Madison Square Garden, 1969. The sound system failed in the middle of the second song. This happens at concerts. Equipment…
Would you do me the honor of this dance? >> Mud clung to Clara’s boots as a cruel aristocrat condemned…
In the spring of 1969, Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell were living in the same city, moving through overlapping worlds,…
Port Arthur, Texas, the summer of 1958. A girl of 15 walking down a street she had walked a hundred…
The garrote was one of the most distinctive execution methods used in European history. It became particularly associated with Spain,…
In the fall of 1970, Janis Joplin recorded a song called Me and Bobby McGee in a single session. Not…
During World War II, inside of the concentration camps, the SS invented different ways of tricking inmates and prisoners to…
Monterey, California, June 17th, 1967. In the wings of the outdoor stage at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, Janis Joplin was…
In 1967, a photographer took a picture of Janis Joplin backstage at a festival and never published it. He kept…
When I say the Siege of Dunkirk you most likely will think about the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation where the Allies…