sparks and conflagrations, in all their permutations.

I do not own anything posted here unless I mention otherwise.

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May 1st
10:21 PM
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Me And Bobby McGee

by Janis Joplin

suicideblonde:

Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee

I’d trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday

September 10th
3:01 AM
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kvetchlandia:

Richard Avedon     Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas     1969

kvetchlandia:

Richard Avedon     Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas     1969

September 4th
9:00 PM
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kvetchlandia:

Baron Wolman     Janis Joplin, San Francisco     1967

kvetchlandia:

Baron Wolman     Janis Joplin, San Francisco     1967

1:00 AM
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kvetchlandia:

R. Crumb     Janis Joplin     1967

kvetchlandia:

R. Crumb     Janis Joplin     1967

September 3rd
9:00 PM
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kvetchlandia:

Karl Siegel     Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas     c.1961
“I got treated very badly in Texas.  They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas.  Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik,though they’d never seen one and neither had I.”  Janis Joplin

kvetchlandia:

Karl Siegel     Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas     c.1961

“I got treated very badly in Texas.  They don’t treat beatniks too good in Texas.  Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik,though they’d never seen one and neither had I.”  Janis Joplin

September 1st
3:00 AM
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twink:

Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol, Tim Buckley, Janis Joplin, Max’s Kansas City, New York City, 1968

all things amazing - everybody comes to Max’s

twink:

Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol, Tim Buckley, Janis Joplin, Max’s Kansas City, New York City, 1968

all things amazing - everybody comes to Max’s

August 2nd
10:30 AM
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beatnik-yoga:

Janis fucking Joplin <3

beatnik-yoga:

Janis fucking Joplin <3

August 1st
12:02 PM
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kvetchlandia:

Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin     Ball and Chain     1967

This clip comes from Big Brother’s performance at the Monterey Pop Festival.  It has to be one of the most wrenchingly soulful performances ever committed to film.

July 21st
2:00 PM
Janis Joplin &#8212; David Gahr, 1968

Janis Joplin — David Gahr, 1968

June 30th
12:00 AM
Grace Slick and Janis Joplin, San Francisco, CA &#8212; Jim Marshall, 1967

Grace Slick and Janis Joplin, San Francisco, CA — Jim Marshall, 1967