"Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me."

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Song of the day: "Tell Mama."

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In April 2010, The GRAMMY Museum® in Los Angeles, California will launch a one-of-a-kind exhibit taking visitors into the hearts, minds and music of Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and Janis Joplin.

In order to make this "Strange Kozmic Experience" complete, the museum needs YOUR help, the ardent fans and collectors! We want to find the most important and meaningful Janis artifacts that exist and include them for the world to see.

If you own a piece of music history that you think should be included, and would like to see your name on a plaque next to the words "Graciously on loan from the private collection of ________", please send us an email with a photo and description of your artifact, to StrangeKozmicExperience@gmail.com. It's important to note that often once an artifact is displayed in a museum, its value increases. All artifacts will be insured, properly secured and exhibited in Smithsonian standard temperature and humidity controlled cases. The exhibit will run in Los Angeles for approximately one year, after which your items will be returned or may be included (at your discretion) in a tour of 8-10 national and international museums.

 

 

 

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Show us your best Janis! Upload your photos to the fan wall showing your Janis-inspired outfits or your own bold fashion sense.

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Janis defined the fashion of the counterculture.  Check out an excerpt from a 1966 letter home:

 

"FASHION NEWS: I went out & bought myself a $35 pair of boots. Oh they are so groovey!! They're old-fashioned in their style-tight w/buttons up the front. Black. FANTASTIC! When I get back, I'm going to rent a sewing machine & make myself some sort of beautiful/outlandish dress to go w/them.”
                                                                    - Janis Joplin, September 1966

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PEARL, the only album released featuring Full Tilt Boogie came out in 1971.

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Full Tilt Boogie featured Brad Campbell (bass) and John Till (guitar) from the Kozmic Blues Band, as well as Richard Bell (piano), Ken Pearson (organ), and Clark Pierson (drums).

Janis's last band, The Full Tilt Boogie Band debuted in May, 1970.

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Celebrate Janis's spectacular life today!  Put on some of her tunes, and turn it up!

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Janis's birthday is tomorrow, January 19.  What are you doing to celebrate?  Consider changing your social net pictures to Janis pictures for the day!

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