ono is still out there making her work. She is a model for living a full and engaged life!

just to be clear my comments have nothing to do with her femaleness. I find most of her "art" boring and banal (as featured in the sideshow except for #11.)

"art" should provoke thought. I look and say what a waste of canvas. and when asked what do you consider yourself (ie artist or musician visual artist) she narcissistically says "I'm just Yoko Ono," great glad there's only one.

Loved the show!! You never cease to amaze me with your ever evolving & thought provoking art work.

Kudos to you for one of the highlights of the year. May your light shine bright for as long as you shall continue. Thank You.

i must've struck a chord when I brought up gender...

Things are frequently said to women, about women, and in a tone that would not be used with men. I do not think you can separate Ono from her femaleness, and while I agree that you can have an issue with the art itself, I think the excited frenzy of Yoko bashing is accepted as sport at least in part because she is a woman.

Having been to this provocative exhibit, I would encourage the people in some of the previous vituperative posts, who seem to be living in a stasis of the past, into the present and experience Yoko's thrilling artworks.

join the cult of ono

Yoko Ono has been married to at least one, extremely powerful *man*. I admire her feminism (and her talent, including her voice, if you could believe that) but she's no "Don Yoko". Sorry, John. That's just how I feel, after hearing Yoko speak, be it in this interview or others. She has an insufferable, overly intellectualized ego. It has nothing to do with being "sweet", really. It's just that she's arrogant. Men can be arrogant, too. John certainly was, in many ways.

I am glad so many people listened to Yoko's interview. But surely I hope the large percentage of negative comments does not reflect the apparently closed-minded individuals who listen to this program/radio station.

That would be a sad sad commentary.

But answer me this. Why is there still a double standard that a woman who is outspoken, self-confident-(which seems to be perceived as arrogant) not treated with the same respect that a man displaying the same traits would be? This is truly a crime. What happened to feminism? What happened to people respecting others as human?

At least Yoko is trying to keep the idea of a possibility of a peaceful world alive. How many other artsits or even just people in the public eye are doing that?

The nay sayers, need to get a grip and some perspective on the larger picture here. Open your minds and hearts, PLEASE.

Do I have to unequivocally like Yoko Ono just because she's a woman? That's silly. I do like some of her qualities and I also feel some genuine admiration for her. At the same time, there have been aspects about her which I have never liked, and the interview brought some of those out for me. So, that's how it is and I'm sure Ono will do just fine. John pubically idolized her, almost in retaliation for all the true hatred which came her way. I don't think anyone deserves the awe he showed for her (read the Playboy interviews), but I could understand why he felt a need to defend her, both for personal reasons and public ones.

Thank Goodness!

Thanks, Leonard!

Finally ~ WNYC interviews Ms. Ono. She sounds more casual than usual in this interview which makes it one of the best i've heard in a while. Have often wondered why your station missed so many opportunities to have her as a guest over the years when she presented music and art or moved for peace. Thanks for this ~ Ms. Ono is a Gem

To know her is to love her, she is my hero in spite of all the 'danger' from her haters for over 30 years now. And her songs are brilliant too. Think!

Arrogant?

How could you say that about a woman talking about her experiences as a child durign war?

Arrogant?

Because se doesn't want to talk about her husband that was killed in front of her?

Arrogant?

How do you call it to Yoko after hearing her explaining that did a work in 64 called Cut Piece exposing herself to people with scissors as a metaphor of violence against women?

Arrogant?

I think she has a very nice tone during the whole interview, and in any case she seems moved and touched when remembering her past!

Prick up your ears and listen again! You will learn things about art an dlife, and maybe in ther next future you'll think twice before call somebody arrogant.

John Lennon sang: "There ain't no guru who can see through your eyes." Too bad he couldn't take his own words to heart when it came to his heart. Still, they did genuinely love each other. I do not feel compelled (like many here) to hero-worship Ono, nor to despise her. I think I see in her, qualities that are both very positive And negative.

Camille Paglia put it best. There's no law againstt churning out hack, self-indulgent dreck and calling it art. I'm also glad she had, evidently, a wonderful marriage to John Lennon etc etc etc. The sin was in foisting her decidedly second rate talent onto the Beatles. She could only, as she did, diminish it.

Hello, those of you just joining the 21st century. Yoko did not break up the Beatles (good grief! get over it, 40 years late!). She is and has been for 50 years or more an artist (hint: "art" is not just than what you saw in your required text books, or why you bought your calendar). She is one of the most enlightened human beings alive today and perhaps ever. Get an education. Get a clue. Get out more. Yoko is amazing. Your own life and work should be so productive and uplifting.

Yoko was misunderstood by the media-hungry public because they were fed mostly male POV press reports from her late 1960s relationship with "The Beatles": and John. We still see this today in the media driven hype we are fed about our personality cult of America. i.e. Hollywood addiction