At the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yoko Ono unveiled the new “John Lennon Educational Bus.” The vehicle will travel to schools across North America to teach children about the fundamentals of recording music. Along with the bus project (as reported in neighboring blog “Pop Culture Checklist”) , Yoko plans to launch a line of neckties and underwear featuring the artwork of the late Beatle to honor his memory.

Announcing the tribute to Lennon, Ms. Ono declared that “Music is power. Music is light as opposed to darkness. Let’s be a family of light. Let us be with the light and see that we can survive.”

She’s so heavy.

“He was beautiful, an angel. People either don’t know it or don’t remember it, but he had the highest harmonies. He sang above Don Henley and J.D. Souther on those tracks. My favorite song of his [”Same Old Lang Syne”] was about running into an old lover in a supermarket on New Years – I shouldn’t admit it, but it made me cry. It encapsulated the passing of time and the revisiting of former hopes and dreams. He was a really emotional songwriter and a beautiful singer.”

Jackson Browne in an interview with rollilng Stone about the death yesterday of singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg

Ike Turner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and noted wife beating coke head, is dead at 76.

He will be missed.

It’s been over 30 years since Marc Bolan died, but now we can once again revel in the sounds of the original Jeepster himself when The Demon Music Group releases a series of singles and albums in digital download and vinyl format. They will feature acoustic tracks, demos and lots of other Bolan ephemera.

Soon to follow are not one, but two T-Rex documentaries. To reminisce or see what you missed during the height of glam rock, visit the Marc Bolan fan site. Just be sure to wear your platform shoes.