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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Adler, Lou, 154

• age-regression trances, 187–88

• Approximately Infinite Universe album, 132

• automobile accessories, record player, 84

• Aware Inn, 176

B

• Baba Ram Dass interview, 211

• The Beatles

  • catalogue, 85

  • Dylan and, 115–16

  • first time smoking pot, 115

  • Harrison, George, 197

  • John and Paul’s reunion mini session, 190–91

  • John’s defense of, 114

  • Lennon, John (See Lennon, John)

  • McCartney, Paul, 188–91, 247–50

  • Revolver album, 116

  • Starr, Ringo, 188, 267

• Beatles song game, 231–32

• Bendrey, Peter “Peter the Dealer,” 63, 86–87

• Big Sur, 86–87, 278

• breakfast girl, John’s dalliance with, 176–80

• Bruce, Lenny, 170

• Bynum, Roland, 23

C

• Cassidy, David, 19–20, 53, 140, 217

• Christmas with the Lennons

  • Christmas morning, 253–54

  • creative gift giving, 254

  • FAO Schwarz after-hours excursion, 251–52

  • Paul and Linda McCartney lunch, 247–50

  • Sean’s gifts, 252–53

  • shopping with the Lennons, 250–51

• City Lights bookshop, 98–100

• Clarkson, Lana, 172–73

• Club Dakota, 254–56, 278–79

• Coburn, James, 187

• Cooper, Alice, 61, 139–40

• Cox, Anthony, 95–96

• Cox, Kyoko, 95–96

• cross-country road trip

  • in Big Sur, 86–87, 278

  • crowd control methods, 91–92, 93

  • methadone withdrawal, 64

  • Miyako hotel, 93–95

  • mobile stereo system, 84

  • Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf, 89–92

  • in Ojai, 65–68

  • from Ojai to San Francisco, 83–85

  • true motive for, 95–96

• crowd control mind games, 91–92, 93

D

• Dakota, The

  • apartment 71, 243–46, 254–55

  • apartment purchase, 137

  • Club Dakota, 254–56, 278–79

  • described, 6, 142

  • Elliot’s visit to, 141–42

  • history of hauntings, 11

  • holidays at (See Christmas with the Lennons)

  • John and Yoko’s apartment aesthetics, 143–44

  • move from Greenwich Village to, 138–39

  • Studio One headquarters at, 142–43, 258, 267, 269–70

• Dalí, Salvador, 210–11

• “Death of Samantha,” 131–32

• Deep Throat (film), 163

• delayed emotional response, 260

• DePalma, Richie, 263

• The Dick Cavett Show, 50

• Dino’s Lodge, 171

• Dolenz, Micky, 19–20, 60–61

• Dolenz, Samantha, 60–61

• Double Fantasy album, 261, 262

• “dumpster diving” (investigative technique), 120

• Dylan, Bob, 114–17

E

• Elaine’s restaurant, 248–49

• “Elliot Mintz, Communicator” billboard, 107

• Everson Museum of Art, 283–84

F

• FAO Schwarz, 251–52

• father-son relationships, 95, 193–94, 268

• Fisherman’s Wharf, 89–92

• Fly album, 27–28

• Frankfurt, Germany, 239–40

• Freedom from the Known (Krishnamurti), 48

G

• gender roles, 207

• Get Back (documentary), 282

• Ginsberg, Allen, 187

• Goldman, Albert, 274

• granny glasses, 1–2, 277

• Green, John, 271–72

H

• Half-A-Wind Show, 7

• Harrison, George, 197

• hate mail, 269–70

• Havadtoy, Sam, 273

• Haworth, Jill, 214

• Hit Factory, The, 261

• Hollywood Vampires drinking club, 166–68

• Hong Yuan Bain, 96

• Hughes, Howard, 108, 111–12

• human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), 43

I

• ice baths, 39–40

J

• Jackson, Peter, 282

• Jagger, Mick, 112–13

• Japan

  • Shinto temple visits, 229–30

  • decamp for Tokyo, 230

  • difficulty in finding safe travel dates, 233–34

  • everyday new adventures, 228–29

  • John’s high point, 241

  • John’s sake adventure, 235–37

  • Karuizawa, 225–26

  • Kyoto, 229–30

  • Mampei, 226–27

  • meaningless game playing, 231–32

  • Mintz invited to, 221–22

  • Mintz’s arrival in, 225–27

  • return to New York, 238–41

  • in Tokyo, at the Okura, 232–35

  • Yoko scolding Mintz, 237–38

• John, Elton, 195–96, 206, 253

K

• KABC radio, 106–8, 121–23

• katatagae, 118

• Kennedy (John) assassination, 22–23, 186

• KLOS, 26

• KPFK radio, 24–25, 75–77

• Krishnamurti, J., 48

• Kyoto, Japan, 229–30

L

• Las Vegas, Nevada, 163–65

• Laurel Canyon

  • as burgeoning musical renaissance, 19–20

  • Mintz’s arrival at, 17–18

  • nightlife, 34–35

  • rustic ambiance of, 18

  • transplants to the neighborhood, 20

• Lennon, John

  • anti–Vietnam War activism, 71–72

  • attaché cases and, 239

  • as author, 99–100

  • Bob Dylan and, 114–17

  • “can’t lose” gambling system, 164

  • complicated childhood, 252

  • death of (See Lennon’s death)

  • defensive about the Beatles, 114

  • distinctive voice, 47–48, 83, 91

  • distrust of politicians, 72

  • drugs and, 64, 86–87

  • eclectic reading material, 266

  • extramarital betrayals, 130–31, 145, 176–79

  • eyesight, terrible, 9

  • fascination with conspiracy theories, 186

  • father-son relationship, 95, 193–94, 268

  • final public concert, 234–35

  • flawed human side, 128

  • fret about being surveilled, 70–72

  • as househusband, 207–9

  • ideology of, 72–73

  • issues with trust, 59

  • Kennedy (John) assassination, views on, 186

  • McCartney, Paul and, 188–91

  • medical establishment views, 56

  • Mintz and (See Lennon/Mintz relationship; Lennon/Ono/Mintz relationship)

  • murder of (See Lennon’s death)

  • as a notoriously terrible driver, 159–60

  • Ono and (See Lennon/Ono relationship; Lennon/Ono/Mintz relationship)

  • origin story, 50–51

  • Pang affair, 151

  • personal effects (See Lennon estate)

  • playing the Beatle card, 240–41

  • radio interview, 51–53

  • as record producer, 188

  • religion and, 110, 196–97

  • return from California exile, 193

  • on safety, 219–20, 276

  • on speaking his feelings, 88–89

  • The Spector Sessions, 174–76

  • spotting a UFO, 193

  • Walls and Bridges album, 192, 195–96

  • weight obsession, 55–57

• Lennon, Julian, 95, 207, 268–69

• Lennon, Sean, 205–6, 208, 268, 282–83

• Lennon estate

  • cataloguing operation, 1–6, 8

  • costumes, 6

  • disappearance of, 5

  • granny glasses, 1–2, 277

  • guitar collection, 7

  • hate mail, 269–70

  • John’s personal journals, stealing of, 272–73

  • John’s unmailed envelope to Mintz, 281–82

  • letters and photos, 6–7

  • Lost Lennon Tapes, The, 7–8

  • Mintz as official spokesperson for, 267–68

  • visual and audible documentation of, 8–9

• Lennon/Mintz relationship

  • City Lights bookshop visit, 98–100

  • clandestine nature of, 70

  • on collapsing marriage, 153

  • concern for Mintz’s safety, 262–63

  • on Elvis Presley, 223–25

  • on feelings about fellow Beatles, 113–14

  • first in-person encounter, 65–68, 278

  • Hollywood personalities discussion, 110–11

  • John’s advice about Yoko, 73–74

  • on John’s cheating on Yoko, 130–31

  • John’s nickname for Elliot, 89

  • last visit with Lennon, 261

  • on Mick Jagger, 112–13

  • on pause, 186–87

  • on Phil Spector, 169, 173

  • playing John’s morning-after cleanup crew, 178–79

  • pretending to be Paul McCartney and, 240–41

  • radio interview, 48

  • reflecting on relationship with John and Yoko, 279–81

  • The 700 Club discussion, 108–10

  • visit to John and May’s new apartment, 193–95

  • weight-loss discussions, 55–58

• Lennon/Ono relationship

  • collapsing marriage, 133–34, 152

  • deportation threats, 134–36

  • enthusiastic about building life together, 144–45

  • fertility issues, 97

  • holidays and (See Christmas with the Lennons)

  • internal contradictions, 128–29

  • in Japan (See Japan)

  • at Jerry Rubin’s party, 129–31

  • meeting Louise, 102–3

  • number nine significance, 137–38

  • on random acts of violence, 219–20

  • reestablishing their connection, 198–99

  • Yoko’s eviction of John (See “Lost Weekend”)

• Lennon/Ono/Mintz relationship

  • comforting Mintz following Mineo’s funeral, 218–20

  • driving Mintz to the edge, 210–11

  • first in-person encounter, 65–68

  • Mintz reflecting on, 279–80

  • Mintz’s hotline for, 105–6

  • Mintz’s twenty-eighth birthday party, 132–33

  • ruining Mintz’s celebrity interviews, 210–12

• Lennon’s death

  • crowd gathering at the Dakota, 263

  • Mintz’s delayed emotional response to, 260

  • Mintz’s distraction from sorrow, 278

  • Mintz’s rush to New York, 257–60, 264–66

  • mortuary opportunist, 269

  • Ono’s only press on, 267

  • private security following, 270–71

  • Starr’s condolence call, 267

  • suspect’s picture, 266

  • trusted confidants scheming against Ono, 271–73

• Let It Be sessions, 282

• Looking in with Elliot Mintz radio program, 24–25

• Los Angeles City College, 22–24

• Losers strip joint, 162–63

• Lost Lennon Tapes, The, 7–8

• “Lost Weekend”

  • Aware Inn, 176

  • beachfront mansion rental, 186

  • end of, 199

  • Hollywood Vampires drinking club, 166–68

  • John expanding his friendship circle, 161–62

  • John taking care of himself, 154

  • John’s dalliance with breakfast girl, 176–80

  • John’s first visit to McDonald’s, 158–59

  • John’s KABC TV interview, 157–61

  • John’s meltdown, 182–84

  • John’s return to New York, 192–93

  • John’s slur-filled tirade at Elliot, 183–84

  • Las Vegas trip, 163–65

  • at Losers strip joint, 162–63

  • at Lou Adler’s house, 154

  • Ono’s eviction of John, 152

  • Pang affair (See Pang, May)

• Louise (Mintz’s former girlfriend), 101–3, 118

M

• MacDougall, Doug, 272

• Madison Square Garden, Elton John concert, 195, 197–98

• Maheu, Robert, 111

• Mampei, Japan, 226–27

• Mansfield, Jayne, 24

• Mayer, Louis B., 186

• McCartney, Linda, 247–50

• McCartney, Paul, 188–91, 247–50

• McDonald’s, 158–59

• methadone withdrawal, 64

• Mind Games album, 157

• Mineo, Sal

  • background, 212–13

  • coasting on his fame, 215

  • epic bacchanals, 213–14

  • funeral, 217

  • Mintz’s friendship with, 24, 169–70, 214

  • murder of, 212–13, 216–17

  • secret life, 214–15

• Mintz, Elliot

  • admiration for John and Yoko, 27

  • age-regression trance, 187–88

  • background, 20–21

  • biggest break of career, 22–23

  • childhood stutter, 127

  • Clarkson, Lana and, 172–73

  • college studies, 22–24

  • in the company of famous people, 171–72

  • drawn to public figures, 125–26

  • drawn to radio and television, 21–22 (See also Mintz’s radio career)

  • exploring San Francisco’s counterculture, 97

  • as fame blind, 280

  • girlfriend Louise, 101–3, 118, 212

  • insomnia sufferer, 33–34

  • in Japan (See Japan)

  • Lennon, John and (See Lennon/Mintz relationship; Lennon/Ono/Mintz relationship; Lennon’s death)

  • Lennon, Sean and, 206, 282–83

  • Luna, date with, 42–45

  • Mineo and (See Mineo, Sal)

  • mother of, 257

  • nightlife, 34–35

  • Ono and (See Lennon/Ono/Mintz relationship; Ono/Mintz relationship)

  • Pang and, 193–94

  • transforming into a TV personality, 139–40

  • trying to overlap his separate universes, 102–3

  • twenty-eighth birthday party, 132–33

  • warned of John’s personality when drinking, 179

  • worry over privacy invasion, 140–41

• Mintz’s radio career

  • Baba Ram Dass interview, 211

  • celebrity interviews, 24

  • climbing L.A.’s radio station food chain, 25–26

  • Dalí, Salvador interview, 210–11

  • as fame blind, 280

  • hypnotist interview, 187–88

  • interview preparations, 28–30

  • at KABC radio, 106–8, 121–23

  • at KPFK radio, 24–25, 75–77

  • Lennon radio interview, 51–53

  • Lennon television interview, 157–61

  • most consequential career interview, 26

  • Ono interview, 31–33, 133–34

  • playing Some Time in New York on the air, 75–76

  • random pay phone segment, 121–23

  • Wayne, John interview, 125–26

• Mitchell, Joni, 20

• Miyako hotel, 93–95

• Monterey, California, 89–92

• Moon, Keith, 188

• mystical advisors. See spiritual advisors

N

• Nicholson, Jack, 187

• Nilsson, Harry, 161–62, 166–68, 188

• Nixon, Richard, 71–72

• Northern Songs, 85

• numerology. See also spiritual advisors

  • downside of, 119

  • nine, as significant number to Lennon, 137–38

  • Ono’s interest in, 118–20

O

• Ojai, California, 65–68

• One to One benefit concert, 106

• Ono, Yoko

  • anti–Vietnam War activism, 71–72

  • Approximately Infinite Universe album, 132

  • art exhibit objects, 7, 283–84

  • blamed for end of John-May relationship, 198–99

  • as boss behind John’s businesses, 117–18

  • “Death of Samantha” recording, 131–32

  • drugs and, 86–87

  • eclectic reading material, 266

  • enigma of her smile, 12

  • flawed human side, 126–27

  • Fly album, 27–28

  • gambling criticisms, 180–81

  • Half-A-Wind Show, 7

  • ice baths, 39–40

  • idealism, 126

  • John and (See Lennon/Ono relationship; Lennon/Ono/Mintz relationship)

  • literary interests, 38–39

  • McCartney, Linda and, 249

  • McCartney, Paul and, 189–90

  • Mintz and (See Lennon/Ono/Mintz relationship; Ono/Mintz relationship)

  • mother-daughter relationship, 95–96

  • multiple miscarriages, 96

  • mystical advisors to (See spiritual advisors)

  • orchestrating John’s eviction, 153

  • Pang affair and, 151

  • political activism, 126

  • psychic belief systems, 244–45

  • radio interview, 31–33, 133–34

  • running family business, 209

  • surrounded by traitors, 271–73

  • thoughts on death, 32–33

  • vision of utopia, 31–32

• Ono/Mintz relationship

  • budding friendship, 42, 49–50

  • clandestine nature of, 70

  • coming close to a serious argument, 274–76

  • daily calls in, 60

  • first in-person encounter, 278

  • following John’s murder, 11–12, 264–66

  • on John and May’s California arrival, 156–57

  • on John’s ability to win back Yoko, 191–92

  • on John’s dalliances, 130–31

  • on John’s issues with trust, 59

  • keeping calls private, 54

  • on keeping John safe in Los Angeles, 164

  • late-night phone chats, 35–42, 49

  • literary care packages, 59

  • on mah-jongg, 180–81

  • on McCartney, Paul, 191

  • Mintz reflecting on, 3–4

  • numerology, use of, 119–20

  • weight-loss discussions, 43–44

  • Yoko singing into the telephone, 209

  • Yoko’s original art piece for Elliot, 283

P

• Pang, May, 154–56, 193–94, 198–99

• Panto 45 glasses. See granny glasses

• Presley, Elvis, 222–23

• “Project Walrus,” 272–73

• psychic advisors. See spiritual advisors

• Pussy Cats sessions, 188, 190–91

R

• Rainbow’s VIP room, 166–68

• Ram Dass, Baba, 211

• Republican Convention of 1972, 72

• Reverend Ike, 196

• Revolver album, 116

• Robertson, Pat, 109

• Rock ’n’ Roll album, 173, 185–86

• Ronstadt, Linda, 20

• Rosen, Robert, 272

• Rubin, Jerry, 129–31

S

• Seaman, Fred, 272–73

• The 700 Club, 108–10

• Sherman, Bobby, 214

• Shinto temple visits, 229–30

• Sinatra, Frank, 196–97

• Some Time in New York City album, 74–76, 278

• Soupçon café, 102–3

• Sparacino, Luciano, 273

• Spector, Phil

  • keeping Rock ’n’ Roll master tapes, 185–86

  • Lennon working with, 174

  • at Lenny Bruce’s funeral, 170–71

  • Mintz and, 169–71

• The Spector Sessions, 173–76, 185, 261

• spiritual advisors. See also numerology

  • finding safe travel dates, 230, 233–34, 238–39

  • on John’s extramarital affairs, 151–52

  • on marital separation, 153

  • on Mintz’s girlfriend Louise, 118

  • warning of John’s death, 275–76

• Starr, Ringo, 188, 267

• Studio One, 142–43, 258, 267, 269–70

• Sworman, Stephen, 188

T

• Takashi Yoshikawa, aka Mr. K., 118

• Tokyo, Japan, 230, 232–35

• A Toot and a Snore in ’74 album, 191

• Troubadour, 34–35

U

• UFO sightings, 193

W

• Walls and Bridges album, 192, 195–96

• Walters, Barbara, 267

• Wayne, John, 125–26

• weight-loss discussions, 43–44, 55–56

• Welch, Raquel, 187

• West, Mae, 110–11

• “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night” (single), 196–97

• Z

• Zappa, Frank, 20

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