But it didn't happen that way, did it? So what's the lesson to be learned? Turn the other cheek? You never struck me as that type...
Was this before Monterey Pop? I know Janis didn't always look her best before she became famous (hell, she was homeless for months at a time), but...
Didn't Skip publish a book about hippie culture? You know, it's not all about Manson and Ted Bundy. That's only what the conservatives in Indiana...
So Spaceman, please help me to feel less illiterate? Thanking you in advance :-)
This is so true for many gifted artists: Keats, Van Gogh, Plath, Hendrix, Morrison, Cobain, Winehouse, etc. The world doesn't seem to care much...
I think her tough girl act was just that: an act. Linda Ronstadt (in her recent autobiography) said that the real Janis was nothing like the...
That's the one :-)
Fret not, Mr. Squirrel. The world is a dangerous place: Cars and drugs and people Abound. Even green is no longer safe. :-) P.S. Can you please...
Hey, you got a T-shirt. That's a hell of a lot more than most folks will ever get :-)
Why learn how to do something you have no use for? I could spend that time walking instead. It's good exercise (and much cheaper) :P
These days? Hell, my mom attempted to assault my 14 year old sister with an axe. And that was at least 40 years ago. It never made the papers or...
I never learned how to drive (on purpose). I walk everywhere I go. It's like a free lifetime gym/health club membership :-) P.S. I thought I...
Maybe you should become a singer? That's what helped Janis to make it through (for the time that she did)...
Yeah, she was insecure about what she looked like for sure. Port Arthur didn't help matters much. But I always thought she was beautiful - inside...
Yeah, your really cool username says it all :-)
Wait, do you mean 1960s hippies (or neo-hippies - post 1970)? There's a vast difference, but I still say most are better than anybody living the...
Pretty sure I typed "They" Laughed Me out of Class.... Don't know what's up w/the lower case first letter/word? All apologies....
Out of state, man. So I'm goin' home." - Janis Joplin Janis made this infamous remark during the summer of 1970 (on the Dick Cavett show). She'd...
I've always felt the same way about birthdays. Regardless, hope Ace had a happy one: he seems like a really cool dude :-)
It totally sucks (no pun intended).
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