Elliot Mintz

Nov 21, 2024 | zip06.com | Elliot Mintz

We All Shine On: John, Yoko, & Me by Elliot Mintz In 1971, shortly after the release of her avant-garde album, Fly, Elliot Mintz interviewed Yoko Ono on his Los Angeles radio show, never dreaming that this would lead to a nearly decade-long relationship with both John and Yoko. This is a heartfelt, compelling look at the highs and lows of an enduring friendship. Marilyn, R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison

Oct 22, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Elliot Mintz |Melania Trump |Stephanie Johnson |Brandon Stanton

A charmingly modest tale of a long brush with stardom, with all its pleasures and frustrations. A radio personality recounts the peculiar friendship he enjoyed with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Oct 20, 2024 | thetimes.com | Elliot Mintz

Part of me started to wonder if perhaps I’d acted rashly. My mother had heard a radio report about a shooting on 72nd Street. The Lennons were not answering their phones. The Dakota operator had hung up on me. Was that enough to send me racing to the airport to catch the last flight to New York? But then I saw a flight attendant exit the cockpit, tears streaming down her cheeks. As she hesitatingly made her way down the aisle, I reached out and touched her arm. “Are you okay?” I asked.

Oct 18, 2024 | thetimes.com | Elliot Mintz |Georgina Roberts

I am holding a pair of glasses. They are antique, made of steel wire and perfectly round. The trademarked name is the Panto 45. This is the 26th pair of John’s glasses I’ve examined on this snowy night in February 1981. It’s been about two months since he was gunned down in New York outside the Dakota, the gothic edifice where he and Yoko Ono had been living since 1973.

Sep 10, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | David Graeber |Elliot Mintz |Alex Cuadros

Rob Sheffield. Dey Street, $27.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-335131-8Music journalist Sheffield (Turn Around Bright Eyes) offers a spirited tribute to “the messiest and most fascinating figure in pop music.” A fan of Taylor Swift since hearing “Our Song” in the summer of 2007, Sheffield documents her entry into the music industry at 11, her move to Nashville at 13, her high school “outcast days,” and the release of her eponymous debut album in 2006.