"Janis Joplin Was Such A Pig..."

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Mr Do-right--did you happen to see Janis at the Hell's Angels party when they rented that big hall in SF? "67,I think.

Originally Posted by scratcho

Mr Do-right--did you happen to see Janis at the Hell's Angels party when they rented that big hall in SF? "67,I think.

No - tell me about it.
Again - I don't know of any other performer that could blow you away like Janis could - my God - what a talent!!

I know.It was downtown SF,I think.There is a building that has an outdoor porch,kind of ,on the second story and has archways that open to the street below.Since the Angels were putting the gig on,there was a whole line of policemen across the street in full riot gear,standing in front of a line of motorcycles(the angel's ,I guess--don't remember)tapping their clubs on their free hands to look like they were READY and bad-ass.The Angels had advertised free beer and it was.I saw them smackin' the shit out of some guys with a keg pump that were getting rowdy and trying to get in front of others to get beer.As you know,it doesn't pay to attract their attention,to put it mildly.Janis,The Young Rascals(Good Lovin')and someone else were playing and of course the show was great.The closest I ever got to Janis was that night when we passed each other and exchanged smiles and hellos.That night, the friend I went with,who'd never smoked a cigarette in his life,saw me light one up,thought it was marijuana and asked me for a hit.He immediately got dizzy and said "wow,man that was fuckin' great---what is it"?He about flipped when I told him it was a cig!We ended up with a couple 'a hippie girls over in Berkely at his place. I lived in Santa Cruz at the time and was pre-hippie.Next night,I wanted to try my new skill saw out so I cut his favorite stuffed chair in two with stuffing and upholstery flying about.(alcohol involved ,of course!) About one hit of windowpane cured me up of acting like that any more and the rest is history.All and all a nice weekend and she looked beautifull that night.

Originally Posted by QueerPoet

It's 1987. At a gay bar in Chicago. About 10 P.M. (Early by Windy City standards.) A somewhat attractive straight dude (he made it a point to announce his "true" sexual identity) suddenly started to brag about a gang bang he had with the great Janis Joplin in 1970:

"Dude, she had pimples on her face and ass, and she loved to fuck and suck three pretty young boys at a time."

I asked him how he knew this.

"Because I screwed her twice, " he said. "She was a total pig." Then he started to flirt with a fiftysomething dude at the end of the bar, and got a screwdriver for his efforts. Around two minutes after, he followed the gay dude out to the patio.

Ten minutes later: "So, I take it you think Janis was the bomb, right?" he said, as he sat down beside me. The bartender asked him if he was ready for another hit. "Sure, my buddy will buy me whatever I want," he said. He smiled and gave me a death grin.

The bartender gave me a look. I shook my head.

"What's your fuckin' problem?" the so-called stud said. "I can get a free drink from any of these faggots in this place."

"Then why did you even bother to fuck Janis Joplin?" I asked.

"Because she was a famous dyke," he said. "She knew she was supposed to pay for being screwed by young dudes."

"That really makes a lot of sense," I said. "Tell me something: will anybody remember your name a hundred years from today?"

He gave me a practiced dazed and confused look.

"Beauty is only skin deep, dude," I said. "Janis might have had a lot of pimples, but you have zero talent. She puts you to shame. Big time. Fuck off."

Then the bartender told the crazy dude it was time for him to go, as I got up and searched for "Me and Bobby McGee" on the Juke Box: Janis started to sing, and the world was suddenly a more beautiful place.

--QP

Janis is my dream wife.... Atleast I married her and had 3 kids with her, supported by my $100K salary in the Life boardgame. :-P

That dude can go eff himself.

Originally Posted by Ddoright

Ever seen the dvd of Janis at the Monterey Pop - This is Mama Cass watching - I was sitting there with my jaw dropped around my knees. My God - how did she do that!!!????

Yeah, didn't Janis sing "Ball and Chain" (w/Big Brother)? My jaw dropped, and I was only seeing the performance on DVD!? I envy all the lucky folks that got to see her perform live.

--QP

Originally Posted by scratcho

I know.It was downtown SF,I think.There is a building that has an outdoor porch,kind of ,on the second story and has archways that open to the street below.Since the Angels were putting the gig on,there was a whole line of policemen across the street in full riot gear,standing in front of a line of motorcycles(the angel's ,I guess--don't remember)tapping their clubs on their free hands to look like they were READY and bad-ass.The Angels had advertised free beer and it was.I saw them smackin' the shit out of some guys with a keg pump that were getting rowdy and trying to get in front of others to get beer.As you know,it doesn't pay to attract their attention,to put it mildly.Janis,The Young Rascals(Good Lovin')and someone else were playing and of course the show was great.The closest I ever got to Janis was that night when we passed each other and exchanged smiles and hellos.That night, the friend I went with,who'd never smoked a cigarette in his life,saw me light one up,thought it was marijuana and asked me for a hit.He immediately got dizzy and said "wow,man that was fuckin' great---what is it"?He about flipped when I told him it was a cig!We ended up with a couple 'a hippie girls over in Berkely at his place. I lived in Santa Cruz at the time and was pre-hippie.Next night,I wanted to try my new skill saw out so I cut his favorite stuffed chair in two with stuffing and upholstery flying about.(alcohol involved ,of course!) About one hit of windowpane cured me up of acting like that any more and the rest is history.All and all a nice weekend and she looked beautifull that night.

That's awesome! She and Big Brother dedicated Cheap Thrills to the Hell's Angels. I still have an original album I found at a garage sale in 1977: It was in a bin of used records for fifty cents each. The R. Crumb artwork is really cool...

--QP

50 cents--good deal!I still have my Janis albums packed up somewhere.

Originally Posted by Zorba The Grape

I'm not trying to start an argument here, but I'm actually just curious why so many people here feel that they 'know' someone like Janis Joplin. It's pretty hard to know someone from watching TV interviews and reading biographies. You're only ever getting, at best, the authorized version, so I don't really understand all the 'fuck that guy, Janis wasn't like that' comments. Sure, maybe she wasn't, and the guy at the bar was probably full of shit, but the fact remains: none of you actually knew her.

I beg youre pardon Zorba, but I knew Janis. We met in 66 on Haight St. in a door way next to Love's. Dont care what you believe, it changes nothing. I wrote of the occation in the forums in the Janis thread a couple of yrs ago.

We talked of Texas,(I'm a texan too) Men and life itself. We shared a bottle of wine in a brown paper bag. She and BB&THC were a frequent in The Haight..Later, BB&THC was our communes signature band and visited quiet often.

Do you think that Janis was unreachable, she was street ppl.. She also had digs at Olema where her and Sonny Barger would shack up. Janis was not stuck on herself, to where she didnot relate to her fans. She was Part Of The Scene. She was friendly and outgoing with reg peeps. She stsyed fuckedup most of the time, but who didnt back then.

I just wanted to clear that up.. that Janis was known by a lot of ppl around the city. The Haight, was a nine block neighborhood. We all shopped the same stores and did our laundry at the same washateria, we walked down the same streets and all sat on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park together.

Why would you think that any of the bands would be out of reach to their own brothers and sisters. We were all there for the same reason.. FREEDOM, we were all connected in the Web we called The Haight.

There are still some Elders around that were there and did experience the full throtle of what was happening in The Haight and who was happening with it.

Take a trip over to Back To The Garden to the Good Earth forum and read what the ppl who were there have to say. Get it from the horses mouth. We dont have to make things up, the truth was wierd enough no need to dress it up.

Well that's how it TIS'

Blessings
sh

Originally Posted by QueerPoet

Yeah, didn't Janis sing "Ball and Chain" (w/Big Brother)? My jaw dropped, and I was only seeing the performance on DVD!? I envy all the lucky folks that got to see her perform live.

--QP

I wish I had been there - but like you - I watched it on dvd. I can't even imagine what it was like in person. It was Ball & Chain - Man - I just got chill bumps - how cool.