In 1965, when she was already an acclaimed artist in the world of the avantgarde, Yoko Ono designed the Danger Box, a “machine that you will never come back the same from if you get in (we cannot guarantee your safety in its use).” That, of course, was back in her conceptual art days but, Oscar Wilde once quipped, “Life imitates art,” and Yoko has ventured into that Box on more than one occasion.

The Dauphin is well aware of this as he crosses Central Park West, heading for the Dakota—where he is to meet Yoko for the first time and interview her for CREEM. The occasion is the release of Every Man Has A Woman, an album of Ono songs recorded by other artists, including John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Elvis Costello, Eddie Money and nine-year-old Sean Ono Lennon.