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Cannabis dispensary opens in former CIA building in Michigan

Toronto Sun 26 Jul 2021
Sinclair’s experience inspired John Lennon to write a song in his name, which Lennon later performed at The John Sinclair Freedom Rally in Ann Arbor in 1971, the Ann Arbor Chronicle reported ... The song, “John Sinclair,” is featured on Lennon’s 1972 album, Some Time in New York City.
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Album review: Diegetic and Sara Thomsen forge their own unique paths

Duluth News Tribune 08 Jan 2020
As 2019 melted into 2020, we did a little bit of your typical year-end-list action here ... Well, their time has come ... First up. Diegetic, who put out the five-track “Above a Burning Earth” on Dec. 2 ... 22 ... Oh, well — even John Lennon struggled with that, hence the reason everybody loves “Imagine” but not so many have ever heard “John Sinclair.” ... Artists ... .
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Michigan Man Jailed in 1969 for Possessing Two Joints Becomes the First Person to Legally Purchase Cannabis in the State

Newsweek 02 Dec 2019
John Sinclair spent nearly three years in jail after he gave an undercover police officer two marijuana joints in 1969 when he was 27 ... In 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono famously organized a John Sinclair Freedom Rally at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor urging the activist's release.
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Bob Seger: An Appreciation

Stereogum 04 Oct 2019
At the end of the year, Seger, with one of his other backing bands, STK, played the Free John Sinclair benefit concert, where John Lennon premiered “John Sinclair,” a loving tribute to another scene legend and a pretty bad song ... John Sinclair became the butt of his joke.
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Advocate, artist, and local legend John Sinclair turns 78 with birthday bash at PJ's Lager House

Detroit Metro Times 01 Oct 2019
His arrest sparked nationwide outrage and garnered attention from the likes of John Lennon, who appeared at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally ... Sinclair Foundation ... John Sinclair, marijuana advocate, Ann Arbor, John Lennon, PJ's Lager House, Image.
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"Rock stars are not our friends!" The wild story of CREEM magazine, America's countercultural bible

NME 18 Sep 2019
John Sinclair hung out with John Lennon and Yoko Ono and founded [far-left, anti-racist, white American political collective] White Panther Party,” Moyer says ... I know that falling out hurt Wayne Kramer of the MC5, who also scored our film, when John wrote to him saying.
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