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Around 5:30 pm that evening, I was on my way to an evening college Physics class when I decided to stop off at a Smoke Shop. I looked at the new issue of Playboy, which had an in depth interview with John Lennon. Not looking at any of the pictures, I went straight to the interview. I read a half a page and saw that he was going song for song. I began to read it in the car. Then I said "screw the class. THis is more important." I went home and read the magazine, which was challenging because my mother was home and I had to hide it every time I heard her near by.
Around 10:50 pm 1980, I was still reading the interview, completely fascinated, when my friend called me. He said he brother told him to tell me that John Lennon was shot. I told him to stop joking around. I put the radio on and heard the news. I threw an 8 track tape in the stereo and hit record. I don't know why but I just did. It was early enough that I caught the reports before they knew John was dead. I stayed up the entire night recording bits and pieces. It was a tough night for me as well as the many people out there. It is disturbing to hear the emotion of the DJs as the were doing their best to keep it together.
I eventually recorded the 8 track tape to a cassette player via a microphone. So, this tape is not the greatest quality but the audio is there and the emotion can be felt. I wanted to share this 37 year old tape with the world on Dec 8 to remember John and how important he was.