Showing posts with label Janis Joplin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Janis Joplin. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Psychedelic cars




I love this picture of Janis Joplin taken in 1968.  The car's fabulous as is Janice's outfit.
George Harrison's psychedelic Mini
Back in 1966 Beatles manager Brian Epstein gave each of the Beatles a Mini Cooper S as a gift.  George had his repainted to feature pictures of sanskrit mantras inspired by the book Tantrum Art.  It appeared in the film Magical Mystery Tour and George, Pattie Boyd,

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part forty eight




"Do you want to be an artist and a writer, a wife and a lover?With kids, your focus changes.  I don't want to go to PTA meetings"
Stevie Nicks(b. 1948)



"Besides wanting to be an artist I wanted to be a movie star"
Patti Smith(b. 1946)


Photography by William GottliebBillie and her dog Mister, 1946
"There's no damn business like show business.You have to smile to keep from throwing up"