Janet The Planet
Janet The Planet is a Zappa fan who attended the Halloween-themed concerts in 1977 and can be seen in Baby Snakes (The Film).
During the film Baby Snakes (The Film), Zappa brings several audience members (John, Donna U Wanna, Angel, Chris and Janet The Planet) on stage for Audience Participation, during Titties 'N' Beer/"Audience Participation"/The Dance Contest/The Black Page 2, who have to pretend being "the president of Warner Bros. Records, the head of the Warner Bros. legal department, and two famous attorneys from Gang, Tyre & Brown." while torturing an audience member with whips and a pitchfork, as part of his contract. When asked whether she can dance, Janet famously says: "In a horizontal position."
During the 1981 Halloween concert ("The Halloween Tradition"), Zappa dedicated King Kong to Janet The Planet, among others.
Through her concert attendances, Janet The Planet started a relationship with Denny Walley in April 1987. On 23 May 1989, the couple attended a panel discussion between Pierre Boulez and Frank Zappa at the UCLA, moderated by David Raksin (see An Evening With Pierre Boulez And Frank Zappa). [1] [2][3] Walley and Janet married in August 1989 and had a son. [4] [5]
During the Magic Band reunion in 2003, Janet took photographs of their performances at the Camber Sands Show. [6]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-26-ca-874-story.html
- ↑ https://www.afka.net/Articles/1989-10_Tmershi_Duween.htm
- ↑ https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1989.html
- ↑ https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/Halloween.html
- ↑ https://writewyattuk.com/2017/03/30/the-continuing-adventures-of-the-magic-band-the-mothers-of-invention-and-the-muffin-men-the-denny-walley-interview//
- ↑ https://www.beefheart.com/janet-the-planets-magic-band-reunion-photographs/
