Ye Olde Advertising Goddess

26th
Jun. × ’10
By Claire

Yeah! Let’s get all corporate and up in here! Okay, not corporate, but let’s at least have a marketing meeting! Yeah,  marketing!

Janis has been featured in a number of print and broadcast advertisements, of which, I’m sure I found only a fraction. However, Janis fan, Liss, brought to my attention on Facebook an ad I had not seen in a long time. One that is probably my favorite Janis ad of all time…

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“It only looks like the real thing” (Laminate Flooring)

Thanks Liss!

Check out these other interesting print ads:

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SPOT FIVE

1st
Apr. × ’10
By Claire

I swear I can’t even find one.

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From a late 60’s magazine…

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Chicks With Bigger Balls Than You

18th
Mar. × ’10
By Claire

CORRECTION: FOR THIS INSTALLMENT IT SHALL BE TITLED:

CHICKS WITH BIGGER GEMS THAN YOU!! (and some guys…)

I have always been a fan of the various bastard genres of hip-hop, particularly those that tickle my geek. Over the last couple of years I’ve been following the career of Leslie Hall who has created her own fusion of comedy hip hop and nerdcore. She’s the sassy, mid-west internet sensation of your Goodwill dreams.

A few days ago I went to see Leslie Hall and the fabulous LYs in concert at the Larimer Lounge in Denver, CO. It was a few different kinds of epic. Especially those kids of epic that include BEDAZZLERS. Admittedly, I had to Google Bedazzler for the proper spelling perhaps removing any chance of pretending I own one. However, I will have you know…that night, my heart swelled with the love of plastic gemstones and I may never craft the same again.

For those unfamiliar with the lady in question let me share a few facts with you about the SLASH Jam Master…

  • Leslie Hall makes Etsy look like amateur hour at Hobby Lobby.
  • Do you have dreams of pig petting and air riffles at your wedding? She will plan that ish.
  • She is the keeper of the Gem Sweater Museum. Which is a glorious display of Midwest, acrylic, gemstone flair.

HOW WE GO OUT:

Also, don’t miss Zombie Killer or her performance on Yo Gabba Gabba. She has a plethora of videos on YouTube that will make you happy in your crafting place. Perhaps even give you a craft-gasim…if you will.

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Support Spandex, Because it Supports You!

She’s also fighting for spandex equality and that’s something I can really get behind. Or inside. Because spandex just fits so right.

Opening that night for Leslie Hall and the fabulous LYs was Christopher the Conquered, another group coming highly recommended this week. Christopher himself signed a CD for me and gave this post some Janis Joplin relevancy which it has been lacking…not that Janis didn’t like tight/shiny things…she was just intimately opposed to, dare I say, gem sweaters. Just saying. The Janis-Leslie connection is hard to make. But If you insist I will make an attempt.

SOME LOOSELY NSFW-ISH CONTENT FOLLOWS

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The VAULT

11th
Mar. × ’10
By Claire

I have spent the better part of the last year somewhere in the desert sifting through and archiving what we refer to as…The Janis Joplin Vault. Dun Dun Dun.

It’s filled with concert posters, magazines, tickets to shows, clothing, books, artist buttons and on and on and on. I’m back at the vault this week for a few reasons the most important of which is to escape the Denver chill. Not that the desert is entirely warm, it’s just er, it’s warm-er. Good enough for me. Another being that my uncle’s personal trainer has an uncanny ability to have me lift weights, not feel like I’ve done anything, and then spend the next week saturated in pain and slowly lowering myself into any seated position.

Now that I’ve thawed out and am struggling to move, I’m deep into the memorabilia. My favorite pieces here are the old magazines. I could flip through them for HOURS. The Playboys are so innocent and full of REAL, curvy, beautiful women. The ads are insensitive/ridiculous/full-of-awesome. I’ve found articles about creating magic spells to get your man (it included a live insect) as well as a ten page exploration of contraception complete with photographs of all choices and the sentence: “Sex is no longer supposed to be a chore for making babies, today it’s a way of life.” (Confidential Magazine – 1970) I’m not sure that is entirely accurate, but I can think of a few demographics that would like it to be–like teenage boys…likely teenage girls too.

Well, these magazine are far too good for me to keep to myself so it’s time for post-and-tell…

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This is my favorite Janis Joplin cover. It’s from January 1975. Perhaps not the most flattering picture, but it’s real! You just can feel her movement.

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Remember when I said full-of-awesome? Looking at it reminds me of the new manmercials from Old Spice.  Playboy — October 1969.

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Tweet Love

2nd
Mar. × ’10
By Claire

You Tweet, I Post.

SalzberrySteak: One positive to a sore throat: my renditions of Janis Joplin are legit

I am unsure how many positive things there are about sore throats, but this one is #truth!

robertmcbean: i got janis joplin cranked up. trying to drown out the memory of buble and nickleback

American 60’s rock has long been known to cleanse the palate of Nickleback. It’s like ginger to sushi.

DrOBcookie: @cassettenova Janis Joplin was one of the best gifts my mother ever gave me

These are my mom’s favorite stories. She loves hearing about mothers sharing Janis with their children and that continued cycle.

cassettenova: This Janis Joplin person is awesome.

Like button.

trishnphilly: Me: “Hey mom, what are you doing?” Mom: “Playing air guitar and singing with Janis Joplin” Yup, she was serious.

After reading this I immediately entered a fantasy filled with all-mom air bands. In the words of Liz Lemon…I want to go to there.

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NO! SOUL!

23rd
Feb. × ’10
By Claire

Janis was on the Dick Cavett show quite a few times, this is one of my favorite videos from those appearances.  There are a lot of performance videos out there and there are a lot of interviews, but not much unique material.  This is Janis, with the improvisational group The Committee performing a piece called the “Symphony of Emotions” featuring the likes of Dick himself, Gary Goodrow, Jessica Myerson, a young Howard Hessmen (aka Don Sturdy) and more.

Note: In true “we’re just getting used to you people”, 60’s fashion, there is but ONE person of color on stage.

Anyone else find it curious that current suburban-mainstream television’s definition of “diversity” often just means black?

CASE IN POINT

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The population of Hispanic Americans is now 3% higher than African Americans.  That’s only 9,000,000 people.  No big deal.

Debbie Downer is taking a break.  She’ll be back on a later segment of our program.

Anyways, I hope that you enjoy this fun peek into the personality of Janis Joplin!  All I’m thinking about is taking auto-tune to this video and bringing the joy of  T-Pain to it…oh T-Pain.  Your noises make me happy.  Shawwwtyy!

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Craft That!

16th
Feb. × ’10
By Claire

You may be familiar with Etsy.com where people list their art as well as handmade and vintage crafts for purchase. Due to human nature these items range from fabulous to unfortunate.  The latter of which find their way to Regretsy.com.

Etsy is another place where people have allowed their Janis Joplin creativity out of the box to fashion all types of interesting things, my favorites of which I will share with you today! Luckily none have made the Regretsy cut, but…let’s just say there is a fine line to which some Janis Joplin crafters have gotten a little close.

Bust out the glue sticks, felt and markers…we’re gettin’ artistic, yo!

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How awesome is this?! Gorgeous.  Wonderful interpretation.  I get pretty sick of tie dye and mushrooms and peace signs and the like that many people still see as the ONLY lens through which to see Janis. This has taken a different angle and it is appreciated.   What a great portrait!  CLICK HERE FOR ETSY LINK.

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The woman who created this blows my mind…Just about anything you can imagine to represent Janis is on this guitar: song lyrics, photos, a Mercedes Benz hood ornament, an autograph, Southern Comfort label, a piece of brick from the Joplin’s childhood home…holy crap you should see the list of stuff the woman used.  I’m, uh—, I’m impressed.  That’s a feat of true passion. CLICK HERE FOR ETSY LINK.

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Tweet Love

16th
Feb. × ’10
By Claire

YOU TWEET. I POST.

885KCSN: “88.5 KCSN is playing: Me And Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin From the Album: Best Of Janis Joplin

…spin that, yo!

victoriacheryl: Haha this guy on millionaire matchmaker lives in the hotel room where janis joplin died. Um odd much?

What?! WHAT?! Thank goodness for Hulu.com, I’m am all over this.

jaceykeehl: I’ve got Janis Joplin stuck in my head!

leowizy: pequeno passeio de bicicleta agora a noite ao som delirante de Janis Joplin… viajei tanto que quase me atropelam…

This, uh, says something about a bike and Janis Joplin being delusional? Damnit! Why didn’t I pay more attention in Spanish?!

maripimenta: Confesso que fiquei decepcionada no dia que descobri que Janis Joplin era branca e não preta. Tem muitos anos e até hoje não me esqueço.

“I confess I was disappointed the day I discovered that Janis Joplin was white and not black. Has many years and still have not forgotten.” – Translation from Google…bahahahahahahaha!  This is my favorite of the day.

MarieMeriwani: God I love Janis Joplin, maybe I should try to trend her #JanisJoplin lol

unnievang: @nicecap Fritt etter Janis Joplin?

Norwegian!

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Viva YouTube!

25th
Jan. × ’10
By Claire

Ahhh…the internet.  Where people of all countries, races and creeds come to semi-anonymously share, interact, learn…and create YouTube cover videos.

Here are some of my all time favorite Mercedes Benz covers:

There is something about the juxtaposition of this man and his ukelele that get’s me excited in my YouTube place.  It’s also possible that I just find his tattoos really attractive.

That is s a fucking turtle. Did you fucking see that adorable, little fucking turtle? It’s in front of a fucking fake mic with a fucking golden fucking rabbit. That fucking turtle is off the fucking chain.

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Chicks With Bigger Balls Than You

22nd
Jan. × ’10
By Claire

Janis was as fiercely strong a woman as her voice was powerful.  This is a place where that quality is celebrated. I think it’s also a proper forum to celebrate other Chicks with Bigger Balls Than You.

Let me introduce you to Tanya Tagaq Gillis, a contemporary Inuit throat singer.  She creates fire, sex, pleasure, longing, want, need…all within the constraints of her throat.  It’s primal and electric. It’s honest and almost meditative. Through her collaborations with artists like Bjork and the Kronos Quartet she’s bringing new flavor to a centuries old tradition. She’s kind of my new “main squeeze” in music right now.

Check out these videos.  The first is a short documentary with her and the Kronos Quartet the latter is my current favorite song “Force”.

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