Pictures of Matchstick Men

You�d think that when a Beatle visited the home of high energy, he�d have the minimal courtesy to ROCK; especially if the visit was made in order to play at a benefit for the High Priest of Heavy, John Sinclair. Especially if it were the Beatle who prided himself most on his ability to rock. Well...

You blew it, John.

It was quite an event, though. December tenth saw 15,000 people — mostly Ann Arbor street freaks and college kids — fill Crisler Arena, nominally the home of the University of Michigan�s basketball team, to . . . well, one of the things still up in the air is just what they were there for.

Half the seats had been sold out before John and Yoko announced the imminence of their eminence. This, one hopes, goes a little way toward destroying the principle shibboleth of the minions of Consciousness III: the alternative culture may not be quite so apolitical as you think, fellas.