In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
by Madeline Bocaro
The first and only book that explores Yoko Ono’s entire life and work, in astounding detail.
The true and complete story of the extraordinary woman John Lennon loved.
For anyone who is a fan of John Lennon (or the Beatles).
Includes the love story of John and Yoko.
Now in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives
On several Best Music Books lists and Gift Guides
Recommended by Olivia Harrison
Acclaimed by Mojo and Goldmine
A new fan and supporter !
Joe Elliot of Def Leppard
REVIEWS:
“Madeline Bocaro’s book may be the last word on Yoko Ono. Detailed, driven, and equally passionate about the art and life of Yoko. Of course, it goes into the John and Yoko world, but more importantly, it focuses on Ono’s art and music, and tons of information on her Fluxus years, as well as Yoko’s roots in Japanese Avant-Garde art. Yoko Ono herself is fascinating, but Bocaro’s approach to this artist’s work is a must-read.”
– Tosh Berman, author of TOSH: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World.
“Very beautiful. You capture her spirit and vision. You tell her story so well and it’s very important that someone does. Yoko spent so much of her life being misunderstood and misrepresented. She is such a special person and artist. The world needs the record you are creating. I am amazed not only by how much you know about Yoko, but also how well you write about it. Thank you for what you are doing.
It’s wonderful to see Yoko and her art celebrated.”
– Dan Richter, friend & assistant to John & Yoko
“A treasure trove of Yoko info! Thank you for including Yoko’s own words. I am breathless reading them. I love her positivity and cosmic consciousness.
I am enlightened!”
– Hilly Michaels
*The full unedited show with material not included in the broadcast version is available on the APP.
Airs Friday 2/10 (11pm), Sunday (midnight) and Monday (9pm). *All times ET (Then it’s off for a week).
Then, the cycle repeats as above.
“You make your idol come alive. You write so skillfully and emotionally.”
– Cherry Vanilla
Thanks to Andrew Male at MOJO for recommending my new Yoko Ono biography in his PIECE ON YOKO’S MUSIC in the upcoming April issue!
How To Buy… Yoko Ono – “The first punk rock girl singer ever”
Read in MOJO: https://apple.news/AbgnkpN0aRZidrLpMkybt9Q
“Great insights into this amazing creator. It’s informative and humorous. I am learning much more about Yoko.”
– Jaeme Grosvenor
Best Classic Bands
Best Music Books of the Year 2022!!
Available at: inyourmindbook.com
It’s an honor to be listed with Pattie Boyd!!
Here we are with our books:
https://bestclassicbands.com/2022-best-music-books-11-27-22/
A great review in Goldmine:
Best Beatles-related releases of 2022!
https://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/rounding-up-best-beatles-related-releases-of-2022
At The Fest For Beatles Fans April/May 2023:
The book has received an Honorable Mention on the
Beatles Gift Guide: Kit O’Toole’s Top 2022 Albums, Books, Movies + More
https://somethingelsereviews.com/2022/12/13/beatles-gift-guide-2022/
Thanks to OLIVIA HARRISON for recommending my book on Instagram!
“I am mesmerized by the spirit of Yoko rising from the pages – so intimate, it feels as if I am in her presence.
I feel as if Yoko is talking to me personally. Your writing reaches the depths of Yoko’s soul.”
– Robert Loney
“This is a doctoral dissertation on Yoko. You beautifully explain the myriad of facets that she shows the world… if our hearts and minds are receptive.
I love your many insights. This speaks to me: “Yoko is like a polished gemstone – radiating after years of abrasion.”
– Corinne Phillipedes
“It’s like reading ‘Grapefruit’ over a long period.”
– Ric Warren
“An enthralling work. I’m blown away by the depth and breadth of your knowledge, and your elegant presentation.
I love Yoko even more!”
– Mike Mitchell
My book is on Mazzy’s Music Books Gift Guide 2022!!
In Your Mind… is reviewed at 6:40
Direct Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tGkY5qvYII&t=400s
“You have created a paradise for those of us needing Yoko’s wisdom in our own lives…The Afterword should be cherished by the world!”
– Dorothy Sherman
Discussed and praised!
Episode 104: TALK MORE TALK’S HOLIDAY SPECIAL! – YouTube
@ 20:00 by Tom Hunyady and Joe Mayo &
@ 55:00 by Ken Michaels
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSss7KTjnWg&t=18s
ONLINE INTERVIEW
The Table Read!
The Best Entertainment and Creativity Magazine in the UK
READ HERE: https://t.co/CqNl8Stsmn
MORE INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS
A wonderful new review!
New book about Yoko Ono reveals her genius, gravitas, and greatness
The Patch, New York City:
https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/new-book-yoko-ono-reveals-her-genius-gravitas-greatness
CultureSonar:
Author Madeline Bocaro has just released an intriguing new book, In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono.
https://www.culturesonar.com/in-your-mind-a-deeper-look-at-yoko-ono/
Yoko Ono’s Life & Work Explored in Comprehensive New Book:
Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb – Madeline Bocaro
BEST CLASSIC BANDS INTERVIEW
Yoko Ono’s Life & Work Explored in Comprehensive New Book—
Author Interview | Best Classic Bands
BeatleFan – book review June 2022
Three Questions:
EVENTS:
BOOK TALK – Bryant Library – Roslyn, NY (3/5/23)
Author Madeline Bocaro speaks about her book
In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono.
(60 mins)
RADIO & PODCAST INTERVIEWS WITH THE AUTHOR:
YOKO ONO’S PREMONITIONS (with Madeline Bocaro)
Ken Michaels Radio
33 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vrrjCOk4yE
GIMME SOME TRUTH PODCAST – PART 1
I am joined by author Madeline Bocaro to discuss Yoko’s early life and work, and to present a more complete version of the woman, the artist and her story.
Part 1 covers Yoko’s early life up until she met John Lennon.
https://gimmesometruth.podbean.com/e/a-portrait-of-yoko-ono-with-madeline-bocaro-part-1/
GIMME SOME TRUTH PODCAST – PART 2
Yoko Ono with Madeline Bocaro. Picking up from when Yoko met John until they officially became a couple in 1968.
https://gimmesometruth.podbean.com/e/a-portrait-of-yoko-ono-with-madeline-bocaro-part-2
RANKING THE BEATLES
Discussing In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
AND the song ‘All Together Now’

A wonderful talk with Yoko’s long-time friend Dan Richter and Madeline Bocaro
Episode 385 of Things We Said Today: Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren Devivo celebrate Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday (February 18) with a discussion about her life and work with Dan Richter, the actor, author and longtime assistant to John and Yoko, and Madeline Bocaro, the author of the important new Yoko biography, In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono.
Watch: 120 mins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=177VFkC1oC4
In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono, published by Conceptual Books. Madeline Bocaro is interviewed by Pat Thomas, author of the biography, Did
It – Jerry Rubin, An American Revolutionary.
Watch: 35 mins.
Soundwave Radio Six International (Glasgow)
With John Cavanaugh
LISTEN: 50 minutes with Yoko songs…
Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast with the Beatles
February 2023
Listen: 20 mins.
www.beatlesradioshow.com/listen
Interview with author Madeline Bocaro.
Listen as we share our admiration for Yoko on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Be sure to get Madeline’s excellent book
In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
Something Came from Baltimore:
INTERVIEW ABOUT YOKO’S SONGS
Listen (30 mins).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgtAPRu7Qm0
Talk More Talk – A Solo Beatles Videocast
To mark Yoko Ono’s 90th birthday, we take a look at her impressive impact on art and music, and of course her influence on John Lennon’s life. Madeline Bocaro, author of “In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono,” joins us for this special episode. Hosted by Kit O’Toole, Tom Hunyady, Ken Michaels and Joe Mayo.
Watch: 90 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43cAhuNLK0Y
An interesting interview ABOUT PAUL AND YOKO
2Legs: Episode 196: Paul and Yoko
A Paul McCartney Podcast | a podcast by Tom Hunyady & Andy Nicholes
In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
Watch: 80 mins
https://2legspodcast.podbean.com/
Get Back To The Beatles podcast
Join Chachi Loprete and Beatles professor at Suffolk University David Gallant with special guest Madeline Bocaro, the author of a fascinating book about Yoko Ono’s life and work, In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
Listen: 40 minutes
https://podcasts.adorilabs.com/get-back-to-the/yoko-ono-biographer-madeline?eid=IvLVkQnbgjdwO2dL
FaB GaB
Watch a great discussion of our favorite Yoko songs. Celebrating Yoko’s 90th birthday with Joe Mayo, Tom Hunyady, Ken Michaels and Madeline Bocaro, author of In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono .
Favorite Yoko Ono Songs (w/Madeline Bocaro) | FaB GaB! Ep.36
Watch: 80 mins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E8f6wynsmo

Thanks to Jack Lawless for a wonderful interview on his podcast,
Here There and Everywhere…
LISTEN: (30 minutes)
APPLE:
SPOTIFY:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7f106cmTgM6bizCjRDmoEk?si=8TXQdz02S-q9jVfMb13c4w
When They Was Fab: Book Talk
About Japanese influence on the life and work of Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
By Madeline Bocaro
Free Listening on Podbean App
60 minutes
https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-gffvi-12ecf5f
Tomorrow Never Knows
Interview with Madeline by Warren Brown, The Bulldog &
Ivor Davis (journalist on the Beatles’ first tour of America).
In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
(inyourmindbook.com)
48 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjKZvpkOkYI
Things We Said Today #371
A Talk With Madeline Bocaro about her new Yoko Ono book.
90 minutes
https://youtu.be/DlUuSOxK164?t=18m50s
Let It Roll with Nate Wilcox
55 minutes
https://let-it-roll.simplecast.com/episodes/yoko-ono-classical-avant-garde-rock-beatles-john-lennon
Rock n Roll Grad School #76 – Celebrating the ‘Infinite Mind’ of Yoko Ono
w/ Author Madeline Bocaro
on Apple Podcasts
Close the dropbox window and listen.
25 minutes:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xm8p8tr0p51fr5/Rock-n-Roll%20Grad%20School%206-15-22.mp4?dl=0
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Lenny Smith
FROG PIECE
About the Author
First and foremost a passionate fan of rock ‘n’ roll, New York native Madeline Bocaro has always written independently. Madeline has contributed to biographies and documentaries including Stardust: The David Bowie Story (McGraw Hill, 1986), Yoko Ono (MacMillan & Co., 1987), The Wild One – The Story of Iggy Pop (Omnibus, 1988) and Mick Ronson – The Spider with the Platinum Hair (Independent Music Press, London, 2003) and The Nomi Song (Klaus Nomi documentary film) in 2005.
Madeline has spent many precious moments with Yoko Ono. In this new ultimate biography, she shares an abundance of details and insights to this extraordinary artist’s life, art and music – far beyond what is already known. Madeline’s work has also appeared in Discoveries, Goldmine and in Chicago’s Roctober magazine. She was a staff writer for CMJ from 1977 to 1981 and has also assisted other authors with articles in Mojo, Dazed & Confused and other magazines. Personally appointed by Ron and Russell Mael, Madeline has been writing the Sparks Official International Fan Club Newsletter for more than twenty years.
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FEATURED CHAPTER:
Queen of the Scream – an excerpt from
In Your Mind – The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono, Punk Globe
https://www.punkglobe.com/YokoOno0322.php
With renowned Beatles author and historian Mark Lewisohn:
This is an incredible book! Thank you Madeline!
Thanks so much Karen! I am so happy that you are enjoying it! – Madeline xxx
“Yes” Yoko Ono. John Lennon found his stairway to heaven in tiny letters on a ceiling .
IN YOUR MIND -THE INFINITE UNIVERSE OF YOKO ONO IS MY “YES”
Madeline Bocaro’s book is passionate and beautifully written. Sal LaTona