Hippie Hit

Here's what Janis Joplin carried around in her bag, as told by David Dalton. Janis was 27 at the time.

"Now where in the hell did I put that lighter…? Probably left it in that bar. I'm real sloppy. Lose more damn things in bars. Left a wallet with a grand in it in a bar last week. Just can't seem to hang onto anything, man. In desperation Janis dumps her bag onto the floor of the limo. Its contents are truly awesome. Janis has a baglady's compulsion to carry her whole life with her. There are: two movie stubs, a pack of cigarettes, an antique cigarette holder, several motel and hotel room keys, a box of Kleenex, a compact and various make up cases (in addition to a bunch of eyebrow pencils held together with a rubber band), an address book, dozens of bits of paper, business cards, match box covers with phone numbers written in near-legible barroom scrawls, guitar picks, a bottle of Southern Comfort (empty), a hip flask, an opened package of complementary macadamia nuts from American Airlines, cassettes of Johnny Cash and Otis Redding, gum, sunglasses, credit cards, aspirin, assorted pens and writing pad, a corkscrew, an alarm clock, a copy of Time, and two hefty books-Nancy Milford's biography of Zelda Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel."

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I will be posting a 'what's in my bag' article soon (it seems to be quite the fashion bloggy essential of late...), and although I carry an enormous bag, at the sight of which some do audibly gasp, I very much doubt I'll be able to compete with the avid Janis.

Oh and I also wanted to include this funny thing I found at TeenAngster. Are You a Humboldt Honey? This is the epitome of absolute originality. True hippie. Oh yes. I use the term hippie quite loosely when referring to myself, because while I truly appreciate their lifestyle and carry a lot of their values over into mine (Eco warrior, lover of peace and a certain herbal 'remedy'), I would never be able to wholly transcend into their way of life... as fully as shown below, anyway.

Enjoy your Hippie Hit for the day.

*footnote: this is the first of a weekly post I intend to make, featuring things that make the little, true Hippie inside of me jump for joy, and inspires wonderings... along with a rebellious, carefree outlook on life. It will be a whimsical, careless foray into the hippie side of B. I hope you continue to tune in and don't write me off as a complete nutcase. But then again, why would I care...

Much love - B -