TV Seance Reaches Lennon

[byrdsmaniac]

Debuting on iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View April 24th at 9:00 p.m. EDT. For more information and to view a trailer of the seance, log on to:

www.spiritoflennon.com.

"THE SÉANCE TO CONTACT THE SPIRIT OF JOHN LENNON
A PRIMETIME UNAUTHORIZED DOCUMENTARY

Los Angeles (March 12, 2006)--On April 24, 2006, an historic event will unfold on iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View television as famed psychics around the world conduct a séance to contact John Lennon.

John Lennon was one of the most important musical talents of our time, but he was tragically taken from us much too soon. Now, an event will take place that will perhaps allow the world to once again be touched by his genius.

Renowned psychics will travel to various sites significant to the former Beatle. Outside the Dakota building in New York, in the shadow of the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, and in the town in India where Lennon pursued his spiritual retreat, psychics will use their exceptional talents to contact him for the first time.

In India, a spirit reader at an ashram believes he will be able to contact John Lennon to receive musical notes and lyrics from the other side. If successful, these notations will be flown to Los Angeles, where a composer will arrange the notes, add vocals and backgrounds to produce a new song. Could the results be a last musical legacy from beyond?

In New York, a psychic will not only visit the Dakota, but will also spend time at the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park, where he believes he will make contact with the spirit of John Lennon.

The special will culminate as psychics, colleagues and confidantes sit at a séance table for what promises to be the most incredible 30 minutes of psychic contact ever recorded. State of the art infra-red cameras will be in place for the entire séance, providing the ability to capture any presence or spirit that enters the room.

During the special, music professionals and individuals who worked with John Lennon will be used to verify whether they believe contact was made.

“The Spirit of John Lennon” promises to be one of the most riveting and controversial specials of the year.

Paul Sharratt is executive producer for Starcast Productions. Associated Television International is the distributor.

Debuting on iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View April 24th at 9:00 p.m., EST."

www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=165990

"LOS ANGELES, March 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- 'The Spirit of John Lennon': 90 Minute Pay-Per-View Special to Debut April 24th

- World Renowned Psychics Will Conduct Seance to Contact Music Legend on iN DEMAND

On April 24, 2006, an historic event will unfold on iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View television as famed psychics around the world conduct a seance to contact John Lennon.

John Lennon was one of the most important musical talents of our time, but he was tragically taken from us much too soon. Now, an event will take place that will perhaps allow the world to once again be touched by his genius.

Renowned psychics will travel to various sites significant to the former Beatle. Outside the Dakota building in New York, in the shadow of the Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles, and in the town in India where Lennon pursued his spiritual retreat, psychics will use their exceptional talents to contact him for the first time.

In India, a spirit reader at an ashram believes he will be able to contact John Lennon to receive musical notes and lyrics from the other side. If successful, these notations will be flown to Los Angeles, where a composer will arrange the notes, add vocals and backgrounds to produce a new song. Could the results be a last musical legacy from beyond?

In New York, a psychic will not only visit the Dakota, but will also spend time at the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park, where he believes he will make contact with the spirit of John Lennon.

The special will culminate as psychics, colleagues and confidantes sit at a seance table for what promises to be the most incredible 30 minutes of psychic contact ever recorded. State of the art infra-red cameras will be in place for the entire seance, providing the ability to capture any presence or spirit that enters the room.

During the special, music professionals and individuals who worked with John Lennon will be used to verify whether they believe contact was made.

"The Spirit of John Lennon" promises to be one of the most riveting and controversial specials of the year.

Paul Sharatt is executive producer for Starcast Productions. Associated Television International is the distributor.

Debuting on iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View April 24th at 9:00 p.m. EDT. For more information and to view a trailer of the seance, log on to www.spiritoflennon.com.

The Spirit of John Lennon is being done without the knowledge or consent of John Lennon's Estate. "

[Jilli]

oh sorry didnt know you already had it posted

[unrepentant]

what do you think it means for US?

[byrdsmaniac]

unrepentant said:

what do you think it means for US?

I thought the show would be of interest to many of the posters here.
The promo says the infra-red camera captures the (ghostly) image of a man, as well as words, and a song is actually transmitted "that sounds so familiar".
Not having seen the show yet, it's hard to make any kind of judgement on whether it's "really him" or not, but the promotors say they have aquaintences of Lennon on the show who will say whether they think it is or not.
No doubt there are doubters who will say it's all a hoax,
and some religious types will say it's the devil impersonating John,
but between those extremes there is the possibility that it really is John's spirit coming through.
I would really appreciate it if people who see the show post their reactions, because all my friends say they won't be able to get the program for one reason or another: they don't have the box that converts pay-per-view, or the satellite doesn't carry the program. I'm thinking I won't be able to see it here.

[Perplexed]

byrdsmaniac said:

unrepentant said:

what do you think it means for US?

I thought the show would be of interest to many of the posters here.
The promo says the infra-red camera captures the (ghostly) image of a man, as well as words, and a song is actually transmitted "that sounds so familiar".
Not having seen the show yet, it's hard to make any kind of judgement on whether it's "really him" or not, but the promotors say they have aquaintences of Lennon on the show who will say whether they think it is or not.
No doubt there are doubters who will say it's all a hoax,
and some religious types will say it's the devil impersonating John,
but between those extremes there is the possibility that it really is John's spirit coming through.
I would really appreciate it if people who see the show post their reactions, because all my friends say they won't be able to get the program for one reason or another: they don't have the box that converts pay-per-view, or the satellite doesn't carry the program. I'm thinking I won't be able to see it here.

I dunno I kinda feel like he's dead, [he's only sleeping], he might not want to be bothered
by being astrally raised up from really deep REM sleep----not just yet.

[byrdsmaniac]

perplexed said:

"I dunno I kinda feel like he's dead, [he's only sleeping], he might not want to be bothered......"

Ah! "I'm Only Sleeping"! An overlooked clue!
But wake him they did.
So far I've heard that they got an EVP voice that said, "Peace. The message is peace!"
A friend of mine was able to record the show, but hasn't had a chance to look at it or make copies yet.
Does anyone have any more information on the show?

[byrdsmaniac]

Well I saw it, and it's fascinating.
That is, I saw most of it.
It seems that the powers that be can't stand the thought that we might actually see John Lennon's ghost, which showed up during a channeling of him near the end of the show. As soon as they were going to point it out to viewers of the show, it was yanked off the air!
At least it was here in Pennsylvania. Does anyone know how the show fared in the rest of the country?
We never got to hear the song that John had written by way of the man from India.
I guess the neo-cons don't want a hippy-dippy peacenik Beatle to come back from the grave and ruin their plans for world war three!
But the "Peace. The message is peace." came through, and that may be enough.
What visitors to this site may find interesting in the show is near the beginning, where the psychic is walking through the Cavern club, and says (of John), "He's shouting 'Faul! Faul! MacFaul!' Something like 'MacFaul!'".
It turns out that the second owner of The Cavern was named
Mack Faull (I don't know if I have the spelling right.)
Amazing!
This show is definitely worth a look. I give it three stars out of four.

[Perplexed]

Interesting, very interesting.

A certain colleague of mine has the last name, "McFall."

You know I think her husbands name was Bill..........ohgosh.......well, its anuther coincidunce. Sorry my "u" key is stickin'.

So McFall had just bought the Cavern Club, huh? Maybe he was planning to renovate, give the walls a fresh coat of paint. And maybe Lennon was recommending a new color, something like

"Hey, MacFall, Give Puce a Chance."


Was the Cavern Club sort of underground, like a basement?
What color were the walls? Perhaps Yellow?

[Rojopa]

I would think that if the show was about Lennon's ghost talking from beyond the grave that his ghost would appear in the beginning instead of near the end. This way the host could ask questions throughout the show. How coincidental! It is all fake!

[plastic paul]

rojopa said:

I would think that if the show was about Lennon's ghost talking from beyond the grave that his ghost would appear in the beginning instead of near the end. This way the host could ask questions throughout the show. How coincidental! It is all fake!

Would that not make it seem more like a set up?

[byrdsmaniac]

rojopa said:

I would think that if the show was about Lennon's ghost talking from beyond the grave that his ghost would appear in the beginning instead of near the end. This way the host could ask questions throughout the show. How coincidental! It is all fake!

Actually Lennon's spirit is heard by the psychics and mediums
at various points throughout the show, but an image of him does manifest during the videotaping of a seance towards the end, and the TV audience sees it very briefly if they're paying attention.
That could have been faked with a clever manipulation of images, but I don't think it was. Unfortunately the TV show was terminated here before we coud hear the comments of the camera crew regarding the manifestation. A friend of mine watched two additional airings of the program here, and it keeps being terminated at that point.
I would really like to hear if anyone has had a chance to see the show in its entirety.

[Perplexed]

byrdsmaniac said:

rojopa said:

I would think that if the show was about Lennon's ghost talking from beyond the grave that his ghost would appear in the beginning instead of near the end. This way the host could ask questions throughout the show. How coincidental! It is all fake!

Actually Lennon's spirit is heard by the psychics and mediums
at various points throughout the show, but an image of him does manifest during the videotaping of a seance towards the end, and the TV audience sees it very briefly if they're paying attention.
That could have been faked with a clever manipulation of images, but I don't think it was. Unfortunately the TV show was terminated here before we coud hear the comments of the camera crew regarding the manifestation. A friend of mine watched two additional airings of the program here, and it keeps being terminated at that point.
I would really like to hear if anyone has had a chance to see the show in its entirety.

Was this a union seance? 'Cause if Lennon had paid-up lifetime membership dues, though dead, his image remains protected by certain rules of SAG and AFTRA, meaning the producers of this ghoulish romp owe him the standard fee for a brief appearance and guest billing. Fees have been raised a lot since 1980, but not nearly as often as John has. And according to lesser known by-laws, per deum and (astral) plane fare should be included as well.


Why should NOT living in the material world deter anyone from getting their
due? Even the deceased should get scale, but how often do we see TV production companies coffin up bucks for the dead? What about Presley, Morrison, Hendrix, Joplin or Cass Elliott? As long as somebody files the right union contract, they should get paid. Posthumous fees ought to be listed in every Pale Rider. And union cadavers must stick together in all this so that everybody gets their pound of flesh. File a writ of Habeas Corpse! Then don't give in and let them walk all over you. And if the union must strike to enforce these rules, so be it. But don't step over to the other side, even if you've already crossed on over to "the other side". You may be dead, but don't PLAY dead. Play hard ball. You must be absolutely rigid! The union must enforce a tough position on death; even rigor mortis if necessary. Realize that they won't try to steal out of your wallet if you're cold and hard.

And remember to be sure NOT to violate the picket line, either! Johnny Cash may have walked the line, but he never crossed it! Furthermore, did Wilson Pickett? Never!

Even in death, George Harrison eventually got his due. You want to know a secret? (Do you promise not to tell? Whoa. Oh, oh!) He did once say "I, Me, Mine!", but in the end felt it was "too much for me to take." His comment: "Forgetting to give back. Isn't it a pity". I bet he tipped more than 20% in restaurants, too.......


Even though some common 'tators say that Paul bought the farm years ago, regardless, he continues to manifest! Out of nowhere! All the time! Just turn on your TV any hour of the day! Spin the dial; odds are he'll be in view shortly. Heck, have your OWN seance, and "ask" Paul to spin the dial FOR you.

But why does he "channel" himself so often?

Because McCartney gets DOUBLE for every appearance.


So you see what works. Ghosts get phys'cal when hosts get fiscal. Bah-ha.

And from that we establish this broad recommendation:


If these seance producers REALLY want to raise the dead, they should try raising the BREAD. That's the yeast they could do.

[byrdsmaniac]

LMAO Perplexed. ;D
"per deum" ha ha ha!
One of your best ever! Surely your immortal words will assure your place in the annals of literature. (Well at least it's not the anals of literature!) Your place in perpetuity is assured. Or at least purgatory.
Btw, the walls of The Cavern appeared to be a purplish-brownish black.
And although I don't know the name of the song the man in India channelled for John,
I think it might have been "A Day In the Afterlife".

[beatled]

in the show is near the beginning, where the psychic is walking through the Cavern club, and says (of John), "He's shouting 'Faul! Faul! MacFaul!' Something like 'MacFaul!'".

Trying to think of what describes a pyschic running around shouting "Mack Faul" on a show that purports to channel Lennon.. Theater of the absurd? I'll settle on irony I guess.

[Perplexed]

byrdsmaniac said:

LMAO Perplexed. ;D
"per deum" ha ha ha!
One of your best ever! Surely your immortal words will assure your place in the annals of literature. (Well at least it's not the anals of literature!) Your place in perpetuity is assured. Or at least purgatory.
Btw, the walls of The Cavern appeared to be a purplish-brownish black.
And although I don't know the name of the song the man in India channelled for John,
I think it might have been "A Day In the Afterlife".

Thanks.......Just file it all away in the circular file, file 13....

"walls...... purplish-brownish-black", i.e., a nice, cheery pastel, something nice for Martha Stewart

...a day in the afterlife.....lol love it

[Maacc]

Lennon's ghost appeared during a pay per view event? hmmm.

I can't find any sites that mention anything other than the "peace" message. Very original - John Lennon talks about peace. Doesn't mention a replaced Paul McCartney though - maybe ol' JL's afraid that if he mentions Faul, TPTB will bring him back to life...

I can't believe anyone believes that John Lennon would bother to show up at a tacky event like this. Also, I take it no-one realised that the Cavern Club was demolished decades ago and a car park was built on the site - FACT. A replica was created for tourists. This whole thing is totally bogus and nearly as wacked as Beatle Paul's mad claim that Neil Aspinall today masquerades as Paul McCartney.

[byrdsmaniac]

mac said:

Lennon's ghost appeared during a pay per view event? hmmm.

I can't find any sites that mention anything other than the "peace" message.

I can't believe anyone believes that John Lennon would bother to show up at a tacky event like this.

So then, apparently the version we saw here in Pa. is what everyone else saw.
That is to say, the show ended before the translation of the channeled song was presented.
If anyone knows differently, please post a comment.
I'd like to know what the lyrics to the song were, at least.
As for the second part of Maacc's comments:
Well I believe that John bothered to show up for the show,
but then again, I saw it.