January 30th, 2010

Janis, Cry Baby, Live Toronto, 1970.

kills me, no matter how many times I hear it… love her ad libbing in this too.

4’33 for orchestra, John Cage. wiki

On January 16, 2004, at the Barbican in London, the BBC Symphony Orchestra gave the UK’s first orchestral performance of this work. The performance was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and one of the main challenges was that the station’s emergency backup systems are designed to switch on whenever apparent silence (dead air) is detected. They had to be switched off for the sole purpose of this performance.

January 29th, 2010
Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin. photo: Herb Greene

Janis Joplin. photo: Herb Greene

Janis Joplin, photo: Herb Greene

Janis Joplin, photo: Herb Greene

Syd Barrett (via worth1000words)

Syd Barrett (via worth1000words)

Led Zeppelin, photo: Herb Greene

Led Zeppelin, photo: Herb Greene

January 27th, 2010
Improv reinterpretation of Puccini’s opera from Dave Burrell.

Improv reinterpretation of Puccini’s opera from Dave Burrell.

January 26th, 2010
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Knebworth ‘79
Photo© Ken Walton 8-11-79

cigarettesandvoodoo: milkofthesun: itsalrightma: thispinkribbon: robertplant:

Knebworth ‘79

Photo© Ken Walton 8-11-79