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Because she was weird, but profound. Shocking but uplifting.  Laughably out-of-tune, but catchy and kind.   Unlike anyone else. Because the clown is a visionary. Because her work is still strange, optimistic, jarring, relevant and most of all, it's brave. And nobody's brave anymore. They're just thieves of days gone by. Ono's is still a pioneer.  Young at heart when life should have made it old. Because she's a one-of-a kind kook with something to say that we very much need to hear. And that's just some of why John loved her so much. YOKO ONO with Ad Rock & Mike D, Ani Taj & Dance Cartel, Greg Saunier, Heems, Ira Glass, Josh Fox, Justin Vivian Bond, Questlove, Reggie Watts, Roberta Flack, Yuka Honda & Miho Hatori. BAD DANCER When your heart is dancing Your mind is bouncing Bounce bounce bounce bounce I'm a bad dancer A busy bouncer Never touch the ground Never make a sound I'm a tough lover A sweet pusher Writing my l

I love this animation by Chris Ware from Showtime's This American Life . It so clearly tells the story of how media changes society. Or rather, how the power to create media changes social dynamics. Why does trouble always start in the "art room?" Just so you know, the real story was about some schoolkids who goofed around and made one or two silly, fake video cameras out of card board boxes and toilet paper tubes and then they acted out "filming" each other around the schoolyard. The story goes that this game caught on fast at the school, and had an unfortunate outcome. The school later responded by banning the cameras. It's a short animation version of the cable TV show This American Life, and it's very good.