Welcome

Janisjoplin.net was founded in 1998 out of boredom, curiosity about the web, and an insatiable need to know all there is to know about Janis Joplin. My name is Anna and I started this website at sixteen. Len, my co-conspirator, joined me a few months later. He is a graphic designer who lives in Vancouver, and I am a web developer who resides in Chicago. Although a constant work in progress, we are proud of the massive amount of information that we've gathered here. Hopefully, we can preserve the memory of a figure that is slowly being forgotten. This website is for fans by fans and a non-profit passion project. Enjoy.

Updates

The goal was to update way more than we actually did. I am calling this revamp "phase I" because there is still so much left to do. We've added a reviews area where we feature upcoming products. About half of our lyrics have been corrected. We've added articles and changed the way we share videos. -Anna [2008-06-17]

[SOME SECTION ARE MISSING - 2 OF THEM. WE ARE WORKING ON THEM AND THEY WILL BE UP THIS WEEK.]
We just posted FAN ART, POSTCARDS, and MISC STUFF!

latest news

Veteran Radio Producer Uncovers Rare Janis Joplin
June 14, 2008
Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua will be Jon Stein's guest on "Hootenanny Cafe," tonight from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., on WTBQ, 1110 AM, 99.1 FM, in Warwick, New York.

At the end of the hour, Bevilacqua will play a very rare 1970 live recording of the first time Janis Joplin sang 'Me and Bobby McGee,' he uncovered in the...

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janis wisdom

"I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, 'Do you think you could give me that?' That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I'm really far into this now, really committed. Like, I don't think I'd go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it's the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn't it?" --Janis Joplin

youTube quickies

Videos from my youTube playlist.
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