More press

[janisian]

http://www.jimnewsom.com/PFW2006/JanisIan.html

[Alicia]

Absolutely Wonderful! How to capture the talent of Janis in words, that is the question. It can never be totally done, but every sincere attempt helps!

[Denise]

Love it Janis!!!

[david uk]

a nice interview Janis- thanks.

Alicia I love your new avatar!!

[SongDragon]

Nice interview, Janis! I'm glad to see the word is getting out there: There is an honest artist out there that is sharing herself with us.

~Song

[folkrocks]

:) Couldn't have said it better!!! I've been listening to the new CDs that I purchased at the Birchmere. I have also bought some off of amazon. Janis, said that she is going to write her autobiography, wouldn't it be fun to guess who would play Janis as a young Janis in the movie version of her book. I pick the actress who plays Shane on the L word. Anyone have any other ideas.
Sue

[DaveM]

Please, God, just don't let it be Lindsay Lohan.

[saxman]

I Liked it, !

[BeckyVA]

Nice article Janis,
I was pleased to be in the audience that night at the Virginia Beach Central Library and to meet many of your fans from the JIMB....I have been taking yours and Randy's pictures together after the shows on numerous occasions. Glad things are going well for you and am happy you have the fan base you do. Good people, really good people. Take care.
Becky

[Dee]

Good article. Thanks, Janis.

[MARILYN/GEMINI]

Very nice, Janis...thanks for the article!!

[david uk]

Look at the date Janis posted this folks.. almost a year ago :p

we are a little slow lol

[Rickster]

Janis, Nice article! Keep 'em coming :)

[ponytail]

I got all excited when I saw what I took to be a new post from Janis! Then I noticed the date...

Excellent article, though!

[Roady]

I kept looking at the dates and was thinking that my computer was screwed up due to the time change this weekend. :confused: Thanks for clearing that up David uk! So if you want old news here's some:

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1967 by Bob Washington

STORY — JANIS IAN

"I was born April 7. 1951. It doesn't really matter much what happened before unless you want to analyze someone." So begins Janis lan's self-penned biography. Her pert, bright chatty composition* is permeated by this kind of unselfconscious observation. Janis Ian "lived up snd down New Jersey, moved around a lot," and moved to New York in Jan. 1966. She has attended school in East Orange and she is now being educated in New York. "I write all my own songs, yes," says the young artist. "Mainly because if your head itches you scratch it. and I've found a fingernail. I'm not out to crucify anyone, nor to spare them." Miss Ian is obviously not one to throw labels around, but if she is to be classified, she would like to be known as a ballad singer. Her favorite performers are Danny Schram. Herbie Mann, and Billie Holiday. Bob Dylan, Lennon and McCartney, and her brother are her preferred writers. When she came to New York she met Rev. Garry Davis' accompanist and went down to the Gaslight Cafe in Greenwich Village. She did a set and she was on her way. The controversial "Society's Child." on Verve/Forecast which was cold until it was aired on a Leonard Bernstein TV'er is nurrber 22 on the charts this week.

[david uk]

roady where do you get all this stuff from?

ok I won't ask, just keep posting it!:p

[Oak Kitten]

Janis,

Good article, I wondered how we all missed it last year? Anyway, I especially like your comments about transcending the obsession with one's own little triumphs and tragedies and connecting by tellling stories through archetypes. I also liked your comment about how we all like to think when we are young that when we grow up, no one is going to tell us what to do or how to do it. Don't we all wish! Come to think of it, that would be a great theme for a future song - when you are finished with your autobiography, of course.

Oak