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    #14213344 - 03/31/11 04:43 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

  • 1969:  John Lennon and Yoko Ono introduce Bagism at a press conference in Vienna




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Bagism is a term which was created by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as part of their extensive peace campaign in the late 1960s. The intent of bagism was to satirize prejudice and stereotyping. Bagism involved literally wearing a bag over one's entire body. According to John and Yoko, by living in a bag, a person could not be judged by others on the basis of skin color, gender, hair length, attire, age, or any other such attributes. It was presented as a form of total communication. Instead of focusing on outward appearance, the listener would hear only the bagist's message.

Purpose and origins

John and Yoko introduced the idea during a well-received press conference in Vienna on March 31, 1969, and explained it more thoroughly in a June 14, 1969 interview with David Frost.  Bagism reflected the whimsical, carefree, and often comedic mood of John and Yoko's other peace efforts, such as their Bed-Ins. By catching the attention of the masses with its outlandish premise, bagism presented a powerful social and political message to the world. As Lennon stated, "Yoko and I are quite willing to be the world's clowns, if by doing it we do some good."

The couple had earlier appeared in a bag, at The Alchemical Wedding, an underground artists' gathering, at London's Royal Albert Hall in late 1968. The event was put on by the Arts Lab and BIT, which sought to challenge audiences to be participants rather than passive consumers. John and Yoko climbed into a large, black velvet bag on stage, sat cross-legged, knee-to-knee, hunkered down and closed the bag. They moved only twice in 45 minutes, hunkering further down. This was a strong challenge to the audience.

Yoko said that bagism was inspired by the theme of Antoine de Saint-Exupérys The Little Prince, which was "One sees rightly only with the heart, the essential is invisible to the eyes." She hoped that the bag, by hiding her and John's physical appearance, would make their essence or the essence of their message visible.

Bagism in the songs of The Beatles

Bagism is mentioned twice in Beatles songs. The first time is in "The Ballad of John and Yoko" where John refers to "eating chocolate cake in a bag", which was at the Vienna press conference, and the second is in the song "Come Together" where he sings "He bag production". This is referring to Bag Productions Ltd, Lennon's public relations company, which derived its name from Bagism. Bagism is also alluded to in John's own composition, "Give Peace a Chance", with the line, "Everybody's talkin' about Bagism, Shagism, dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism, This-ism, That-ism, ism, ism, ism."

Internet following

A website called Bagism was created circa 1994 by Sam Choukri, providing John Lennon and Beatles links, photographs, rare sound recording snippets and video. At one point, circa 1996, the precursor to Bagism.com, a website focused on John Lennon, was sent a cease and desist request from the representatives of John Lennon's estate over copyrighted John Lennon content. After an unsuccessful appeal to Ono and the John Lennon Estate and the Dear Yoko petition campaign, Choukri decided to focus his efforts on less legally-volatile content and the website has since been a hub for discussion, detailed discographies, letters, articles, fan artwork and poetry and many other types of content.

Recent Uses

In 2006, Liverpool John Lennon Airport had the words "Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism" stickered along the front windows of the airport. This was done along with the branding of various John Lennon lyrics around the inside of the airport.

Bold St, Liverpool - On 18 August 2007 a Bagism 'intervention' occurred in the centre of Liverpool, by two local artists who improvised for several hours, playing noisy electric guitar and performing poetry. This preceded a full Bagism event at View Two Gallery on Mathew Street, on 22 August 2007, as an underground 'fringe' event during Beatles week.


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  • 2021: New York legalizes recreational marijuana




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New York Legalizes Recreational Marijuana
Sebastian Murdock·Senior Reporter, HuffPost
March 31, 2021

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) signed a bill into law on Wednesday [March 31, 2021] allowing for the legal sale and use of recreational marijuana by adults throughout New York.

The historic law will allow recreational marijuana sales to adults over the age of 21 and set up a licensing process for the delivery of cannabis products to customers. New Yorkers will also be allowed to grow up to three mature and three immature plants for personal use.

The bill was first passed by both the Democratic-led state Senate and Assembly on Tuesday. It will take about two years to implement the sale of recreational weed and would set a 9% sales tax on cannabis, plus an additional 4% tax split between county and local government.

The law is expected to bring the state approximately $350 million annually and create thousands of jobs. The law also expunges past marijuana convictions, and a large portion of tax revenue from the sale of pot will be set aside for community reinvestment grants.

“My goal in carrying this legislation has always been to end the racially disparate enforcement of marijuana prohibition that has taken such a toll on communities of color across our state, and to use the economic windfall of legalization to help heal and repair those same communities,” Sen. Liz Krueger (D), Senate sponsor of the bill and chair of the state Senate’s finance committee, said last week.

The governor echoed Krueger’s statement on Tuesday, saying the legalization of marijuana “provides justice for long-marginalized communities.”


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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #14215422 - 03/31/11 03:16 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)














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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan]
    #14215449 - 03/31/11 03:21 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

How much pot must I smoke before this sounds like a good idea?

Everyone's talkin' 'bout bagism, shagism, dragism, madism, ragism, tagism, thisism, thatism, ism, ism, ism. :lol:


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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: ifoundwaldo] * 1
    #14215693 - 03/31/11 04:12 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

It was a different time man.  :shrug:














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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #14215793 - 03/31/11 04:37 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

it was the beggining of what most the people on this site are now living

the collective expansion of the human consiousness

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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Apostle] * 1
    #14215808 - 03/31/11 04:41 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

one time while tripping some friends and i were infatuated with humanities love for putting things in bags and boxes. but then again, boxes are just cardboard bags.

the whole idea seemed really.... i dunno, i guess hysterical is the word for it. we kept pointing out the various forms of "bags" people had their shit in.

to each his own. i guess lennon was big on bags.

im not particularly inclined towards them, but they are convenient. so my trip hasnt swayed me away from bags in particular.


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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Samuel L Jackson] * 1
    #14215820 - 03/31/11 04:44 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

fuckin' synchronicity :zomgwtf:

i just went into OTD and read Leon Trotsky's thread with his trip pics. and then i noticed his title was "LETS SEE DEM OL BAGS, HO"

BAGS!!!!


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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #18036567 - 03/31/13 08:53 AM (10 years, 10 months ago)





"Everybody's talkin' 'bout Bagism"











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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #19771897 - 03/31/14 05:33 AM (9 years, 10 months ago)




"Eating chocolate cake in a bag"
















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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #21482264 - 03/31/15 05:40 AM (8 years, 10 months ago)

Annual bump.
















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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #21482343 - 03/31/15 06:57 AM (8 years, 10 months ago)

Everyone's talking about bagism...


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Re: Today in counterculture history (03/31) [Re: 28064212] * 1
    #23066106 - 03/31/16 05:38 AM (7 years, 10 months ago)

Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m














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    #24207362 - 03/31/17 06:44 AM (6 years, 10 months ago)

Annual bump.














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    #25104216 - 03/31/18 10:56 AM (5 years, 10 months ago)

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    #25907550 - 03/31/19 10:42 AM (4 years, 10 months ago)

50th anniversary of Bagism today.












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    #26568670 - 03/31/20 09:12 AM (3 years, 10 months ago)

“Made a lightning trip to Vienna, eating chocolate cake in a bag / The newspapers said, ‘She’s gone to his head, they look just like two gurus in drag.’”











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"Christ! You know it aint easy."








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    #27714961 - 03/31/22 04:36 AM (1 year, 10 months ago)

1 year ago, New York legalized recreational marijuana!

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