Joanthology (detail, 2019)
by Joan As Policewoman
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Joan Didion by Julian Wasser, Hollywood, 1968
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TO PACK AND WEAR:
2 skirts
2 jerseys or leotards
1 pullover sweater
2 pair shoes
stockings
bra
nightgown, robe, slippers
cigarettes
bourbon
bag with: shampoo
toothbrush and paste
Basis soap, razor
deodorant
aspirin
prescriptions
Tampax
face cream
powder
baby oil
TO CARRY:
mohair throw
typewriter
2 legal pads and pens
files
house key
“This is a list which was taped inside my closet door in Hollywood during those years when I was reporting more or less steadily. The list enabled me to pack, without thinking, for any piece I was likely to do. Notice the deliberate anonymity of costume: in a skirt, a leotard, and stockings, I could pass on either side of the culture. Notice the mohair throw for trunk-line flights (i.e. no blankets) and for the motel room in which the air conditioning could not be turned off. Notice the bourbon for the same motel room. Notice the typewriter for the airport, coming home: the idea was to turn in the Hertz car, check in, find an empty bench, and start typing the day’s notes.”
—Joan Didion, “The White Album”
Photo- Julian Wasser – Joan Didion, Stingray, Side (1968)
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Joan Jett and Chrissie Hynde by Julian Wasser, 1981.
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:. Joan Jett and Chrissie Hynde, 1981. Photo by Julian Wasser vía: @crockpics .:
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Julian Wasser
Joan Didion, Hollywood, 1968
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Joan Didion. 1968
Photo: Julian Wasser
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Happy International Women’s Day! Today we celebrate all the amazing women around the world and the women who paved the way for gender equality and future generations!
Pauline Boty, 1962
Gloria Steinem with Maya Angelou on their way to the March on Washington, 1983.
Angela Davis enters a courtroom in San Rafael for a pre-trial hearing.
Gloria Steinem, 1966
Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan urge followers to sign telegrams in favor of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment.
Aretha Franklin photographed by Michael Ochs.
Joan Didion and her daughter Quintana photographed by Julian Wasser, 1968.
Marianne Faithfull, 1970s.
Jane Fonda in Rome supporting Italian feminists, 1972.
Marie Curie in Paris, 1925.
Keep in mind this is just a small fraction of women who rock. There are so many more women fighting for their rights. For example the women in Iran and the girls fighting for their right to education in Afghanistan.
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Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet - Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog
On "Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog," Ghost Train Orchestra teams up with the trailblazing Kronos Quartet to celebrate and reimagine the music of Louis Hardin, aka Moondog, the ground-breaking composer and poet who lived on the streets of New York City in the 50s and 60s, and influenced the minimalists Philip Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley. A blind composer who moved from Kansas to New York City and built his own instruments and mythology, Moondog's story and music continue to be an inspiration to many.
Along with guests Sam Amidon, Jarvis Cocker, Petra Haden, Karen Mantler, Marissa Nadler, Aoife O'Donovan, Rufus Wainwright and Joan Wasser, the two groups explore Moondog's sense of whimsy, wonder and adventure through a cross-section of songs and instrumentals for large ensemble, string ensemble, percussion and voice.
The vinyl and CD packages include an essay by biographer Robert Scotto, Moondog's song lyrics, extensive in-studio photographs by Dan Efram, and an interview with Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington and Ghost Train Orchestra founder Brian Carpenter, mediated by music historian Irwin Chusid.
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington - violin
John Sherba - violin
Hank Dutt - viola
Sunny Yang - cello
Ghost Train Orchestra
Brian Carpenter, trumpet, harmonica, vocals
Andy Laster, alto saxophone, flute
Dennis Lichtman, clarinet
Matt Bauder, bass clarinet, tenor, baritone saxophones
Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon
Curtis Hasselbring, trombone, guitar
Ron Caswell, tuba
Brandon Seabrook, guitar
Chris Lightcap, bass
Rob Garcia, drums
David Cossin, marimba, percussion
Maxim Moston, violin
Colin Stetson, bass saxophone
Guests: Sam Amidon, Jarvis Cocker, Petra Haden, Karen Mantler, Marissa Nadler, Aoife O'Donovan, Rufus Wainwright, and Joan Wasser
All new arrangements by Ghost Train Orchestra
Dedicated to the memory of Hal Willner
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Seeing these photos reminds me of another famous Wasser portrait of Didion, which I did not see on her walls but have seen reprinted everywhere. In it she is wearing a velour maxidress, leaning against a Corvette Stingray while holding a cigarette. Her hair is long and uncombed, and she looks into the camera with a discerning frown. What struck me, as a young person, was how unapologetic she always appeared, how self-possessed. She, like Susan Sontag—another writer who didn’t seem to mind getting her photo taken—remade for me what was possible for women. They were intellectuals who also seemed to understand what their physical selves signified for the culture. We gazed at them, and they gazed back. Both defied the cliché of the woman writer as awkward, ill favored, invisible. Didion could be invisible if she wanted—her petite frame made her interview subjects, as she put it, “forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests.” But her invisibility was a kind of stealth power, one she could control. In photographs, she was not invisible.
Joan Didion is Ready for Her Closeup - interview with Dana Spiotta
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can’t believe jeff buckley got with elizabeth fraser and joan wasser, released an excellent album, and then just fucking drowned at age 30. good for him honestly
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