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− | Zappa and Joplin once went to bed together. He later referenced her in [[We're Turning Again]]. | + | Zappa and Joplin once went to bed together. He later referenced her in ''[[We're Turning Again]]''. |
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<blockquote>[[Frank Zappa]] is dead. The obituaries have been published. The ones I read were full of peculiar caveats and qualifications. Despite Zappa's this and despite Zappa's that, he was someone, well, relatively important, even quite, even very. A mass of contradictions, he was wise and he was foolish, conformist and outrageous, Italo-Armenio-Californian freak-businessman, condescended to by Cockneys, taken seriously by Czechs and the American State Department. I read, too, about cultists visiting the tomb of [[Jim Morrison]] in Pere Lachaise. I knew Jim Morrison slightly, saw a bit of him, not long before he blew a gasket getting into a hot bath. Most of the dead popstars courted their own deaths: ''Janis Joplin'' fallen down between her bed and the wall, stiffed by an overdose; [[Jimi Hendrix]], supposedly suffocated by his vomit in narcotic swoon; [[Marc Bolan]] wrapped around a tree.</blockquote> | <blockquote>[[Frank Zappa]] is dead. The obituaries have been published. The ones I read were full of peculiar caveats and qualifications. Despite Zappa's this and despite Zappa's that, he was someone, well, relatively important, even quite, even very. A mass of contradictions, he was wise and he was foolish, conformist and outrageous, Italo-Armenio-Californian freak-businessman, condescended to by Cockneys, taken seriously by Czechs and the American State Department. I read, too, about cultists visiting the tomb of [[Jim Morrison]] in Pere Lachaise. I knew Jim Morrison slightly, saw a bit of him, not long before he blew a gasket getting into a hot bath. Most of the dead popstars courted their own deaths: ''Janis Joplin'' fallen down between her bed and the wall, stiffed by an overdose; [[Jimi Hendrix]], supposedly suffocated by his vomit in narcotic swoon; [[Marc Bolan]] wrapped around a tree.</blockquote> | ||
− | <div align=right>–[[Germaine Greer]] in [[Frank was the Real Thing living in a Nightmare]]</div> | + | <div align=right>–[[Germaine Greer]] in ''[[Frank was the Real Thing living in a Nightmare]]''</div> |
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− | [[wikipedia:Janis Joplin|Janis Joplin]] | + | * [[wikipedia:Janis Joplin|Janis Joplin]] |
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+ | [[Category:Rock Artists|Joplin, Janis]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Blues singers|Joplin, Janis]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Singers|Joplin, Janis]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Targets|Joplin, Janis]] |
Revision as of 09:19, 22 September 2020
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American blues-influenced rock singer and occasional songwriter with a distinctive voice. Joplin performed on four albums recorded between 1966 and 1970 – two as the lead singer of San Francisco's Big Brother and The Holding Company,[1] and two released as a solo artist. Joplin was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.
References to Zappa
Zappa and Joplin once went to bed together. He later referenced her in We're Turning Again.
IT: Who is your new manager?
Z: Bennett Glotzer. He used to manage Procol Harum, Janis Joplin, Blood, Sweat & Tears.
IT: Is management a problem for you?
Z: It's a problem for the manager.
Frank Zappa is dead. The obituaries have been published. The ones I read were full of peculiar caveats and qualifications. Despite Zappa's this and despite Zappa's that, he was someone, well, relatively important, even quite, even very. A mass of contradictions, he was wise and he was foolish, conformist and outrageous, Italo-Armenio-Californian freak-businessman, condescended to by Cockneys, taken seriously by Czechs and the American State Department. I read, too, about cultists visiting the tomb of Jim Morrison in Pere Lachaise. I knew Jim Morrison slightly, saw a bit of him, not long before he blew a gasket getting into a hot bath. Most of the dead popstars courted their own deaths: Janis Joplin fallen down between her bed and the wall, stiffed by an overdose; Jimi Hendrix, supposedly suffocated by his vomit in narcotic swoon; Marc Bolan wrapped around a tree.