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Janis Joplin

  1. mustache
    Bob Weir Might Be the Best WWHL Guest Ever?Telling wild stories about the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and a ghost.
  2. confessions on a late night show
    Evan Rachel Wood Previews Her Madonna-pression for Upcoming Weird Al BiopicJimmy Fallon also made her do Alanis and Janis, and it was all definitely unplanned.
  3. rip
    Bob Neuwirth, Folk-Music Fixture and Bob Dylan Confidant, Dead at 82He played with Bob Dylan and co-wrote Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz.”
  4. vulture guides
    Keep the Throwbacks Coming After Miley Cyrus’s Plastic Hearts With These AlbumsFrom Janis Joplin to Blondie to Ashlee Simpson.
  5. books
    Peggy Caserta, Janis Joplin’s Love, Comes Clean (for Real This Time)Four decades ago, her first memoir made her infamous.
  6. gallery
    Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin Appear in This Striking New BookPhotographer James O’Mara shot 1960s rock stars and fashion models.
  7. chat room
    D.A. Pennebaker Reflects on His Storied CareerFrom Dylan to Joplin to Hendrix, he has a story about everyone.
  8. Two Great News Docs on Tasers and Janis JoplinWhat do Tasers and Janis Joplin have in common? They’re both the subject of two really good new documentaries.
  9. anecdotes
    That Time Janis Joplin Made the Hell’s Angels Do Household Chores“Sometimes she was a giant.”
  10. biopics
    Lee Daniels Eyeing Amy Adams’s Janis Joplin FilmHe’s already making The Butler. Might as well stay historical.
  11. in development
    Janis Joplin Biopic Lands Its Director and StarVenus in Fur’s Nina Arianda and Martha Marcy May Marlene’s Sean Durkin.
  12. 30 rock
    ‘Criterion’ Poster for Jackie Jormp-JompJenna Maroney is Jackie Jormp-Jomp.
  13. casting
    Weirdly, Amy Adams May Star in a Janis Joplin BiopicReally weirdly.
  14. killjoys
    30 Rock Prompts Predictable Wikipedia LockdownAll references to Janis Joplin’s fear of toilets have been deleted.
  15. party lines
    Danny Glover on His Flower-Child Days: ‘I Wore Bell Bottoms, Platform Shoes, Edwardian Coats’The ‘Lethal Weapon’ star, who grew up around Haight Ashbury, used to watch Sly Stone rehearse in his friend’s basement down the street.